The Show Band
The 7 or 8 Piece Show Band by Groove Manuva consists of drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, saxophone, female vocals and male vocals. This band is the ultimate line up and is able to cover all styles and genres. This configuration lends itself especially well to classic funk, soul and motown but is able to cover everything from rock, jazz and pop to ska and hip hop.. Great musicianship and a wealth of experience make this one of the top large format bands in the country.
Our fantastic trumpet player can be added to this line up for the best 8 piece band around. The two piece brass section really adds some weight to those brass heavy hits of the 70s.
The band are based in Leeds and Manchester but are available all over the country. Equally at home at Weddings or larger Corporate Events we can cover anything that you might have in mind. Just get in touch through the contact form below and let us know where you want us!
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Add the ACOUSTIC DUO with any band booking
The duo play a great mix of old and new chilled acoustic numbers. Perfect for an afternoon drinks reception or a performance in its own right.
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Please get in touch if you would like to discuss us playing at your wedding or event:
Feedback
Loads of guests commented on how good the band were and said they haven’t danced at a wedding so much! Thanks Mitch and the band for providing great music and entertainment at our wedding 🙌🏼 5 star, would recommend ☺️
Laura Faulkner | Wedding, 2025
We booked Groove Manuva to play covers at our corporate party and they completely exceeded our expectations. From start to finish they were professional, friendly, and really easy to work with. The music was brilliant — everyone was up and talking, dancing, and just enjoying themselves.
Fine Time | Corporate Event, 2025
One of the biggest draw cards to these guys was we wanted a band who had good engagement with the guests. They honestly didn’t disappoint. We had guests playing the drums, singer dancing with us, guitarists raving!! We just had the best time.
Ben Fawthrop | Wedding, 2025
We recently booked the DJ who also plays live percussion, and it was a fantastic addition to our venue. The mix of live energy with the DJ set created a brilliant atmosphere and had guests on their feet all night. Professional, easy to work with, and a real crowd-pleaser — we’d be happy to recommend and book again.
The Warren, Abersoch | Corporate Event 2025
Show band standard service
We provide this standard service for parties and events up to 300 people
- 7 or 8 piece band. Just let us know which you would prefer when you book
- Arrival from 5.30pm on Sat/Sun. From 6.30pm on Fridays
- Two hours of live music. Either 2 x 60mins or 3 x 40mins
- Free laptop dj service before, at the break and at the end of our sets until 12am
- A live song of your choice
- All lighting and sound equipment provided
- All equipment is PAT tested and we have public liability insurance (required by many venues)
- The band will be dressed appropriately for the event
We understand that every event is different. We will speak to you leading up to your event and make sure that our service is tailored to your requirements. Your venue may need the band to be there at a certain time and to follow certain rules/regulations. We are happy to speak to the venue on your behalf and make sure that things run as smoothly as they can.
Additional Show Band Services
For a more bespoke service please contact us to discuss any of the options below (or anything else that you can think of!)
- Arrival prior to 5.30pm or finish after 12am
- Acoustic duo afternoon set
- Selfie photopod
- Additional live music (maybe an extra 30min or 60min set)
- Manned DJ service with a band member taking song requests
- Extra live songs that are not already on our song list that we will learn with notice
- Larger sound system for bigger events up to 1000 people
We can also offer different options of band size for different budgets as well as music for other parts of your day.
- The band can appear as a smaller group. See our Core Band page for more information
- The Acoustic Duo - Acoustic guitar and female vocalist for earlier in the day
This is what we will do at your event
Arrival and soundcheck
We can arrive at your event from 5.30pm on the day and will need parking close to the venue with a clear way to bring equipment into the venue. The full set up process usually takes us about 90 minutes. We will discretely load our equipment into the venue being as careful as we can not to disturb guests. We will need to spend at least 30 minutes playing full volume to check levels and get the sound as good as possible towards the end of the set-up process. If an earlier set up time is needed then we can accommodate this but there may be an extra cost.
After setting up
We will set up some background music through our sound system whilst your guests arrive and we go to get changed into our stage clothes. This is usually when we would eat so we request that the caterers know to provide meals and soft drinks/tea/coffee for the band. We also need somewhere to get changed – usually the venue is happy to provide a room for that purpose. If it’s not practical to eat at this point then it’s fine to arrange it for the first break.
First set
At the agreed time we will start the first set and at this point you can just leave everything else to us and enjoy yourselves! We play for about one hour and will then take a break, leaving music playing from our laptop so your guests can carry on dancing if they would like to.
Second set and the end of the night
By this point the party should be really swinging! We will play about another hour of live music, making sure you are all having a really good time. When we finish we will keep carefully selected music playing through our sound system until our contracted end time (12am). Only then will we start to pack down our equipment. The packing down process usually takes about one hour.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW?
A good place to start is our FAQ section
You can also check out our testimonials from past clients and see what other people have said about us.
Anything else, please just let us know!