Best entertainers in Springwood
Springwood is where the lower mountains actually get things done, and the list reflects it. A magician lives in town and tops the page, a mime is two minutes up the highway at Faulconbridge, a DJ is at Winmalee and a cover band at Lawson. Below them the addresses drop to the Nepean: Emu Plains for another cover band, then Penrith for a drag act, a cover band, a hoop performer, a country singer and an R and B singer. It is a short page and a close one, which is unusual this far up the hill.
What gets booked here follows the buildings. Springwood has the schools, the halls, the sports clubs and the big shopping strip for the villages either side of it, so the acts near the top of this list spend their weekends on fetes, birthdays, community days and presentation nights rather than on vineyard weddings. When somebody does want a dance floor, the answer is almost always a Penrith band, and there are three of them within a short run of the highway.
Top picks in Springwood
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 Springwood. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Springwood
How much does a magician cost for a kids' party in Springwood?
A local magician prices on the length of the show and the size of the crowd more than anything else, and living in town means there is no highway to build into it. A backyard show for a dozen children is the short end; a school fete with roving work all afternoon is the long one. The starting figures sit on the cards above, and the written quote is where your date and format get counted.
Where do I find a band for a Springwood function?
Not in the village. The cover bands within reach are at Lawson just up the highway and then Emu Plains and Penrith at the bottom of the hill, all a short enough run that none of them treats Springwood as a trip. For a hall with a dance floor that is the end of the list to work through, and the local acts are better suited to the afternoon part of the day.
Can an act get to Springwood if the highway is closed?
Sometimes not, and it is worth a sentence in your enquiry rather than a shock on the day. Fire days in summer and the occasional crash on the Great Western can shut the road with no warning, and there is no useful way around it up here. Ask the act what their plan is if they cannot get through, and keep a phone number for someone at the venue who can tell them.
Booking tips
Book the hall before the act
The community halls and school halls along the ridge take a lot of the local trade and they fill on Saturdays through term time. Get the room and the hours locked in first, then tell the act the exact finish time the booking gives you.
A fete is a roving job, not a show
For a school fair or a community day, ask the magician about walk-around work in blocks rather than one set on a stage. A crowd that comes and goes never all watches at once, and a roving act reaches more of them.
Check what the venue's sound system really is
Some halls up here have a cabinet with two speakers in it and some have nothing at all. Find out before you enquire, because a DJ who has to bring a full rig prices differently from one who plugs in.