Best entertainers in Sunshine
First, make sure you're on the right Sunshine. This one is a small lakeside village on the Morisset peninsula of Lake Macquarie, between Bonnells Bay and Summerland Point, not the Melbourne suburb and not the Sunshine Coast, and the act that calls it home is a wedding band. Around it the nearest performers are a drag act at Summerland Point, a country band at Bonnells Bay, cover bands and a wedding act at Lake Munmorah and Budgewoi, a cabaret show at Pelican, a duo at Blacksmiths and singer-songwriters at Toronto and Budgewoi. It's a wedding band's village, and wedding bands run deep in the pool behind it, which is the thing to use.
Weddings on this side of the lake happen on private waterfront lawns and around Wangi Wangi and Morisset, and the acts in reach reflect it, with wedding bands and wedding singers sitting close behind singers and bands in the mix. None of the ten has reviews on show yet, so nearest comes first. Beyond them the supply is Newcastle, the Central Coast and the Hunter's wedding trade, each about forty minutes away via the M1, and the same acts turn up on the Bonnells Bay and Summerland Point pages, which are minutes from here.
Top picks in Sunshine
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 Sunshine. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Sunshine
Is this the Sunshine near Melbourne or the Sunshine Coast?
Neither. This is Sunshine, New South Wales, a lakeside village on Lake Macquarie's western shore near Morisset, and every distance on this page is measured from there. If you're after Melbourne's western suburbs or Queensland's coast, the Melbourne and Sunshine Coast pages are the ones to open, and the acts here would thank you for not asking them to fly.
How much to pay wedding ceremony musicians on the lake?
A ceremony is a block of an hour or so, arrivals, the aisle, the signing and the exit, so a solo singer or duo quotes a flat figure for it rather than a night rate, and it rises if you keep them on for the canapes. Out here the extra questions are wind and power on a waterfront lawn, since a battery rig is often the answer. The singer-songwriters at Toronto and Budgewoi and the duo at Blacksmiths are the nearest ceremony acts, and their from-prices, where listed, are on the cards above.
Will the wedding band in Sunshine also play a birthday?
Almost certainly; a wedding band is a cover band in a smarter shirt, and a sixtieth in a lakefront backyard is a smaller version of the same job. Tell them the crowd's age and whether you want a dinner set before the dancing. Having the band five minutes from the house also means no drive in the price and no rush to pack down.
Booking tips
Wedding band at home, ceremony act nearby
The band in Sunshine covers the reception; the singer-songwriters at Toronto and Budgewoi and the duo at Blacksmiths are the ceremony and canapes options. One enquiry to each gets the whole day priced.
Write Sunshine NSW, Lake Macquarie
An act reading a bare 'Sunshine' may assume Victoria or Queensland. Put the state and the lake in the enquiry so nobody quotes a flight.
The Hunter's wedding bands are in range
Hunter Valley wedding bands do the lake regularly, and Sunshine is on their side of the M1. For a big reception, ask one alongside the local band; the drive is much like the vineyard runs they do every weekend.