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The Celtic Collective & Acoustica are London's finest with years of experience playing Celtic music. Plus jazz, pop & country with Acoustica

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Celtic folk band

London

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The collective is formed from musicians who have known each other and played together for years. They have come together in various formations to play at ceilidhs, concerts halls, pubs and festivals, private parties and corporate events. You name it they've played it. From traditional tunes and songs by The Chieftains, Planxty and The Bothy Band to more contemporary repertoire of the likes of Van Morrison, Paul Brady, Mary Black and The Corrs the Celtic Collective have it covered. Acoustica! take the repertoire to another level adding pop and jazz standards with Americana and country favourites. Extremely versatile and perfect for a range of events requiring a little bit of everything or a mix of particular styles.

The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!

5 out of 5

19 verified reviews

Satisfaction

4.9

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!'s Reviews

5 out of 5

the celtic collective were such a fun addition to our Wedding. They were super flexible, got everyone dancing and adapted well with limited space! Would wholeheartedly recommend the guys for an excellent ceilidh at any event!

Reply from The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!

2 months ago

Thanks for your wonderful review. It was a pleasure to play for such such enthusiastic guests. The photos must be amazing. A fabulous evening. Thanks for choosing The Celtic Collective. Paul

5 out of 5

We had a brilliant time with The Celtic Collective at my daughter's 21st birthday. We had never hired a band before and they made it so stress-free and easy with great communication. They are a delightful groups of musicians who played fantastic songs and got everyone, and I mean everyone from 84 years old to 16 years old, up and dancing. Really happy memories for us all. Thank you!

Reply from The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!

2 months ago

Thanks for your review Victoria. We really enjoyed the evening and it was wonderful to see everyone dancing. A lovely 21st birthday party for your daughter. Also thanks for looking after the musicians so attentively. Paul

5 out of 5

Fantastic band! Created a beautiful ambience for a summers evening and the Ceilidh was so fun!

Reply from The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!

4 months ago

Thanks Clare for your review. It was a lovely evening with the relaxed jazzy first set and wonderful to see everyone dancing for the ceilidh in the second set. Perfect. Paul

5 out of 5

We were not an easy venue or group to play for I think. A marquee wedding with 140 chatty guests all keen to dance, combined with a small dance floor with a large pole right in the middle to boot. It could have been mayhem! But the caller and the band rose to the occasion with clear instructions, a lot of patience and wonderful versions of Scottish ceilidh classics. The band arrived on time but the time table for the wedding slipped, and the ceilidh started later than planned. Again, the band took it well. The wedding guests loved the ceilidh and threw themselves on the dance floor with abandon. We had a great time! Thank you Paul!

Reply from The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!

4 months ago

Many thanks for your review. Amazing to see everyone join in on the first dance and then to continue dancing without any let up. A joyous evening. Paul

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5 out of 5

Hi Paul, Just thought you might like to see the email below! Best wishes, Jennifer -- Matters Musical Limited The Loft Rear of 8 West Street Dorking Surrey RH4 1BL Tel: 01306 741007 Fax: 01306 741008 Email: [email protected] Web: www.mattersmusical.com ------ Forwarded Message Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:37:30 +0000 (GMT) To: Matters Musical Ltd <[email protected]> Subject: Re: The Celtic Collective Agreement Dear Frank, This is just to say that The Celtic Collective were fabulous on Saturday evening! The audience loved them - Paul is a superb singer, poetry reader and musician, the other members of the band were excellent, very professional, and the girls dancing was mesmerising. They had to contend with a misunderstanding over the sound and lighting system but despite that they all performed brilliantly. We will definitely invite them back and I'm sure there will be other feedback from this gig. With very many thanks, Jenny

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The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!'s Song list

A Celtic Song Selection

Galway Girl

I'll Tell Me Ma

Molly Malone

Down by the Sally Gardens

Black is the Colour

Star of the County Down

Carrickfergus

Fields of Athenry

The Lark in the Morning

The Black Velvet Band

Whiskey in the Jar

Nancy Spain

The Good Ship Kangaroo

Johnny Jump Up

Ride On

Will You Go Lassie Go

Don't Come Again

The Wild Rover

Marie's Wedding

Waxies Dargle

Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore

The Curragh of Kildare

The Rattlin’ Bog

Galway Shawl

Irish Rover

Fisherman's Blues

When will we be Married

Dirty Old Town

I Useta Lover

Sing All Our Cares Away

Brown Eyed Girl

Bright Side of the Road

I Wanna Dance with You

The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Wagon Wheel

Country Roads

Raggle Taggle Gypsy

She Moves through the Fair

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling/If You’re Irish

A Selection of Celtic tunes:

The Lark D/Rakes of Kildare - Am

The Salamanca - C/ The Flogging Reel - G/ Farewell to Erin - Am

Morrisons - E/ The Kesh - G/ The Lilting Banshee - AmThe Cliffs of Moher - Am

Si Beag Si Mor - D

Hornpipes: The Boys of Bluehill - D/ Harvest Home - D/ the Rights of Man - Em

The Pinch of Snuff - D - Good tune to start slow and speed up.

Th Mason's Apron - A

The Tarbolton and The Star of Munster - Em and - Am Reels

Catharthis - Gm/ Dinky's - A/ plus a Bb tune TBC

Music for a Found Harmonium - D

The Irish washerwoman - G

Drowsy Maggie - Em)

The Butterfly and The Kid on the Mountain - slip jigs - Em

The Sea Captains - E or - F

The Silver Spear - D

The Silver Spire - D another good one to start slow and speed up.

King of the Fairies - Em

The Little Stack of Wheat - G available on The session

Caliope House - E

The wind that shakes the barley - D

Ceilidh and Covers.

More of the above tunes for Ceilidh dancing plus a selection of the songs below.

Crazy Little thing Called Love - Queen

Budapest - George Ezra

Shotgun - George Ezra

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Watermelon Sugar High - Harry Styles

Dance the Night Away - The Mavericks

Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac

Theme from Game of Thrones

Is This Love - Madness

You’ve Got A Friend in Me - Toy Story

Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison

Brown Eyed Girl

Moondance

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Folsom Prison Blues

How Sweet it is to be loved by You - James Taylor

I'm a Believer - The Monkees/Shrek

Day Dream Believer - The Monkees

Fishermans Blues - The Waterboys

I'm On My Way - The Proclaimers

Save the last Dance for me - Michael Buble

Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson

Make you Feel My Love - Adele

Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Jolene - Dolly

I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick

Sway - Michael Buble

I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra/Michael Buble

The Beatles:

Penny Lane

Obladi Oblada

All My Loving

Ticket to Ride

Lady Madonna

Jambalya - Emmylou Harris

Walking the Dog

Twisting the Night Away - Rod Stewart)

Blue Moon E*

The Devil went Down to Georgia Dm

Valerie - Winehouse/Zutons

You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie) - Chuck Berry

Me and Julio - Paul Simon

Bablyon - David Gray

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Take These Chains - Ray Charles

Delilah - Tom Jones/Alex Harvey

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen

Burning Love - Elvis

Mamma Mia - Abba

Dancing Queen

Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and Papas

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

Viva Las Vegas - Elvis

Hound Dog/Blue Suede Shoes/That’s Allright

Suspicious Minds - Elvis

You Send me - Sam Cooke

You Are the Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder

Mambo Italiano

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash/Jimmy Cliff

Have You Ever Seen the Rain G (Credence Clearwater)

You are my Sunshine - The Soggy Bottom Boys

Hey Good Looking

Three Little Birds / Everything's gonna be all right - B Marley

Dancing in the Street

Purple Rain - Prince

King of the Swingers

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Them There Eyes

Jeeper Creepers

The Glory of Love

Happy Feet

Lucille

The Acoustica Songlist:

New selected songlist 2021

How Sweet it is – Smoky Robinson/James Taylor

Fire and Rain D -James Taylor

Everybody’s Talking – Harry Nilsson

Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac

Watermelon Sugar High – Harry Styles

Shotgun

Budapest E - George Ezra

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Sweet Caroline A – Neil Diamond

I’m A Believer

Daydream Believer - The Monkees

Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen

Crocodile Rock E – Elton John

SOS – Abba

Mama Mia – Abba

Dancing Queen – Abba

Dance The Night Away – The Mavericks

Valerie – Amy Winehouse

Three Little Birds –

Is This Love – Bob Marley

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

A Hard Days Night – The Beatles

Penny Lane – The Beatles

Ticket to Ride– The Beatles

All My Loving - The Beatles

Hey Jude

Obladi Oblada - The Beatles

Mr Bojangles E – Robbie Williams/ Jerry Jeff Walker

Hallelujah Bb - Leonard Cohen

Punky’s Dilemma

The Boxer

Me and Julio – Paul Simon

Stand By Me - Ben E King

True Colours – Cindy Lauper

La Bamba

I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff

Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Moondance -

Bright Side of the Road–

Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

Aint Misbehavin – Fats Waller

You’d be so nice to come home to – Cole Porter

Dream A Little Dream of Me –Mamas and Papas

God Only Knows E - The Beach Boys

Sway

Summertme

All of Me –

Cheek to Cheek

Them There Eyes

The Glory of Love

I’ve Got You under my Skin

If I Only had a Brain

They Can’t Take that Away from Me - Gershwin

My Blue Heaven

I Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick

May you Never E - John Martyn

Bablyon C - David Gray

Twisting the Night Away G - Rod Stewart

Waterloo Sunset

Sunny Afternoon Bm -The Kinks

Take These Chains E - Ray Charles

C’est La Vie You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry

Folsom Prison Blues

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

You Send Me – Sam Cooke

Galway Girl – Steve Earle

Jambalya

Hey Good Looking – Hank Williams

Blue Moon

Save the Last Dance for me

You are the Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder

Waterloo Sunset

Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks

Starman – David Bowie

Singing the Blues – Guy Mitchell

Proud Mary

Bad Moon Rising– Creedence Clearwater Revival

It Must Be Love – Labi Siffre/Madness

You are my Sunshine/

In the Jailhouse Now/ Man of Constant Sorrow – The Soggy Bottom

Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker

I Wanna Dance with You – John Prine

Blue Moon of Kentucky

Deliah Dm -Tom Jones/Alex Harvey

Hungry Heart A - Bruce Springsteen

Burning Love B - Elvis

That’s Allright/ Blue Suede Shoes/ Houndog - Elvis

Bye Bye Love/Dream – Everly Bros

I Wanna Be Like You

The Bare Necessities

Jeepers Creepers

Jolene – Dolly Parton

American Pie – Don McLean

Country Roads – John Denver

Everyday

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

When You’re Smiling

Mississippi Delta Blues

Dirty Old Town – The Pogues

Deep River Blues

Honky Tonk Blues/ Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones

A selection of other instrumental and international folk music.

The Tarantella (Italian folk tune)

La Cumparsita (Argentina tango)

Libertango (Argentina tango)

La Mer (French)

Khossid Dances (klezmer)

Manha de Carnaval (Brazil)

East Tennessee Blues (Bluegrass)

Midnight on the Water (American folk Waltz)

Ragtime Annie (American folk dance tune)

Ashokan Farewell (Popular American air)

Dark Eyes (Klezmer)

The Entertainer (Ragtime)

Black and White Rag (Ragtime)

Winter in Buenos Aires

Man of Constant Sorrow

La Bamba

Hava Nagila

Tune for a found Harmonium

The Godfather Theme

Game of Thrones theme

Romanza (Spanish guitar)

Lagrima ((Spanish guitar)

Scarborough Fair

Shifting Sands (middle East)

Misirlou (Greek)

And many more!

The Celtic Collective & Acoustica!'s Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Up to 1 hour	£800
Up to 2 hours	£1000
Up to 3 hours	£1200

Customer questions

Do you have different line-up options?

There are various line-ups to chose from: Duos, trios and quartets can mix and match between guitar, violin, accordion, bodhran/percussion, double bass, piano, banjo or flute.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

“We always try our best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let us know.”

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

“Absolutely. This is a really popular request and we actually offer this service for free. If you'd like a DJ service via our PA after the final set until the venue closes, we provide this for an additional cost depending on the extra time required.

How much time do you need to set up?

“We usually set up about 1 to 1.5 hours before the performance time. As soon as our PA is set up we can provide a free playlist service to help set the atmosphere and get your guests ready for our live performance!”

Can you roam around while you perform?

“Yes - we either perform acoustically or with microphones attached to our instruments so we can move around freely.”

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

“Our set lists are crafted from countless performances and learning what works best to ensure guests have an amazing time. However, we're definitely happy to chat through and make sure we find what works for your event. ”

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

“Our PA and lighting system is included in your quote."

Can you learn song requests before the event?

“If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance we already know it. If there is a special song you'd like us to learn we are happy to do this for you. There is a fee of £30 for this service to take into account rehearsal times etc. ”

Musicianship

Genres:

Traditional Irish folk, Folk, Ceilidh, Traditional Scottish folk, Ragtime, Swing, Acoustic, Covers, Americana, Pop

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Types:

Celtic folk band, Ceilidh band, Folk band, Acoustic band, Roaming band, Festival band

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Event types:

Private event, Wedding, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Concert, Recording session, Charity event, Corporate event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party

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