Band bookings for Weddings and Parties around Brighton & the Arundel, Sussex

The northern part of Sussex is close enough to London for London based musicians to travel south and to be hired to play for events. One woman gets to the coastal region, then one is more reliant on the band who play and live in the county, of which there are many excellent ones. The downs of West Sussex, heavily wooded, come within a few miles of Chichester. Hidden in their folds are little churches, many dating from the i2th and ijth centuries, and tiny villages with houses of flint, half-timbered brickwork and thatch. Many of the villages grew up under the protective wing of great estates such as Goodwood, which preserve large stretches of unspoilt downland countryside.

Royal Pavilion in Brighton, BN1 1EE , East Sussex

The SA String Quartet ref: 2030

The Grand Hotel, Brighton 97-99 Kings Road, Brighton , BN1 2FW, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding - Danielle and Steven The AP String Duo ref: 2995.3

Brighton is an exhilarating town of spectacular contrasts. Graceful Georgian and late-Victorian houses co-exist with the extravaganza of the Royal Pavilion; oysters in the Lanes with cockles and whelks on the Pier; political party meetings with day-trippers' outings; bracing rides along the Promenade on open-deck buses with claustrophobic nights in the gambling casinos; antique shops with 'what-the-butler-saw' machines. The blend of culture and candy floss is Brighton's fascination.

It all began as a tiny fishing hamlet on the shore, with a farming settlement on the high ground behind. The fishing quarter was almost entirely swallowed by the sea and is reduced now to a few narrow lanes off Pool Valley. The farming village probably followed the intricate spider's web of narrow streets which today are called the Lanes and lined with antique shops.

The dual village of Brighthelmstone changed its face and character in the mid-18th century when Dr Richard Russell, a Sussex man, proclaimed the value of sea bathing and sea air and earned for the town its contemporary nickname of'Doctor Brighton'.

Holiday Inn Brighton137 Kings Road Brighton East Sussex , BN1 2JF, East Sussex

50th Birthday Party The SP Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4312

British Airways i360Lower Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2LN, East Sussex

Corporate drinks reception The LB Vintage Jazz and Blues Band ref: 6465

The Clarendon Centre, New England Street, Brighton, , BN1 4GQ, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding The CF Ceilidh Band ref: 4085

Brighton, BN1 6NW, East Sussex

Dance for International students The SA String Quartet ref: 2030

Knoyle Hall alongside St John the Evangelist Church Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road, Preston Park,, BN1 6RB, East Sussex

A Ceilidh for a fundraiser for Rainbow Chorus Choir The DB Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4827

Patcham Memorial Hall, Old London Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8XR, East Sussex

The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

The Meeting House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, , BN1 9RH, East Sussex

Clare's 60th birthday party The MM Jazz Trio ref: 3805.1

The Prince of Wales, son of George III, visited Brighton in 1783 and commissioned Henry Holland to build him a Royal Pavilion there in Classical style, with a 'Chinese' interior. When the Prince became Regent in 1812 he engaged John Nash, the architect who laid out Regent's Park in London and the terraces round it, to enlarge the Pavilion into the present riotously extravagant building. As a result of the Prince's interest, Brighton became the leading resort in England, despite derision from the Prince's contemporaries, who attacked the appearance of the Royal Pavilion; the author William Cobbett described it as a combination of 'a square box, a large Norfolk turnip and four onions'.

Modern Brighton is one of Britain's leading seaside resorts, with a shingle beach and three open-air swimming pools, a long promenade and two piers. Beside the Palace Pier is one of the best aquariums in England, complete with performing dolphins. The i4-mile Volks Electric Railway runs from the aquarium to Black Rock swimming pool, with a stop on the way at a children's playground. Adjoining the Lanes is a modern piazza with seats, flower beds and a restaurant, which has tables outdoors in summer.

East Brighton Masonic Centre 16 Seaview Road Peacehaven , BN10 8PX, East Sussex

Burns Supper The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6100.2

The Dome Cinema, Marine Parade, Worthing, , BN11 3PT, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

Worthing is a popular holiday and residential town, with some Regency houses and squares and many London commuters' homes. It was a fishing hamlet until Princess Amelia, youngest daughter of George III, visited it in 1798. In the next 14 years, Worthing started to become the flourishing seaside resort it is today. It has safe sea bathing, a pier, 4 miles of promenades, concert halls and two good theatres.

Paintings in Worthing Museum include many early 19th-century and Victorian watercolours; and a half-timbered 16th-century house at West Tarring, on the north-west outskirts, has a collection of 19th-century 'bygones', and exhibits of local interest.

Worthing dome21-22 Marine Parade Worthing West Sussex , BN11 3PT, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding Reception for Robin & Annabel The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

Worthing Leisure Centre Shaftesbury Avenue, Worthing , BN12 4ET, East Sussex

70th Birthday Party The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

Ferring Village Hall90 Ferring Street, Ferring, West Sussex , BN12 5JP, East Sussex

65th Birthday Party The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

Tudor Close, Ferring, West Sussex, , BN12 5NQ, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding The KF Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4522.1

First of 2 venues: St Andrews Church, BN13 1HQ, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding The KG String Quartet ref: 2476

St Andrews Church, Church Road, West Tarring, Worthing, West Sussex , BN13 1HQ., East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding The KG String Quartet ref: 2476

The Barn, Field Place The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex , BN13 1NP, East Sussex

GSK Social Spring Ceilidh The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

Worthing Indoor Bowls Club, Worthing, BN13 1NP, East Sussex

Golden Wedding Helena: Jazz Singer ref: 6086

Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1NP, East Sussex

The TG Jazz/Easy Listening Duo ref: 6190

Selden Barn 146 Selden Lane, Patching, Worthing, West Sussex , BN13 3UL, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding drinks reception - Katy and Andrew The CG Celtic / Irish Folk Band ref: 4780.3

Long Furlong Barn Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 3XN, East Sussex

this is abuttressed, tiled roof barn, it was built in the 1880s and is complete with sweeping views over undulating fields. Venues approved for civil marriage ceremonies and civil partnerships, and can hold up to hundred and 20 guests, which is nice number for a wedding ceilidh or barn dance. In this case it was a string quartet that were playing, and as in most original barn, the acoustics are good because of the hard walls and floors and high ceilings. It's strange to think that these old barns were built purely for housing grain, implements and animals, and there was no thought of acoustics from the builders who put these barns up, quite often just piled high with very little planning, and often without an architect being involved. So what has gone wrong with architecture and the training of architects, that when they try in modern buildings and hotels venues, so often they get the acoustics drastically wrong. Modern hotels are often completely dead and suck up every bit of sound from a string quartet, a classical guitarist or harpist, while so many modern village halls are over reverberant, and all one gets his cacophony of echoes from the band crossing with shouts from happy guests bouncing off walls and ceilings in all directions. So why is it that somebody can throw up an agricultural barn, not meant for music, and produce a building that is usually superb for music, whereas architects who have gone to university, at great expense to society or themselves, so rarely seem to be able to produce buildings that are actually good for people and conversation and music? Ah well, that's the way it is I suppose.

Summer Ball The CW String Ensemble ref: 2027.2

Worthing Golf Club, Links Rd, Worthing, West Sussex, , BN14 9QZ, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding The AC Duo ref: 5619

Applesham Farm Coombes, Lancing , BN15 0RP, East Sussex

Steyning Young Farmers 85th reunion The DB Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4827

Church Farm, COOMBES, Lancing, West Sussex , BN15 0RS, East Sussex

Live music booking for Wedding reception The UR Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6109

Lancing Parish Hall,South Street, Lancing, BN15 8AJ, East Sussex

Church Social Event The WS Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4343

Rustington, BN16 2LA, East Sussex

Pianist Joss ref: 6307.1

Marquee, Baycombe Lane, Slindon, West Sussex, BN18 0TB, East Sussex

Wedding The SP Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4312

Norfolk Arms Hotel - The BallroomHigh Street Arundel West Sussex , BN18 9AB, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding Ceremony The SM Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 4444

Arundel climbs from the River Arun to the battlemented walls, massive keep and turrets of Arundel Castle, above which flics the flag of the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England. The castle is flanked by the late 14th-century Church of St Nicholas and the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Philip Neri, built by the isth Duke of Norfolk in 1868-9. The entire view from across the river has a Gothic, fairy-tale effect.

The castle was built by Roger Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, just after the Conquest, to defend the valley against sea raiders. It was added to in 1170 and 1190 and was almost ruined in 1643 by Cromwell's cannon fired from the steeple of St Nicholas's Church. The castle was rebuilt in the i8th century, and extensively restored in 1890.

The town of Arundel is mostly Victorian but there are many 18th-century houses, and Mount Pleasant and Bond Street have many flint-walled cottages. Potter's Museum in the High Street was originally at Bramber, and is well known for its nursery rhyme tableaux incorporating stuffed animals. Dominating the High Street is the Norfolk Arms, a splendid 18th-century coaching inn.

Amberley Castle, Nr. Arundel, West Sussex, , BN18 9LT, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding The SM Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 4444

GEORGE & DRAGONHOUGHTON, ARUNDEL WEST SUSSEX , BN18 9LW, East Sussex

End of Racing Season Party for Stable Staff & Owners The PA Function Band ref: 5509.1

WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, Mill Road, Arundel, West Sussex. , BN18 9PB, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding reception The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

The GranaryMillbrook Cottage, South Stoke, Arundel , BN18 9PF, East Sussex

Summer Party The KC Irish Folk Band ref: 6584.2

Slindon College, Nr Arundel. , BN18 ORH, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding party The PA Function Band ref: 5509.1

Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton. , BN2 0AL, East Sussex

Burns evening for parents The KF Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4522.1

Rottingdean Whiteway Centre Whiteway Lane, Brighton , BN2 7HB, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding - Sophie and Paul The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

All Saints Chapel6 Darley Road Eastbourne, BN20 7PE, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding of Mark Nel & Filipa The RP Party / Covers Band ref: 5908

Eastbourne was developed by the 7th Duke of Devonshire when he inherited the small village in 1834. He wanted to build something totally different from the extrovert gaiety of nearby Brighton, and created an elegant place with fine parks and gardens, wide tree-lined roads and grass in long, trim stretches.

All Saints Chapel Darley Road Eastbourne, BN20 7PE, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding - Daniella and Luke The BF String Quartet ref: 2665

Willingdon Golf Club Southdown Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex , BN20 9AA, East Sussex

Burns Night The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

Language Teaching Centre, Compton Park, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne. , BN21 1EH, East Sussex

Language School barn dancing evening The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6100.2

Private home - 14a Prideaux Rd Eastbourne , BN21 2NB, East Sussex

50th Birthday The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

The Cavendish Hotel Eastbourne38 Grand Parade Eastbourne, BN21 4DH, East Sussex

Son's wedding The BF String Quartet ref: 2665

The Beach Deck Restaurant, Near Treasure Island - Royal Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex, , BN22 7AE, East Sussex

A private party for around 70 guests The LE Duo ref: 3730

Christ Church, Seaside, Eastbourne. , BN22 7NN, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding The KG String Quartet ref: 2476

Peelings Manor Barns, , BN24 5AP, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding The BT Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 4559

Peelings Manor Barns, Hankham Road, Nr. Pevensey, East Sussex. , BN24 5AP, East Sussex

Live music hired for Wedding The BT Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 4559

Exceat Farm House, Seaford, , BN25 4AD, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding The KK Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4715

Alfriston War Memorial Hall The Tye, Alfriston, East Sussex , BN26 5TL, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding - Elizabeth and Stephen The CR Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 4564

Alfriston is a village in the Cuckmere valley, full of old houses—notably the Star Inn and the 14th-century Clergy House, the first building acquired by the National Trust, in 1896. Once a haunt of smugglers, it is a useful centre from which to explore the Cuckmere Valley down to Seaford or up to Hailsham and beyond. Lullington, just across the river, has one of England's smallest churches—only 16 ft square. There is a fine 5-mile walk along the top of the downs to West Firle.

Alciston & Selmeston village hall Wortley, Sheffield , BN26 6UD, East Sussex

Newhaven Archery Club Barn Dance The TS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6100.1

Herstmonceux Catle, East Sussex, BN27 1RN, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding The UL Gypsy Jazz/Swing Band ref: 6156

Herstmonceux is a small and unpretentious village. The castle, moated and romantic, is now occupied by start" of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The grounds are open to the public in summer. The new aluminium Isaac Newton Observatory is a conspicuous landmark.

The Bader International Study CentreHerstmonceux Castle Hailsham East Sussex, BN27 1RN, East Sussex

Alumni of the Bader International Study Centre The CM Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 6295.1

The Sussex BarnPark Farm, New Road, Hellingly, , BN27 4EW, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding reception for Natalie & James The DB Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4827

Blackstock Barn, Grove Hill, Hellingly, East Sussex. , BN27 4H, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding The FL Acoustic Duo ref: 5870

The GranaryBlackstock Farm Grove Hill Hellingly East Sussex , BN27 4HF, East Sussex

50th Birthday party The SP Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4312

Herstmonceux Village Hall, Hailsham Road, Herstmonceux, E.Sussex. , BN27 4JX, East Sussex

20th wedding anniversary party The SS Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 4706.1

North Road, (marquee / Tipi)Bodle Street, Hailsham, East Sussex,, BN27 4RG, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding of Joel and Amie The HL Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4958.1

New Barn Farm, Portslade, Brighton, , BN41 2GB, East Sussex

Joint 40th Birthday The TF Duo ref: 6551.2

Wiston Recreation GroundHole Street Wiston West Sussex, BN44 3DH, East Sussex

Retirement Party for two colleagues leaving the police The PA Function Band ref: 5509.1

Wiston HouseSteyning Road, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3DZ, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding Reception The KG String Quartet ref: 2476

Steyning is a medieval, quietly prosperous town of old gabled houses. According to legend the village began in the 8th century, when St Cuthman pushed his invalid mother in a wheelbarrow from Devon. The barrow broke down at Steyning, so Cuthman stayed there and built a wooden church. The present church, dating from the 12th century, is one of the noblest in West Sussex. A track leads to the top of Steyning Round Hill, from which there is a fine view over the Adur Valley. Other walks climb the downs to Cissbury Ring and Chanctonbury Ring, where a beech wood, planted in 1760, stands in an oval prehistoric earthwork.

Wiston House, Steyning Road, Steyning. , BN44 3DZ, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding The RT Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4687.2

Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex , BN44 3DZ, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding The CW String Ensemble ref: 2027.2

The Castle Inn Hotel & Conference Centre, The Street, Bramber, Steyning, West Sussex, , BN44 3WE, East Sussex

Live music booked for Wedding Party The LL Jazz Trio ref: 3742

Pangdean Old Barn Pangdean Farm, Pyecombe, West Sussex , BN45 7FJ, East Sussex

Live band hired for Wedding of Hannah and Patrick The UR Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 6109

Oaklands, Oreham Common, Henfield, West Sussex., BN5 9SB, East Sussex

Live band hired for Wedding The KF Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4522.2

Henfield is a straggling village with a gorsc-clad common, a peaceful river and water-meadow scenery. A 19th-century Sussex botanist, William Borrer. once counted 6600 varieties of plants in his Henfield garden, and his nephew, an ornithologist, saw 14 golden orioles on one thorn bush on Henfield Common

Ditchling Village Hall, Ditchling, , BN6 8TE, East Sussex

SURPRISE party The SP Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4312

Wickwoods Country Club Wickwoods Country Club and Spa, Albourne , BN6 9DY, East Sussex

Live band hired for Wedding - Rory and Charlotte The KF Ceilidh Band ref: 4441

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