Ceilidh, Irish, ceili, barndance bands: a-z list
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A good ceilidh or barndance lasts for about three hours, with a break in the middle to give your guests a chance to catch their breath. Food-wise, a hog roast or ploughman's supper fits well with this style of entertainment. Alternatively a more informal mix of tunes and sing-along songs is guaranteed to to create an excellent party atmosphere. |
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Alistair Lennox Ceilidh Band
Region: Glasgow wedding bands
Style: 2 - 4 Piece Ceilidh Band
The Alistair Lennox Ceilidh Band is a group of versatile musicians whose energetic, creative and professional style of playing reaches out to all age groups. [More info] -
Banish Misfortune
Region: London wedding bands
Style: 3 - 5 Piece Ceilidh Band
Banish Misfortune presents a mix of Irish songs and dance tunes that will delight and enthrall. The band can provide a dance caller if organised ceilidh dancing is required. [More info] -
Blackbush
Region: Manchester wedding bands
Style: 2 - 5 Piece Irish Band
No truly Irish party is complete without such treats as "The Star Of The County Down" or "The Wild Rover". Blackbush includes all these tried and tested classics. [More info] -
Black Velvet Band
Region: Bath wedding bands
Style: 3 - 5 Piece Irish Band
Black Velvet Band follows in a tried and tested tradition going back down the centuries to the time when country people throughout Britain made their own entertainment. [More info] -
Blimey O'Reilly
Region: Leeds wedding bands
Style: 3 Piece Irish Band
In country hostelries and barns down the centuries, a mix of jigs and reels has been a perennial recipe for a great evening of entertainment. [More info] -
Brand of Fire
Region: Cheltenham wedding bands
Style: 3 - 5 Piece Irish Band
Tried and tested down the generations, a traditional ceilidh and Irish night remains one of the best all-involving ways of organising a family party. [More info] -
Cut The Mustard
Region: Birmingham wedding bands
Style: 2 - 5 Piece Irish Band
Cut The Mustard serve up a brilliant mix of songs and tunes, all drawn from the great aural tradition that is country folk across the British Isles and beyond down the centuries. [More info] -
Flamin' Great Barn Dance Band
Region: Hastings wedding bands
Style: 3 Piece Ceilidh Band
Whether you call it an English barndance, a Scottish ceilidh, an Irish ceili or an American hoedown, it's a prescription for wonderful family entertainment. [More info] -
Granny Smith's Maggot
Region: Newcastle Upon Tyne wedding bands
Style: 3 Piece Irish Band
Take the best songs from the Celtic Tradition and throw in some Geordie favourites, add a healthy dollop of jigs and reels and you have Granny Smith's Maggot. [More info] -
Gypsy's Kiss
Region: Bristol wedding bands
Style: 2 - 4 Piece Irish Band
Stirring songs of times gone by ... tunes that will have you leaping out of your seat onto the dancefloor ... Gypsy's Kiss offers you all this and more. [More info] -
Hot C Ceilidh Band
Region: London wedding bands
Style: 3 - 5 Piece Irish Band
The Hot C Band is a group of highly-skilled players, musically responsive to one another and able to take ceilidh music into new dimensions. [More info] -
MacCeilidh
Region: Edinburgh wedding bands
Style: 2 - 4 Piece Scottish Ceilidh Band
MacCeilidh is the brainchild of Norman Mackay, all-Scotland button accordion champion of 2004. Make no bones about it, this ceilidh crew will blow your socks off. [More info] -
Mapaluna Ceilidh Band
Region: Northampton wedding bands
Style: 2 - 3 Piece Ceilidh Band
These guys are equally at home at a Hungarian gypsy wedding, busking outside a Parisian cafe or performing in a Dublin ballad-lounge. [More info] -
Mat Walklate's Men
Region: Manchester wedding bands
Style: 2 - 6 Piece Irish Band
Meet Seamus, Mat and Anthony, all skilled musicians full of enthusiasm for the great Celtic tradition of songs, tunes and dances rooted in the British Isles. [More info] -
Sergeant Early's Dream
Region: Bristol wedding bands
Style: 2 - 4 Piece Irish Band
Sergeant Early's Dream reaches back into the past and picks the best of the tried and trusted tunes and songs that have delighted folk down the centuries. [More info] -
Shannagh
Region: Manchester wedding bands
Style: 2 - 6 Piece Ceilidh Irish Band
With keyboard at the centre of the sound, the full line-up includes an All-Ireland Whistle Champion and a BBC Young Tradition finalist on the fiddle. [More info] -
Special Brew Ceilidh Band
Region: Manchester wedding bands
Style: 4 - 5 Piece Ceilidh Irish Band
Special Brew plays the best of traditional and contemporary Irish songs and music, generating a joyful atmosphere at live performances that is guaranteed to have you up on your feet. [More info] -
The Burdock Band
Region: Birmingham wedding bands
Style: 3 - 5 Piece Ceilidh Band
The five-piece Burdock Band has plenty of experience getting family parties "off the ground", so to speak. An expert dance caller will demonstrate what to do. [More info] -
The Porter Boys
Region: Bristol wedding bands
Style: 2 - 4 Piece Irish Band
Expect superb harmony vocals that give The Dubliners a run for their money - driven along by tasty guitar and banjo and topped with lashings of fine fiddle and the odd spot of penny whistle. [More info] -
Tommy's Crew
Region: Birmingham wedding bands
Style: 3 - 4 Piece Ceilidh Band
Tommy's Crew presents an infectious mix of jigs, polkas, reels and hornpipes, played with verve and enthusiasm. All the tried and tested favourite Irish songs are also included in the repertoire. [More info]

