Can you play live music at a baby shower?

Yes. A baby shower books one guitar first, a jazz guitarist or a Spanish guitarist playing the standards under the meal at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit with a 45-minute load-in. A singer with a guitar takes the guest of honor's requests where the host wants a voice in the afternoon, and a duo covers a shower of forty in a garden.

What are baby shower entertainment ideas that aren't games?

A guitarist under the meal, so the afternoon has music in it and nobody has to do anything; a singer with a guitar taking requests from the table; one song for the mother-to-be, learned for the day and played at the table; a Spanish guitarist in the garden; or a jazz duo for a shower served as a brunch. All of them play at a volume the table talks across.

What entertainment works for a bridal shower?

A guitarist or a jazz duo playing the standards under lunch in a private dining space, a garden or a house, and a singer with a guitar playing the couple's song if the host wants it. The same duo can play the cocktail hour on the wedding day on the same contract, so the shower is also the first time the families hear the wedding's musicians.

Can the musician learn one song for the shower?

Yes. The couple's song, a lullaby or the song her mother danced to is learned for the day if it isn't already in the book, and the first learned song is included in every booking. Tell us the title with the date.

What does live music for a shower cost?

What live music costs in this market is set out on our pricing page, and the cost guide has the Colorado figures for each kind of booking. A shower is one of the smallest bookings we take, one guitarist for an afternoon, so send the date and the space and we'll come back with a configuration and a price rather than a range.

How loud is it, and how much space does it need?

65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, which is the level of the conversation, and a guitarist or a duo can't drift above it by accident. One guitar takes 6 by 4 feet on one circuit and a duo 8 by 6, in the corner of a dining space or under cover in a garden. Sets run 45 to 60 minutes with music through the breaks, so the table never goes quiet.

Can a shower be a brunch?

Yes, and many are. A shower served as a brunch books the same duo restaurants book for a standing Sunday, upright bass and guitar playing the standards while the coffee keeps coming, and the brunch page covers the morning version in full.

Baby and bridal showers

Live music for a baby shower or a bridal shower.

A shower is an afternoon at a long table, at home, in a garden or in a restaurant’s private dining space, with three generations of one family and the guest of honor’s friends talking over each other. The entertainment that fits it is a guitarist in the corner playing the standards at a volume the table talks across, or a singer with a guitar taking the guest of honor’s requests, so the afternoon has something in it other than the games. It’s one of the smallest bookings we take.

A shower is part of our private parties bookings and it happens in daylight, so it sits beside our daytime bookings too. It comes with sound support that’s the right size for a dining space or a garden, a certificate of insurance and a W-9 with the quote, and one personal contact, and a guitarist sets up in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit with a 45-minute load-in.

Check a Date See Pricing

Trusted and booked by

Hear it

One guitar under a long table.

Autumn Leaves on one jazz guitar, which is the size a shower books first, and Can’t Help Falling in Love on Spanish guitar, the kind of song a bridal shower asks for by name.

The configurations

A guitarist, a singer, or a duo.

A shower is a table, so the music has to fit in the corner of a dining space and never rise above the conversation. These are the three sizes it books.

One guitar: A jazz guitarist or a Spanish guitarist playing under the meal at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit. It’s the size we recommend first for a shower at home or in a private dining space, and the solo guitarist page covers it. Dirty Flamenco plays the Spanish version as one guitarist.
A singer with a guitar: One voice and a guitar taking the guest of honor’s requests, building the songs from the ground up. Tejas Singh does it with a looper, and the one song the afternoon is built around, the couple’s song at a bridal shower or the lullaby a mother-to-be asked for, is learned for the day if it isn’t already in the book. The first learned song is included in every booking.
The jazz duo: Upright bass and guitar, for a shower of forty in a garden or a restaurant’s private dining space, where one guitar would be lost. It sets up in 8 by 6 feet on one circuit, plays at the same volume, and the jazz duo and trio page covers it.

What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page, and the cost guide sets out the Colorado figures for each kind of booking.

Who books it

The baby shower, the bridal shower, and the one with everybody.

The baby shower: An afternoon at home or in a garden, with the guest of honor’s mother and her friends at one end of the table and her own friends at the other, and a host who wants the afternoon to have something in it other than games. One guitar under the food, at a volume the table talks across, and a song for the mother-to-be if there’s one she wants.
The bridal shower: A private dining space, a garden or a house, usually a few months before the wedding, and the first time the two families sit at one table. A guitarist or a duo plays the standards under lunch, a singer plays the couple’s song if the host wants it, and the same duo can play the cocktail hour on the day, on the same contract. A shower served as a brunch is on the brunch page.
The couples shower: The evening version, on a patio, with partners and friends of both invited, which turns it into a small party rather than a lunch. A singer with a guitar or a duo plays it, and the backyard party page covers what a yard has to provide once the light goes.

Ideas

Shower entertainment ideas, without a game in sight.

The ideas that fit a table in daylight, each with the page that covers it.

A guitarist under the meal: The standards on one guitar, at a volume the table talks across, so the afternoon has music in it and nobody has to do anything. The solo guitarist page covers it.
A song for the guest of honor: The couple’s song, the lullaby, the song her mother danced to: one song learned for the day and played at the table, with the set carrying on around it. The proposals and surprise songs page covers how a single song gets placed in an afternoon.
A singer taking requests: One voice and a guitar building the songs the table asks for. Tejas Singh plays it, and the singer-guitarist page covers the size.
A Spanish guitarist in the garden: Something with real technique in it under a long table outdoors, which is the sound in the second clip above. Dirty Flamenco plays it as one guitarist.
A jazz duo for a shower served as a brunch: Upright bass and guitar playing the standards while the coffee keeps coming, the same duo restaurants book for a standing Sunday. The brunch page covers it.

Questions

Asked about shower music.

Can you play live music at a baby shower?: Yes. A baby shower books one guitar first, a jazz guitarist or a Spanish guitarist playing the standards under the meal at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit with a 45-minute load-in. A singer with a guitar takes the guest of honor's requests where the host wants a voice in the afternoon, and a duo covers a shower of forty in a garden.
What are baby shower entertainment ideas that aren't games?: A guitarist under the meal, so the afternoon has music in it and nobody has to do anything; a singer with a guitar taking requests from the table; one song for the mother-to-be, learned for the day and played at the table; a Spanish guitarist in the garden; or a jazz duo for a shower served as a brunch. All of them play at a volume the table talks across.
What entertainment works for a bridal shower?: A guitarist or a jazz duo playing the standards under lunch in a private dining space, a garden or a house, and a singer with a guitar playing the couple's song if the host wants it. The same duo can play the cocktail hour on the wedding day on the same contract, so the shower is also the first time the families hear the wedding's musicians.
Can the musician learn one song for the shower?: Yes. The couple's song, a lullaby or the song her mother danced to is learned for the day if it isn't already in the book, and the first learned song is included in every booking. Tell us the title with the date.
What does live music for a shower cost?: What live music costs in this market is set out on our pricing page, and the cost guide has the Colorado figures for each kind of booking. A shower is one of the smallest bookings we take, one guitarist for an afternoon, so send the date and the space and we'll come back with a configuration and a price rather than a range.
How loud is it, and how much space does it need?: 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, which is the level of the conversation, and a guitarist or a duo can't drift above it by accident. One guitar takes 6 by 4 feet on one circuit and a duo 8 by 6, in the corner of a dining space or under cover in a garden. Sets run 45 to 60 minutes with music through the breaks, so the table never goes quiet.
Can a shower be a brunch?: Yes, and many are. A shower served as a brunch books the same duo restaurants book for a standing Sunday, upright bass and guitar playing the standards while the coffee keeps coming, and the brunch page covers the morning version in full.

Send us the date, the space and roughly how many are coming, and we'll size the music to the table.

Live music for your event, from a solo musician to a full band, with sound support that’s the right size for the venue and a personal contact for the day.

Check a Date

Send us the date and the venue, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and a price for your day. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.