Cost of band/dj/entertainment

sweaty_betty

I'm trying to get an idea of how much is reasonable to pay for wedding entertainment. I was thinking I'd prefer to get a band rather than a dj, 'cos I love live music, but the only band I've had a quote from charge between £1200-1500 for an evening, which seems quite expensive.

Is this about usual, or did I just get a pricey one? Anyone have an idea on the costs of a band v a dj?

TIA:)

hartcjhart

depending if it's in wedding season,

DJ apx £200-£300

bands of course will vary as to how many members in it

but for a 3 piece apx £350-£450

have you tried contacting a local agency

sweaty_betty

Thanks for that. I think an agency is the best next step :-)

bigmomma051204

Hi - we are paying £250 for our DJ (he will be entertaining us from 7pm-midnight)

SavvyStudent_2

My dads band charge £100 a head for the evening. There are 5 of them so £500 normally - they're a BRILLIANT live band and they're doing ours for free! Dad is looking forward to showing off his skills lol x

pretzelnut

We got our Dj for £175 as its mdweek.

We have an excellent busker in town, music student at uni, and we were thinking of stopping him one day and asking if he'll play my favourite song as i walk down the aisle on his guitar (he's got a great voice too), we'll bung him a few quid of course. Its either him or a CD as i am not paying £200 for the organ to play 2 songs which i dont want anyway.

shellsuit

Our DJ is £180 from 7-midnight, and an extra £25 if we want him till 1am. (which is when bar closes)

I enquired about a band and was told £1K so I quickly decided against that lol

hunnycat

most bands i enquired about were £1000 -£1500 that was for 3 or 4 piece bands.

The band i booked was £950 for the 4 hours but were having them for 5 and its an extra £150.
i spoke to a singer/dj who used backing tracks and he was £400 for the night.

hartcjhart

thing is when you ask for a quote dont say it's for a wedding as that will pump up the price a bit,just say its for a birthday or something

butterfly2001

dj's really range in cost depending on the package you want tends to be £150- £300

flower24

we're paying £185 for our DJ