Now booking · New Orleans
Wedding band New Orleans:
a Motown and soul revue for a music city
A wedding band in New Orleans is playing to the most music-literate crowd in America, and that is exactly the room The Velvelettes want. We bring a staged Motown and soul revue to the city: three voices, live horns, choreography and an MC, with transparent packages from $3,400 to $12,500. In a town that grew this songbook alongside its own, the horns feel right at home.
One weekend it is a French Quarter courtyard with a carriageway you roll every case through, the next a Garden District hall, an Uptown ballroom or a plantation-road estate along the river. New Orleans is a fly date from Detroit. We arrive the day before, and the stage plot, insurance certificate and power spec reach your venue in the advance; historic courtyards and modern halls want very different power and load-in plans, and we ask which before we load in.
New Orleans weddings cluster in the mild months, October through May, steering clear of deep summer heat and hurricane season, and those Saturdays book 12 to 18 months out. Wedding-season weekends also collide with festival and convention dates, which tighten hotel and venue space, so lock your date early. French Quarter and residential sites run amplified-sound ordinances, so we chart the set times backward from the permit and, when you want it, plan the music around a second-line send-off.
★ 200+ shows · Insured & contracted · Backup-performer guarantee
Rooms we have played · The Royal Courtyard Room · Prytania Garden Hall · The Esplanade Revue Room
The advance, in plain terms
How a New Orleans date runs
Travel
New Orleans is a fly date. The band arrives the day before; the stage plot, COI and power spec reach your venue in the advance.
Setup
90-minute setup, 30-minute soundcheck, two 20A circuits and about 16 by 12 ft of floor for The Revue.
Good to know
French Quarter courtyards and residential venues run amplified-sound ordinances; historic buildings often need a power plan. We chart set times backward from the permit.
Same packages, every city
Three formats for New Orleans rooms
Private parties · intimate weddings
The Club Set
from $3,400
Three-voice front line with a rhythm trio, two 45-minute sets, PA and lighting included.
Weddings · galas
The Revue
from $6,900
7-piece with horns, three 40-minute choreographed sets, custom first-dance arrangement, DJ sets between.
Large weddings · headline events
The Grand Revue
from $12,500
9-piece with backing singers, a two-act staged show, bespoke segment, lighting design and production manager.
The show adapts to the occasion, not just the room. Planning a reception in New Orleans? See how a live wedding band fits a full timeline, from processional underscore to last dance. Booking for a company? The same revue runs as corporate event entertainment, with COI, W-9 and Net-30 invoicing handled by our booking office.
Before you ask
New Orleans questions, answered
Is there a travel fee to New Orleans?
Yes. New Orleans is beyond our 150-mile no-fee radius, so travel is quoted per date, airfare and freight included, and shown plainly when you check availability.
Can the band work around a second line?
Gladly. A second-line send-off is a New Orleans tradition, usually led by a brass band and a grand marshal outside the reception, and it pairs naturally with our set inside. We coordinate the timing so the room stays lively when the parade steps off and the energy is high when it returns, and we hand the night off cleanly either way.
Do you play both weddings and corporate events in New Orleans?
Yes. New Orleans hosts heavy convention and gala business, so the city books us for wedding receptions and corporate and gala events in roughly equal measure, under one contract and the same COI process.
Everything else a host asks first lives on the FAQ page.
The rest of the bill
Other cities the revue plays
Every city page is one stop on the same tour. Start with the Motown tribute band itself, or see everywhere we play.
One night in New Orleans · yours
Give New Orleans a 1960s soul show
Tell us your date, room and occasion. June in our booking office replies within one business day with availability and a straight quote.