Now booking · San Francisco
Wedding band San Francisco:
a Motown and soul revue for the Bay Area
A wedding band in San Francisco competes with the view, and has to win anyway. The Velvelettes bring a staged Motown and soul revue to the Bay Area: three voices, live horns, choreography and an MC, with transparent packages from $3,400 to $12,500.
One weekend it is a downtown ballroom with a lobby you cross with every road case, the next a Sonoma or Napa estate an hour north, or a rooftop with the bridge behind the dance floor. San Francisco 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; city buildings and wine-country barns want very different things, and we ask which before we load in.
Bay Area peak is a long one, May through October, and those Saturdays go 12 to 18 months out. Outdoor and rooftop sites frequently run a 10 pm amplified-sound curfew, and estates in the wine counties can cut off earlier still, so we build the set times backward from the strictest number on the permit.
★ 200+ shows · Insured & contracted · Backup-performer guarantee
Rooms we have played · The Embarcadero Ballroom · Presidio Terrace House · Vineyard Barn at Carneros
The advance, in plain terms
How a San Francisco date runs
Travel
San Francisco 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
City rooftops and wine-country estates run amplified-sound curfews, sometimes as early as 9 pm; we chart the set times backward from the permit.
Same packages, every city
Three formats for San Francisco 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 San Francisco? 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
San Francisco questions, answered
Is there a travel fee to San Francisco?
Yes. San Francisco 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.
Do you play wine-country weddings north of the city?
Regularly. Napa, Sonoma and Carneros estates are some of the best rooms we play, and the only real difference from a city booking is a stricter curfew and a longer load-in path across gravel. We plan both into the advance so the show still ends big.
Do you play both weddings and corporate events in San Francisco?
Yes. The Bay Area books us for wedding receptions and corporate and tech-company 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 San Francisco · yours
Give San Francisco 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.