Southern Highlands Wedding Band: Grand Gardens to a Packed Dance Floor

All the time. We play Bendooley Estate in Berrima, Centennial Vineyards near Bowral, Milton Park, Mali Brae Farm and everywhere in between, and we know these rooms in every season: spring blooms at Hopewood House, autumn colour at Wildwood in Kangaroo Valley, an open fire in a grand old room at Bendooley in winter. If we ever need accommodation, your Band Manager will let you know.

Ceremony music starts from about $920, including travel: a Violin + Cello Duo from about $1,100, a String Trio from about $1,520 and a String Quartet from about $1,930. Reception music starts from about $2,340. Book both and a package discount applies. All prices include GST.

As soon as your venue is confirmed. Spring (September to November) and autumn (March to May) fill fastest, Saturday nights are always snapped up first.
We're often booked up to 12 months ahead. The autumn colour around Bowral pulls a lot of couples towards the same few weekends, so if that's the picture in your head, book the band the week you book the venue. The songs can wait. The date can't.

Size it to your guests. A Violin + Cello Duo suits up to about 50, like a garden ceremony at Hopewood House. A String Trio suits up to about 80, and a String Quartet fills a big setting like Bendooley Estate.

Yes, we play outdoor ceremonies all the time. Strings and harp play unamplified, and we bring our own sound system for vocals. Plan a covered wet weather option, because our instruments can't play in rain or harsh Aussie sun. Highlands weather changes fast, and a garden at Milton Park can be bright at two and under cloud by three, so settle the backup with your venue early and nobody has to make a call on the day.

Some do, mostly for outdoor amplified music. Strings and harp play unplugged, so your ceremony and drinks are rarely affected. Tell us your venue's rules and we'll plan around them. A volume limit is different from a finish time. We bring our own sound system, so we set the level to suit the room: the barn at Bendooley and the veranda at Centennial Vineyards don't need the same volume, and we know the difference.

It depends on your venue. Many outdoor spaces finish amplified music around 10pm, while receptions inside a country house often run later. Check your finish time and we'll build the night around it. A 10pm finish is still a great night. We'll shape the timeline with you so the dance floor opens sooner and the last song lands right on the cut-off with the whole room still up.

Yes, and most Highlands couples do it this way. Many of us play more than one role, so the faces at your vows are the ones on stage that night: the violinist from your garden ceremony at Hopewood House might be in the band at Summerlees after dark. One booking, one Band Manager, and nobody new to brief at seven o'clock. Book both and a package discount is applied automatically.