Wedding and event planning tips for Spain

This blog collects wedding planning tips for Spain, practical guides for organising a party or an event, and case studies from events we have worked on. Live music, sound, lighting and stage hire are our daily work, so everything here comes from what we did ourselves, from a wedding to a concert.

There are two kinds of material. The first is case studies from real events: what stood on the site, how the programme was built and why that particular kit was chosen. The second is practical advice for people organising a celebration in Spain right now: how to choose a venue, what a wedding costs, and what to ask musicians before signing anything.

We write only about things we have done. Where a figure appears, it comes from a specific event, not from somebody else’s article. The case studies cover three levels: a basic sound and lighting kit for a wedding at a finca, full turnkey technical support, and a concert rider with a stage and a screen.

Our work: case studies from real events

• Live music in Orihuela Costa: an evening in an Irish pub on the Costa Blanca, with a British audience, our own sound and set-up in daylight;
• Sound and lighting for a festival in Barcelona: a multi-day talent contest, with about two vehicles of equipment brought from more than 500 km away;
• Finca Victoria Garden, Torrevieja, a wedding with a garden ceremony, banquet and DJ run on a basic sound and lighting kit, and why the minimum was enough;
• A wedding near Girona: sound, lighting, stage and screen as one package for a wedding in the province of Girona;
• A concert in Finestrat: concert sound, lighting and a stage on the Costa Blanca;
• Royal Band, Rock Beat and Don’t Tell: our cover bands, with international hits and rock played live.

Event planning tips for Spain

• Event planning checklist for Spain: what to do six months, one month and one week before the date;
• Wedding cost in Spain: the budget line by line, where saving is justified and where it backfires;
• How to choose an event venue: the questions to ask before paying a deposit, from power to volume to set-up time;
• How to choose musicians: which format suits your venue, what to look for in a video and which answers should worry you;
• A party at a private villa: power, access, neighbours and garden lighting, the four things that decide everything;
• What a technical rider is: the document that looks like a formality until the venue runs out of power.

Music and traditions

• How to choose live music for a wedding: a cover band or a soloist for your evening, together with the equipment, and what to weigh up;
• A Ukrainian wedding in Spain: how to combine traditions with a local format and build a programme for a mixed room;
• What sound system hire includes: technical support for celebrations across Spain, what is covered and how to order.

Where to go from the blog

If you are looking for musicians in a particular city, it is quicker to start from the cities page or to message us on WhatsApp, and we will suggest a line-up for your venue and guest count. If you already know the format, see weddings, corporate events, milestone birthdays or birthday parties. The whole roster of performers is on the artists page.

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