Best entertainers in Lennox Head
Lennox Head is a surfing village with more cover bands than you'd expect for its size. Two of them and a stand-up comedian give Lennox as home, a third cover band, a DJ, a duo, two singers and a face painter are five minutes south in Ballina, and the deep end of the list is Byron Bay's twenty minutes up the coast, where DJs outnumber everything. That makes this the page to read if the reception wants a live band rather than a laptop. The comedian is the wildcard, and worth a thought for a fiftieth.
DJs still lead the wider trade mix, singers and singer-songwriters next, because Byron's wedding trade sets the tone for the whole ring. But the Lennox and Ballina bands play the surf clubs, the pubs and the beachside receptions that don't want a DJ, and they're the acts least likely to have been booked by a Byron couple a year out. Ballina has its own page, and the Byron guide is where to go for fire acts, saxophonists and the rest of the wedding circus.
Top picks in Lennox Head
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 Lennox Head. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Lennox Head
How much does it cost to hire a comedian in Lennox Head?
A comic prices a set, usually twenty to forty minutes, plus the drive, and there's one based in Lennox itself so the drive is nothing. The number moves with whether they're hosting the whole night as MC, the size of the crowd and whether it's a corporate room that needs clean material written for it. The comedian's listing above says enquire for pricing, so send the date, the crowd and the room and let them quote it.
How much to hire a band in Lennox Head?
The Lennox and Ballina cover bands quote a local job with no travel, which is the first thing that separates them from a Byron or Gold Coast band, and after that it's the hours and how many players. A surf club reception with an early finish is a shorter night than a property wedding, and priced like one. Look at the from-prices beside the bands above where they've listed one, and ask for a quote from the ones who haven't.
Is Lennox Head busy at the same time as Byron Bay?
Same season, spring and autumn Saturdays, but a lighter squeeze, because the Byron couples mostly book DJs and the Lennox bands are playing pubs and surf clubs that weekend anyway. The Christmas holidays are the exception, when the whole coast is full and the bands are on a stage somewhere every night. A winter Saturday at Lennox is about as easy a booking as the Northern Rivers offers.
Booking tips
Seven Mile Beach has wind and no power
A ceremony on the beach or up on the headland at Lennox needs a battery rig and a musician who's stood in an afternoon sea breeze before. Ask, and have a spot behind the dunes as the fallback.
A cover band's set list is the whole question
Three cover bands within five minutes sounds like plenty until you hear them play the same songs. Ask each for a set list and what they'd change for your crowd; the answer tells you more than the video.
Comedy needs the room on side
A comedian at a private party works when the crowd is seated, sober enough to listen and told it's happening. Give the Lennox comic a slot before the dancing, not after, and say how blue the room can take.