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The Hares are a highly experienced & professional live music acoustic and bass guitar covers duo with vocal harmonies. Performing hit songs by various artists & genre's from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's. Indie, Popular, Rock & Chart classics. The Hares acoustic band perform at over 300 events a year, more than a third being weddings alone. The acoustic band are one of London and the UK's most popular live music duo's, acoustic wedding bands & corporate entertainment acts.

Available to hire for wedding receptions, ceremonies, private functions, corporate events, birthday partys, pubs, bars and many small venue's in the busy suburbs of Clapham, Fulham, Islington, Putney, Wandsworth & Wimbledon to the shadows of Canary Wharf, Westminster, The Shard & St Mary Axe in the financial district of central London.

We have recently performed live acoustic sets at Skyride in the VIP area on The Mall for Sky TV, Royal Ascot Racing Club and regularly performing at high profile hotels such as The Grosvenor on Buckingham Palace Road, Marriot Hotel County Hall and The Hilton Park Lane in London and The Bingham Richmond. View our feedback section to see how our past clients rated our live wedding entertainment, private function and party entertainment services.

We perform across Europe and are open to contract offers to perform at ski resorts, cruise ships and holiday destinations.

The Hares are a very versatile act, playing fast-paced & upbeat roof-raising gigs or much more chilled live lounge sets depending what best suits your venue, afternoon wedding ceremony, or drinks reception. We also offer The Hares wedding covers band adding a percussionist to our set up as a trio. We play afternoon and evening events and regularly play more than one event in the same day.

If your looking to hire a live band for weddings, birthday parties, corporate events, new years eve bands, London entertainment or small & large venues in England, Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hereford & Worcestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicester, Lincolnshire, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex East, Sussex West, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Yorkshire East, Yorkshire North, Yorkshire South, Yorkshire West, North London, South London, East London, West London. Reading, Guildford, Chelmsford, Woking, High Wycombe, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Marlow, Basildon, Colchester, Leatherhead, Milton Keynes, Basingstoke, Swindon, Oxfordshire, St Albans and London towns & boroughs, Clapham, Islington, Putney, Fulham, Chelsea, Battersea, Wandsworth, Camden, Balham, Wimbledon, Westminster, Pimlico.

We offer various entertainment options, book our solo guitarist, acoustic duo or full acoustic band to best suit your event & audience. Entertainment packages are available for afternoon and evening wedding receptions, party's, private functions, new years eve celebrations and all Christmas events with our live entertainment & DJ Option packages.

EVENT PACKAGES & OPTIONS

Direct website bookings are cheaper and more personal than using an agent.
Our quotes are commission free with no VAT.

  • All Events Available to book as Solo, Duo, Trio or Band & DJ Package. Contact Us
  • Wedding Functions, Wedding Receptions, Wedding Ceremonies.
  • Corporate Events Entertainment.
  • Private Functions & Birthday Party Events.
  • Solo Acoustic Guitar & Vocals.
  • The Hares Band (Trio & 4 Piece Options With Our Percussionist)
  • Afternoon Live Sets During Wedding Breakfast, Reception Live Wedding Ceremony Music between 11am-6pm.
  • DJ Option* Available with Evening Live Music (Based from 7pm-Midnight) Longer timings can be negotiated.
  • New Years Eve Party Entertainment & DJ Package.
  • Christmas Party Events Live Entertainment & DJ Package.
  • London Bars, Pubs, Cafe's, Restaurants & Hotels Live Music Entertainment.

REPERTOIRE

  • We have a large varied repertoire to suit many types of audience & function.
  • We can play very upbeat feisty sets or very low volume chilled background sets to best suit your event.
  • Performing either chilled lounge style or upbeat acoustic renditions of many classics.
  • Our repertoire consists of classic hit cover songs by professional bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Coasters, The Kinks, The Kooks, Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys, Simon and Garfunkel, The Jam, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Lynyd Skynyrd, The Stereophonics, Oasis, U2 , Free , Razorlight, The La's, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Travis, REM, Green Day, Snow Patrol, Steppen Wolf, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Crowded House, Dodgy, Turin Brakes, The Strokes, Michael Jackson, Chuck Berry, Steelers Wheel, Rod Stewart, Radiohead, Reef, Coldplay, Jeff Beck, The Who, The White Stripes among many more great live bands.
  • Although we do not recommend that our clients choose exactly all the songs we play, we usually ask to pick some of their favorites from our repertoire list, we will then base our live sets around these. This has worked best with our previous clients. View Song List.

LINE UP

  • The Hares Duo - Acoustic Guitar - Bass Guitar - 2 x Vocals
  • The Hares Band - Trio or 4 Piece Band - Acoustic Guitar - Bass Guitar - Acoustic/Electric Lead Guitar - Cahon/Congas Drummer - 3 x Vocals
  • The Hare Solo - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals

LIVE SET OPTIONS

  • 2 x 45's, 2 x 60's (Standard) or 3 x 40 minute live sets.
  • We may already be booked on the evening but provided there is sufficient travel time between the bookings we will be able to perform at both.

AFTERNOON LIVE SETS

The Hares perform laid back chilled acoustic afternoon sets during wedding ceremonies, drinks receptions, wedding breakfast and private functions. We send separate quotes for these packages. If booking with our evening live music packages we offer these services at a reduced rate. Please request in your enquiry form.

SOUND, LIGHTING EQUIPMENT, COVER

  • PAT Tested Equipment.
  • Full Mackie PA Sound System & Sub - Our sound system is very versatile and can be adapted for your large or small event. Foreground or backgound style live sets.
  • 2x KAM LED DJ Lights, 4x LED Par Cans, 1x Kam Star Cluster Lazer Micro. (SEE VIDEO)
  • Public Liability Insurance - Up to £2,000,000.

GENRE'S & ERA'S COVERED

  • Rock & Roll, Rock, Indie, Pop & Modern Covers hits from 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's 00's 10's.

REGIONS COVERED UK & EUROPE

  • We gig all over the UK & Europe and are more than willing to travel.

DRESS CODE

  • Smart/casual dress for Party's & Bar Events.
  • Smart dress, for Wedding Ceremonies, Receptions and Corporate Functions.

DJ OPTION PACKAGE


OUR REQUIREMENTS

  • Power supply (minimum 2 x mains wall sockets).
  • Band Rider - Food at weddings/party events, a supply of coffee, water & soft drinks throughout evening. (Please ensure venue staff are aware of this).
  • Important - Please let us know if there is a sound limiter at the venue so we can check the 'db' limit.
  • Duo Minimum 2x1 metres set up area.
  • Trio, Band Minimum 3x1 metres set up area.
  • Peanut M&M's separated into different colours...relax 'Bride & Groom-zillas' we're only joking about this one!

WEDDING CEREMONY, RECEPTION MUSIC

  • Live solo, duo, or selected iPod Music mixed - As your Guests Are Being Seated.
  • Live solo, duo, or selected iPod Track - As Bride Enters.
  • Live solo, duo, or selected iPod Tracks - During Signing Of Register.
  • Live solo, duo, or selected iPod Tracks as Bride & Groom leave.
  • We perform between 45-90 minutes live sets during your drinks reception or wedding breakfast as The Hares Solo, Duo or Trio.

YOUR FIRST DANCE

  • We find it works best to start with your first dance just before the live set and usually encourages people up onto the dancefloor. We then burst into our first set from there.

ARRIVAL & SET UP TIME

  • We will usually arrive around 1.5 hours before we are due to start our live set or DJ music depending upon which you have booked.
  • We will be set up & ready to start on time. If traveling at great distance from our London address we will probably arrive much earlier.
  • We will need to know when we can gain access to the room in which will hold your evenings entertainment.
  • We can set up in 15 minutes as a duo or 20 minutes as a full band.
  • We are very experienced at travelling around London and the UK to all our events which often helps at peak times.

NO AGENCY FEE'S

  • We have recently left all live music and entertainment agencies to improve our professional service by communicating and working directly with 100% of our clients.
  • In our experience of using agency's we found on occasion we were miss sold in order to gain their commission, outdated high commission rates and found most were not as professional as our personal standard of service.
  • We no longer feel we can be represented by any external company. By booking directly with us we build a relationship with our clients from the beginning, understanding exactly what you require for your event and find this increases client referrals.
  • Our website offers a transparent service that informs clients of exactly what to expect from us with information regarding repertoire and our entertainment service clearly listed on our website.
  • We send set quotes to all of our clients, based on event type, distance travelled with all live music options, saving you the unnecessary expense of 20% commission in comparison to booking through a live music and entertainment agency.
  • We contract all events with terms & conditions and deposit payment to fully confirm your event booking.

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