Northern Star
"Scotland's full-time party band — playing since 2009, and still packing every dance floor." - Lisa Cotton
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Northern Star are considered by those in the know to be among the very best wedding, function and party bands in the country. They've held that position consistently for over 15 years, so booking them means putting yourselves in the hands of one of the most loved, most professional and most talented bands Scotland has to offer.
Since 2009, Northern Star have enjoyed a level of success well beyond most covers bands. A high standard of musicianship is a given, but there's more to it than that — unusually for a covers band, Northern Star work as full-time musicians. That gives them the time and the incentive to perfect their craft to a level many other bands simply can't match, and it means you get a professional, reliable, genuinely fun-to-deal-with attitude from some of the nicest people in the business.
Here's what you can expect when you book Northern Star, one of the most positively reviewed bands on the Scottish Wedding Directory:
- Full-time professional band — musicianship refined by musicians who do this for a living, not as a side gig
- Outstanding value for money, with competitive pricing and little or no additional travel cost across the central belt and Ayrshire
- Top-tier equipment, with the band constantly reinvesting in sound and lighting
- Reliable transport — the best band in the world is no use to you if they can't get to your venue
- Fully insured up to £10 million, meeting the requirement of most venues
- Experienced working with sound limiters
- A huge repertoire, spanning rock, pop-punk, soul, country and Irish folk — there's very little they can't play
- A lively ceilidh set, with the option to add a fifth musician on accordion for a small extra fee, giving you two bands in one
- First dance performance, learned given a minimum of eight weeks' notice
- A DJ option at additional cost, for even more flexibility between sets
- A brass section option at additional cost, a genuinely popular way to add visual and aural impact
The first thing to do is find out if this in-demand band is available for your date — get an instant quote by filling in the enquiry form on this page. If they're available, our advice is simple: get them booked, and join the many satisfied couples and clients who've booked them before.
We're part of a hand-picked roster of Scotland's top wedding bands, exclusively represented by Hireaband. To explore the full selection, visit the Wedding Bands Scotland page for available acts and instant quotes.
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Rock/Pop Punk
- All The Small Things - Blink 182
- Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
- Girl All The Bad Guys Want - Bowling For Soup
- The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
- In Too Deep - Sum 41
- Basket Case - Green Day
- Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit
- Enter Sandman - Metallica
- Human - The Killers
- Mr. Brightside - The Killers
- All These Things That I’ve Done - The Killers
- Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
- Highway To Hell - AC/DC
- Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
- Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
- Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
- Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
- Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
- I Want To Break Free - Queen
- Many Of Horror - Biffy Clyro
- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis
- Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
- Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Pop/Soul/Classics
- A Little Respect - Erasure
- Take On Me - A-ha
- You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
- I Want You Back - Jackson 5
- Dignity - Deacon Blue
- Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue
- The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys
- All Night Long - Lionel Richie
- My Girl - Otis Redding
- 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
- Life With You - The Proclaimers
- Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
- Don’t You Want Me - Human League
- You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
- The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
- Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
- Summer Of ’69 - Bryan Adams
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
- Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
- Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
- Valerie - Amy Winehouse
- Mamma Mia - ABBA
- Does Your Mother Know - ABBA
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
- Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
- American Pie - Don McLean
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart
- Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
- Levitating - Dua Lipa
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
- I’m Still Standing - Elton John
- Tiny Dancer - Elton John
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
- Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
- Twist And Shout - The Beatles
Country
- When It Rains It Pours - Luke Combs
- Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs
- One 2 Many - Luke Combs
- Where The Wild Things Are - Luke Combs
- Beer Never Broke My Heart - Luke Combs
- Nine To Five - Dolly Parton
- Jolene - Dolly Parton
- Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
- The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
- Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
- If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks
- It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson
- Gone Country - Alan Jackson
- Good Times - Alan Jackson
- Chicken Fried - Zac Brown
- Knee Deep - Zac Brown
- Toes - Zac Brown
- Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
- Starting Over - Chris Stapleton
- Bootscootin Boogie - Brooks And Dunn
- Hillbilly Deluxe - Brooks And Dunn
- Play Something Country - Brooks And Dunn
- Life Of Sin - Sturgill Simpson
- East Bound And Down - Jerry Reed
- Country Girl - Luke Bryan
- Ride A Horse - Big And Rich
- Stick Season - Noah Kahan
- Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
- Then - Brad Paisley
- Mona Lisa - Brad Paisley
- Mud On The Tires - Brad Paisley
- I’m Gonna Miss Her - Brad Paisley
- Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
- Country Roads - John Denver
- Rhinestone Cowboy - John Denver
- Man! I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain
- Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts
- I Had Some Help - Post Malone
- Pour Me A Drink - Post Malone
- Dust In A Baggie - Billy Strings
- God’s Country - Blake Shelton
- Boy’s Round Here - Blake Shelton
- Hey Brother - Dan Tyminski
Irish/Folk/Trad
- N17 - Saw Doctors
- I Use’d To Love Her - Saw Doctors
- Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice - The Mary Wallopers
- I’ll Tell Me Ma - The Dubliners
- The Leaving Of Liverpool - The Dubliners
- The Wild Rover - The Dubliners
- Whisky In The Jar - The Dubliners
- Streams Of Whiskey - The Pogues
- The Irish Rover - The Pogues
- Las Vegas In The Hills Of Donegal - Goats Don’t Shave
- The Craic Was 90 In The Isle Of Man - Christy Moore
- The Green Fields Of France - The Furies
- Walking On The Waves - Skippinnish
- Take My Hand - Skerryvore
- Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
- I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons
- Loch Lomond - RunRig
- Wild Mountain Tyme - Trad.
- Night On The Town - The Tumbling Paddies
- Pretty Girl - The Tumbling Paddies
- The Way I Am - The Tumbling Paddies
Reviews (24)
Lots of positive feedback from our guests, everyone loved the music and the band. We also had a couple people asking the name of the band so they could use you for there events. Song choices was spot on, brilliant for the dance floor it didn’t feel like it stopped which was what we wanted. There was a minor hick up with the Drummer being late due to a crash on the road but the band was really good in keeping us informed. They say they have a 30 minute break, it didn’t feel like 30 minutes it felt more like 10 which was brilliant. I think we all needed it, then they was straight back into it. Highly recommend Northern Star if you are looking for an up beat dance floor 10/10 from us and all the guests couldn’t praise them more. Thank you guys.
The band were amazing. Everyone had a great time and they did a great job playing the wide range of requests on the night.
I just wanted to extend a big thank you to Hireaband for your help in making our EY Christmas Party such a success last week.
The team loved both the band – you really helped make the night special!
Band were absolutely brilliant. Had so many compliments after the wedding about how great the band was. The dance floor was never empty and they music selections were perfect!! Thank you so much!
Northern Star were excellent! What a voice, harmonies, guitar solos, drum fills you name it. Kept everyone dancing all night long with an unbelievable set!
Really made the evening truly special.
Hireaband are very professional, helpful and informative on their bands etc.
Northern Star arrived in plenty time in horrendous driving conditions due to storm, set up sound checked and were ready to perform, and perform they did, very talented individuals who entertained our Xmas Party guests very well.
Northern Star were absolutely amazing! We picked our date around getting them as music is important to us. Completely made our evening reception which was the perfect ending to the most perfect day. We loved how they made it personal to us and adapted to requested songs which wouldn’t be seen as traditional wedding type tunes. Became our very own personal gig and we will always remember how fantastic they were! Would highly recommend both Hire a Band and Northern Star.
They were absolutely amazing. Once again the best live band all of our guests said.
Northern Star did a fantastic job at our wedding and we are very happy we booked them. A good mixture of different tunes that people could enjoy, adapting to the crowd as the night went on and also taking requests. The Ceilidh was amazing too. Thanks very much.
Northern Star were absolutely amazing, they had the dance floor filled from start to finish and managed to accommodate a large amount of requests. Would highly recommend this band to anyone.
We would like to thank Northern Star for making our wedding evening. They were exactly what we thought they would be…excellent! The songs they played were 10/10 and played a lot of songs we requested. They brought an excellent energy to the evening and everyone keeps asking who our band was as they were brilliant.
10/10 band book them for your wedding and you won’t be disappointed.
The band was excellent and provided a great selection of music as well as accommodating our requests for lots of ceilidh music. They kept the dance floor full throughout the night and we would definitely recommend them to other people for their weddings!
Northern Star were absolutely incredible. Both my wife and I, and our guests, loved them! We were up dancing all night, and we especially loved all the pop punk songs as well. We have had a lot of guests commenting how great the band were! Our first dance was amazing as well, nowhere near as nerve racking as we had imagined it to be. Thank you so much for such an amazing evening!
Northern Star performed during our wedding reception. They were really great across a wide range of music genres and read the room really well, adjusting their setlist in response to our guests - even doing a special little pop punk section which we loved. They were fun and sounded great. We would definitely recommend them.
We just wanted to say a big massive thank you for playing our wedding on Saturday, you were absolutely fantastic! We’ve had so many people comment on how great a band we chose. We couldn’t be more pleased with how the night went.
Thank you so much again.
We had so many comments on how fantastic Northern Star were. A talented bunch of musicians who we couldn't reccomend highly enough. Thank you!
Just wanted to say a huge thanks to you & the band for a fantastic evening last night at the wedding. The band were fabulous, the dance floor was constantly busy & ceilidh set was amazing. All our guests had a wonderful time & complimented how good you were.
Just wanted to message to pass on our thanks to the guys that played our wedding on Friday night at Lochside. They were awesome, the dance floor was packed and everyone had a great night. Thanks for everything.
Just wanted to drop you a message before I head off on honeymoon to thank you for organising everything with the band. They were amazing and went down an absolute storm!
Thanks for organising the last minute first dance music too. I’m glad we changed to have a dance cos it was such a lovely moment and we were surprised how many people got on the dance floor with us to Metallica!
Please do pass on our thanks to the boys, we had so many comments about how fabulous the music was and the dance floor was rarely empty.
I just wanted to drop you an email to say thank you so much to the band for making our wedding reception so enjoyable. Everyone has been raving about them since and having a mosh pit at our wedding made our day haha. Don't think the dance floor was empty once. Is there anywhere we can leave a review for the band. Thank you again so much.
Can you pass on our thanks to the band for Saturday. It was a great night of music and the party got started right from their first song. We had so many people coming up to us complementing the band. Thanks once again!
Thank you! Your band were fantastic and all the parents at the Ball have been raving about how incredible they were! Parents have been talking about the skill of the musicians, the way they transitioned between songs, the way they “read” the crowd and kept everyone dancing, the energy and fun they brought to the whole evening. They really made the evening into a very special celebration.
Any chance you’re free Friday 7th June 2018?! We’d love to get you in the diary now! I have had so many people ask if you can come back next year and bring your ceilidh player!
Many thanks to the band for a fantastic evening. They read the room brilliantly and created such a wonderful atmosphere all the way through the night.
My wife was on the dance floor all night, she was enjoying herself so much.
Lots of people commented on how great the music was and that you were the best wedding band they had heard.
We will definitely be recommending you to anyone who will listen.
I just wanted to drop you guys an email to say thank you all so much for helping to make our wedding absolutely amazing!
We’d already had a fantastic day and I didn’t think it could get any better but it did!
So many people have said you guys are the best band they’ve ever seen at a wedding and me & my husband completely agree. We had so much fun at our reception as did all our guests. Having a full dance-floor night was the best!!
Venues
Some of Our Previous Venues
Achnagairn
Arta
Atholl Palace
Bachilton Barn
Backhouse Rossie Estate
Balbirnie House
Balmoral Hotel
Blair Castle
Boclair House
Boturich Castle
Bridge Gardens
Brig O' Doon
Cairns Farm Estate
Cameron House
Carberry Tower
Crossbasket Castle
Dalduff Farm
Dalhousie Castle
Dalziel Park
Drumtochty Castle
Dumfries Arms Hotel
Dumfries House
Dundas Castle
Enterkine Country House
Fairmont Hotel
Falside Mill
GG's Yard
Glenskirlie House
Harelaw Farm
Hetland Hall
Hopetoun House
House for an Art Lover
Ingliston Country Club
Kinkell Byre
Loch Lomond Arms Hotel
Lochgreen House Hotel
Lochside House Hotel
Mar Hall
Melville Castle
Norton House Hotel
One Devonshire Gardens
Piperdam
Prestonfield House
Radstone Hotel
Rowallan Castle
Saint Luke's
Seamill Hydro
Springkell House
The Engine Works
Trump Turnberry
Line-Up
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Default Line Up
Performance Times
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8pm – 12am (with a 30-minute break)
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Alternative Timings May Be Available Upon Request
Booking Add-ons
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Additional ceilidh musician
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6-piece band upgrade with brass + keys
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Daytime Entertainment Options Available
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Horn Section
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Early Arrival
Provided by the Act
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PA System
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Complimentary Unmanned DJ Service (when not performing)
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Ceilidh Set (with the assistance of backing tracks)
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Can Perform Your First Dance
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Stage Lighting
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Public Liability Insurance & PAT Tested Equipment
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Able To Work With Sound Limiters
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