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Barn Dance Bands in Northern England

Have a great evening with one of our Northern England Barn Dance Bands

Select Northern England Barn Dance Bands using the drop down box

Below is a random selection of our barn dance bands. You can find all the barn dance bands in Northern England by select your county from the drop down box.

Quotation and Booking - Interested in our barn dance bands in Northern England

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Typical tunes, some played by Barn Dance Bands

MURPHY’S HORNPIPE MUSIC IN THE GLEN; MY DARLING ASLEEP; O’DOWD’S; Off She Goes ; Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be,; Oh Susanna ; Old French ; Old Joe Clark; Old Joe's Ife ; Old Man of Mow ; OLD MAN DILLON; PEADAR CLANCY’S; THE PORTARLINGTON JIG THE SCHOLAR; SPIKE ISLAND LASSIES; THE STAR OF MUNSTER; Olde Tyme Quadrille ; On Christmas Night ; On The Road To Boston ; On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine ; One For The Pot ; One More Dance & Then ; One More Step ... ; THE STEAMPACKET THROW IT ACROSS THE ROAD; TIM THE TURNCOAT; TOM WARD’S DOWNFALL; THE TONGS BY THE FIRE; THE WEST CURE THE WILD IRISHMAN; Opening Time ; Opera Reel ; Orange and Blue ; Orange in Bloom ; Orange Rogue ; Orcadian ; Outer Magnolia Reel ; THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; BARMAID; BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM; BLACKTHORN STICK; BONNIE KATE; Over The Hills ; Oyster Girl ; Pack Up Your Troubles ; Paddy Carey ; Paddy in Flow ; Paddy the Dandy ; Paddy Whack ; BOYS OF THE LOUGH; BRIDAL JIG; BUSH IN BLOOM; CAPTAIN KELLY; CHERISH THE LADIES; Pam's Fancy ; Pant ar y Bys (Ridge on the finger) ; Pant Corlan yr Wyn (The sheep pen valley) ; Patchwork Polka ; Pat's Parlour ; Payne and Bond ;

What has been said about Barn Dance Bands.

Much has been written about folk music and barn dance bands. Here are some quotations:-

He sings several tunes faster than you’ll tell money. He utters them as he had eaten ballads, and all men’s ears grow to his tunes. Shakespeare

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Northern England

Weddings - With one of our Barn Dance Bands you can be confident that your special day will be made even more memorable with music and dancing that everyone can enjoy.

You can hear samples of our barn dance bands, online

Parties & Corporate events - Our highly versatile Barn Dance Bands play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal birthday parties to corporate sales events

Barn Dance Bands can have names steeped in history or simply 'off the wall'

Yarmarka; The Oxford Waits; Magpie Lane; Mackating; The Christminster Singers; The Witches of Elswick; Amazing Incredibles; Arrogant Worms; Babes With Axes; The Banded Geckos; The Bracken Rigg; Slide; Last Resort Ceilidh Band; BeerBarrels, The; Banquo;