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- 12 November 2026
What 20 Years of Full Dance Floors Teaches You About Weddings
Awards are lovely, but the real lesson of 20 years is simple: your wedding night is the only agenda.
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One Band for the Whole Day: Arrivals, Piano, Band, DJ and Late-Night Sing-Along
Harlequin can provide the complete music and entertainment for your wedding, with a plan agreed before the day arrives.
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A 10,000-Song Repertoire: Every Guest, Every Generation, Every Request
We play all styles of music and vary our sets to suit the occasion. Here is how a 10,000-song repertoire works on the night.
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The Silent Load-In: Why Your Guests Will Never Hear Us Set Up
You will only know Harlequin are setting up if you look closely. Here is why that matters on your wedding day.
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Why We Offer a Money-Back Guarantee, and Why Nobody Has Ever Asked
Since our very first live gig, Harlequin has promised the night of your life or your money back. Here is the thinking behind it.
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4 November 2026How to Choose a Wedding Band in Ireland Without Regrets
A polished promotional video tells you very little about how a band will handle your guests at half past eleven on a Saturday night.
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4 November 2026How to Keep Every Generation on the Wedding Dance Floor
The trick is not to play everyone's favourite song at once. It is to build a night in which different generations keep finding their moment.
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4 November 2026Before You Book Anything, Ask Why You Are Having a Wedding Celebration
The first wedding-planning question has nothing to do with dresses, flowers or venues. It starts with why you want to celebrate at all.
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4 November 2026The Secret to a Lively Wedding Reception: Food, Speeches, Timing and Music
A brilliant party can lose its momentum before the band plays a note. Keep your wedding reception moving with a practical plan for the hours between ceremony and dancing.
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Forget the Perfect Wedding. Plan One You Will Actually Enjoy
Your wedding day will go quickly, and something almost certainly will not follow the plan. That need not spoil the celebration.
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4 November 2026A Wedding Band Should Be a Show, Not Just a Set List
Technical musicianship matters. But your guests are not buying tickets to a recital. They are attending a celebration that needs to feel alive.
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4 November 2026The Five Fs of a Great Wedding: Friends, Food, Firewater, Fotos and Fun
Forget the hundred-item planning checklist for a moment. Here are the five essentials that shape how a wedding is remembered.
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4 November 2026How to Make Your Wedding Feel Like You, Not Everyone Else
Personal touches are not the same as buying personalised objects. The best weddings reflect the couple in the atmosphere and the small moments.
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Who Should You Invite to Your Wedding? Start With the People Who Are on Your Side
A bigger guest list does not automatically produce a better celebration. Invite deliberately and protect the atmosphere you want to create.
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4 November 2026Wedding Entertainment from Ceremony to Last Dance: A Complete Music Plan
A wedding soundtrack is a journey. The music should change as your guests move from the emotion of the ceremony to the energy of the party.
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Thank you Ciara and Tom
Thanks Ciara and Tom for this lovely card we got in the post this morning. We had such a fantastic night with you and a your guests in Tankardstown.
Happy international women’s day
Just a quick from all us lads in Harlequin, we hope you have an amazing Women’s Day 2019.

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