Rock band hire in Spain: Rock Beat

Rock Beat is a Spanish band for hire that plays rock and pop-rock live at weddings, birthdays, corporate parties and venue nights in Spain. It suits people who want drive instead of background music, and its sound, lighting and stage travel with it.

This is rock with real energy, the kind that brings a room to its feet by itself. The technical side is included, so there is no separate hunt for equipment. For a comparison of all our bands, read the cover bands overview; this page is only about Rock Beat.

What Rock Beat plays

• Rock classics that every generation in the room knows;
• Pop-rock, which sits well in the dance part of the evening;
• Spanish rock, the band’s strong suit, which local guests react to especially well;
• Classics in English from the same genre;
• Your own must-play songs, if the list reaches us ahead of time.

Who it suits: if many of your guests are Spanish, or the crowd is younger and wants rock in particular, Rock Beat will work better than a universal programme.

Where a rock band works and where it does not

We would rather be frank, so you do not spend your budget for nothing.

• It works in open-air venues, country fincas, clubs, large halls, parties in bars and restaurants and company events;
• It is harder in hotel ballrooms with a hardware volume limiter, because rock at low volume loses its point;
• It is not advisable for an intimate dinner for 20 guests or a long gastronomic dinner, where a saxophonist or a violinist is the better choice.

When you write to us, say whether the venue has a volume restriction. For a rock line-up that detail decides everything.

Rock Beat or Royal Band

Our two cover bands solve different problems.

• Rock Beat brings more drive and a Spanish repertoire, and it does best with a younger audience or a mixed room that includes Spanish and Ukrainian guests;
• Royal Band plays international hits to a wider audience, and is the universal option when the guests at the tables are of very different ages.

A third cover line-up, Don’t Tell, helps when a night calls for one more band or a different sound. The full list of performers is on the artists page. Not sure which to pick? Describe your guests and we will recommend one. Royal Band has recordings on its own page, while Rock Beat videos are sent on request.

What arrives with the band

• Speakers and mixing for an indoor hall or an outdoor site;
• Light for the stage and the space around it;
• Stage and screen, only if the venue needs them;
• Radio or wired microphones for toasts and the host;
• Build, tuning and an engineer on duty from start to finish;
• Removal of all the kit after the party.

For a rock line-up the technical side matters more than for a chamber format: drums and guitars need more power and a careful mix, otherwise you get mush instead of drive. The article on what the sound, lighting and stage package covers has the detail, and stage hire is there if the band needs a platform.

Which events suit a rock band

• A wedding, for the dancing after the banquet;
• A birthday or an anniversary;
• A corporate event, for the informal part of the evening;
• A party in a restaurant or club, including regular shows for venues;
• A concert or town fiesta with a full technical rider.

A common combination is a violinist for the ceremony, a saxophone at dinner and the rock band for the dancing. For wedding ideas see wedding band.

Where Rock Beat plays

The band sets off from Alicante. Elche (25 km) and Benidorm (45 km) are the shortest runs and barely touch the quote. Cartagena, at 110 km, is a routine working trip. Further out, Málaga is 500 km away and Barcelona 530 km, so the crew stays overnight. Rock can be heard well beyond these towns: all of Spain is covered, plus southern France at most about 700 km away. See the cities page for notes on each place.

How to book Rock Beat for your event

1. Tell us the date, the town, the venue, the format and about how many guests to expect;
2. The band checks its diary and you receive an answer with a quote the same day;
3. We learn the venue’s conditions beforehand: power, volume, build time and access, ringing them ourselves if needed;
4. The date is yours once the conditions are agreed;
5. A few weeks ahead we discuss the set list: the programme, the playlist, must-play songs and the shape of the night;
6. On the day we turn up early, set up and run a soundcheck while the room is empty;
7. After the show we pack the equipment away and carry it off, so there is no clearing up for you.

Whether Rock Beat is free on your date is confirmed on request: write the day and the city and we check the band diary.

Why Rock Beat and the equipment come together

Most people source a rock cover band separately from the equipment and agree the installation with someone else. With us the band and the kit come from the same team, and that is what makes Team5 different.

• The band plays on gear it knows, so its first set is not spent decoding a stranger’s desk;
• The engineer has heard these songs hundreds of times and knows where the vocals need a lift;
• Responsibility is in one place, so there is nobody else to blame if something sounds off;
• A venue does not welcome three crews at different times, and here there is one arrival and one installation;
• You have a single contact instead of three, so there is less to arrange.

Practice shows that most technical failures at parties happen at the joins between contractors, not inside one person’s work.

Our part and yours

Rock Beat does not arrive alone: it comes with a clear split of what we take on and what stays with the organiser.

Our side: we choose the size of the band to suit the occasion and the venue, find out the technical conditions in advance, and bring and install the equipment. The soundcheck happens before the guests, the engineer works throughout the event and we keep the timing. Taking everything down and away afterwards is ours too. If the venue has little power we bring a generator, and if a large vehicle cannot get through, a smaller one does the job in several runs.

Your side: booking the venue and getting it to accept our arrival time, catering and menu, inviting a photographer, and sending the must-play list plus any video you want shown. Our partners can arrange decoration and filming. The venue contract is signed by you, though we will tell you what to ask. Put simply, you can leave the speakers to us, and we leave the restaurant arrangements to you.

Further reading

• How to choose musicians, on fitting a format to your venue and on what to look for in a band video;
• How to choose an event venue, the points to raise with a venue before you commit;
• The Abbey Tavern case study, which shows what a regular night at a venue looks like.

Frequently asked questions