Bands hired for weddings and parties around Windermere & Preston, Lancashire

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Windermere is a popular tourist centre is surrounded by easily reached vantage points which give glorious views of the countryside and the lake. Orrest Head, a 784^1 hill north of the town, provides one of the finest panoramas. The top can be reached in a few minutes by following [he zigzag path beginning opposite the station beside the Windermere Hotel.

Another easy climb is to the top of Biskey How, a 30o-ft hill just east of the Windermere suburb of Bowness,which has quaint, narrow streets, a 15th-ccntury church with some good stained glass, and beautiful views across the lake. Bowness is the headquarters of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club.

Lake Windermere has 14 islands, including the privately owned Belle Isle which covers 30 acres. There is water-skiing from Waterhead at the north end of the lake.

The SamlingAmbleside Road Windermere LA23 1LR, LA23 1LR, Lancashire

 

Small Live music hired for Wedding for Richard and Rhona The CJ Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 6216

Ambleside is a resort at the centre of the Lake District, and always crowded with walkers. Guides can be hired here, along with rope and tackle, for rock-climbing expeditions. Bridge House, a 17th-century rough-stone structure built as a summer-house, is now a National Trust information centre.

Every July the 19th-century Church of St Mary the Virgin observes the custom of rush-bearing, when children parade through the streets carrying rushes and flowers—a tradition handed down from the Middle Ages when rushes were used as carpets in churches.

Heysham Golf Club Trumacar park, Middleton road, Heysham , LA3 3JH, Lancashire

 

Retirement Party - Craig The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Morecambe and Heysham are two ancient villages have merged into one lively resort which has a vast swimming-pool, a Marineland with performing dolphins, and illuminations in autumn from the Battery to Happy Mount Park. There are spectacular views of the highest Lake District hills, and fine sunsets across Morecambe Bay. The remains of a pre-Conquest church, with graves carved out of rock, stand on.

Midland Hotel Marine Road West, Morecambe, LA4 4BU, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - Rebecca and Thomas The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

The Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire.  , LA4 4BU, Lancashire

 

Surprise 40th birthday party The MG Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4206.2

Globe ArenaChristie Way, Westgate, Morecambe, LA4 4TB, Lancashire

 

Evening event of a corporate conference  The TS Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 4371

Bank House Farm Bank House Farm , LA5 0RE, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - Kathryn and Zhong The CJ Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 6216

Leeds Childrens Holiday Centre Cove Road, Silverdale,, LA5 0SJ, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - John and Tracey The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.1

Leighton Hall, Carnforth, North Lancs. , LA5 9ST, Lancashire

 

Daughter's  Wedding The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.1

Kiln Head FarmLambrigg Kendal, LA8 0DG, Lancashire

 

60th Birthday Party The CJ Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 6216

Kendal is known as 'the auld grey town' because of its many fine old houses and other buildings in grey limestone, Kendal was made a barony by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1189. In 1331 the Flemish established a woollen industry in the town, from which came its motto: Pannus mihi pams—wool is my bread.

The 12th-century ruined castle was the home of Catharine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and last wife. It stands on a green hill where its overgrown moat and battlements create an impressive sight. Abbot Hall, an 18th-century mansion with period furniture, is an art gallery; a museum of Lakeland life and industry is in the stables. George Romney, the painter, was born in Kendal in 1734 and seven of his portraits hang in the town hall. Holy Trinity Church, one of the largest in England, was built in the 13th century and restored in the 18th century.

Castle Street Community CentreCastle Street. kendal. , LA9 7AD, Lancashire

 

Family Ceilidh  The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.1

Castle Street Community CentreCastle Street, Kendal, LA9 7AD, Lancashire

 

Charity barn dance The JG Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 4702

Britannia Hotel, Crystal Suite, Portland Street, Manchester City Centre, , M1 3LA, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding The RT Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4628

Many of the decaying buildings of industrial Lancashire and Greater Manchester, described by George Orwell as 'festering in planless chaos', have disappeared. Even the slag heaps, unkindly named 'the Wigan Alps', have been broken down and churned into the foundations of the M6 motorway; and there are plans to make ski-runs out of the slag heaps that remain above the disused coal-fields. The town centres themselves are also beginning to change. Wigan, Bolton, Blackburn and Burnley are all redeveloping their shopping areas as attractive pedestrian precincts; but at the same time they are retaining among the modern buildings the best of the old architecture, which is mainly Victorian.

The Life Style Centre, Portway, Wythenshawe, MANCHESTER. , M22 1QW, Lancashire

 

60th wedding anniversary The LCS American Cowboy Ceilidh Band ref: 4821.2

St Charles RC Primary SchoolEmlyn Street Swinton Salford , M27 9PD, Lancashire

 

Ceilidh - fund raising night for the school The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.1

Eccles R.F.C. Gorton Street,  Eccles. , M30 7LZ, Lancashire

 

Christmas Ceilidh The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.1

Ashton On Mersey Cricket Club,  Little Ees Lane Sale , M33 5GT, Lancashire

 

30th Birthday Celebration for both Jonathan and Caroline  The LP Country Dance Band ref: 4680

The John AlkerFlixton Road, M41 6QY, Lancashire

 

50th birthday hoedown The AB Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6199

Holy Angels Church, Moorfield Road Salford, M6 7EY, Lancashire

 

Church Social The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.1

St Teresa's Social Club34 Queensway, Penwortham, PRESTON Lancashire , PR1 0DS, Lancashire

 

60th Birthday Party The LP Country Dance Band ref: 4680

The Pavilion, Avenham Park, Avenham, Preston, , PR1 8JT, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - Charlotte and Jonathan  The WP Ceilidh/ Barn dance Band ref: 4950

St Andrews Church HallTulketh Road (off Blackpool Road) Ashton-on-Ribble PRESTON Lancashire, PR2 1EQ, Lancashire

 

SURPRISE 60th Birthday Party for Stephanie's dad The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Haighton Manor,  Haighton Green Lane,  Haighton, Preston, Lancashire, , PR2 5SQ, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding OS Ceilidh  Band/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4339

Farington Lodge Stanifield Lane, Preston , PR25 4QR, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding - Sarah and Matthew Classical guitarist - Adam ref: 6597

Charnock Farm Restaurant & Bar Wigan Road Leyland, PR25 5DA, Lancashire

 

Restaurant Themed Night - Spanish  Guitar - Galina ref: 2157

Best Western Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Centre Bowgreave, Garstang, Nr. Preston , PR3 1YE, Lancashire

 

Masonic Ladies Evening  Vocalist - Paul ref: 6441

Ferrari's Country House Hotel & Restaurant, Chipping Lane Thornley  Longridge PRESTON, PR3 2TB, Lancashire

 this is far as I know, has nothing to do with Ferrari the racing car, although it was a man with an Italian name, Ginio Ferrari who opened a restaurant here in 1984. The house was built around 1830, and was a shooting lodge until the 1970s before it became the wedding venue it is now. I wonder, is there any connection between shotgun wedding and having been a shooting lodge? Whatever that may be, there has been lots of development on the site, with gazebo for jazz band or string quartet and substantial room for barn dances and ceilidhs.

Live music booked for Wedding The RT Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4628

Ferraris Country House Hotel, & Restaurant, Chipping Lane, Thornley, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire. , PR3 2TB, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding The SN String Quartet ref: 2002

 

 

The Gibbon Bridge Hotel Green Ln, Chipping, Preston , PR3 2TQ, Lancashire

 

Live music booked for Wedding of James and Rachel The ST String Quartet ref: 2747.1

The Gibbon Bridge Hotel, Forest of Bowland, Nr Chipping Preston, Lancashire , PR3 2TQ, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The SP String Quartet ref: 2382

Barton Grange Hotel 746 - 768 Garstang Road, Barton, Preston Lancs , PR3 5AA, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding - Isabel and Roraigh The MH English Barn Dance Band ref: 4997.2

Barton Grange Hotel 746 - 768 Garstang Road Barton Preston Lancashire , PR3 5AA, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The AB Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6199

Bartle Hall Country Hotel, Lea Lane, Bartle, Nr. Preston, Nr. Preston , PR4 0HA, Lancashire

this is a substantial building with a history going back to 1745 major extensions in the 1830s. As is often the case in this part of the country, it was owned by a cotton manufacture with American connections through his wife. It sits in lawns, largely surrounded by mature woodland. The room overlooking the landscaped gardens up to 30 people, and their chandelier hung opulent main suite conceit 90 guests for a meal and hold 200 in total. I bet the string quartet with amplification made it crystal chandeliers dance and vibrate.

 

Live band hired for Wedding The ST Electric String Quartet ref: 2747.2

Stanley Villa Farm Camping Back Lane Greenhalgh Preston, PR4 3HN, Lancashire

 

Birthday The LP Country Dance Band ref: 4680

Tarleton Bowling Club Sutton Lane Tarleton Preston, Lancashire PR4 6UY, PR4 6UY, Lancashire

 

Joint birthday celebration The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Brockholes Nature Reserve Preston New Road, Preston, PR5 0AG, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding - Chloe and Alex The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust Hoghton Tower - Hoghton Nr. Preston - Lancashire - , PR5 0SH, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The SP String Quartet ref: 2382

Hoghton Tower PreservationTrust, Hoghton Tower, PR5 0SH, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The SP String Quartet ref: 2382

Salmesbury HallPreston New Road Preston, PR5 0UP, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding - Elizabeth and Julien The GM Guitar &  Fiddle Duo ref: 2454.5

Samlesbury hall,Preston new road, samlesbury, , PR5 0UP, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The GM Guitar &  Fiddle Duo ref: 2454.5

Samlesbury Hall, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, Preston, , PR5 0UP, Lancashire

 

60th Birthday Party The GM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4454.4

Samlesbury Hall, Preston, , PR5 OUP, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The EP Jazz Trio ref: 3142

Sacred Heart R.C. ChurchBrooke Street, Chorley, Lancashire., PR6 0NG, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding Service - Niamh and Gareth  Vocalist - Jess (plus accompanist) ref: 6473.1

Chorley was famous for cotton weaving, calico printing and engineering are the industries of this busy town. Henry Tate, the sugar magnate and founder of the Tate Gallery in London, was born here in 1819. Astley Hall, an Elizabethan mansion set in parkland beside a lake, has a splendid 17th-century facade, ornate plaster ceilings, Tudor carving, and a massive table for the game of shovelboard in the Long Gallery. The Hall also contains a fine collection of furniture, pottery, tapestries and pictures.

Chorley Golf Club Hall o'th Hill, Heath Charnock, Chorley, PR6 9HX, Lancashire

 

Golf club social evening barn dance  The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Novar House Windsor Road; Chorley; Lancs , PR7 1LN, Lancashire

 

Birthday Party//Garden Party  The MSI String Quartet ref: 2639

St George's Church HallHalliwell Street Chorley, PR7 2AA, Lancashire

 

Golden Wedding Celebration for Alan & Christine Maxine - Harpist ref: 6366

The Royal Clifton Hotel, PR8 1RB, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The EM String Trio ref: 2889.2

The Royal Clifton Hotel, Promenade, Southport, , PR8 1RB, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The EM String Trio ref: 2889.2

Southport is a quiet family seaside resort with a particularly good sunshine record—an average of 53 hours a day throughout the summer months. The broad, mile-long Lord Street, with its cafe's, gardens, fountains and arcades, is a stately shopping street. The Church of St Cuthbert has a fine 18th-century font.

For over 100 years the retreating seas have given Southport an ever-widening expanse of sands, on which the 86-acre Marine Lake was constructed at the end of the igth century. This large artificial boating lake and a sea-bathing lake are flanked by beautiful gardens. The long pier has its own railway.

West Lancs Yaucht Club, Marine Drive, Southport, , PR8 1RY, Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding OS Ceilidh  Band/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4339

Southport Theatre and Conferance Centre The Promenade, Southport , PR9 0DZ, Lancashire

 

Oddfllows Annual Conferance Chairmans Night  The BT Trio Ceilidh Band / Barn Dance Band ref: 4456.1

Tithe Barn, Meols Hall, Churchtown, Southport , PR9 7LZ , Lancashire

 

Live band hired for Wedding The SP String Quartet ref: 2382

Marque behind Banks Methodist church, Chapel Lane, Banks, Southport, , PR9 8EY, Lancashire

 

Wedding The WP Ceilidh/ Barn dance Band ref: 4950

Fleetwood Hesketh, Fylde Rd, Southport, Merseyside., PR9 9XH, Lancashire

 

30th Birthday party  The LP Country Dance Band ref: 4680

Chalon Court Hotel Linkway West, St Helens, Merseyside  , WA10 1NG, Lancashire

 

Retirement & 65th Birthday Party  The WJ Irish Band ref: 4206.1

St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1TG, Lancashire

 

Mum & Dads Golden Wedding The BFB Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4331.1

Ruskin Ruskin Drive St. Helens Merseyside , WA10 6RP, Lancashire

 

70th Birthday - Pamela The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Bishop Rd Police Club,Bishop Rd, St.Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6SX, Lancashire

  now I know that we got a booking for the band to play at this club, but I can't remember now whether it is a genuine police club, i.e. for policeman, or whether it is a club that once was a police club. Going back 20 years or so, the police force was a much more social affair in many ways, with there being police houses, either in police station during the surrounding area, clubs for the police and so on. With cut back upon cutback, forces have been squeezed and sold all the properties they possibly could to raise funds, including police houses. Not content with that, Mrs May, before becoming Prime Minister, was in a position to make more major cuts in the police force so that now policing numbers have fallen below what is tenable. Politics aside, I know from police officers that the force is no longer an enjoyable place to work in many respects, so I hope this was a police club and that are ceilidh and barn dance band managed to give them a really good time. They deserve it. Being in the police with a constantly changing shift patterns that so many forces seem to have adopted, destroys any social life the police officers tried to build up, so I hope this was a good day for them.

A ceilidh or barn dance is also very cheap way of keeping the police fit. I remember commenting to the chief constable of Worcestershire at the time, who was at a ceilidh that I was playing at, that he should save police budget by hiring us to play for police ceilidhs, to keep them fit without having to have gymnasiums and fitness trainers. Regrettably he never took me up on that, though he thoroughly enjoyed the barn dance.

40th birthday party The SK Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 6510

St James Church Church Road, Haydock, St Helens , WA11 0NJ, Lancashire

 

Live music booking for Wedding The LSI String Quartet ref: 2648

Rainford Village Hall Church Road, Rainford, St Helens , WA11 8HB, Lancashire

 

Live music booking for Wedding Reception - Heather and Lewis The TF Ceilidh /Barn Dance Band ref: 4681

Rainford Village Hall, Church Road, Rainford, St Helens , WA11 8HB, Lancashire

 

25th Wedding Anniversary - Chris and Emma OS Ceilidh  Band/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4339

The Lymm Hotel Whitbarrow Road, Lymm, Warrington , WA13 9AQ, Lancashire

 

Live music booking for Wedding - Katherine and Colin  The SR Barn Dance /Ceilidh Band ref: 6297

Statham Lodge Hotel, , WA13 9BP, Lancashire

 

Mother's75th birthday Jazz Pianist - Jim ref: 6018

Mercure Bowdon HotelLangham Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, , WA14 2HT, Lancashire

 

70th Birthday luncheon - Bill Jazz Piano - Robbie ref: 3446.2

Rainford (Hirer's home address)Shay Lane Hale Barns , WA15 8UE, Lancashire

 

Live music booking for Wedding - Robert and Anne The PS Party Band ref: 6075

Whitley Viillage Hall Village Lane , Whitley, WA4 4EJ, Lancashire

 

21st Birthday Party The TF Ceilidh /Barn Dance Band ref: 4681

Belong ( Warrington residential home ) Loushers Lane , Warrington , WA4 6RX, Lancashire

 

80th Birthday Party  The WJ Irish Band ref: 4206.1

The Villaggio Hotel,Folly Lane, Warrington, WA5 0LZ, Lancashire

 

60th Birthday Party The SR Acoustic Jazz Duo ref: 3854

Kingsley Community Centre, Smithy Lane, Kingsley, Frodsham.  , WA6 8ED, Lancashire

 

Golden Wedding Celebration The TF Ceilidh /Barn Dance Band ref: 4681

St Marys Catholic ClubTrent Road, Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 7QT, Lancashire

 

50 Birthday The AB Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6199

Wigan, with its cooling towers, slag heaps and rows of back-to-back houses, described by George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier, are only one aspect of this important industrial town. It is one of the oldest boroughs of Lancashire—its charter was granted in the I3th century. The town was Royalist in the Civil War, and the site of a battle in 1651 is commemorated by a monument in Wigan Lane. Wigan Pier, a key loading-point on the canal to Liverpool, can still be seen.