Best entertainers in Clontarf
This is the Queensland Clontarf, at the southern end of the Redcliffe peninsula where the Houghton Highway comes across from Brighton, not the one on Sydney's Middle Harbour. Worth saying, because both turn up in searches and the acts are entirely different. Everything in the nearest ten here is Brisbane-based, about half an hour down the bridge and the highway.
Peninsula parties have a shape of their own. A birthday in a backyard that runs to the water, a club function looking over the bay, a wedding on the grass at Pelican Park or a reception in a room with the tide going out through the window. Cover bands are the deepest trade by a wide margin, with duos, singers and soloists behind, and every act at the top of this list carries reviews from past clients.
Top picks in Clontarf
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 Clontarf. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Clontarf
Do Brisbane bands come out to the Redcliffe peninsula?
Regularly, and they've worn the route in. It's a straightforward run over the bridge and not the kind of trip that attracts a big travel charge, which is why the whole first screen here is Brisbane-based. Ask anyway if your event runs very late, since the drive home after midnight is the bit acts actually think about.
Is this Clontarf in Queensland or New South Wales?
Queensland, on the Redcliffe peninsula north of Brisbane, between Woody Point and the Houghton Highway. There's another Clontarf on Sydney's Middle Harbour with a completely separate set of local acts. If you landed here from a search, check the state on the listings before you send anything.
What should I book for a family party by the water?
Something that works before dark as well as after it, because peninsula parties tend to start early and drift. A duo or a solo singer through the afternoon, then a louder set or a DJ once the sun goes, covers the whole day without paying a band to stand about. Tell whoever you enquire with how close the next house is.
How much does a cover band cost near Redcliffe?
Band size and number of sets first, then the month, with December the tightest and dearest stretch of the year up here. A four-piece at a club and a bigger band with horns at a wedding are different jobs on the same Saturday. Compare the from-prices on the cards above before you ask anyone for a quote, then send them the venue and the set times.
Booking tips
The bridge decides the load-in time
Coming out from Brisbane at eight at night is nothing. Coming out at five in the afternoon with a trailer is a different trip entirely. Give the act a load-in time that accounts for the peninsula run, not the map.
Wind off the bay is not a small thing
An afternoon on the foreshore will push a light PA around and take a singer's voice sideways. Ask what the act brings for an outdoor set, and have an indoor fallback that actually has power in it.
Jazz suits the daytime rooms
There are jazz bands high on this list and a long lunch or a club function overlooking the water is what they're for. Say whether you want music behind conversation or music that gets people up, because those are different line-ups.