Do you play weddings in Colorado Springs?

Yes, the whole day or any one part of it. Colorado Springs is a Front Range drive from Denver, so the music is quoted at the same fee a Denver wedding sees, with one flat travel line for the run down I-25 and back and no lodging line. The Broadmoor, Garden of the Gods Resort and Club, Cheyenne Mountain Resort, The Mining Exchange and The Antlers are the venues that come up most.

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 with power run to it, sets up in 6 by 4 feet, and plays the prelude, processional and recessional through a small system that also carries an announcement microphone for the officiant. The afternoon wind off the range is the thing to plan for, so 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 at cocktail hour, yes. Two musicians hold 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, which is a level guests who have just met can talk across, and they fit an 8 by 6 foot corner 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.

Band or DJ for a Colorado Springs reception?

Often both, in sequence. A live act through dinner and the first hour of the floor, then the DJ carrying the late end through the same sound system on the same contract, is the configuration most receptions settle on. A band alone suits a wedding that wants the whole evening watched; a DJ alone suits a late floor and a tighter budget.

What does the Colorado Springs travel line cover?

The drive down from Denver and back for the musicians and the gear, as one flat figure on the quote. There is no mileage arithmetic and no lodging line, because Colorado Springs is a Front Range date rather than a mountain one. Load-in runs 45 to 60 minutes at these sizes through whichever door the venue prefers.

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

Couples in wedding forums report booking music nine to fourteen months out, after the venue and before most of the rest of the list. 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 different moments in it, and each one 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.

This is the Colorado Springs version of our weddings page. Book one part of the day or all of it on one contract, with sound included at every size, 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 book 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. How ceremony music is ordered and how long each part runs is on the ceremony page; 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. What plays, how many songs an hour takes and whether anyone notices are answered on the cocktail hour page.
The floor, inside: A band through dinner that becomes the dance band after it, like Tejas Singh, on one contract and one load-in, or the DJ from the end of dinner to the last song. Most Springs receptions settle on the band into the DJ, through the same sound system, so the music doesn't stop when the musicians do.

Every size arrives with sound, load-in and strike, a certificate of insurance and a W-9. 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 function 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 in writing before the day.

Logistics

Sun, wind and a microphone for the officiant.

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 colour 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.

The officiant's microphone rides on the same small system as the guitar, so the vows carry to the back row without a second vendor.

The drive is one flat line on the quote, the run down I-25 and back, with no mileage arithmetic and no lodging line, and the fee for the music itself is what a Denver wedding sees. The city sits at about 6,035 feet, which guests from sea level notice and musicians don't. Load-in runs 45 to 60 minutes at these sizes, and when the ceremony and the reception are in different buildings the second act loads in while the first is playing.

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

Footprints, circuits and input lists for every size are on the technical page, in a form a resort's events office can check line by line. What a booking involves and how far ahead couples tend to book is set out in 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.

Do you play weddings in Colorado Springs?: Yes, the whole day or any one part of it. Colorado Springs is a Front Range drive from Denver, so the music is quoted at the same fee a Denver wedding sees, with one flat travel line for the run down I-25 and back and no lodging line. The Broadmoor, Garden of the Gods Resort and Club, Cheyenne Mountain Resort, The Mining Exchange and The Antlers are the venues that come up most.
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 with power run to it, sets up in 6 by 4 feet, and plays the prelude, processional and recessional through a small system that also carries an announcement microphone for the officiant. The afternoon wind off the range is the thing to plan for, so 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 at cocktail hour, yes. Two musicians hold 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, which is a level guests who have just met can talk across, and they fit an 8 by 6 foot corner 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.
Band or DJ for a Colorado Springs reception?: Often both, in sequence. A live act through dinner and the first hour of the floor, then the DJ carrying the late end through the same sound system on the same contract, is the configuration most receptions settle on. A band alone suits a wedding that wants the whole evening watched; a DJ alone suits a late floor and a tighter budget.
What does the Colorado Springs travel line cover?: The drive down from Denver and back for the musicians and the gear, as one flat figure on the quote. There is no mileage arithmetic and no lodging line, because Colorado Springs is a Front Range date rather than a mountain one. Load-in runs 45 to 60 minutes at these sizes through whichever door the venue prefers.
How far ahead should we book wedding musicians in Colorado Springs?: Couples in wedding forums report booking music nine to fourteen months out, after the venue and before most of the rest of the list. Tell us the date and we'll come back quickly with an answer and a price for that day.

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