Best entertainers in Berry
Berry is the Shoalhaven's wedding village, and it houses one duo. The rest of its list lives either side of it: a pianist who sings at Shoalhaven Heads, down the road towards the beach, then Nowra a quarter of an hour south with two cover bands, a duo, a songwriter and a singer who gives the whole South Coast as an address, and the Kiama singers and songwriters twenty minutes north over the hill. That is the whole nearby supply for a village whose Saturdays from September to May are taken by weddings at the dairy farms and gardens around Broughton Vale and Coolangatta. If your date is a spring Saturday, ask this week, not next month.
The village itself has changed since the bypass took the highway out of the main street. An act from Wollongong or Sydney arrives without the crawl past the shops, and the coast acts treat Berry as a normal Saturday run rather than a trek. Receptions here are sheds, marquees and old homesteads, which suits a Nowra cover band for the dancing and the Berry duo or the Shoalhaven Heads pianist for the vows and the drinks. Kangaroo Valley is up Berry Mountain behind the town, and a venue over there is a different, slower job that the Nowra acts will price for.
Top picks in Berry
Top picks are the nearby performers with the most visible reviews, then rating, then the closest; further afield the closest come first, and premium listings break remaining ties. Distances are straight-line from Berry. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Berry
How much to hire a band for a Berry wedding?
The Nowra cover bands quote Berry as a local job, so it's players, hours and the date, and a Saturday in October or March is the dear end of the year here. A farm shed can add a generator or a second set-up for the ceremony, and a late finish adds a set. Their from-prices are on this page; a Wollongong or Sydney band adds the drive on top of whatever it's asking.
Do Kiama acts come to Berry?
All the time. Kiama's singers and songwriters are twenty minutes over the hill through Gerringong, and they do Berry ceremonies and cocktail hours as part of a normal weekend, mostly without a travel line. For a late reception, ask about the finish time; the road home is dark once you're past Gerroa.
Is there a pianist for a Berry ceremony?
There's a pianist who sings, based at Shoalhaven Heads, a few minutes down the road towards the beach, and it's a good fit for a homestead ceremony or a garden with a covered spot. A piano needs a flat floor and power, so a paddock ceremony means a keyboard instead; ask which they bring. For the reception they can run a dinner set before a band takes over.
How far ahead do Berry acts book out?
For the village duo and the Nowra bands, a spring or autumn Saturday can be gone a year out, because every property around Berry wants the same dozen weekends. Winter and midweek are open and the acts answer faster. Asking costs nothing and books nothing, so try two on the same date and keep the better answer.
Booking tips
The Show and the market weekends fill the village
The Berry Show in summer and the market weekends bring the traffic back into town, and parking near the showground disappears. If your date lands on one, tell the act, and give them a load-in spot away from the main street.
Farm venues need the power question
The dairy properties around Berry that host weddings often have the ceremony a paddock away from the shed. Ask the act whether they can run the vows on battery and the reception on the shed's power, and whether the move between them is in the quote.
Nowra is the reception list
Two cover bands in Nowra sit on this page a quarter of an hour away, and they're the dance-floor answer for Berry with only a short run of highway. The village duo and the Kiama singers are your ceremony and cocktail-hour acts.