Do you play weddings in Fort Collins?

Yes, the whole day or any one part of it. Fort Collins is about an hour up I-25 from Denver, so the music is quoted at the same fee a Denver wedding sees plus one flat Front Range travel line, with no lodging. The Elizabeth Hotel and the Armstrong Hotel in Old Town, Block One on Linden Street, the Lincoln Center, Tapestry House west of town and Windsong Estate out on the plains are the venues that come up most.

What does the Fort Collins travel line cover?

The drive up I-25 and back for the musicians and the gear, as one flat line on the quote, the same line a Colorado Springs or Boulder date carries. There's no mileage arithmetic and no night's lodging, which the far resorts do carry. A ceremony up the Poudre canyon adds the canyon road to the plan rather than to the price, and we leave early for it.

Can a band play an outdoor wedding in the foothills or the canyon?

Yes, with the wind in the plan. The plains east of town and the foothills west of it both get an afternoon wind and a fast afternoon storm, so an outdoor ceremony or reception needs a covered, level and dry performance area with power run to it, and a ranch without a circuit near the site needs a generator, which the outdoor reception guide covers. A ceremony beside the river needs a small system that carries the vows over the water, and a guitarist with that system is the size that does it.

Is a duo enough for a taproom or courtyard reception in Old Town?

For the cocktail hour and dinner, yes: a jazz or acoustic duo at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in 8 by 6 feet on one circuit, is the size an Old Town courtyard or a taproom's event space books. When the same night wants a floor, a trio fills one without a stage and the DJ takes the same sound system when the band is done.

How far ahead should we book wedding musicians in Fort Collins?

The Old Town hotels and the ranch venues book their summer and fall Saturdays a year or more out, and the university's calendar fills the hotels on some weekends, so the venue and the date are settled first and the music comes right after. Tell us the date and we'll come back quickly with an answer and a price for that day.

Fort Collins weddings

Live music for a Fort Collins wedding.

A Fort Collins wedding has a long horizon in it. The ceremony is on a ranch with the foothills behind it, beside the Poudre with the river running under the vows, or in a courtyard in Old Town; the cocktail hour is a patio with a breeze coming off the plains; and the floor fills a ballroom, a barn or a taproom’s event space. So the music is a guitarist with a small system that reaches the last row outdoors, a duo for the hour at a volume the conversation sits on top of, and a band or the DJ for the dancing, each one planned for the wind and the drive.

This is the Fort Collins version of our weddings page. Book one part of the day or all of it on one contract, with sound support that’s the right size for the space, a personal contact through the day, and one flat Front Range travel line for the hour up I-25.

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The look

A singer at a cocktail hour, and a guitarist on a bridge.

Tejas Singh at a wedding cocktail hour, the size an Old Town courtyard or a ranch patio books for the hour after the ceremony, and one musician with a guitar beside the water.

A singer and guitarist playing on a bridge over a river, with autumn trees behind him.

The day

The three parts of a Fort Collins wedding day, and what suits each one.

The wind sets the ceremony plan, Old Town sets the cocktail hour, and the reception is a ballroom or a barn. The music moves with the guests from one to the next.

The ceremony, on a ranch, by the river or in a courtyard: One guitarist, acoustic, jazz or Spanish, with a small system that carries the officiant’s microphone and reaches the last row across a lawn or over the sound of the Poudre. Outdoors here the system matters more than in the city, because a breeze off the plains takes an unamplified guitar with it. The order of ceremony music and how many songs each part needs is on the ceremony page.
The cocktail hour, in Old Town or on the patio: A jazz duo or an acoustic duo at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in a hotel courtyard, a taproom’s event space or on a ranch patio while the couple is off with the photographer. A singer and guitarist is the one-musician version of the same hour. What plays in it is on the cocktail hour page.
The floor, in a ballroom or a barn: A trio fills a barn floor without a stage, a quartet carries a ballroom past a hundred and fifty, and the DJ takes the same sound system from the end of dinner to the last song. Tejas Singh starts as a duo and finishes as a quartet on one contract, the Americana band is the one for a ranch wedding with the Colorado songbook in it, and the wedding jazz band grows through the day the same way.

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

Old Town, the foothills, and the plains.

Old Town holds the downtown wedding. The Elizabeth Hotel and the Armstrong Hotel put the ceremony, the cocktail hour and the reception within a block of each other, Block One on Linden Street is the contemporary hall for a couple who want one floor and their own vendors, and the Lincoln Center is the city’s own hall for a bigger guest list. Their courtyards and terraces take a duo, their halls take a trio or a quartet, and parking downtown is the question to settle with the venue early.

West of town the foothills hold the estate wedding: Tapestry House, the 1890 manor with its lawns, and the ranches along the Poudre, where a ceremony beside the river books a guitarist with a system that carries the vows over the water and a reception in a barn books a trio. The Mishawaka, up the canyon on the river, is the venue for a couple who want the water in every photograph, and the canyon road is part of the plan rather than the price.

East and north, on the plains, Windsong Estate sits on a hill with the whole Front Range in view, and the wind that goes with the view is why an outdoor ceremony there gets a covered spot and a small system rather than an unamplified guitar. A ranch wedding out that way is where the Americana band does its best work.

Logistics

Wind, weather, a river, and an hour up I-25.

Fort Collins is an hour up I-25 from Denver, so the drive is one flat Front Range travel line on the quote, the same line a Boulder or Colorado Springs date carries, with no mileage arithmetic and no lodging. A ceremony up the Poudre canyon adds the canyon road and a drop in cell coverage to the plan, so the load-in is timed with the venue and the musicians leave early for it.

The wind is the Fort Collins fact. The plains east of town and the foothills west of it both get an afternoon wind and a fast afternoon storm, and an unamplified guitar on a lawn disappears in the first gust. An outdoor ceremony gets a covered, level and dry performance area with power run to it, a small system that reaches the last row, and a move-indoors plan agreed before the day. A ranch without a circuit near the site needs a generator, and what that involves is set out in what changes when the reception is outdoors.

The sound rule is the venue’s own. A ballroom or a barn sets a number, a ranch near houses has neighbours, and Old Town has a city ordinance on evening sound, so tell us the number and the cut-off when you book and both go into the contract. A ceremony guitarist and a cocktail hour duo sit inside any of them on their own; a dance floor runs 88 to 95 dBA on the floor by design, which is why the reception is indoors or in a barn with the doors shut.

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 venue’s events office can check line by line. How far ahead couples tend to book is set out in how far ahead to book wedding musicians in Colorado. The wedding half an hour south is on the Boulder wedding page, and the wedding at altitude is on the Vail wedding page.

Questions

Asked about Fort Collins weddings.

Do you play weddings in Fort Collins?: Yes, the whole day or any one part of it. Fort Collins is about an hour up I-25 from Denver, so the music is quoted at the same fee a Denver wedding sees plus one flat Front Range travel line, with no lodging. The Elizabeth Hotel and the Armstrong Hotel in Old Town, Block One on Linden Street, the Lincoln Center, Tapestry House west of town and Windsong Estate out on the plains are the venues that come up most.
What does the Fort Collins travel line cover?: The drive up I-25 and back for the musicians and the gear, as one flat line on the quote, the same line a Colorado Springs or Boulder date carries. There's no mileage arithmetic and no night's lodging, which the far resorts do carry. A ceremony up the Poudre canyon adds the canyon road to the plan rather than to the price, and we leave early for it.
Can a band play an outdoor wedding in the foothills or the canyon?: Yes, with the wind in the plan. The plains east of town and the foothills west of it both get an afternoon wind and a fast afternoon storm, so an outdoor ceremony or reception needs a covered, level and dry performance area with power run to it, and a ranch without a circuit near the site needs a generator, which the outdoor reception guide covers. A ceremony beside the river needs a small system that carries the vows over the water, and a guitarist with that system is the size that does it.
Is a duo enough for a taproom or courtyard reception in Old Town?: For the cocktail hour and dinner, yes: a jazz or acoustic duo at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in 8 by 6 feet on one circuit, is the size an Old Town courtyard or a taproom's event space books. When the same night wants a floor, a trio fills one without a stage and the DJ takes the same sound system when the band is done.
How far ahead should we book wedding musicians in Fort Collins?: The Old Town hotels and the ranch venues book their summer and fall Saturdays a year or more out, and the university's calendar fills the hotels on some weekends, so the venue and the date are settled first and the music comes right after. Tell us the date and we'll come back quickly with an answer and a price for that day.

Send us the date, the venue and the ceremony site, and we'll plan the rest around the wind.

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.