Ceilidh Bands

[kimando]

Hey, I'm in the middle of searching for a ceilidh band for an event, and emailed a few bands asking if they're available and what price etc..

But would be very interested to hear if anyone here can recommend a band? Or know how much we should roughly fork out for one.

We've had one quote so far for a 4-piece band playing a 4 hour set for a whopping £750, which seemed a bit pricey, but they say they're one of the best.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a cheaper one?

Many thanks

[sqril]

I think Celtic soc have their own band, they were advertising it at freshers fair i seem to remember.you might try emailing them, no idea how good they are tho celticsoc@st-andrews.ac.uk

[Duggeh]

Last Tram Fea Achtenshoogle (sp) are worth whatever it is they charge.

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[kimando]

even more than £750? I'm not sure if we can afford them, but heard they're the best ceilidh band in the world, or so it was advertised on a website.

[orudge]

They're the band who usually do the ceilidh in freshers week, and an excellent ceilidh they do, too.

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http://www.owenrudge.net/
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[MartinConaghan]

Hey, I play in a ceilidh band called Shy Bairn (Ceilidh Band). We're all students and we've been together as a folk band for a couple of years. We won STARfactor in rag week 2006 and we played for a week and a bit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer with an Irish dancing group from St Andrews - Siamsoir.

We've played tons of ceilidhs between us so decided to start playing them as a band. We've played a couple already in Edinburgh and have three or four bookings over the next few months in St Andrews. Three of us played or play with 'Ceilidh Trail' which is a summer music school in the North of Scotland.

Selling part over, we don't charge anywhere near £750, generally £400 for 5 people. And we're pretty good, but obviously I would say that! We've been asked to play the students union main bar on St Andrews day (not confirmed yet but looking like 8-10pm) - next Wednesday, so that would be a chance to see for yourself.

If you want to check availability let me know (mac34@st-and...)

Martin

[Sarah]

Dude - try Shy Bairn!!!! They're on Facebook!!! Very reasonable and super good!

[kimando]

We think we've found a good ceilidh band we are going to accept.

Thank for all the help everyone, it's been a really good response. And we shall make a note of the bands mentioned to use in later events.