Hunter Valley Wedding Entertainment
The Hunter Valley wedding entertainment scene offers a unique collection of fun wedding bands, dj's and live interactive shows. From wedding musicians & DJ's who cater for ceremony and/or reception music to roving entertainers who provide unique one-of-a-kind experiences, the Hunter Valley offers a fun assortment of entertainers to delight your wedding guests.
Hunter Valley bands include 4-piece rock n roll groups, Celtic fiddlers, one-man bands, duos and 5+ piece big party bands. Wedding DJ options include elegant saxophone packages, vocal soloists and standard club style dance DJs. Wedding music in the Hunter Valley covers all genres from pop to soul, R&B, funk and jazz.
Here are 10 amazing wedding entertainers in the Hunter Valley.
Wedding Entertainment
- DJ and Sax
- 5-Piece party band
- Guitar & vocals duo
- Jazz Band
- One-Man Band
- Club DJ
- Celtic fiddle band
- Pub Band
- Caricature cartoonist
- DJ & mobile bar
Top 10 Wedding Entertainers in Hunter Valley
1. DJ and Sax Wedding Entertainment
- Location: East Maitland, NSW
- Service Area: Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Central Coast
- Wedding Packages: $200 - $950
Jake Sietsma is a professional saxophonist who offers a full ensemble experience with orchestral backing tracks. He has a repertoire of 70+ songs featuring live saxophone and covers a wide range of genres from romantic ceremony music to party starters that get the dance floor swinging.
Hunter Valley wedding entertainment starts at $200 for ceremonies including one hour of live saxophone with backing. The reception package is $680 with four hours of DJ and Jake plays the saxophone where appropriate and will also MC for you if required.
2. Jake Sietsma & Band
- Location: Maitland, NSW
- Service Area: Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Central Coast
- Wedding Packages: $950+
From a one man saxophone band playing solo, to a full 5 or 6 piece party band with vocals, Jake Sietsma offers a variety of musical ensembles to cater to individual client needs. All band formations include Jake on the saxophone who you can also hire for live wedding ceremony music.
Jake & his wedding bands offer a versatile playlist from atmospheric background music suitable for canapés through to party tunes to get the dance floor vibing. DJ & MC services are included with packages.
3. Jackson Broadway DUO
- Location: Newcastle
- Service Area: Hunter Valley
- Wedding Packages: $1,800 - $2,200+
Jackson Broadway are a versatile musical duo made up of Justin & Tim on vocals and guitar. The duo offer acoustic sets as well as high energy sounds with backing tracks and cover all the pop and rock hits of today to the 80's.
Wedding packages start at $1,800 for the Justin & Tim duo at your wedding reception through to $2,200 for your ceremony, canapés and party. The duo arrive with professional sound & lighting and play your chosen formal songs, a set song list and also take song requests at your discretion.
4. Uptown Band
- Location: Newcastle
- Service Area: Maitland, Hunter Valley
- Wedding Packages: $3,000+
Uptown is a sophisticated 5-piece party band that provides an acoustic duo for wedding ceremonies, plays soft & grooving jazz during cocktail hour and becomes a high-energy rock & roll band later in the reception. Tunes include pop, soul, R&B and funk and with a long list of party anthems live requests are a specialty.
Wedding entertainment packages include pre-wedding help with song selection and option to add horn and percussion to the band.
5. Jake Davey
- Location: Newcastle
- Service Area: Hunter Valley
- Wedding Packages: $4,000+
Jake Davey is country pop music artist who has released several singles available on Spotify that have amassed 1 million streams. His latest single Good Thing was released on September 12, 2022.
Jake has played at the Tamworth Country Music Festival and is an emerging name in Australian country music having supported artists such as Diesel, Daryl Braithwaite and Rick Price. When not touring, Jake has limited availability for performances at private weddings in the Hunter Valley.
6. Silent Shout Wedding Entertainers
- Location: Mayfield, Newcastle NSW
- Service Area: Hunter Valley, Newcastle
- Wedding Packages: $800+
Silent Shout are regular wedding entertainers in Hunter Valley and Newcastle venues. They are DJ's who bring quality lighting and sound together in club-quality sets that get wedding guests off their seats and onto the dance floor.
The team of 6 DJ's and MC's tailor club-like DJ sets with a clean, modern and professional looking set up. Song lists are invited and playlists are coordinated in line with each couple's music preferences over the night.
7. String Loaded
- Location: Pokolbin
- Service Area: Hunter Valley
- Wedding Packages: Ceremony + reception
String Loaded are a Celtic fiddle band in the Hunter Valley featuring feisty fiddle playing sisters, a guitarist, bodhran and singing. They've played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Australian Celtic Festival and the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland.
This high energy Irish and Scottish concert band play a wide range of traditional Celtic wedding music plus everything from Puchelbel’s Canon to Christina Perri, The Corrs and Train. Song selections are put together based on client preferences.
8. Bad Paris
- Location: Newcastle West
- Service Area: Hunter Valley, Pokolbin, Wollombi
- Wedding Packages: Flexible to suit
Bad Paris is a popular pub band available to hire for wedding entertainment in the Hunter Valley. Offering both live music and MC packages, they play easy listening music for canapés hour followed by lively reception sets for dancing.
This rockin' 4-piece band play music from the 70's to now and features 2 guitars, drums and vocals by all four members. Most genres and styles of music are featured on their play list.
9. David Green Cartoonist
- Location: Newcastle
- Service Area: Hunter Valley, Sydney, Country NSW
- Wedding Packages: 5 packages to suit all budgets
David Green is a roving caricature cartoonist servicing Hunter Valley weddings including vineyards in the Upper Hunter and country regions. David draws wedding cartoon portraits at your wedding reception and can airdrop digital caricatures to display on screens or hand draw old school style on card.
Wedding packages include the option for caricature signature boards for your guest to sign around, drawn from photos and printed on canvas or board to display at your reception. David offers one of the most unique wedding entertainment options in the Hunter Valley.
10. Williams & Co Entertainment
- Location: Blackalls park, Central Coast, NSW
- Service Area: Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Central Coast
- Wedding Packages: $1,100 - $2,000+
Williams and Co is an end-to-end wedding entertainment, hire and mobile bar service that operates in the Hunter Valley. DJ packages can be coupled with tipi hire and/or mobile bar hire for a stand alone or complete entertainment solution.
Background DJ or Party DJ packages start at $800 to $1100 respectively and include an informal MC to help with cues and make announcements. Combined packages start at $800 + $18/pp with a 6 hour bar and DJ service. Minimum spends apply.
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