Live indie & rock for The Grand, Drakes, Stanmer House and the Brighton seafront wedding scene. From £1,900.
Brighton has the most distinct wedding personality on the South Coast. The area covers seafront hotels along Marine Parade and Kings Road, smaller boutique-and-design venues across the city centre and Lanes, and a country-house edge ten minutes out at Stanmer Park and across the Lewes line. The Grand Brighton, Hilton Metropole, The Old Ship, Drakes, Hotel du Vin, Artist Residence, Stanmer House and Pelham House are all regularly booked across the area.
Backbeat is a Hampshire-based band, so Brighton sits inside a comfortable hour-and-a-half drive of base. We play East Sussex end to end, and also cover West Sussex and Chichester regularly. No travel surcharges, no overnight accommodation, no anxious 4am drive back from the wrong end of the country.
Brighton wedding venues split roughly into three types: seafront hotels, boutique city-centre venues, and the country-house edge of the city. Each has its own rhythm. A seafront ballroom is a different evening to a country-house room ten minutes out of town, and the set list, lighting rig and stage volume flex around which one you’ve booked.
Curfews and sound limits vary venue by venue across Brighton. City-centre and seafront residential venues typically run earlier cut-offs from local planning conditions. Country-edge venues outside the city often allow later finishes, but every venue has its own rules, in-house limiters or coordinator-managed arrangements. We confirm the specific cut-off and any sound restrictions with the venue the week before, and pace the closing set so it lands at the actual end of the night.
Brighton wedding crowds arrive musically sharper than almost any room on the South Coast. The city’s gig heritage runs deep (Concorde 2, Brighton Centre, Komedia, Patterns) and that filters straight into the wedding guest list. Our Brighton setlist leans indie hard: Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Oasis and Stereophonics across the spine, with older-indie heritage references (The Smiths, Pulp, Stone Roses) earning floor time in the parents-of-the-bride brackets, and modern-pop crossover (Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Sam Fender) layered through for the chart-aware younger guests. Wedding non-negotiables (Mr Brightside, Don’t Stop Me Now, Sweet Caroline) take the back-half peaks. Between sets a DJ playlist (collaborated with you) keeps the floor moving. We learn one custom first dance per booking.
If you’re planning a Brighton wedding and want a band that turns up briefed for the room and reads it properly, send us your date and venue. We’ll come back within 24 hours.
From £1,900
Live sets · full PA & lighting · DJ between & after
Public liability insured · PAT-tested annually · Sound-limiter ready
A snapshot of well-known Brighton wedding venues, from seafront hotels to boutique city-centre venues and the country-house edge of the city. We’re Hampshire-based and travel across to Brighton regularly. If yours isn’t here, tell us anyway.
The Grand Brighton
Brighton seafront
Hilton Brighton Metropole
Brighton seafront
The Old Ship Hotel
Brighton seafront
Drakes of Brighton
Marine Parade
Hotel du Vin Brighton
The Lanes
Artist Residence
Regency Square
Stanmer House
Stanmer Park
The Mesnil Estate
Hove
Saltdean Lido
Saltdean
Pelham House
Lewes
Venue names are used for descriptive reference. Backbeat is an independent wedding band and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a preferred supplier of any venue listed unless stated.
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Live music packages from £1,900. Pricing depends on event location, performance duration, and specific requirements. Send us your event details for a tailored quote.
We perform across Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey and beyond. Whether your event is across the country or abroad, we're ready to bring live performance to you.
We require a minimum of 90 minutes to load in and set up. Ideally before your guests enter the performance room, but we're skilled at setting up quietly and efficiently with minimal disruption.
Yes. We'll collaborate with you to create a personalised DJ playlist for before, between and after our live sets. Whether you have a specific genre, a list of favourite songs, or a Spotify playlist, we'll take care of the rest.
Yes. We offer a 60-minute acoustic live-lounge duo set, ideal for setting the ambiance during drinks reception or dinner.
Yes. We use high-quality, PAT-tested equipment for top-notch sound and lighting. The band is fully self-contained, and we're experienced with sound-limiter venues.
Absolutely. As part of our service we'll learn a special song at no extra cost, whether it's your first dance or a standout main-set moment. Let us know and we'll include it.