Best entertainers in Lawson
Read past the first two names on this page and it stops looking like anywhere else in the batch. A cover band lives in Lawson and a singer is at Wentworth Falls, which is the ordinary part. Then comes a circus act at Wentworth Falls, a mime at Faulconbridge, a magician at Springwood, a jazz band, a hula hoop performer, a tarot reader at Katoomba and a wedding duo. I'd call that the most interesting ten on the Great Western Highway, and it is very much a mountains list.
Lawson sits about halfway up, which is the useful thing about it. Springwood and the lower mountains are ten minutes down the hill, Katoomba and the upper mountains about the same going the other way, so both halves of the mountains scene are in easy reach and neither is far. Below all of that, the bulk of what's in range is Penrith's, at the bottom of the hill, which is where the bigger cover and wedding bands come from when a dance floor needs filling.
Top picks in Lawson
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 Lawson. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Lawson
Is there a band actually based in Lawson?
There's a cover band with a Lawson address, which makes it the one act on the page with no drive at all, and a wedding duo and a jazz band a few minutes up at the Katoomba end. Beyond those the bands come from Penrith, half an hour down the highway. Ask the local one first and use the Penrith names as the backup if your date is taken.
How much to hire a band in the Blue Mountains?
Players and hours set the base, and then the mountains add their own two things: the drive up the highway for any act coming from the Nepean, and whether the ceremony or the set is outdoors in weather that can turn. A jazz trio for a lunch is a different order of booking from a full band to midnight. The starting figures on the cards above are current, and where there isn't one, asking is free and gets you it in writing.
What can you book for a school fete or a market day in the mid mountains?
This is where Lawson's list earns its keep, with a circus act, a hula hoop performer, a mime and a magician all inside fifteen minutes. Roving acts suit a fete better than a stage act because they work the crowd as it moves rather than waiting for one to gather. Tell them how long the day runs and whether there's shade, since an October oval in the mountains can go from cold to hot in an hour.
Booking tips
The odd acts are the point
A mime, a circus performer, a hoop act and a tarot reader inside a quarter of an hour is not something most towns can offer. For a fete, a market day or a party with a lot of standing around, one of those does more than a second musician would.
Ask about the cold, not the distance
Lawson is high enough for winter nights to bite and for mist to sit in the afternoon. A jazz band or anyone with brass or strings wants a heated room, because cold instruments drift out of tune and cold hands stop playing well.
Penrith is downhill both ways in the diary
The bigger bands in reach come up the highway from Penrith and Erskine Park, half an hour on a clear run and longer on a Saturday. Put the town in the enquiry, since to them Lawson and Blackheath are twenty-five minutes apart and both are 'the mountains'.