Best entertainers in Emu Plains
Cross the Nepean from Penrith and you're in Emu Plains, the last flat ground before the mountains, and one cover band gives it as home. Everything else on the first screen is Penrith's, a few minutes back over the bridge: three more cover bands, a drag act, a hula hoop performer, a country singer, an R&B singer and a solo singer. One jazz band from Engadine, an hour away on the other side of Sydney, sits at the top of the ten with a review to its name, and you shouldn't read it as local. Four cover bands in ten, on the other hand, tells you exactly what the trade is out here.
Penrith has its own guide, so use this one for what's different about the west bank. The river flats and the rowing lakes across the water host the big outdoor days, the lower mountains begin at Lapstone and Glenbrook a couple of minutes up the highway, and a Blaxland or Springwood reception is closer to these acts than to anything on the Blue Mountains page. The pool behind the ten is western Sydney's, Penrith first and then Parramatta, Campbelltown and Marrickville, with a Blue Mountains pocket, and it's cover bands and singers before DJs and duos.
Top picks in Emu Plains
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 Emu Plains. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Emu Plains
How long is a drag show?
An hour is the common booking, split into sets with a costume change between, and the host fills the gaps by working the room. The Penrith act on this list is minutes from Emu Plains, so a hens night in a hired hall or a club room on this side of the river is an easy job for them. Ask whether they need a changing space and what sound they expect you to have, because a portable speaker on a deck is not enough.
How much does a DJ cost per hour in Emu Plains?
Almost no DJ prices by the hour; they price the night, and a four-hour backyard set on the flats is one job while a wedding with ceremony sound and speeches is another. The DJs on the full list are western Sydney's and none of them has a drive to add for Emu Plains. Look at the from-prices on their cards for where they start, then give them the hours and the venue and let them quote it whole.
Is Emu Plains closer to the Blue Mountains acts or Penrith's?
Penrith's, by a long way. The bridge is a couple of minutes and the mountain acts at Katoomba are forty minutes up the highway, so for a party here the Penrith list is the local one. The exception is a ceremony or a small dinner where you want a jazz band or a singer with a mountains feel; then it's worth the scroll down to the Blue Mountains cards.
Booking tips
The river fogs and floods
The Nepean flats sit low. Winter mornings fog in and a wet week can close the river roads, so for a marquee on the flats ask the act about access and have a wet-weather plan ready.
Glenbrook is a local job from here
An Emu Plains address is the foot of the mountains, and an act on this page reaches Glenbrook, Blaxland and Springwood in minutes. For a lower-mountains wedding this list and Penrith's are the ones to start with, not Katoomba's.
Four cover bands, so ask what's different
With that many cover bands within a few minutes of each other, the live video and the setlist are what separate them. Ask each which decades they lean on and whether the singer handles the big rock choruses or the pop end.