Best entertainers in Lamington
Lamington is the plateau, the rainforest end of the Scenic Rim above Canungra, and the honest thing to say first is that almost nobody on this list lives up here. One band gives Lamington as its address. Everyone else is on the Gold Coast side of the range: a comedy impressionist at Tallai, a soloist at Mudgeeraba, a pianist who sings at Tallebudgera, a singer-songwriter and a caricaturist on Tamborine Mountain, a DJ at Reedy Creek, a Latin band in Currumbin Valley, and a reviewed cover band pinned to the coast itself. Read it as a destination-wedding list, because you're booking someone to drive up a mountain and the quote will say so.
The mix in reach is the coast's, singers and cover bands ahead of DJs, duos and the wedding trades, and the work up here is mostly weddings and milestone birthdays at the retreats and properties along the plateau. The road is the whole story. From Canungra it's a slow, narrow climb of bends with no lighting and fog on winter nights, so acts that know it plan an early load-in and a hard finish, and some would rather have a bed than the drive down at one in the morning.
Top picks in Lamington
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 Lamington. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Lamington
Do Gold Coast entertainers travel up to Lamington?
They do, but treat it as a country booking rather than a suburb one. Most of the acts on this page are at Mudgeeraba, Tallai or on the coast, and the climb through Canungra with a van of gear is over an hour each way, so expect a travel line and possibly a request for accommodation after a late finish. The Tamborine Mountain acts are the nearest thing to neighbours, and even they have a valley to cross.
How much is a DJ for a wedding on the plateau?
More than the same DJ charges at Robina, and the difference is the mountain. A wedding rig means a ceremony speaker, microphones for the vows and speeches, and the dance floor after dinner, and a Reedy Creek DJ adds the drive up and the fog-slow drive down to that. Their from-prices are on the cards above; the plateau part only shows once you give them the real address.
How long does it take to get caricatures done at a Lamington wedding?
Count on a few minutes per guest, so across a two-hour drinks session a caricaturist works through a good share of a small wedding. The one nearest Lamington is on Tamborine Mountain, a shorter run than the coast acts face. Book the canapes hour, tell them the guest count, and skip the meal, when nobody wants to sit for a drawing.
Booking tips
Ask for the drive as its own line
A Tallai or Mudgeeraba act treats the coast as local and the plateau as a trip. Have them show travel separately so you can compare it with the one act based up here.
Fog changes the finish time
A winter evening on the plateau can be socked in by nine. Agree a finish time and a fog plan with the act in writing, and give them the venue's landline in case the mobile drops out on the way up.
Caricatures suit a slow afternoon
A caricaturist is on the list at Tamborine Mountain, and for a rainforest wedding with a long drinks hour it gives guests something to do and take home. Ask how many faces an hour they get through.