Poughkeepsie Wedding Band
A live wedding band for Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls and Hyde Park, from riverfront ballrooms to a vineyard in Staatsburg.
Inquire About Your DatePoughkeepsie sits roughly halfway between New York City and Albany, and the city's best-known wedding venues are on the water. The Mid-Hudson Bridge and the Walkway Over the Hudson both cross the river here, and two venues share an address right at the water's edge on Rinaldi Boulevard.
Away from the river, Dutchess County turns to estates, farms and vineyards: a hilltop estate tied to Samuel Morse, a banquet house in Wappingers Falls, a vineyard up in Staatsburg. We travel for weddings throughout the valley, and the night itself is the same band you would hear in the city, 7 to 11 musicians playing fully live. Our band configurations lay out the options.
Wedding venues around Poughkeepsie
Venues around Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls and Staatsburg:
The Grandview
A riverfront venue at the Hudson's edge with views of the Mid-Hudson Bridge and more than 12,000 square feet of space in two settings, the Grand Ballroom and the Outdoor Ballroom. A private wedding cottage comes with outdoor-ballroom bookings.
Shadows on the Hudson
A waterfront restaurant set 40 feet above the river, sharing an address with The Grandview, with indoor and outdoor rooms facing the Hudson for weddings of 15 to 100 guests.
Locust Grove Estate
A hilltop estate above the Hudson with 200 acres of grounds and trails. Ceremonies go on the Garden Lawn or the Mansion Lawn, and receptions of up to 150 fill the West Gallery, with one event booked each evening.
Villa Borghese
A banquet estate on Widmer Road that has hosted celebrations for more than fifty years, with ceremony options on site and full wedding packages.
Milea Estate Vineyard
A vineyard on Hollow Road with rolling Hudson Valley views, where the vines become part of the wedding, with food from its chefs and the estate's own wines.
Planning a wedding in Poughkeepsie
Sunset over the Hudson
The Grandview and Shadows both face the water, and the light over the Hudson is worth a few minutes outside. Our musicians rotate in shifts during dinner, so the room keeps its live music while you step out for photos.
One event an evening at Locust Grove
Locust Grove schedules one event each evening, always starting after 5 pm. Ceremonies use the Garden Lawn or the Mansion Lawn with the Reese Gallery as the rain plan, so we plan the ceremony music for both.
A restaurant-sized guest list
Shadows hosts weddings of 15 to 100 guests. For a list that size, Eddie and Gabby as a duo can carry the cocktail hour, or the whole night when a full band is more than the room needs.
Where we play around Poughkeepsie
Nearby: Beacon and Newburgh · Rhinebeck · New Paltz
The band for Poughkeepsie weddings
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.
"Eddie learned custom ceremony music and Gabby was an amazing emcee who kept the evening going in a subtle and classy way. Absolutely SLAYED."
Madison A. · The Knot
Poughkeepsie wedding band questions
Do you play weddings in Poughkeepsie and the rest of Dutchess County?
Yes. We travel for Hudson Valley weddings and look after our own travel, gear and setup. Send us your venue and date and we will confirm the details with you.
Can the band cover everything from Motown to current pop?
Yes. Your Music Form tells us the artists, decades and genres you love, we build the set list from it, and there is nothing we can't or won't play live.
Do you ever use backing tracks?
No. The full band is fully live, with no pre-recorded tracks. An in-ear monitor system lets us move from one song into the next the way a DJ does, with every note played in the room.
Getting married in Poughkeepsie?
Tell us your date and your venue, and we will take it from there.
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