Wedding Band at The Pierre
A Taj hotel on Fifth Avenue at 61st Street, across from Central Park, with a Grand Ballroom known for society weddings since the 1930s.
Inquire About Your DateAbout The Pierre
The Pierre opened in 1930 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 61st Street, directly across from Central Park, and it is now a Taj hotel. Its architecture pairs French classical lines with New York style, and over the years Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor all called it home.
The hotel plans a wedding as a walk through its best rooms. Vows can happen in the Cotillion Ballroom overlooking the park, cocktails in the Garden Foyer, then dinner and dancing in the Grand Ballroom, which has hosted high society weddings since the 1930s and seats up to 450.
The Cotillion Ballroom has its own past: it was once the hotel's supper club, and it is where the tango scene in Scent of a Woman was filmed. In all, The Pierre has about 18,000 square feet of event space, hotel rooms it can block for guests coming from out of town, and Central Park a few steps from the door.
- Address
- 2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065
- Venue website
- thepierrecentralparkweddings.com
The spaces at The Pierre
The Grand Ballroom
Second floor, for up to 450 seated or 750 standing.
Cotillion Ballroom
Second floor, overlooking Central Park, for up to 360 seated, and the hotel's suggested ceremony room.
Pre-Function Room
A bright second-floor room with direct access to the Grand Ballroom, for cocktails for up to 150.
Garden Foyer
Where the hotel sets cocktails between the ceremony and dinner.
Rotunda
A first-floor room of murals and ornate finishes, for up to 100 standing.
Planning your night at The Pierre
Cotillion to ballroom
With the ceremony in the Cotillion Ballroom and dinner in the Grand Ballroom, both on the second floor, we set the ceremony musician first and have the band ready before guests take their seats.
Photos in the park
Central Park is just across Fifth Avenue, so photos there are easy to fit in. If yours fall during the cocktail hour, our complimentary musician keeps guests company until you return, and our guide to cocktail hour music has ideas for that set.
LED wall and our PA
The Pierre lists advanced audio-visual technology and a built-in LED wall among the features of its ballroom. We bring our own full PA and sound engineer, and we coordinate with the hotel's team if you want video or the LED wall during the toasts.
A full ballroom
A Grand Ballroom of 450 guests calls for a big sound. Our lineup grows from the core seven-piece to as many as 11, adding horns, an electric violin or a second singer.
The band at The Pierre
Scaled to the room, from the duo to a full eleven-piece band.
Your Playlist
The full live band, seven to eleven pieces: lead female and male vocals, keys, guitar, bass, drums and saxophone, with horns, electric violin or a second vocalist to add.
Eddie & Gabby
The two founders, with every decade from the fifties to now. Made for cocktail hours, ceremonies and smaller rooms.
DJ Hybrid
A DJ anchors the night while live musicians move through the crowd on saxophone, electric violin, guitar or vocals.
"THE BEST EVER. Not only are Gabby and Eddie so easy to work with, they are extremely talented and fun. It has been two weeks since our wedding and guests are still contacting us about the band. They did not stop playing once, and the dance floor was more crowded than any other wedding, all thanks to their energy, talent, and perfect song choices."
The Heitners · New York
Questions about The Pierre
Have you performed at The Pierre?
Yes. The Pierre is among the Manhattan hotels where we have performed, and we plan each room change with the hotel's wedding team in advance.
Can you play our ceremony in the Cotillion Ballroom?
Yes. The ceremony and cocktail hour come with one complimentary musician in every package, and Eddie arranges larger ceremony groups, from solo keys to a string quartet.
Is there music during dinner?
Yes. Our musicians rotate in shifts through dinner, so the music never stops between courses.
Let's fill the floor at The Pierre
Tell us your date and we will take it from there.
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