Do you play weddings in Colorado Springs?

Yes, the whole day or any one part of it, at the fee a Denver wedding sees plus one flat travel line for the run down I-25 and back, with no mileage arithmetic and no lodging. Signet Artists books Colorado Springs weddings from Denver.

Can a guitarist play an outdoor ceremony in Colorado Springs?

Yes, and outdoors is where most Springs ceremonies happen. A guitarist needs a covered, level and dry spot of about 6 by 4 feet with power run to it, and plays the prelude, processional and recessional through a small system that carries an announcement microphone for the officiant, so the vows reach the back row. The ceremony spot and the move-indoors call are agreed before the day.

Is a duo enough for a Colorado Springs cocktail hour?

For the guest counts a resort terrace holds, yes. Two musicians play at a level guests who have just met can talk across, in a corner of about 8 by 6 feet on one circuit. The trio is the size to book when the crowd spreads across a full ballroom or the hour has dancing in it.

What does setup look like, and does the altitude matter?

Setup runs 45 to 60 minutes at these sizes, and when the ceremony and the reception are in different buildings, the second act sets up while the first is playing. The city sits at about 6,035 feet, which guests from sea level notice and musicians don't.

How far ahead should we book wedding musicians in Colorado Springs?

Whenever you're ready. Couples usually book the music after the venue and before most of the rest of the list, and we hear from them a year ahead and a few weeks ahead. Tell us the date and we'll come back quickly with an answer and a price for that day.

Colorado Springs weddings

Live music for a Colorado Springs wedding.

The ceremony faces the red rocks, the cocktail hour happens on a terrace with the whole Front Range in it, and the floor fills a ballroom once the sun is down. A Colorado Springs wedding has three moments in it, and each suits a different size of live music: a guitarist for the vows, a duo for the hour after them, a band or a DJ for the dancing.

It’s one of our weddings bookings: one part of the day or all of it, on one contract with a personal contact through the day and one flat Front Range travel line for the run down from Denver.

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The look

Spanish guitar by a window, and the standards book.

A flamenco guitarist in a tall-windowed venue, and the trumpet that stands for the jazz songbook at a cocktail hour.

A Spanish guitarist playing beneath a shuttered window, black and white.

The day

The three parts of the day, and what suits each one.

Colorado Springs weddings run outdoors until the light goes and indoors after it, and the music has to follow the guests from one to the other. Each part of the day has a size that suits it.

The ceremony, outside: One guitarist, acoustic or Spanish, on a covered spot near the aisle with a small system that also carries the officiant’s microphone. Nylon or steel strings carry in open air, and the musician stretches the processional to fit however long the walk takes. The nylon-string version has its own Spanish guitarist page.
The cocktail hour, on the terrace: An acoustic duo or a jazz duo, voice and guitar or guitar and upright bass, at a level two guests who have just met can talk across. The Springs is a terrace city, and the hour after the ceremony is the one guests remember being outdoors for.
The floor, inside: A band through dinner that becomes the dance band after it, like Tejas Singh, or the DJ from the end of dinner to the last song. Most Springs receptions settle on the band first and then the DJ, through the same sound system, so the music carries on when the musicians stop.

The whole song list is on the repertoire page.

The venues

The venues, and what each one asks of the music.

The resort weddings, at Garden of the Gods Resort and Club and Cheyenne Mountain Resort, put the ceremony outdoors with the view behind it and the reception indoors, which is the easiest version of the day for live musicians: an outdoor set from a covered spot, then an indoor floor with power on the wall, and the second act loading in while the first is still playing. The Broadmoor books at its own scale and on its own calendar, and a wedding there is planned with its events office line by line.

Downtown, The Mining Exchange and The Antlers take the weddings that want a hotel around them: ceremony and reception under one roof, guests walking rather than driving, and a floor that runs late under a downtown curfew. A duo fits a hotel’s smaller event spaces; the band and the DJ want the ballroom.

Manitou Springs, Monument and the ranches out toward Larkspur are the same drive and the same travel line. What changes there is cover: a barn or a garden site needs a level, dry, covered performance area with power run to it, agreed before the day.

The light and the wind

Sun, wind and the red rocks.

An outdoor ceremony in Colorado Springs is planned around two things the venue can’t control. The first is the light: the sun drops behind the Front Range early, the color on the rocks goes with it, and a ceremony timed for that light has a fixed start the music is built around. The second is the wind, which comes off the range in the afternoon and settles as the sun does. A guitarist’s system is small and low to the ground for that reason, and the ceremony spot is chosen with the venue for cover as much as for the view.

For the order the wedding decisions usually come in, see how far ahead to book wedding musicians in Colorado. The Denver version of the cocktail hour is on the Denver cocktail hour page, and the weekend around a Springs wedding, the welcome party and the Sunday brunch, is on the Colorado Springs private parties page.

Questions

Asked about Colorado Springs weddings.

Stage sizes, circuits and input lists for every size are on the technical page, in a form a venue’s events office can check line by line.

Do you play weddings in Colorado Springs?: Yes, the whole day or any one part of it, at the fee a Denver wedding sees plus one flat travel line for the run down I-25 and back, with no mileage arithmetic and no lodging. Signet Artists books Colorado Springs weddings from Denver.
Can a guitarist play an outdoor ceremony in Colorado Springs?: Yes, and outdoors is where most Springs ceremonies happen. A guitarist needs a covered, level and dry spot of about 6 by 4 feet with power run to it, and plays the prelude, processional and recessional through a small system that carries an announcement microphone for the officiant, so the vows reach the back row. The ceremony spot and the move-indoors call are agreed before the day.
Is a duo enough for a Colorado Springs cocktail hour?: For the guest counts a resort terrace holds, yes. Two musicians play at a level guests who have just met can talk across, in a corner of about 8 by 6 feet on one circuit. The trio is the size to book when the crowd spreads across a full ballroom or the hour has dancing in it.
What does setup look like, and does the altitude matter?: Setup runs 45 to 60 minutes at these sizes, and when the ceremony and the reception are in different buildings, the second act sets up while the first is playing. The city sits at about 6,035 feet, which guests from sea level notice and musicians don't.
How far ahead should we book wedding musicians in Colorado Springs?: Whenever you're ready. Couples usually book the music after the venue and before most of the rest of the list, and we hear from them a year ahead and a few weeks ahead. Tell us the date and we'll come back quickly with an answer and a price for that day.

Extras that can appear on a quote.

Front Range travel: Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins
I-70 corridor travel: Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Winter Park
Far resort travel and a night's lodging: Aspen, Telluride, Steamboat, Crested Butte
Holiday and peak weekends, and New Year's Eve
Live-band karaoke
Learned songs, with four weeks' notice

Send us the date, the ceremony site and the guest count, and we'll take it from there.

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 night.

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