The Encores Wedding and Function band based in Scarborough, playing across the UK and beyond

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Price Guide

The guide prices below are for events within 50 miles of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
2 x 1 hour sets and the DJ in between the sets and afterwards:
Price for a 6.30 pm arrival/setup and midnight finish: £1202
DJ sets are provided in between the live band sets and afterwards with a standard cut off time of midnight.
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Hello! We are The Encores are a Wedding and Function band based in Scarborough, playing across the UK and beyond.We play a large number of weddings, parties, and corporate events throughout the year and pride ourselves on being able to provide a massively eclectic range of music to suit all tastes and ages. We are happy to learn songs for events if a client would like something that isn't on our set list!

Our standard package for any event includes a FREE DJ service prior to, and after the live band sets. All sound and lighting is provided and we have all our electrical equipment PAT tested. Additionally we carry up £10 million pounds of public liability insurance.

We work well with events management staff, and wedding planners and discretion is part and parcel. You’ll barely know we are there until we start playing! There is no need for noisy unpleasant soundchecks, everything is digitally pre-set to give you a brilliant sound from the very first song.

Additionally for peace of mind we work exceptionally well in venues with sound limiters as we use an electric drum kit. So rest assured we wont be tripping the power off, blowing what’s left of your grammars eardrums, or loosing the live music licence for your venue.

There is no such thing as too many questions, so feel free to ask us whatever you want.

Thanks for checking us out and we look forward to hearing from you!

Reviews (12)

There are currently 12 user ratings for The Encores

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Will travel up to 500 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 500 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 50 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

50’s/60’s

Folsom Prison Blues

Mrs Robinson

My Girl

Moondance

Doc Of The Bay

Handbags And Gladrags

In The Summer Time

Shake Your Tail Feather

Proud Mary

Bad Moon Rising

Jonny B Goode

Mustang Sally

Little Help From My Friends

We Can Work It Out

Come Together

Hard Days Night

Lady Madonna

Eight Days A Week

Twist And Shout

Saw Her Standing There

Help

Can’t Buy Me Love

I Feel Fine

Twistin' The Night Away

Hey Baby

My Generation

Pretty Woman

Build Me Up Buttercup

I’m A Believer

You Really Got Me

70’s

Is This The Way To Amarillo

Somebody To Love

Don’t Stop Me Now

Bohemian Rhapsody

We Will Rock You

Fat Bottomed Girls

Easy

Free Falling

Hotel California

Take It Easy

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Does Your Mother Know

Mamma Mia

Dancing Queen

Take A Chance

Shang-A-Lang

Rockin’ In The Free World

Comfortably Numb

Another Brick In The Wall

Breath

Time

Money

Wish You Were Here

Time Warp

Maggie May

Play That Funky Music

Anarchy In U.K

Mr.Blue Sky

Don’t Bring Me Down

Rhiannon

Landslide

Second Hand News

Dreams

Go Your Own Way

Don’t Stop

Song Bird

The Chain

You Make Loving Fun

I Don’t Wanna Know

Message In A Bottle

Roxanne

Stuck In The Middle With You

Rockin' All Over The World

Sweet Caroline

Paper Plane

Here I Go Again

Highway To Hell

Whole Lotta Rosie

It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock And Rock)

Smoke On The Water

Who Are You

Won’t Get Fooled Again

Pinball Wizard

Born To Be Wild

Rock and Roll

The Boys Are Back In Town

Paranoid

Can't Get Enough of Your Love

The Joker

All Right Now

Whiskey In The Jar

Your Song

Rocket Man

Love Really Hurts Without You

Wild World

You’ve Gotta Friend

Teenage Kicks

Sweet Home Alabama

You Can't Hurry Love

80’s

Wanna Dance With Somebody

Don’t Stop Believin

9 to 5

Purple Rain

Every Breath You Take

It Must Be Love

Baggy Trousers

Faith

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Everywhere

Tush

Billie Jean

The Way You Make Me Feel

Beat It

Black Or White

Man In The Mirror

Uptown Girl

I’m Still Standing

Walking On Sunshine

Want To Break Free

Under Pressure

Hammer To Fall

You Shook Me All Night Long

Another One Bites The Dust

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Radio Ga Ga

My Life

Just The Way Your Are

Come On Eileen

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Sweet Child O’mine

Living On A Prayer

White Wedding

Kids In America

Dancing In The Dark

In The City

Town Called Malice

Going Underground

Footloose

Summer Of 69

Run To You

When The Going Gets Tough

500 Miles

Sit Down

Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

Where The Streets Have No Name

Take On Me

We Built This City

90’s

Disco 2000

Common People

Buddy Holly

Smells Like Teen Spirt

Loosing My Religion

Man On The Moon

Boys Of Summer

Ironic

Back For Good

Wonderwall

Don’t Look Back In Anger

Cigarettes & Alcohol

Under The Bridge

Californication

Dance The Night Away

Thunderstruck

Big Me

Everlong

Monkey Wrench

My Hero

Learn To Fly

You Do Something To Me

Man! I Feel Like A Woman

Still The One

Iris

15 Years

Angels

Let Me Entertain You

She’s The One

Rock DJ

Friday I’m In Love

Zombie

Park Life

Babylon

This Years Love

Just Looking

A Thousand Trees

Amazed

00’s

When Your Looking Like That

Buck Rogers

Dancing In The Moonlight

Mr. Brightside

All These Things That I’ve Done

Wherever You Will Go

Teenage Dirtbag

Dakota

Have A Nice Day

Maybe Tomorrow

Use Somebody

Sex On Fire

Cold Desert

Fans

Black And Gold

Wonderful World

Take Your Mamma

I Gotta Feeling

I Predict A Riot

Chelsea Dagger

Mardy Bum

When The Sun Goes Down

Fire

Valerie

Best Of You

Times Like These

All My Life

All The Small Things

Rock Star

Seven Nation Army

Patience

Rule The World

Cannonball

Yellow

Chasing Cars

Run

You’re All I Have

She Will Be Loved

This Love

Sunday Morning

She Moves In Her Own Way

Naive

The Cave

Little Lion Man

Man Who Can’t Be Moved

Stacy’s Mom

Five Colours In Her Hair

Obviously

I’ll Be Ok

Star Girl

I Love It When You Call

Crazy

The Middle

Ruby

Titanium

10’s

A-Team

Lego House

Thinking Out Loud

Photograph

Castle On The Hill

Perfect

Locked Out Of Heaven

Billionaire/Lazy Song

Uptown Funk

Moves Like Jagger

We Found Love

Domino

Drive By

If You Wanna

Candy

Dance With Me Tonight

How Long Will I Love You

Stay With Me

Happy

All Of Me

Hold Back The River

Best Fake Smile

Shut Up And Dance

New Rules

Budapest

Paradise

Shot Gun

Hold My Girl

Songs for DJ

She’s the one – Robbie Williams

Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Shake it Off – Taylor Swift

Music sounds better with you – Stardust

Rhythm of the Night – Corona

Rockafeller Skank – Funk’s Old Brother

PIMP – 50 Cent

Juice – Lizzo

About Damn Time – Lizzo

Club Tropicana – Wham

Wake Me Up – Wham

Let’s Dance – David Bowie

Respect – Aretha Franklin

Dog Days are Over – Florence and the Machine

Shake It Out – Florence and the Machine

You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine

If I Could Turn Back Time – Cher

I feel good – James Brown

Came Here for Love – Sigala

Lullaby – Sigala

Just Got Paid – Sigala

Lasting Lover – Sigala

Easy Love – Sigala

Sweet Lovin – Sigala

Footloose – Kenny Loggins

If we ever meet again – Timberland

Love Shack – The B-52s

Groove is in the Heart – Deee-Lite

Play that funky music – Wild Cherry

Love Me Do – Beatles

Jump Around – House of Pain

Freed From Desire – Gala

I don’t want to miss a thing – Aerosmith

Africa – Toto

Sweet Child O Mine – Guns N Roses

We are family – Sister Sledge

Hey Yah – Outcast

Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder

One Day Like This – Elbow

Praise You – Fat Boy Slim

We are young – Fun

I’m so excited – Pointer Sisters

Hot in here – Nelly

Crazy In Love – Beyonce

99 Red Balloons

Walk this way – Run DMC

Rock the Casbah – The clash

I bet you look good on the dancefloor – Artic Monkeys

Take on Me – A-HA

Good Times – Chic

Baba O’Riley – The Who

Pinball Wizard – The Who

Time of my life – Bill Medley

Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake

Good Feeling – Flo Rider

Girls On film – Duran Duran

Hungry like a wolf – Duran Duran

Wild ones- Flo Rider

Timber – Pitbull

Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics

September – Earth Wind & Fire

Oop I did it again – Britney

Wake me up – Avichi

Faith – Geroge Michael

Islands in the Stream – Dolly Parton

Give it up – KC and the sunshine band

Basket Case – Green Day

Life is a highway – Rascal Flatts

Holiday – Green Day

I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin alright – David Guetta

Build Me Up Buttercup

Proud Mary

Bad Moon Rising

Jonny B Goode

Mustang Sally

My Generation

I’m A Believer

Is This The Way To Amarillo

Somebody To Love

Does Your Mother Know

Mamma Mia

Dancing Queen

Take A Chance

Shang-A-Lang

Sweet Caroline

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Radio Ga Ga

Come On Eileen

500 Miles

We Built This City

Common People

Ironic

Let Me Entertain You

When Your Looking Like That

Dancing In The Moonlight

All These Things That I’ve Done

Dakota

I Gotta Feeling

All The Small Things

She Moves In Her Own Way

Stacy’s Mom

Obviously

I’ll Be Ok

I Love It When You Call

We Found Love

Drive By

If You Wanna

Hold Back The River

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

We need a minimum of 2 power sockets within close proximity to the performance space and we need to be informed upon booking if there is a sound limiter.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

Yes we do, a full band PA system is provided and stage lighting is also provided.


What information do you require about a venue?

Ideally the load-in arrangements so we know where to park and also, any particular directions that may not be shown on Sat-Nav devices.


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

Yes! Both Spotify and Apple Music.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever played at?

We have been fortunate enough to play at many of the most beautiful venues in the UK, from stunning Castles in Scotland to London Hotels such as The Mayfair and The Langham.

The Best gig we played was probably for Dragons Den judge Sara Davies. We were booked for a significant birthday celebration and it was quite the party as you can imagine!


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

We love a huge range of artists and this is reflected in our song list! If the song is great, we enjoy playing it! As a band we are incredibly diverse in our musical influences from Rachmaninov to Rage Against The Machine!


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

We've been working as a band for 13 years now, meeting on the music scene in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Between us we've worked contracts on Cruise Ships, and Hotels across the world, worked in West End Theatres and played some of the biggest Festival Stages. We now focus our energies on weddings and corporate events, aiming to provide the very best performance possible!


What's your favourite type of event to play at?

We love playing for anyone and everyone! As long as people are having a great time, we'll be happy!

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

45-60 minutes set up time, depending on load-in location. Mixing desk is pre-set so no sound check needed most of the time.


Are you happy to perform outside?

Yes, although this is of course weather dependant, and we'll need a nearby power supply and a flat, solid surface (not grass).


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

Absolutely! Each event is about you, it should be special! Prior to all gigs, we send over our master song list and you can choose 15 songs or so from this you like and we'll endeavour to play these. We'll then build the remaining set around these. We also encourage guest requests on the night!


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

"High energy", "Keeping the dancefloor full all night!", and "they just knew so many songs, something to suit everyone!" are quotes from previous clients! Essentially we want the night to be about YOU and the music you guys enjoy!


How long will you play for?

We do 2 sets, usually 1 hour each in length. This can be tailored to your request though if needed!


Our venue has a sound limiter, will this be an issue?

Not at all! It's more and more common for wedding venues to have sound limiters these days for a number of reasons, and this can impact on the evening if your band are not prepared/able to work with this prerequisite.

We use state of the art digital drums and no amplifiers, meaning that we have total control over the sound on stage. As a result we are able to mix the levels to ensure that it's still a great night! It's important that the limiter is mentioned to us upon booking, so we are prepared on the evening!


What do you wear when you perform?

Black! It's the go to attire for most function bands, and it's easy! Suited and booted isn't our vibe and it is also much less easy to perform in!

Recent Clients

The Encores has performed for these clients:

Sara Davies

York Racecourse

Stepney Hill Farm

UPM Raflatac

P&O Cruises

Newby Hall

Pocklington School

Scarborough College

THORS Tipi's Leeds, and York

Pocklington Rugby Club

Whitby Golf Club

Kingspan

Venues

The Encores has performed at these venues:

Birdsall House

The Mayfair Hotel

Carnglaze Caverns

The St Ives Harbour Hotel

Sneaton Castle, Whitby

Raven Hall Hotel

Hackness Grange Hotel

The Principal, York

The Grand Hotel, York

The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate

Hotel Du Vin, Birmingham

Rudding Park, Harrogate

The Sun Pavilion, Harrogate

The Lakeside Hotel, Ambleside

Inn on the Lake, Ullswater

Castle Bolton

The Hospitium, York

Merchant Adventurers Hall, York

Barmby Fields Barn, East Yorkshire

Wildwood and Eden, Scarborough

Pitville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham

Stourton Estate, Horncastle

Mar Hall Resort, Scotland

P&O Cruises, Arvia

Oaklands Lodge, Brandesburton

Highfield, Driffield

Sandburn Hall

York City Football Club

Hotel Du Vin, Cheltenham

Ripley Castle

...and many more!

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