We are a very professional six-piece band, with a professional sound engineer and state of the art sound systems, capable of coping with all kinds of venue, from the smallest to the very largest. We carry £2,000,000 of liability insurance. Usually we play for up to 3 hours, providing CD music during any break, lighting, and smoke effects (where requested by you, and permitted by the venue). A common format would be 2 x 1 hour sets with a break between or 2 x 1.5 hour sets with a break between. However, we aim to give you what you want, so there are no hard and fast rules for how it's done - it's your day, after all, so you tell us what you want, and we will do our best to give it to you! Another feature of our service is to perform a special or particular song as part of the deal. This has proven to be very popular and we would be happy to accommodate such requests even if this song is not already in our repertoire. We are prepared to learn it especially for your evening, free of charge (as long as we have sufficient notice) Appearance We believe that it is of the utmost importance that the band is dressed suitably for your occassion, we are therefore pleased to offer a choice of formal or informal dress. Formal For our formal option, the gents are in dinner suits, dress shirts and black bow ties, our female lead vocalist in formal evening wear. Informal For our informal option, the gents are in smart black casual suits, pastal or black shirts with open collar. Our female lead vocalist in smart casual wear. Other Services:- Dinner Music For an additional charge, the band are able to offer slimmed - down line up to do a dinner set while your party are seated for their meal. A set consisting of around 40 minutes can sometimes be useful. Recording After numerous requests from clients, we are now pleased to be able to offer (for an additional charge) a digital recording of the performance from your event on CD by special request. NB We are always looking to provide the best possible service to our clients, so if you have any special requirements please feel free to contact us to discuss them - We will do our best to accommodate you. Wedding music, corporate events, party music, birthdays, function band - After Dark provide the best in live band entertainment