🎤 Weddings – What It’s Really Like to Sing at 50+ of them
With weddings, people often imagine that being a wedding singer means turning up, singing a few songs, and heading home.
If only it were that simple!
Performing at 50+ weddings a year across Yorkshire, Leeds, Manchester, Derbyshire and the surrounding areas is one of the most rewarding — and demanding — jobs you can have as a musician.
Here’s what it’s really like.
1. Every Wedding Is Completely Different
Even when venues, timelines or song choices overlap, no two days ever feel the same.
I meet new couples, new guests, new families, and experience completely different atmospheres — from emotional barn ceremonies to glamorous city weddings in Leeds or Manchester.
That variety is what keeps the job exciting.
2. It’s a Full-Time Commitment playing weddings
To perform at 50+ weddings a year, you don’t just sing. You:
- manage bookings
- create setlists
- learn new songs
- rehearse constantly
- coordinate with planners
- travel across Yorkshire & beyond
- maintain and transport professional equipment
- keep your voice in peak condition
- handle social media, emails, admin and marketing
Being a wedding singer means being a musician, business owner, performer, coordinator and customer service rep all at once.
3. Weekends Become “Wedding Days”
Weddings don’t care about your Saturday lie-in.
Most of my weekends look like:
- early morning prep
- travelling across Yorkshire, Manchester, Lancashire or Derbyshire
- performing multiple sets
- late-night drives home
And I love it — but it means birthdays, nights out and family plans often have to work around wedding season.
4. Emotion Is a Big Part of the Job with weddings
Singing someone down the aisle, performing their first dance, or watching their parents tear up during a ceremony — these moments never feel routine.
Even after performing at hundreds of weddings, I still get goosebumps.
You can’t help but absorb the emotion in the room.
5. Your Voice Becomes a High-Maintenance Instrument
Singing at so many weddings means taking vocal health seriously:
- hydration
- sleep
- warm-ups
- avoiding shouting over noise at gigs or events
- careful scheduling
- regular vocal rest
If I’m hoarse, tired or under the weather, the show still has to go on — someone’s wedding day depends on it. Here’s some advice on how to look after your voice.
6. There’s Massive Pressure with weddings— in the Best Way
You’re providing the soundtrack for one of the biggest days of someone’s life.
That means:
- arriving early
- having backup gear
- knowing every cue
- being flexible when timings change
- performing flawlessly in emotional moments
You can’t “redo” an aisle walk or a first dance, so the responsibility is huge — but incredibly rewarding.
7. The Travel Is Real
Performing across:
- Yorkshire
- Leeds
- Manchester
- Lancashire
- Derbyshire
- North Yorkshire
- Hull
…means spending a lot of time on the road.
Some days involve three hours of driving before I even start singing.
But the Yorkshire countryside views definitely make it easier.
8. Guests Always Want Requests at Weddings
And I love that.
Whether it’s Oasis in Manchester, Arctic Monkeys in Sheffield, Ed Sheeran in Yorkshire barns or Motown classics during drinks receptions — requests create spontaneous moments that make each wedding feel unique.
9. You Become Part of Hundreds of Love Stories
This is the most powerful part.
You witness:
- nervous couples holding hands before walking in
- parents crying happy tears
- friends cheering during the first dance
- the room erupting during the exit song
- the joy, the laughter, the energy
- It’s impossible not to feel connected to the day.
10. It Never Gets Old
Even after performing at 50+ weddings a year, the magic never fades.
Every “walk down the aisle” moment feels special.
Each first dance feels personal.
Every ceremony has its own emotion.
And every couple reminds me why I love being an acoustic wedding singer in Yorkshire and beyond.
Final Thoughts
Singing at 50+ weddings a year is intense, emotional, and incredibly fulfilling.
It requires organisation, dedication, passion — and a genuine love for what you do.
But being part of so many beautiful moments?
Getting to create the soundtrack for someone’s most important memories?
There’s nothing like it.
