Best entertainers in Biggera Waters
Biggera Waters has a Vegas show and a wedding DJ on the doorstep, a brass band and a couple of singers ten minutes away in Southport, a caricaturist and a wedding band next door at Labrador. That's the shape of the northern Broadwater: acts who work function rooms and family parties rather than festivals. The deeper trades, cover bands, duos, wedding singers and the bulk of the DJs, are the Gold Coast's, pinned to the city rather than to any one suburb, and most of them are based further south. So which do you want, a show or a dance floor?
It's a fair question here because both are close. Runaway Bay and Southport have the function rooms and the Broadwater outlook that a fiftieth or a retirement do wants, and a tribute show with a dinner is a very different night from a DJ with a dance floor. Labrador and Coombabah share this list almost act for act. Pick the format, then the from-price, then the suburb, in that order.
Top picks in Biggera Waters
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 Biggera Waters. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Biggera Waters
How much is a DJ for a wedding at a Broadwater venue?
The venues along the Broadwater mostly have a sound system of some kind, and whether the DJ uses it or brings a full rig is the first thing that moves the price. Then it's hours, a ceremony set-up if you're marrying on the lawn outside, and whether they MC the formalities. A Biggera Waters or Southport DJ has no travel in the number. The from-prices on the DJ listings on this page are today's starting points, so compare within that trade rather than against the bands.
What does a tribute show need from the venue?
A stage or a clear end of the room, a power point that isn't shared with the kitchen, and a room where people can see. Most shows bring their own sound and backing tracks, so the venue's system is a bonus rather than a requirement. Tell the act the room size and the number of guests, because a Vegas show for forty in a small function room is a different set-up from the same show for two hundred.
Is a brass band a real option for a private event?
For a civic do, an Anzac service, a Christmas carols night or a big outdoor birthday, yes, and brass bands are built for exactly that work. They're not a dance band and they don't do a four-hour reception. Book the one in Southport for a set at the start of an afternoon and something else for the evening.
Booking tips
A show is a sit-down night
Tribute and Vegas-style shows work best with a meal and a room that faces a stage. If your guests want to dance from the first song, book the DJ or a cover band and save the show for a birthday dinner.
Southport is next door, not a trip
The coast's civic end is a few minutes down the road, and an act based there won't put travel on a Biggera Waters quote. For anything past Broadbeach, ask.
Christmas parties fill from November
Work do's along the Broadwater book the same three Saturdays in December. A DJ or duo can usually still be found; a specific show can't. Ask early if the act is the point of the night.