Brigadoon is acreage and horse property on the northern edge of the Swan Valley, and a tribute band lives in it. That is the whole first line of the list. After that come a singer and a soloist at Ellenbrook seven minutes west, a comedian at Aveley, then a jump out to Guildford and Woodbridge, where a wedding band, a duo and a couple of cover acts sit fifteen or so minutes along the valley road.
Big blocks mean big events. Weddings on a lawn with the hills behind, equestrian days, long lunches under a tree, and functions in sheds and marquees rather than rooms with a PA already in them. Bring that up before anything else, because an act quoting a valley venue is really quoting a load-in, a power supply and a drive back through the valley at one in the morning.
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 Brigadoon. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Most are built as a show of an hour or so with a proper running order, sometimes split into two shorter halves. That is not the same as a band playing four sets across a night, and the quotes reflect the difference. Ask for the running time in writing so you know how much of the evening is still yours to fill.
Regularly. Guildford sits fifteen or twenty minutes away and its acts treat this whole stretch as their patch, so a Brigadoon property is ordinary work rather than an expedition. What will come up is the finish time, since packing a trailer on a dark rural driveway takes longer than a car park does.
Something that can do a quiet ceremony outdoors and then lift after dinner, or two acts sharing one sound system rather than two separate rigs. The singer and soloist at Ellenbrook handle the first half well, and the Guildford wedding band is the closest option for the dance floor. Tell both what power and cover exist at the marquee.
The Guildford and Woodbridge names on this page work the Swan Valley every weekend and will not be surprised by a property address. That familiarity is worth more than the fifteen minutes of driving it saves you.
The band at home plays one artist's catalogue as a show with a running time. Find out exactly how long it runs, then decide what fills the hours around it, because a DJ or a soloist usually does.
If the property is working, a loud sound check near the stables is a conversation you want to have with the owner in advance. Ask where they want the music set up and pass that to the act with the address.