Swinging Lovers Paris based crazy, fun, Swing band for after dinner dancing or Cocktail set.

Stages - If stage necessary (depending on what sort of party you are having) or space to allow for if no stage.

For Trio:
Stage - 3 x 2.5m
4 plugs for: Guitar amp or Electric Piano, Bass amp and our P.A.
1 parking space.

4 piece:
Stage - 4 x 2.5m
4 plugs for: Guitar amp or Electric Piano, Bass amp and our P.A.
1 parking space.

5 piece:
Stage - 4 x 3m
4 plugs for: Guitar amp or Electric Piano, Bass amp and our P.A.
2 parking spaces
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For 6 or 7 Piece.:
Stage: 5 X 3m.
4 plugs for: Guitar amp or Electric Piano, Bass amp and our P.A.
3 parking spaces.

Size of venue.
Number of people expected.
Is there a P.A. in the venue?
Is there a sound engineer?

Completely self contained - P.A. for up to 100 people.
All Backline: Amps, Electric Piano, Drums etc.
No Lights.

Yes, we’re happy to play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets.
We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music."
We can also provide a DJ for the evening at extra cost.

My favourite regular gig is the Caveau de la Huchette in Paris.
The most illustrious playing for the French President in the Elysee palace in Paris.
The biggest gig - 6000 at Nice Jazz Festival.

I love playing for dancers.

I've always sang - my whole life. I started playing trombone at 9 years old. I was in the Irish Youth Orchestra.
I've been a professional musician since I was a teenager. When I first came to Paris I busked in the streets..
I soon got into some very big French bands. I've been a performing and songwriting member of FFF: Best live band at Victories de la Musique. We played in front of 70,000 people MainStage at Les Veilles Charues festival.
I've led and fronted the Swinging Lovers for 20 years.

Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Elvis.
"What a wonderful World." Made famous by Louis Armstrong. I play it at all my wadding and party gigs.

Yes we can do a Cocktail set and a Dance set. Additional cost for adding an hour of Cocktail music to Dance set.

We arrive 2 hours before performance.
For after dinner dance party music - 1 single set of 1h45 mins. No breaks. This in my experience is best for keeping people dancing.
For Cocktails 2 x 50 minute sets.

Yes

We have our own standard set list which changes all the time depending how the people react - I see if they prefer Swing or Rock n Roll.
Our mission is to keep people dancing.
We can take a couple of requests from the client. Usually for first dance of the evening.

"The Swinging Lovers absolutely lit up our wedding reception.
A super confident, creative, accomplished AND soulful performance, they immediately energized the whole room and magnetized
the crowd to the dance floor.
Paddy and his band excel at what they do."
(Ruari)

"We had the good fortune to see The Swinging Lovers in France, where they gave a wonderful performance, and so when we got engaged ourselves, I was certain that they were the band we would ideally have at our big day in the west of Ireland.
They were very professional, made everything very easy for us, and most importantly, got everyone up on the dance floor immediately and managed to maintain that momentum all the way through the evening.
Anyone I've met since that has spoken of the wedding still mentions how much they enjoyed the music,
and that says it all for me, since a major portion of our guests are musicians themselves.
(S. Cullen)

Worldwide. We have played in almost every country in Europe, in Africa, USA and South America.

I'm famous for my high energy and exciting shows. Check out my video.
Going out into the audience.
Getting people as involved as possible. Dancing and singing along.
I've even had brides and grooms sing with the band.