Best entertainers in Penguin
An acoustic guitar and singer duo actually lives in Penguin, which for a town this size is a piece of luck, and they sit at the top of the page with nothing to drive. Behind them the list walks the coast: a duo at Ulverstone, then Devonport's DJ, guitarist, singer, MC and face painter, all inside half an hour on the Bass Highway. Then it falls off a cliff and the rest are in Launceston, an hour and a half away.
So the page really has two halves and you should read them differently. The coast acts will treat a Penguin job as an ordinary Saturday night out; the Launceston ones are planning a drive home in the dark past Deloraine. Start local, work east along the highway, and only go over the tiers if nobody nearer can do your date.
Top picks in Penguin
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 Penguin. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Penguin
Is there an entertainer actually based in Penguin?
Yes, an acoustic guitar and singer duo gives Penguin as home and heads this page with no travel at all. That's rarer than it sounds for a Tasmanian coastal town of this size. Message them first, and have a second option from Ulverstone or Devonport ready in case your date is already gone.
Will Launceston acts come to Penguin?
Most will for a wedding, fewer for a Sunday afternoon party. It's about an hour and a half each way on the Bass Highway, so a late finish means a long, dark drive and the quote will say so. Ask whether they would rather stay the night than add the travel line, because it often works out better for both of you.
What sort of act suits a small Penguin wedding?
A duo or a solo singer covers a ceremony, the drinks and dinner without needing a stage or three-phase power, and that's most of what the venues around here can offer. If you want dancing afterwards, the Devonport DJ is the short drive that gets you there. Two smaller bookings often beat one big one out this way.
Booking tips
The market and the foreshore are different jobs
A daytime set on the foreshore near the market needs battery gear and something that carries in the wind off Bass Strait. A wedding in a hall or a shed behind town needs a PA and a power point. Say which you have when you enquire.
Ulverstone and Devonport count as near
Nobody on this coast thinks of Ulverstone or Devonport as travelling. Those cards are effectively local for a Penguin booking, so use the whole strip rather than filtering to the one address in town.
A face painter for the school and club days
Penguin runs plenty of family events through the year and the nearest face painter is at Devonport, which is a short run. Book her a few weeks out for a school fair or a birthday, because holidays get taken first.