Nevis Ceilidh Band are proud to provide ceilidh music for any event such as Weddings, Corporate Entertainment, Birthday Parties or any other public or private event. The bands usual line-up consists of fiddle, piano and drum-kit. This may be altered to cater for any special needs that your event requires. Our band provides lively and captivating music for all the standard ceilidh dances and our band members are excellent at calling them through. 

 
“Our band are committed to ensuring your event is a success. We are very flexible and happy to alter our structure to your specification.”
 

Ceilidh dances we perform and call

  • Gay Gordons

  • Dashing White Sergeant

  • Canadian Barn Dance

  • Virginia Reel

  • Strip the Willow

  • Boston Two Step

  • St. Bernard’s Waltz

  • Circassian Circle

  • Flying Scotsman

  • Military Two Step

  • Riverside Jig

  • Cumberland Square Eight

  • Lucky Seven

  • OXO Reel

  • Pride of Erin Waltz

  • Orcadian Strip The Willow

Our standard evening structure*

  • 1 Hour 15 min Ceilidh Dancing

  • 30 min Break with music in the Background

  • 1 Hour DJ Disco

  • 1 Hour 15 min Ceilidh Dancing to round off the evening

*the above structure is optional and can be arranged in whatever manner suits you.

 
“Good group, great playing, very helpful with the dancing if you need it and not afraid to interact with the audience, book this band!”
— Conner Watt
 

Special Requirements

The band are able to provide background music for any occasion including wedding ceremonies and drinks receptions. We are also able to alter the Nevis line-up to include instruments such as Accordion or Bagpipes if you desire.

 
 
“Thanks to the wonderful Nevis Ceilidh Band we had a fabulous night to remember at my son’s 21st just before lockdown 2020. I had a chosen the band to play as I particularly liked their distinctive, clean, bright and modern sound. Once I contacted them, they replied promptly to emails and were very helpful with advice as regards how the evening might flow. On the evening they had arrived and set up well ahead of time, so that the atmosphere was set as soon as the guests came into the hall. They play at a great pace and called all the dances very clearly and with great enthusiasm. This gave confidence to many of the party guests who hadn’t done a ceilidh before. All the musicians joined in the spirit of the party, ate with us and chatted to guests in their breaks. A lovely evening - made all the better by having such a super band!”
— Mary-Clare Brown