Bands

Aloha! Enjoy the sounds of the Hawaiian Islands with the Aloha Strings (2 to 10-piece band) at your next Tiki-themed event or Luau. You can listen and dance to the beautiful Hawaiian melodies or do the hula with our added Hawaiian dancers! The islands are calling you with their warm sandy beaches, cool waters and tropical drinks! The Aloha Strings appear in various ensemble combinations, including: Violin Ukulele Lap Steel Guitar Bass Keyboard Drums Strings Vocals Mahalo! Video Samples:     Play … Read More

The Polka Maestre Band Can perform a variety of musical genres & style’s for any of your special events! Their repertoire ranges from Oberkrainer to Cleveland style polka waltz, to well known popular international tunes – all played with the full Midi, diatonic, 3-row, Slovenian tuning button box (Frajtonerca). This custom made instrument is not your average accordion.  It can sound as an acoustic accordion as well as up to sixteen instruments – simultaneously – for that full band/orchestra sound! … Read More

TM Jazz Group is a 4 to 6-piece jazz combo comprised of professional musicians. Book the whole group, or just a trio or duo. No matter the size of venue, we can provide just the right level of entertainment for your needs – from background music to being one of the features of the party! The TM Jazz Group is also available in the following formats: Duo: Sax & Piano Trio: (1) Sax, Piano & Bass (2) Sax, Piano & Jazz Guitar … Read More

Entertaining & Fun! Energize your evening with live music by the 5-piece band: Nightlife! Classic Rock ‘n Roll, Original Songs, Jazz, Dinner Music, Dance Band. Great entertainment begins with great sound. Nightlife blends its musical talents together with state-of-the-art equipment to create a clean and unique sound that keeps audiences up dancing all night long. Nightlife’s musicianship adapts the sounds and song selection to suit any occasion (Corporate Events, Weddings, Restaurants, House Parties, etc.) and engages the audience to make it … Read More

Mystic Fyre Celtic Band performs traditional jigs, reels and songs and also heats them up into molten Celtic Rock! Musical influences include Great Big Sea, the Dubliners, Chieftains, Corrs, and Secret Garden. Hailing from the Waterloo region, Mystic Fyre has been on the scene for the past 25 years performing at various concert venues, festivals, fairs, corporate and private events, weddings, and cèilidhs (kālēs) throughout Ontario. Whether you are having a good ol’ fashioned east coast cèilidh, celebrating Robbie Burns … Read More

Doug Varty’s “Every Breath You Take” tribute to the Police is a high energy show performed by the trio and augmented with a keyboardist. They play all the big Police hits plus some of Sting’s best known solo songs. Catchy, funny, fun, exciting performances! Expert musicianship and vocals. Video Sample: Coming soon! Song List: Coming soon!

Bryan Adams: Waking Up The Neighbours Doug Varty brings all the hits, and the hottest rock band imaginable for his award winning Bryan Adams Tribute show, “Waking Up the Neighbors” (JRMA 2010 & 2012). This 5-piece band (2 guitars, bass, keyboards, and drums – including “Bryan”) performs all the big Bryan Adams hits (with a few surprises) and can go from full rock power to an intimate, acoustic “unplugged” setting. Like your rock hard and fast? How about classics like “Kids Wanna Rock” and “Summer … Read More

The Halloween Band This scary 3 to 5-piece band sinks their teeth into juicy songs and dance tunes to keep your crypt a-rockin’! !  You’ll hear classic favourites as The Monster Mash, Themes from The Addams Family, The Munsters, Bewitched, Casper The Friendly Ghost and many more ghoulish selections! They also have up their boney sleeves some deadly classic rock, country and disco numbers for you to boogie to, man! So, get your blue dress on, bark at the bad moon … Read More

Neil Murray Band “Nobody rocks like the Neil Murray Band!” Andy from the Shakespeare Arms. Available as a duo, 3-piece or 4-piece band. Band Members: Neil Murray: Lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, harmonica Frank Koren: Guitar Steve Lehmann: Bass, backup vocals Jeff Cowell: Drums Audio Samples: All For You Crazy Little Thing Called Love I Saw Her Standing There Down On The Corner I Shot The Sheriff Mary Jane‘s Last Dance Message In A Bottle Steal My Kisses Vertigo Song List: … Read More

The Beat Heathens are a three piece band consisting of guitar, bass, and drums. Although we are generally considered a “classic rock” rock band, we can also perform a mostly bluesy night if needed. All of us in the band sing and we cover everything from 50’s dance tunes through Hendrix, Neil Young, the Tragically Hip to the Beatles. We adapt our song list to the crowd! We are ideal for Parties and Dances such as: Corporate Events Weddings Ribfests … Read More

Bagpiper Wayne Fisher is Pipe Major of the Forest Legion Pipe Band (since November 2001). He is available as a soloist or with his entire band. Wayne also teaches bagpiping and does minor bagpipe repairs. Dress Options: Full Dress Formal Dress (with black jacket and tie) Summer Dress (every day piping uniform)      

For Tribute Bands see Tribute Shows

Andrea Weber Steckly was born and raised on a farm outside of the Ontario town of Elmira. As a child, she would sit and listen to her older sisters practicing the piano or the violin or singing in a children’s choir and her imagination was captured. Once Andrea turned 6 years old, the 3 of them headed off together to piano lessons and waited for one another as they suffered under the rule of their eccentric European piano teacher. Somehow, … Read More

The Wheat Kings are the ultimate tribute to “The Tragically Hip”. This 5-piece band has enjoyed tremendous success with clubs, universities, colleges, festivals and fairs throughout Canada and the United States. Since the bands inception in the spring of 1994, The Wheat Kings have delivered rock n’ roll with the same energy, style, and sound as the Hip themselves, giving audiences exactly what they came to feel and hear! The band formed when five professional Toronto area musicians realized that … Read More

This Is Tom Jones recreates the music of one of the greatest pop music singers of all time – Tom Jones! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Tom Jones (Dave La Fame) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Recapture the best of Tom Jones, be prepared to toss your knickers on stage, and take a trip down memory lane with some of his biggest hits: “It’s Not Unusual”, “What’s New Pussycat”, … Read More

Simply The Best Tina recreates the music of one of the greatest rock, R&B & pop music divas of all time, the “Queen of Rock ‘n Roll” – Tina Turner! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Tina Turner (Sonia Ndongmo) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Recapture the best of Tina Turner and take a trip down memory lane with some of her biggest hits: “Simply The Best”, “Private Dancer”, “Proud … Read More

Sun Records Story: Good Rockin’ Tonight Show features authentic 1950’s music from Johnny Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbsion, and other great artists from the era. This show focuses on the “Sun Records” years for these artists as highlighted in the hit movie “Walk The Line”. You get all the major hits of the artists, and the show is hosted by a colourful character named Horace “Six Gun” Logan. There are laughs, audience interaction, vintage wardrobe and great music … Read More

Spice Girls: Spice recreates the music of one of the greatest English pop girl groups of all time – Spice! The Spice Girls were the most successful British band since the Beatles and established Girl Power like no other! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Posh (Tessa Sven), Scary (Jennifer Bacchus), Baby (Melissa Virdo), Sporty (Andrea Brunet) and Ginger (Kristal Jackson), allows you to re-live those great memories of the 90’s. Recapture the best of the Spice Girls … Read More

Roy Orbison: You Got It! recreates the music of one of the greatest rockabilly, country and pop-rock musicians of all time – Roy Orbison! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Roy Orbison (Dave La Fame) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Recapture the best of Roy Orbison and take a trip down memory lane with some of his biggest hits: “Crying”, “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “Falling”, “You Got It” and more! You … Read More

Ray recreates the music of one of the greatest singer-songwriter, R&B-blues-pop-rock ‘n roll musicians of all time – Ray Charles! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Ray Charles (Frank Rondell) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 50’s to the 90’s. Recapture the best of Ray Charles and take a trip down memory lane with some of his biggest hits: “Hit The Road Jack”, “Georgia On My Mind”, “I Can’t Stop Loving You”, “I Got A … Read More

Solitary Man recreates the music of one of the greatest pop music singers and song writers of all time – Neil Diamond! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Neil Diamond (Will Chalmers) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Recapture the best of Neil Diamond and take a trip down memory lane with some of his biggest hits: “Crackling Rosie”, “Forever In Blue Jeans”, “I’m A Believer”, “Sweet Caroline” and more! “Solitary … Read More

Michael Jackson: The King Of Pop recreates the music of one of the greatest pop music singer-songwriter-dancers of all time – Michael Jackson! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Michael Jackson (Bishop Soul) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s. Recapture the best of Michael Jackson and take a trip down memory lane with some of his biggest hits: “Smooth Criminal”, “Thriller”, “Beat It”, “The Way You Make Me Feel” and … Read More

Kenny Rogers: The Gambler recreates the music of one of the greatest country music singers of all time – Kenny Rogers! Peter Davidson, with his authentic look and vocal match of Kenny Rogers, entertains you with some of Kenny`s biggest hits: “Ruby”, “Coward Of The Country”, “Lady”, and more! Peter Davidson is an award winner on the country music scene with 8 JUNO Awards, Big Country Awards, and The Golden Awards (with The Good Brothers). Video Samples: Coming soon! Song … Read More

The Man In Black features the amazing James Yorfido, the only Johnny Cash tribute artist to be featured in “The Sun Records Story”, the official, international touring show exclusively endorsed by Johnny’s original, legendary record label from Memphis, Tennessee. James Yorfido has re-created the ultimate Johnny Cash show by perfecting the look, sound and charisma of “The Man In Black”. Vocally, his striking Baritone voice is a rarity amongst Cash performers…he actually has the exact same vocal range as “The Man In Black” himself! Musically, his three-piece … Read More

Frankie Valli: The Jersey Boy recreates the music of one of the greatest pop music singers of all time – Frankie Valli! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Frankie Valli (Frank Chiarelli) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Recapture the best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and take a trip down memory lane with some of his biggest hits: “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off … Read More

Cher Tribute This Cher tribute recreates the music of one of the greatest pop music divas of all time – Cher! The fabulous vocal match and authentic look of Cher (Kara Chandler) allows you to re-live those great memories of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Recapture the best of Cher and take a trip down memory lane with some of her biggest hits: “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves”, “I Got You Babe”, “If I Could Turn Back Time”, “Believe” and … Read More

Help! proudly presents a truly authentic tribute to the world’s most popular band: The Beatles! Take a journey back in time and experience the music of the Fab Four – LIVE! Sit back and groove or get up and dance to one classic after another as the extravaganza entertains you. From the classic early Liverpool days to the psychedelic sounds of the late sixties, the Beatles stretched the boundaries and forged a style of pop music that is still popular … Read More

Take your typical rock band – guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and vocals – and replace the guitar and keyboard with a string quartet and – voila! – you have: The Classical Rock Show! This show features the Mannheim Virtuosi String Quartet (MVSQ), performing on acoustic and electric instruments, with Ross Daly on 4 and 5-string violins and viola, Angela Cox-Daly on violins, Andrea Weber Steckly on 4 and 6-string violins and Cathy Anderson on cellos.  Completing this phenomenal band, we have Robert Laporte on drums … Read More

Take your typical rock band – guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and vocals – and replace the guitar and keyboard with a string quartet and – voila! – you have: The Classical Rock Show! This show features the Mannheim Virtuosi String Quartet (MVSQ), performing on acoustic and electric instruments, with Ross Daly on 4 and 5-string violins and viola, Angela Cox-Daly on violins, Andrea Weber Steckly on 4 and 6-string violins and Cathy Anderson on cellos. Completing this phenomenal band, we have Robert Laporte on … Read More

School Shows Gr. 9 – 12 Curriculum oriented.

School Shows Junior: JK-8 Curriculum oriented.

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Bagpiper Glen Brownlee currently performs with all three bands based in Muskoka, Ontario (Canada). He was a former Piper with the Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Scottish Regiment and with the Town of Newmarket (Ontario, Canada) Competition Band.

Contact us for a current list of Kids / Family Entertainment Shows

Contact us for a current list of Kids / Family Entertainment & Bands

Kids / Family Entertainment: Solo Performers Comedians Mascots Musicians Puppeteers Ventriloquists Etc.

Frieda & The Bier Nutz Oktoberfest Band. Raise a glass and sing: Ein Prosit, ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit Ein Prosit, ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit. Oans, zwoa, drei, Gsuffa! Song List: See below in the gallery.

  Deb also performs a wonderful Christmas Show!

The Ziggie Zaggies bring Oktoberfest to life with traditional polkas, waltzes, songs and good cheer! They can also rock it up with dance music to suit all ages. They have performed at various Oktoberfest events across Ontario and Saskatchewan including Kitchener Waterloo’s world famous Oktoberfest! The Ziggie Zaggies can perform as a 2-piece to an 8-piece Band. Bring on yodeling and cowbells with Deb Misener Jones and you have a real variety Oktoberfest show! Raise a glass and sing: Ein Prosit, … Read More

Ho, Ho, Ho! How about a Christmas Show? A Jazzy Little Christmas performed by the Mannheim Virtuosi String Duo, Trio, Quartet or The Classical Rock Show! They play all of your Christmas favourites, including: Sacred, Secular, Pop, Rock, Celtic and Jazz selections. A Celtic Christmas with Mystic Fyre! A Boogie Woogie Christmas performed by our Stray Cats / Brian Setzer Tribute show with horns, strings and backup singers. Christmas Carollers: Victorian Carollers, Vixens & Blitzens & the Waterloo County Carollers. Wonderful World … Read More

Contact us for a current list of Reggae Bands.

Contact us for a current list of R&B Bands.

The Black Forest Band is the best known group to perform at Kitchener-Waterloo’s Oktoberfest each year. Not just renowned for being an elite polka band in Canada and the United States, but also one of Canada’s best loved party bands. Winners of the 2012 PACE Awards for Best German Album. The PACE AWARDS have replaced the POLKA Category from the Grammy Awards. How do you describe The Black Forest Band to somebody who hasn’t heard them play before? To begin with, … Read More

Contact us for a current list of Klezmer Bands.

Contact us for a current list of Funk Bands.

Music for Dancing and Reminiscing The Twilites are an eleven-piece dance band, based in Guelph, Ontario, and have been together since 1987. Over the past twelve years, they have developed a large, enthusiastic following of people of all ages who love to dance. In addition to playing fox-trots in the tradition of the great dance bands including Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw, they also perform swing, Latin-American, polkas, waltzes, medleys, and specialty numbers. They have been … Read More

Angela Cox-Daly has been a member of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (KWSO) since 1988 performing as Second Associate Concertmaster until 2003. After a playing related injury and almost three years off, Angela gratefully returned as a section first violinist. She is an active chamber music performer in Canada and the United States and has appeared as soloist with various chamber and symphony orchestras including the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Kitchener Waterloo Community Orchestra, Scarborough Philharmonic, North York Symphony, Keene Chamber … Read More

Ross Daly graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music in Performance degree in 1987.  He has been a professional musician for 30 years and has performed around the globe including Canada (coast-to-coast), Mexico, the Dominican Republic & Abu Dhabi. His main instruments are violin and viola (acoustic & electric) and piano. He is also noted as a music arranger, composer & conductor.  Ross performs many styles of music – including classical, jazz, pop, rock, blues, Celtic, Latin, … Read More

Mystic Fyre performs heart-warming traditional and fun popular Christmas music with a Celtic flare! Mystic Fyre can also heat up traditional jigs, reels and songs into molten Celtic Rock! Whether you are having a good ol’ fashioned east coast Christmas Cèilidh, celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, or hosting a festival to thousands of people – Mystic Fyre ensures a good time is had by all! Add our Classic Rock songs to the mix and you have the perfect band for festivals, fairs, … Read More

Night Fever: Tribute to the Bee Gees is the ultimate tribute to the Bee Gees, featuring a live band (guitar, bass & drums), 2 backup singers and 2 violins, (2 or 3 horns optional). With outstanding vocals and an all around amazing show, Night Fever performs over 25 of the Bee Gees hits including: “I Started a Joke”, “Night Fever”, “Jive Talking”, “How Deep is Your Love”, “You Should Be Dancing”, and “Staying Alive”. For five decades – a time span … Read More