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The Jjarrs

I feel Good/Papa's got a brand new bag

Summer of '69

About The Jjarrs

One of the UK's premier covers bands with an awesome reputation for providing the very best live music for functions and events.

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Bishop's Stortford

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Featuring Drums, Bass, Keys, Guitars and Three Vocalists, we will spin you through a multitude of music across the decades with songs to get your event rocking along with a few cheeky numbers you might not be expecting. We provide over 3 hours of full on live music across an evening, building to a grand finale that will leave your guests breathless yet shouting for more. And if they shout loud enough, we might just squeeze an extra couple of numbers in for good measure. Fully self contained with a premier sound system, a fantastic stage and lighting rig and most importantly a massive repertoire of songs, you need look no further for a quality live music experience. Whatever the event, we guarantee an amazing evening of entertainment that you and your guests will never forget!

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This act has been working with Encore for over 6 years

10 gigs

Experienced: 10 bookings through Encore

Musicianship

Genres:

1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Pop, Covers, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Motown, Soul, Top 40, Acoustic, Tribute, Americana, Rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Indie, Pop rock, Post rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Synth rock, Light music

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Types:

Cover band, Function band, Rock band, Festival band, Party band, Rock n roll band, Pop band, Wedding band

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Event types:

Wedding, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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The Jjarrs' Song list

500 Miles - Proclaimers

A Little Respect - Erasure

A Thousand Years - Christina Perry

Africa - Toto

All About You - McFly

All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks

All Night Long - Lionel Richie

Amazed - Lone Star

Angel Eyes - Wet Wet Wet

Angels - Robbie Williams

Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

Baggy Trousers - Madness

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

Boys Of Summer - Don Henley/Altaris

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake

Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheehan

Celebration - Kool and the Gang

Chasing cars - Snow patrol

Clocks - Cold Play

Club Tropicana - Wham

Come and Get Your Love - Redbone

Come Up and See Me - Steve Harley & The Cockney rebel

Common People - Pulp

Counting Stars - One Republic

Cuddly Toy - Roachford

Dakota - Stereophonics

Dancing in the streets - Martha Reeves

Dancing on the ceiling - Lionel Richie

Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene

December '63 (oh what a night) - Four Seasons

Do you love me - Contours

Does Your Mother Know - ABBA

Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Don’t Stop Believing - Journey

Down Under - Men At Work

Everlasting Love - The Love Affair

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

Everybody's Changing - Keane

Footloose - Kenny Loggins

Get Lucky - Daft Punk

Get Of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones

Get Over It - The Eagles

Going Underground - The Jam

Gold - Spandau Ballet

Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles

Great Balls Of Fire - Gerry Lee Lewis

Grease Is The Word - Soundtrack

Greatest Day - Take That

Handbags & Gladrags - Stereophonics

Happy Together - The Turtles

Hard To Handle - Black Crows

Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart

Heartache tonight - The Eagles

Here I Go Again - White Snake

Highway To Hell - AC DC

Hold The Line - Toto

House Of Fun - Madness

How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees

How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding

Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran

I Do It For You (Everything I Do) - Bryan Adams

I Don't Want To Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

I Feel Good - James Brown

I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John

I Love You - The Ordinary Boys

I Loved Her First - Heartland

I Wanna Get Lost with you - Stereophonics

I Will Wait - Mumford and Sons

I Wish - Stevie Wonder

I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Nick Kershaw

In the morning - Razorlight

In Your Eyes - George Benson

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones

Jump - Van Halen

King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West

Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran

Kiss Of Life - Sade

Lady Madonna - The Beatles

Lazy Sunday - Small Faces

Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters

Lego House - Ed Sherran

Lets Dance - David Bowie

Lets Stick Together - Brian Ferry

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars

Love Is Easy - McFly

Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

Long Train Running - Doobie brothers

Mama Mia - ABBA

Midnight hour - Wilson Pickett

Mony Mony - Tony Jones

Mr Brightside - Killers

Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

Need You Tonight - INXS

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

New Shoes - Paulo Nutini

Old Before I Die - Robbie Williams

One Day Like This - Elbow

One Of My Kind - INXS

Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry

Rio - Duran Duran

Rocking all over the world - Status quo

Poison - Alice Cooper

Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry

Rosanna - Toto

Route 66 - Rolling Stones

Rule the World - Take That

Running In The Family - Level 42

Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting - Elton John

Saw her standing there - The Beatles

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

Shake A Tail Feather - Blues Brothers

Shine - Take That

Shotgun - George Ezra

Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon

Since You Been Gone - Rainbow

Smooth - Santana

Something Happened - Phil Collins

Soul Man - Sam & Dave

Stay with Me - Rod Stewart

Stuck in the middle - Steelers wheel

Summer In The City - Joe Cocker

Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Sweet Child O’Mine - Guns & Roses

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Take On Me - A Ha

The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey

The One - Kodaline

The Power Of Love - Hewy Lewis & The News

The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys

Town Called Malice - The Jam

Twist and shout - The Beatles

Up Town Funk - Mark Ronson

Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon

Valerie - Zutons

When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating

When You're Gone - Bryan Adams

You & I (nobody in the world) - John Legend

You and Me Song - Wannadies

You Got It - Roy Orbison

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

The high quality and variety of the music we play. It means we appeal to a very wide range of tastes and age groups.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Pump Rooms -Bath, Genome Campus - Hinxton Hall, Warwick, Newmarket and Chelmsford Racecourses, Billing Aquadrome, Brocket Hall, Down Hall, Gonvil and Caise College Cambridge, DS Smith Paper Mill Newmarket, Hintlesham Hall, Ashridge House, Knebworth House, The Cambridge Assessment Triangle, Alexandra Palace Mural Room,The Wellcome Trust.. to name just a few!

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

The Beatles, Toto, Elton John, Pink Floyd, George Michael, Queen, The Kinks, The Hollies...... the list is literally endless actually!

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

The 80+ weddings we have performed at are all very dear to us, but we performed in front of a crowd of 10000 at the Dunmow Carnival event and 2500 guests at the 25th Anniversary Event at the Human Genome Project. In 2004 we were streamed live on an early internet broadcast to the USA whilst playing in a venue in London.

Will the singer be the same as who I see in the videos?

Yes the singer will aways be the same person you see in our videos. He runs the band so will always be in the line up

Do you have different line-up options?

We have the capability to perform as a 4, 5 or 6 piece band however will always aim to be a 5 piece band whenever possible.

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

Always let us know and we will definitely try and flex to suit your new plans. We try and keep things flexible so we can adapt when required

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

Yes we have a standard playlist of party tracks that run via our mixing desk. We also carry an iPad where we can create bespoke playlists for background and break music if it is requested.

How much time do you need to set up?

We like 3 hours if possible to allow us to set up soundcheck. We make sure we set up prior to guests arriving so we adapt our arrival times accordingly. This doesn’t usually effect the price we quote unless we have to arrive early morning to set up.

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

Yes you can however we always suggest clients advise us of songs they don’t want to hear to allow us the flexibility to build a rounded set that works for the client but also for their guests. We would like to think we know what tends to work for each type of event we have been booked for so it’s not essential for clients to review our repertoire.

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

Yes we usually provide a guide in our quotes as to what is included. But our PA will always be included along with all our instruments. We will use as much lighting as we can depending on space and height of stage area. Unless we do a daylight gig we will always use some lighting.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes, we always offer to learn a first dance song or special request song for weddings and we can also do this for special events or birthdays where a special song may be required.

The Jjarrs' Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Up to 1 hour	£1500
Up to 2 hours	£1500
Up to 3 hours	£1500

Wedding Days - The Works5 musicians

For this all inclusive package you get: Music for the ceremony - this can be just piano or piano and vocalist. Includes music whilst guests take their seats, music during the ceremony where required and music whilst guests exit Drinks Reception - Our fabulous pianist will perform up to and hour of piano background music whilst guests mingle or Wedding Breakfast - Our fabulous pianist will provide an hours background piano music whilst you and your guests enjoy the wedding breakfast Background music - The band can provide a short set of 30 minutes performing more gentle and relaxed music whilst guests assemble for the evening section of the day Speeches - The band will provide radio mics for those making speeches so every word can be heard throughout the room via our state of the art PA system First Dance - The band will prepare and perform the song of your choice for your first dance as a married couple Evening Entertainment - The band will provide up to 3 x 1 hours sets of full on party music to entertain you and your guests late on into the evening

£1850

The Jjarrs

5 out of 5

20 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

4.9

Communication

4.9

Punctuality

4.8

The Jjarrs' Reviews

4 out of 5

We had the pleasure of this band for my husbands 50th birthday party , well what can I say they were absolutely fantastic, professional, outstanding sound everyone had a wonderful night , I will definitely be booking them for future events. Thankyou jjarrs you were fantastic

5 out of 5

An all-round fantastic experience - great to deal with, and great performers. Highly recommended.

Reply from The Jjarrs

4 months ago

Fabulous Dan - we had a great time too! Thanks for the opportunity and for providing a great review! Hopefully we will get the chance to perform for you again in the future.

5 out of 5

F*A*B*U*L*O*U*S!!!! The Jjarrs were awesome and I've had lot's of feedback from my party guests! A couple of complaints from moaning villagers 🙈🤣🤣 They can definitely come and play at another one of our parties 🥳 Thank you for your professional entertainment 😊 🥰

Reply from The Jjarrs

1 year ago

Hi Andrea - many thanks for your kind words - your friends certainly know how to party. Would gladly perform for you all again. Maybe invite the whole village next time!!

5 out of 5

So easy to deal with from start to finish. You made our wedding rock! Amazing sound and so many good comments from guests. Our first dance was perfect too. Thank you all so so much. Couldn't recommend enough!

Reply from The Jjarrs

1 year ago

Hi Carolyn - you are so very kind. A great crowd and a great venue (excellent choice by the way) only serve to make us give that little bit extra. It was a total pleasure!

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5 out of 5

The Jjarrs were fantastic! They played out our community event held at the Kings Head in Pebmarsh, Essex and they smashed it! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening. The band were professional. Arrived well ahead of the start time to set up, great songs, played for 3hrs and everyone loved them which was the most important thing! What more can be said. Top top band. Will definitely get them back for our next event. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5

Wow what can I say, apart from absolutely brilliant gents you blew us all away and everyone had a brill night. All I’ve had is complements about you guys and what a brilliant band you are. I hope you don’t mind but I’ve given your email address out so you may get some more people wanting you to perform at their functions. I will personnely be calling you again to perform. Thank you guys again and have a brilliant well deserved Christmas. John

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