All About Hiring a Live Music Wedding Band

The most important wedding detail to your wedding guests is the music.  In a recent WeddingWire survey of wedding guests  95 percent said the music played at the wedding reception will determine how much fun they have at a wedding. So it’s important for the couple to hire a wedding band who can get guests up on their feet and keep them on the dance floor.  “A great band has an incredible visual and aural energy,” says Jim Eppolito of  West Coast Entertainment  in Beverly Hills, California. “Seeing musicians playing instruments and singing — creating music — for many can be magical.” But how do you find and book a band for your wedding? Lisa Ciampi Borrés of  Élan Artists , which has offices around the country, suggests that couples start researching a wedding band soon after their engagement and book a band about 9 to 12 months before the wedding date. Plan Ahead "As soon as the couple gets engaged, the band is one of the very first things they shoul...