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An agency, not a band: Hank Lane books from a roster, and the specific band and vocalists should be named in your contract. The Manhattan office at 155 East 55th Street sends bands, DJs, ceremony musicians and cocktail-hour ensembles to the Hamptons, Nassau and Suffolk, and as far as Bermuda and the Caribbean. No prices are published on the weddings page.
hanklane.com/entertainment/weddingsThe ensemble list runs from jazz groups and string quartets to harpists, pianists, horn sections, electric violin, steel drum bands, and gospel and ethnic-specific vocalists. Wedding bands and DJs cover the reception; ceremony music and cocktail-hour sub-ensembles are separate products. For a couple who wants a specific gospel or ethnic vocalist for part of the night, the agency model is the route, because the roster is built for it.
Because Hank Lane is an agency, the band you hear at a showcase and the band that arrives are the same only if the contract says so. Get the band name, the bandleader and the lead vocalists in writing, with a substitution clause. This is standard advice with any agency, and the site's roster model makes it essential here.
The service area is the five boroughs, Long Island including the Hamptons, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Newport, DC and South Florida, with international travel including Bermuda and the Caribbean. No prices appear on the weddings page we read, and no Long Island venues are named. One contract can cover a large band, a ceremony quartet and a cocktail-hour jazz trio. With a firm entertainment cap, get the number early.
A string quartet costs $1,200 for one hour or $1,600 for two, and that figure is printed on the After Hours site rather than hidden behind a form.
Silver Arrow is sold by headcount, three pieces to fourteen, and the headcount sets the price.