Mill Barns wedding supplier music Shropshire Hard to Handle wedding band + DJ
Mill Barns wedding supplier live band
If it’s your first time pulling onto the driveway of Mill Barns, the bespoke designer wedding venue in Alveley (just a few miles outside Bridgnorth) in Shropshire, you’ll be forgiven for stopping, winding down your window and letting your jaw drop to your legs – it’s literally that impressive. Built on a lake, it’s so in harmony with the natural environment surrounding it (a lake complete with nesting birds, rushes and forest around it) that you could swear it was built centuries ago. And while the venue sits on the site of a 17th century mill, the venue itself has clearly been constructed in modern times, even though it’s completely bedded into the gardens around it. In fact you could say that it tastefully blends classic and contemporary styles very successfully…
…something you could also say about HARD TO HANDLE BAND! We have been honoured to receive “preferred wedding supplier” status at Mill Barns, This means that we have acted as the Mill Barns wedding supplier for live music for a number of years (you can find us on the Mill Barns Shropshire preferred supplier site) and the venue trusts us to provide top quality live entertainment for brides, grooms and their guests. Having a venue such as Mill Barns recommend Hard to Handle as their live entertainment wedding supplier means a lot to us because they recognise our professionalism, reliability and the level of entertainment. We ensure that we create a full dance floor all of the brides, grooms and guests we play to, no matter their musical tastes. We provide:
- Over 2 hours of classic and contemporary live bangers and anthems
- Top quality live DJ playing sets of rock, pop, indie, dance and more
- Complementary sound and light system
- Massive live band playlist of over 350 songs
- Choose you’re your own favourite songs for us to learn and perform
- Non-stop music all night – no breaks
- Hire us direct here for no agency fees
- Fully insured
- A full dance floor, all night long!
FINDING A LIVE SHROPSHIRE MUSIC WEDDING SUPPLIER AT MILL BARNS – THINGS TO CONSIDER
If you are just starting out on your journey to find the perfect wedding supplies for your Mill Barns wedding, you may not yet have thought about the type of live entertainment you would like. Hiring one of the Shropshire wedding bands as your Mill Barns wedding supplier you have seen online may seem like a huge undertaking but breaking the task down into the most relevant points is definitely the right way to start. Potential considerations might look like this:
- Many Shropshire wedding venues require approval of bands and DJs in advance. If the band or DJ you are interested in hiring doesn’t meet the approval of the venue (HARD TO HANDLE BAND have been pre-approved as a Mill Barns wedding band), they may not be allowed to perform
- Mill Barns required any music Shropshire wedding supplier you hire to use their installed sound system, so it’s best to check that the band or DJ you would like to perform at your wedding reception is happy with this arrangement
- Mill Barns has other requirements of live bands, such as the type of amplification and monitoring they will allow bands to bring and set up, so it’s worthwhile checking with the venue manager once you have spoken to the Shropshire wedding music band you are interested in hiring
- You will also need to ensure that the band you hire hold public liability insurance (PLI) and electrical testing documentation (PAT). A good professional band such as HARD TO HANDLE will liaise with the venue to provide this and other information so that you don’t have to!
- Was this useful? If so, you might also like to see our handy FAQ which answers lots more questions about whether hiring HARD TO HANDLE BAND as your Mill Barns wedding supplier is right for you: https://hardtohandleband.co.uk/questions-and-answers/
SHOULD I HIRE A LIVE BAND OR DJ AS MY MILL BARNS WEDDING SUPPLIER?
It’s a good question. Obviously we have a vested interest in saying “hire Hard to Handle as your Mill Barns wedding band!”, and of course the fact that you are reading this probably means that you are leaning more towards hiring a band than a stand along DJ, but if you have come this far, you will have realised it’s not a mutually exclusive question – you can have the best of both worlds and let your guests enjoy great quality professional function live band music entertainment AND an amazing DJ in one when you hire HARD TO HANDLE BAND as your Mill Barns wedding supplier. Like many brides and grooms, you have probably come to the conclusion that whatever type of entertainment you to provide for your guests at your wedding reception, it needs to be the broadest possible spectrum of music to suit all tastes.
And while it’s true that while certain types of music lend themselves to be played by a DJ (eg. Dance, Ibiza classics, hip hop) and stuff like rock, indie and some pop would be better played by a live band, when you take a look at our huge genre-busting playlist (https://hardtohandleband.co.uk/playlist/), you will be pleasantly surprised by the sheer scope of our musical ability! You may not have thought that a three piece function band could play modern chart bangers as well as classic indie and rock anthems, but this is exactly what we are doing at each of the 200+ wedding receptions we play each year at Mill Barns and throughout Shropshire. Though we are totally live and don’t need any extra musicians or cheesy backing tracks, we have a massive live band sound which fills the room and keeps the dance floor full.
DO LIVE WEDDING BANDS SOUND ANY GOOD AT MILL BARNS?
While we can’t vouch for other live music wedding service suppliers in Shropshire, there are a few things you might want to consider before you hire a live music band for Mill Barns. The venue itself has amazing acoustics, but some wedding bands who have not played there previously may find its’ large, long entertainment barn with stage somewhat daunting. They will quickly discover that the raised platform means that all of your guests will be concentrating on them and there is nowhere to hide, so they will need to bring their “A” game. If they’re a new band, nervous or simply musicians but not accomplished entertainers, they will have a hard time performing.
Hiring HARD TO HANDLE as your Mill Barns wedding supplier means that you won’t have any of these issues. We are a professional function band with literally thousands of gigs under our collective belts. We are not just talented and versatile musicians but also entertainers who are perfect for Mill Barns; our energetic show means that it feels like we fill just the stage but the whole of the venue, throwing shapes, jumping around like lunatics, getting onto the dance floor with you guests and more! And as you will see from our video reviews, brides and grooms really do appreciate the fact that we go the extra mile to ensure that every one of your guests has heard the songs they want to hear.
So what are you waiting for? Get in touch with HARD TO HANDLE BAND + DJ and find out how we can bring the wow factor to your Mill Barns wedding reception!
HARD TO HANDLE WEDDING BAND – 2 hours of killer indie, rock, pop and more + live DJ!
Tel: 0796 433 5657
E: info@hardtohandleband.co.uk
https://hardtohandleband.co.uk/live-wedding-bands-shropshire/