John P Crooner

Bristol Vintage would like to tell you about John P Crooner.

John P is a singer who specialises in weddings.

Whether it's for your drinks reception or your evening entertainment, John P sings classic standards, big band and swing.

His influences include Sinatra, Buble, Matt Monro, Dean Martin and Bobby Darin (to name a few) and he's always open to requests.

John P's skill is building a wonderful connection with the audience, singing a little something for everyone. His singing is sophisticated, but with a party feel.

Find out more on John P's Facebook page or follow him on Twitter, but make sure you come and hear him sing live at our Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair on March 16th. 

The Dandy Cabin

We at Bristol Vintage love The Dandy Cabin and we know you will too. This beautiful wooden teardrop trailer is a mobile drinks bar perfect for weddings!

She can arrive complete with Babycham glasses for your champagne toast...

... or, because she's perfectly self-contained, she can sit in a field or garden and you can still have a yummy cup of hot chocolate or Fairtrade tea and coffee.

So whether you're after a champagne bar for your reception, or tea and cakes to keep your guests fed and watered while you're having your photos taken, The Dandy Cabin is the way to go for a vintage-style wedding. She certainly turns heads!

Find out more on the website or follow owner Katie Daniels on Twitter.

Til There Was Uke

Til There Was Uke are a fantastic Ukulele/Vocal Duo who perform an eclectic range of covers from 1920s to the present day.

Providing the perfect musical backdrop to your wedding day with their relaxed, enjoyable sound during the all-important ceremony and with entertainment during your drinks reception, they can add atmosphere to your wedding breakfast or simply keep your guests entertained whilst the photos are taken.

  

Til There Was Uke will bring a touch of originality and vintage style to your day, making it as special and individual as yourselves.

With a variety of packages to suit every theme and budget and everything tailored to your requirements, choose from the Classic Reception (includes 2 x 45 minute sets (with a 15 minute break) and your pick of a mixture of 35 songs from our extensive set list), Classic Plus (same as Classic Reception but with a personalised twist, the set list of 35 songs can include up to 10 songs requested by you. They’ll source the songs, learn them and perform them with a sprinkle of Til There Was Uke treatment or Decade Defined… This package is perfect if you have chosen to have a specific vintage theme to your wedding defined by an era, we can play an entire set to suit. Choose from: Totally 20s, Thrilling 30s, Fabulous 40s, Fun-Filled 50s or Swinging 60s.

After something for the ceremony itself? Til There was Uke will learn and perform up to 4 personal song choices throughout your wedding ceremony. They can provide music as your guests arrive, play for the entrance of the bride, during signing of the register, and as your guests leave.

You can find all the details you need for Til There Was Uke on their blog, Twitter and Facebook. You can also sample their style on YouTube.

Intrigued? Why not come and listen to them at our next Fair!  See you there…

(With thanks to Caroline Blake for photographs 2 & 4)

Shellac Sound

Thinking about music for your vintage wedding? What about hiring a Gramophone DJ? 

Matt Jones and Kate Wright are Bristol based gramophone enthusiasts, playing music from the 1920's, 30's and 40's on original wind-up gramophones.  They’ve played at art galleries, art deco hotels, music concerts, cinemas, birthday parties in church halls and tea parties in the park as well as some fabulous wedding receptions.  Drawing on their large collection of 78rpm records, they play a varied mixture of dance bands, popular vocal, jazz, chanson and latin, but are happy to tailor a set to completely suit your tastes.

Using two 1930's His Masters Voice 102 gramophones (widely regarded as one of the best sounding portable gramophones) and one horn gramophone, these are surprisingly loud and clear, but can easily be amplified using microphones if necessary.  With a daytime guide rate of is £150 for the first hour and £50 per additional hour, there are additional charges for travelling further afield and for evening events, so best to talk through your event with them in detail. 

They've been gramophoning since 2003 and are passionate about bringing the machines and the music to gatherings and celebrations.  Their website is delightfully retro and you can be inspired by samples of the fantastic music on their ‘listen’ section. 

You can contact Shellac Sound by email at shellacsound@hotmail.co.uk or call them on 07582 472 073.

Last year we had Matt at the Fair, but this year we’re lucky enough to have Kate too. They’ll be playing records in between the live music. Did you know you have to change a gramophone needle every three minutes?  Catch them in between and get lost in the magic of true vintage music.