Blog Guides from the band
Wedding and event guides
Our favourite venues for a live band, how sound limiters work, and what to know about the venues we play, written by the band that plays them.
Planning a wedding or an event with a live band? Straight answers from the band: the venues we love playing, how sound limiters work, and what to ask before you book.
Wedding venue guides
Our favourite venues for a live band, area by area
The best Shropshire wedding venues for a live band
Six favourite venues, from a Grade I listed hall and a castle to oak-framed barns, and what to ask before you book.
Read the guideThe best Staffordshire wedding venues for a live band
Six favourite venues, from a stately home in a 400-acre park to stone barns in the Moorlands, and what to ask before you book.
Read the guideThe best Manchester wedding venues for a live band
Six favourite venues, from a Pugin-designed monastery to a rooftop above Spinningfields, and what to ask before you book.
Read the guideThe best Cheshire wedding venues for a live band
Six favourite venues, from a Grade I-listed castle to oak-framed barns, and what to ask before you book.
Read the guideThe best Liverpool wedding venues for a live band
Six favourite venues, from waterfront warehouses to Victorian glasshouses, and what to ask before you book.
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Sound limiter guides
What they are, and how to stop one cutting the power mid-song
Sound limiters at wedding venues: what couples need to know
What a sound limiter is, how it affects a live band, the questions to ask your venue, and when to choose a DJ instead.
Read the guideSound limiters at Cheshire wedding venues
Why some Cheshire venues have a sound limiter, what it means for your band and what to ask, in plain English.
Read the guideSound limiters at Liverpool wedding venues
Why some Liverpool venues have one, and how to make sure it won't cut the power during your first dance.
Read the guideSound limiters at Manchester wedding venues
What they are, why venues fit them and what they mean for your band, plus what to ask your venue.
Read the guideSound limiters at Staffordshire wedding venues
Country houses, barns and marquees: why some venues have a limiter, and what to ask before you book.
Read the guideSound limiters at Shropshire wedding venues
Listed houses, a castle and farm barns: why some venues set a noise limit, and what to ask before you book.
Read the guideSound limiters at corporate events: an organiser's guide
Company party, awards night or Christmas do? How to find the limit, plan the night around it and brief your band.
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Venue spotlights
The venues we play, with what to know about each one
Peckforton Castle
A Grade I-listed castle with a great hall made for a horn section.
Dorfold Hall
A Jacobean country house wedding just outside Nantwich.
Merrydale Manor
A countryside manor wedding near Knutsford.
The Oak Tree of Peover
An oak-framed barn wedding near Knutsford.
Owen House Wedding Barn
A rustic barn wedding with room for a full band.
Sandhole Oak Barn
An oak-framed barn wedding near Congleton.
Stock Farm Barn
An exclusive-use barn on the Tatton Estate.
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere
A lakeside hotel with a 1,000-guest ballroom.
Colshaw Hall
A Grade II listed manor house on a private estate.
The best Knutsford wedding venues for a live band
Six favourite venues near town, from a lakeside ballroom to estate barns.
Isla Gladstone Conservatory
A Victorian glasshouse wedding in Stanley Park.
Oh Me Oh My
A grand waterfront wedding space in Liverpool.
One Fine Day
A wedding in Liverpool's historic Cotton Exchange.
Sefton Park Palm House
A Victorian palm house wedding in Sefton Park.
The Shankly Hotel
A rooftop Garden of Eden wedding in the city centre.
Titanic Hotel
A dockside warehouse hotel wedding at Stanley Dock.
20 Stories
A rooftop wedding party above Spinningfields.
Manchester Hall
Chandelier-lit suites in the heart of the city.
The Monastery
A wedding under the arches of Pugin's Great Nave.
The Saddleworth Hotel
A country hotel with a 500-guest ballroom.
The Stables
A Castlefield wedding party in the city.
Victoria Warehouse
A full-on warehouse wedding party.
Sandon Hall
A stately home in a 400-acre park.
Alrewas Hayes
A Queen Anne house with room for 650.
Swinfen Hall
A Georgian manor with its own deer park.
The Ashes Barns
Stone barns in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Moddershall Oaks
A woodland spa retreat with lakeside vows.
Coton House Farm
Exclusive-use oak barns near Lichfield.
Hawkstone Hall
An 18th-century house with a ballroom and chapel.
Rowton Castle
A castle wedding in 27 acres of parkland.
Davenport House
A Grade I listed Georgian house in Worfield.
Delbury Hall
A family estate with vows by the lake.
Burlton Manor
An award-winning 17th-century barn.
Pimhill Barn
An oak-framed barn licensed until 1am.
