Booking Dance Bands

A great dance band will make your wedding reception, corporate party, or special event come alive. Dance bands (sometimes called variety bands or cover bands) perform the top dance hits that you and your party guests know and love. A truly versatile dance band plays everything from jazz, soul, motown, disco, R&B, blues, pop, contemporary, swing, to current dance music hits. A dance band will typically include male and female vocalists, a saxophone, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums and percussion, and even a brass section. Good dance music creates a potent sound and energy that ensures the musical success of your event. Your guests will be dancing and singing along to their favorite dance music from start to finish. Gigmasters has thousands of professional dance bands throughout the U.S. and Canada, so hire a dance band for your next party!

Tips For Hiring A Dance Band

Hiring the right dance band can be challenging, but GigMasters makes it fun and easy! Here are five helpful tips for booking the perfect dance band for your special event:

1. Listen to audio and watch video of as many dance bands as you can. dance bands are plentiful on GigMasters, and the typical dance band has multiple audio and video samples available on their GigMasters press kits.

2. Thoroughly read client feedback. Many GigMasters clients who have hired a dance band have left useful feedback about their experiences.

3. Book early. A great dance band might need to be booked 3 to 6 months in advance.

4. Get a contract and read it carefully. Most professional dance bands will also require a deposit in order to secure them.

5. Follow up with your dance band as often as you need to. Don't be shy about making sure your dance band knows exactly what type of entertainment you want!

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Hire a Dance Band

GigMasters helps you hire professional dance bands in your area. Whether it's a college reunion, political convention, or wedding reception, you'll easily find the right dance band for your special event. Hundreds of professional dance bands throughout North America.

For Canadian performers click here. Where are you looking to hire a Dance Band? Use the links below to begin your search!

Alabama Dance Bands Birmingham Huntsville Mobile Montgomery [counties...]

Alaska Dance Bands Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau [counties...]

Arizona Dance Bands Flagstaff Mesa Phoenix Scottsdale Tempe Tucson [counties...]

Arkansas Dance Bands Fayeteville Little Rock [counties...]

California Dance Bands Anaheim Fresno Lake Tahoe Los Angeles Napa Oakland Orange County Redding Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Barbara [counties...]

Colorado Dance Bands Aurora Colorado Springs Denver Pueblo [counties...]

Connecticut Dance Bands Bridgeport Danbury Greenwich Hartford New Haven New London Norwalk Stamford Waterbury [counties...]

Delaware Dance Bands Wilmington Dover [counties...]

District of Columbia Dance Bands Washington, DC

Florida Dance Bands Daytona Beach Fort Lauderdale Gainesville Hialeah Jacksonville Melbourne Miami Orlando Pensacola Sarasota St Petersburg Tallahassee Tampa West Palm Beach [counties...]

Georgia Dance Bands Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah Valdosta [counties...]

Hawaii Dance Bands Maui Oahu [counties...]

Idaho Dance Bands Boise Pocatello [counties...]

Illinois Dance Bands Chicago Peoria Rockford Springfield [counties...]

Indiana Dance Bands Evansville Fort Wayne Gary Indianapolis South Bend Terre Haute [counties...]

Iowa Dance Bands Davenport Des Moines Sioux City [counties...]

Kansas Dance Bands Lawrence Overland Park Topeka Wichita [counties...]

Kentucky Dance Bands Lexington Louisville [counties...]

Louisiana Dance Bands Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport [counties...]

Maine Dance Bands Augusta Bangor Portland [counties...]

Maryland Dance Bands Annapolis Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown [counties...]

Massachusetts Dance Bands Boston Cape Cod Springfield Worcester [counties...]

Michigan Dance Bands Detroit Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing [counties...]

Minnesota Dance Bands Duluth Minneapolis Rochester St Paul [counties...]

Mississippi Dance Bands Biloxi Jackson [counties...]

Missouri Dance Bands Jefferson City Kansas City St Louis [counties...]

Montana Dance Bands Billings Helena Missoula [counties...]

Nebraska Dance Bands Lincoln Omaha [counties...]

Nevada Dance Bands Henderson Las Vegas Reno [counties...]

New Hampshire Dance Bands Concord Manchester [counties...]

New Jersey Dance Bands Atlantic City Edison Jersey City Newark Paterson Princeton Trenton [counties...]

New Mexico Dance Bands Albuquerque Santa Fe [counties...]

New York Dance Bands Albany Brooklyn Buffalo Long Island Manhattan New York City Poughkeepsie Queens Rochester Syracuse Westchester [counties...]

North Carolina Dance Bands Asheville Charlotte Durham Fayetteville Greensboro Raleigh Wilmington Winston-Salem [counties...]

North Dakota Dance Bands Bismark Fargo [counties...]

Ohio Dance Bands Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo [counties...]

Oklahoma Dance Bands Lawton Norman Oklahoma City Tulsa [counties...]

Oregon Dance Bands Beaverton Bend Eugene Medford Portland Salem [counties...]

Pennsylvania Dance Bands Allentown Altoona Erie Harrisburg Philadelphia Pittsburgh [counties...]

Rhode Island Dance Bands Newport Providence [counties...]

South Carolina Dance Bands Charleston Columbia Greenville Hilton Head [counties...]

South Dakota Dance Bands Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls [counties...]

Tennessee Dance Bands Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis Nashville [counties...]

Texas Dance Bands Amarillo Arlington Austin Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Garland Houston Irving Laredo Lubbock Plano San Antonio Waco [counties...]

Utah Dance Bands Provo Salt Lake City [counties...]

Vermont Dance Bands Burlington Montpelier Rutland [counties...]

Virginia Dance Bands Alexandria Chesapeake Newport News Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Virginia Beach [counties...]

Washington Dance Bands Bellevue Bellingham Seattle Spokane Tacoma [counties...]

West Virginia Dance Bands Charleston Morgantown [counties...]

Wisconsin Dance Bands Green Bay La Crosse Madison Milwaukee [counties...]

Wyoming Dance Bands Casper Cheyenne [counties...]