Tips, insights and stories from The Brotherhood - your guide to live wedding and corporate entertainment, first dance ideas, and behind-the-scenes stories.
Write-ups of the gigs we play, the rooms we play them in, and what we have learned about planning entertainment for a wedding, a party or a corporate night.
Tuesday was an awards dinner in the main hall at ICC Wales. One part of the hall was the client’s exhibition, the other was set out for conference talks. We set up on the conference stage and …
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We were at Ridge Farm near Dorking on Saturday night, out as a seven-piece with sax and keys. The first dance was …
Tuesday night took us up the M5 to Eastington Park, the Georgian house near Stonehouse just off Junction 13. We played …
A 50th birthday on 29 August, in a large marquee at the bottom of a garden in East Tytherley, the Hampshire side of …
A 3pm ceremony outside at Hensol Castle on 22 August, our duo through the ceremony and the drinks reception, and the …
We played a Thursday wedding at Llanerch Vineyard and came off stage at 10pm. Llanerch’s sound limiter steps down …
Elian is one of our own vocalists. She married Adam in The Lodge, the barn behind The Rock & Fountain at Penhow, and …
Thursday night took us back over the Severn to Elmore Court for a summer wedding in the Gillyflower - a room we’re …
Almost every wedding we play has a first dance. Lights down, everyone in a circle with their phones up, one song, then …
Last night took us up into the Cotswolds for a wedding at Old Gore Barn, the Cripps & Co barn at Fosse Cross near …
Tonight took us out to a farm just outside Raglan, in the heart of Monmouthshire, for a wedding in a marquee on the …
While The Brotherhood were out at a marquee wedding near Raglan tonight, our sister band The Sisterhood were over at …
This year we play New Year’s Eve at Celtic Manor, for the Masquerade Ball. It closes out a season that starts with …
Celtic Manor’s Christmas run is one of the biggest blocks on our calendar, and this year we’re back in the …
This one took us out to Gastard, a village just outside Corsham about half an hour from Bath, for a 70th birthday in a …
We were back at ICC Wales yesterday - but not in the main hall, and not in the Woodland Suite either. Outside this time, …
We ventured into the North Cotswolds for this one. Lapstone Barn, just outside Chipping Campden, is an 18th-century …
Back at ICC Wales in Newport, but not in the main hall this time. This one’s in the Woodland Suite - still a big …
Eleven of us set up in half a conference hall and then waited out of sight for a partition to move. The client was …
DEPOT on Curran Road in February. The warehouse - high ceilings, exposed steel, festival-grade lighting rig - fills up …
We played the ICC Wales New Year’s Eve Extravaganza to see 2025 out. The Apple Tree Theory first The Apple Tree …
Through November and December we played the Black Tie Christmas Party nights at Celtic Manor, in the Caernarfon Suite - …
The Kings Suite at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole is a room that turns up dressed for a show. Our most recent night …
The marquee at Fforest Farm fills differently when there is an 11-piece on the stage and a room that has been building …
Ten things worth checking before you book, written from the other side of it. 1. Start Early The best wedding bands book …
A gig day starts a long way before the first song. Here is roughly how one runs. The Day Before Preparation starts well …
These are the first dance songs we were asked for most in 2024, from a year of playing them live. This Year’s Top …
We’re in the thick of summer 2024 and the diary has been full since April. St Tewdrics House St Tewdrics House on …
Another Christmas season done. From the first week of December through to the big night itself we barely stopped. The …
The Commonwealth Suite at Radisson Blu Heathrow is a ballroom built for production - tall, bright, open, and the kind of …
The Great Hall at Kelham is one of those rooms where you can fit two complete entertainment rigs and neither one feels …
We played a corporate Christmas party at The Pavilion, Kensington Palace for a Sternberg Clark event in early December. …
If 2021 was about getting back on our feet, 2022 has been about running flat out. This has been comfortably our busiest …
A summer Saturday took us right out to the western end of the Gower, to a marquee pitched above the sand at Oxwich Bay …
We played West Axnoller Farm in Beaminster, Dorset on 18 June 2022 for Heather and Shaan’s multicultural wedding. …
The Sisterhood had a blast playing at Portstock on Saturday, along with The Apple Tree Theory. What a pleasure! Check …
We took the Brotherhood showband to Cardiff City Hall for the annual Welsh Care Awards. It is a gala dinner that …
Eighteen months since we last stood on a stage in front of a live audience. The first gig back was emotional. What We …
There was no entry form to fill in and no fee to pay. The first we knew about The Wedding Emporium Ltd Wedding Industry …
The last of our lockdown sessions, and Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is about as fitting as the list gets. …
Lockdown session number two. This time it’s Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down. Watch the video I …
Like every other band in the country, we’ve had the diary wiped clean. No weddings, no corporate events, no summer …
Happy New Year. We saw 2019 out and 2020 in at Celtic Manor with twelve of us on stage - the full showband plus …
It’s that time of year again. Before we head into another busy Christmas season, here’s our take on The …
One of the more memorable London rooms we’ve played is the Grand Temple at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden …
After hundreds of weddings across South Wales, the Severn Valley and into the Cotswolds, these are the rooms we most …
We’re halfway through summer 2018 and the wedding diary has barely had a gap in it. The Venues Clearwell Castle in …
The Grand Ballroom at Hilton Wembley is the kind of room where a band with its own kit and crew can work cleanly …
WalesOnline have run a piece on Disco Delilah, our version of the Tom Jones song, recorded with Tobias Robertson. You …
The Sisterhood covering Power by Little Mix, with Tay Cousins, Izzy Stead, Camille Bennett and Samantha Alice Jones. …
A montage of some of our favourite tracks performed live at the Celtic Manor Resort. Watch the video The Brotherhood …
The latest video from our performances at the Celtic Manor Resort. Watch the video Katy Perry vs Nicki Minaj - The …
The Brotherhood showband at full tilt on New Year’s Eve 2016 at the Celtic Manor, keeping the good folk of …
It’s been a jam-packed few months for all three of our bands. The Brotherhood, The Sisterhood and The Apple Tree …
It’s been a busy week at Brotherhood HQ - rehearsals, studio recording, and a day of filming at the Newbridge …
From the smallest local weekend pub band right through to the biggest stadium artists, cover songs are a huge part of …
Everything you hear on The Brotherhood site is totally live music. Here’s a clip of Matt and Jon playing in …
Being professional musicians, working the circuit for years, we found this hilarious. Enjoy. And so in the dark of night …
Another from the Kitchen Sessions - Camille Bennett on Rather Be by Clean Bandit. Watch the video Rather Be - Kitchen …
For the real live music connoisseurs out there, we put our chef’s hat on and cooked up our favourite wedding band …
Spring 2015 has been about new combinations at Brotherhood HQ, with Tay Cousins, Camille Bennett and Bongo Peet joining …
Jon Lilygreen and The Brotherhood cover Africa by Toto in the Kitchen Sessions. Watch the video Africa (Toto) - Kitchen …
Beccy and Ross were married at Bowood in Wiltshire on 7 August 2015. Beccy picked us off the videos - Johnny B. Goode, …
Matt and Jon have spent the spring putting new combinations of the band together, and three singers have come in with …
At Catherine and Ian’s wedding we ran Happy straight into I Feel Good. It was not in the set list. The floor was …
Gemma and Lewis were married at Cwrt Bleddyn on 28 June, the 16th century manor house up the A449 between Caerleon and …
