Live indie & rock for Raymond Blanc’s two-Michelin-star manor near Oxford. From £1,900.
Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons sits at Great Milton, near Oxford. It opened as a hotel and restaurant in 1984 in a 15th-century manor house, with Raymond Blanc at the helm of the kitchen. The restaurant holds two Michelin stars and five AA Rosettes. The estate has been owned by Belmond since 2014 (originally Orient-Express Hotels), and Belmond is in turn part of LVMH from 2018. On- site gardens supply the kitchen.
We’re a Hampshire-based live wedding band that covers Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire regularly, so Great Milton sits comfortably inside our home patch. No travel surcharges, no overnight accommodation, no anxious 4am drives back from the wrong end of the country.
Le Manoir is a small, careful brief. Wedding rooms here are intimate-scale rather than ballroom-scale, and the food and service are the centre of the day. Our stage setup is built to dress around the room rather than fight it. Black-finished kit, restrained on-stage lighting rather than a stadium rig, and a PA sized for the room rather than the road. We dress in stage-blacks unless you ask otherwise.
A Le Manoir wedding tends to pull a guest list that’s travelled in from London for the weekend, often with a food-and-wine-led brief. The setlist flexes accordingly: Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and Kings of Leon for the late floor, Oasis and Stereophonics for the mid-evening, 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.
Curfews, sound rules and any in-house production arrangements at Le Manoir are managed by the property’s own wedding team, and they vary by booking. Rural restaurant-led venues often carry tighter residential cut-offs and stricter on-stage volume. We don’t make assumptions. We confirm the specific cut-off, limiter setup and any house rules with the coordinator the week before, and pace the closing set so it lands at the actual end of the night.
If you’re booking Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons and want a band that turns up briefed, properly dressed and with the dance floor firmly in mind, send us your date. We’d love to be on your shortlist.
Backbeat is an independent wedding band and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a preferred supplier of Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. Venue specifics should be confirmed with the venue’s wedding team directly.
From £1,900
Live sets · full PA & lighting · DJ between & after
Public liability insured · PAT-tested annually · Sound-limiter ready
Backbeat plays across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and the wider Cotswolds. A snapshot of other well-known wedding venues within about an hour of Great Milton. If yours isn’t here, tell us anyway.
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock
Caswell House
Witney
Eynsham Hall
North Leigh
Notley Abbey
Long Crendon
Hartwell House
Aylesbury
Stowe House
Buckingham
Cornwell Manor
Chipping Norton
Hedsor House
Taplow
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.