Event Services

Live band for hire in Austin

Birthdays, anniversaries, house parties, backyard parties, company get-togethers that are not really corporate events. Same three players and the same rig that plays the ballrooms, at whatever volume your room can take.

For a private party the band brings its own PA and stage lighting, plays whatever set length the night needs instead of a fixed three sets, and can drop to an acoustic setup with percussion instead of a full kit when the room is small or the neighbours are close.

Set length is yours, not ours

A wedding has a shape. A party does not. Some run two hours with people arriving the whole time, some run five and turn into a different event halfway through.

So tell us the window and we will build to it. Three sets of thirteen songs is the full evening, roughly two and a half hours of music. Shorter nights get fewer, longer sets, or two longer ones. What does not change is that the music is live the whole time and nobody is watching a laptop.

Backyards, and the part that catches people out

Austin decides this one before you do. The City publishes that amplified sound on residential property is allowed from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at a maximum of 75 decibels, and that after 10 p.m. it may not be audible beyond the property line. Residential property does not require, and is not eligible for, an outdoor sound permit.

In practice that means a backyard party ends amplified music at 10, not whenever the party is done. Plan the loud part earlier than feels natural. We would rather tell you that at the booking than at 9:55.

The full version, including what happens above fifty guests and where the permit line sits, is in live music for a backyard party in Austin.

Small rooms

If the room is small, or shares a wall, or you want people to be able to talk, we play the acoustic setup: same three players, same voices, percussion instead of the full kit. It is the same format we use for a cocktail hour and it changes the volume floor of the whole night.

Birthdays and anniversaries

The request that matters most here is usually one song, not a set. A first dance at a fortieth, a song somebody's father used to play, the thing that has to be right at eleven o'clock. Send it early and it gets learned properly, the same as a ceremony request.

What we will not do is fake it. If a song does not work with three players and three voices we will say so and suggest what does, rather than playing a thin version of something that mattered to you.

What we need to quote

  1. Date, start time and how long you want music.
  2. Where, and whether it is indoors, outdoors or both.
  3. Rough headcount, which decides the PA more than the room does.
  4. Whether there is power within reach of where the band sets up.
  5. Any song that has to happen.

For what the band physically needs on site, see how much space and power a live band needs. If you are weighing us against other bands, what to ask a band before you book them is the honest checklist.

Common questions

Can you play a house or backyard party in Austin?

Yes, and the city sets the limits rather than the band. Austin allows amplified sound on residential property from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at a maximum of 75 decibels, and after 10 p.m. it may not be audible beyond the property line. So plan the loud part of the night earlier than feels natural.

Do you have to play three full sets?

No. Three sets of thirteen songs is the full evening, roughly two and a half hours of music, and that suits a wedding. For a party you tell us the window and we build to it: fewer and longer, or two longer sets. The music stays live throughout either way.

Can the band play quietly enough for a small room?

Yes. We play an acoustic setup for smaller rooms: the same three players and the same voices, with percussion instead of the full kit. It is the same format we use for a cocktail hour, and it lowers the volume floor of the whole night, not simply the PA level.

Tell us the date, the room and how long you want music.

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