Wedding Bands and DJs
Music is where Swiss weddings differ most from what guests from abroad expect: the party often starts late, after a long seated dinner, and many venues enforce a noise curfew that ends it at midnight or one. Check the curfew before you book anyone. The field covers ceremony musicians, jazz and soul bands for the aperitif, dance bands that will play in three languages, and DJs who will read a mixed international room. Ask for the exact line-up you are booking, what the setup and sound requirements are, and whether the band supplies its own PA and lighting.
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Swiss artist agency and booking portal listing 272 wedding music acts, each with a starting price in CHF, audience size, area served and languages.
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Gellerstrasse 37, Beringen · since 2006
A Swiss wedding DJ and live-music agency in Beringen, with over 50 DJs on its books, since 2006, and more than 5,000 weddings played.
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A Zurich agency matching couples with one of its 100-plus Swiss wedding DJs rather than selling a single act, backed by 965 5-star reviews naming the DJs by name
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Zurich
A 6-piece Swiss wedding band fronted by SRF MusicStar singer Börni Höhn, naming every player and 2 PA rigs sized to the room
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A 5-piece Swiss wedding band led by singer Vivien Gubler since 2010, scaling from a ceremony duo to a full dance-floor band with its own sound and lighting.
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Im Alpenblick 1, Winterthur
A Winterthur DJ booking agency vetting 40 to 50-plus wedding DJs, one of the few suppliers in this category to publish an actual price range and average
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Zurich wedding singer Tabea Vogel, trained vocalist and 2019 Swiss Music Award winner with the band Härz, singing jazz standards and pop at ceremonies and receptions for over 20 years.
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Hauebüel 2, 8460 Marthalen, Zürich · since 2001
A saxophonist who played lead alto in Pepe Lienhard's Swiss Army Big Band now leads a modular act that scales from solo set to full band with DJ.
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Lucerne wedding DJ Pascal Dubach, with over 500 weddings in 20 years, a published flat price from CHF 1350 and no charge when the party runs late.
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Ballwil, Lucerne
A solo Lucerne DJ whose national-reach claim of over 500 couples comes with published starting prices, setup times and a battery-powered lighting rig for unfamiliar rooms
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Breitsteinweg 32, Niederbipp
An independent wedding singer, over 400 weddings and 17 years, working solo or in duo with a pianist across Switzerland.
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Wedding Voice
NewBiel booking agency run by Esther Seidel that places wedding singers, bands and DJs from its own roster, handles the contract and communication, and also offers a photo booth.
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English-language booking agency for live bands and DJs rooted in the Alpine ski resorts, supplying weddings in Geneva, Lausanne, Verbier, Gstaad and Zermatt.
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Carouge agency of DJs and hosts running wedding evenings across French-speaking Switzerland and neighboring France, with sound, lighting and optional saxophone or effects.
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Geneva
A Geneva-based DJ collective that publishes named wedding forfaits with CHF prices, from a DJ-only booking to a saxophone-backed one covering the whole day
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Geneva
Geneva DJ collective naming its lighting and sound gear item by item, with tiered CHF pricing and an on-request photographer bundle
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Rte de Chavannes 15A, Lausanne
A father-and-son DJ agency from Lausanne, working weddings in French, English and Italian, whose own pages disagree on how long it has traded
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Mr W. is Gilles Wenger, a Lausanne club and festival DJ with more than 25 years and 1,000 events behind him, playing weddings across French-speaking Switzerland.
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Lucerne wedding DJ and event host Thomas Erni, a former radio and TV presenter, who brings his own sound and lights and also rents out DJ equipment at listed prices.
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Basel, Switzerland
A Basel 5-piece playing weddings alongside IKEA, Siemens and Swisscom parties, backed by 40-plus musicians on call, with no English version of the site.
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Basel · since 2013
A Basel 4-piece led by singer Sofia Tzoka, playing 100 percent live since 2013, from a duo for the vows to the full band on the dance floor.
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Bodenfeldstrasse 8, 8570 Weinfelden · since 2006
MAXiN's homepage promises a 7-piece horn section for big events, but its own band page only spells out formations up to 6 pieces
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St. Gallen
A St. Gallen wedding band that scales from a duo at the altar to a 5-piece on the dance floor, with its own published price list
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Zurich
A Zurich live band whose dedicated wedding page names a different musical job for the ceremony, aperitif, dinner and party, backed by a 300-plus song repertoire
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A 5-piece Swiss wedding band whose own site can't settle on a home city, but whose named venues run from Bürgenstock Resort to Gstaad Palace
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A scalable live band led by singer-pianist Deean, playing weddings from solo ceremony sets to a 5-piece lineup, with 15 years of experience and named Swiss awards.
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Hitzkirch, Lucerne
A Lucerne party band that plays weddings alongside Turnfeste and Fasnachtsbälle, scaling from a solo keyboardist to a 6-piece band from CHF 950.
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Lucerne-area 4-piece cover band with a strong female lead singer, reworking rock, funk, pop and blues hits for weddings, birthdays and company parties.
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Friesenberghalde 9, 8055 Zurich
A Zurich party band built around a classical concert pianist and organist, adding cello, guitar or a second singer as the formation you book grows
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Zurich
A Zurich string quartet that plays wedding ceremonies in both church and civil settings, scales to trio or duo, and quotes every booking on request.
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Dufourstrasse 35, Zurich
A Zurich family band of 2 conservatory-trained brothers and hired singers, covering ceremony to dance floor, scored highest at the 2023 Swiss Wedding Award.
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Zurich · since 1996
A solo Zurich wedding DJ who publishes real CHF price bands and says outright he skips the microphone except to call the last song
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Römergasse 9, Zurich · since 2011
A solo Zurich wedding DJ whose FAQ spells out, in contract language, exactly who takes over if he can't make it himself
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Aargau wedding DJ Marco Costa, with 25 years behind the decks, his own sound system, a quote within 24 hours and clear deposit terms.
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DJ Pat Fisher is a Basel wedding and event DJ with more than 20 years behind the decks, a club background in house and a broad pop, hip hop and classics repertoire.
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DJ Membrain is Philipp Stalder, a wedding and event DJ from Baselland with over 15 years of experience, playing weddings across Basel and northwest Switzerland.
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DJ Mike is a Swiss wedding and party DJ with years of club residencies in Zurich, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Lucerne, quoting fixed prices with travel included.
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DJ Wilson is a Zurich open-format DJ for weddings and parties across Switzerland, with an English-language site and regular work at the Zürich Marriott Hotel and CLOUDS.
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Wolfgrüebli 2, 6318 Walchwil
A Swiss wedding DJ team whose own site rates its English as perfect, not merely adequate, complete with a dedicated international-wedding page and package.
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Wedding and event DJ Markus Lutz of Hedingen, near Zurich, who plays mostly in Switzerland, stays in the background, offers an open-end guarantee and also rents light-up letters.
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Bergliweg 4, Matzingen
A solo Thurgau-based DJ working as DJ Canis and Curtiss, covering 7 Swiss regions, with a single published price for the standard 8-hour wedding day
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Arbon DJ Andreas Weber, playing weddings, birthdays and company events across German-speaking Switzerland since 2002, after decades in clubs and bars.
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A solo mobile DJ from a Biel radio and club background, with a 14,000-track archive, automatic sound and light rig, and pricing that skips agency markup
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Open-format DJ from Bern and Valais with optional live keyboard, playing weddings across Switzerland, with sample prices published on his site.
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DJ Jams is Jean Lardon, a Nods-based DJ playing weddings across the Three Lakes region, Bienne, Neuchatel and the Jura Bernois, with published packages and rates.
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Neuchâtel DJ active across Suisse romande since 1980, specializing in music from the 60s to the 90s mixed with current hits, for weddings, parties and festivals.
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Genève
A Geneva live-music brand that is legally DJ-Event's own operation publishes real CHF prices for its DJ-plus-musician wedding formats, unusual for this category
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Drumminsax is Maxime, a Lausanne DJ and live saxophonist with more than 20 years on stage, playing weddings across Vaud, the Riviera and French-speaking Switzerland.
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Riviera DJ, sound and lighting company working weddings across Suisse romande, with equipment rental, table-master hosting and 22 years in events.
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Cortaillod wedding DJ and sound-and-light technician Fabian Beller, with published package prices, cold-spark and fog options, and ceremony sound.
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DJ and sound-lighting service in the Jura covering Bern, Jura and Neuchâtel with flexible packages and on-request pricing.
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La Vie en Live is Sandy Leresche, a Vaud guitarist, singer and DJ with over 33 years of music and 1,000 events, combining live sets and DJing for weddings.
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Geneva live trio of piano, voice and cello playing ceremonies, aperitifs and receptions across Suisse romande and the French Rhône-Alpes, with songs to order.
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Geneva-region soul, funk and R&B collective playing weddings from a piano-and-voice duo up to a full band with 2 singers, across Switzerland and neighboring France.
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Geneva
A Geneva group that splits its own ceremony songlist by secular or religious register, then reshapes for the cocktail, dinner and dance floor
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A Suisse Romande jazz band that lists Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich and Montreux but every named booking on its own site sits on Lake Geneva
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Geneva jazz band booked through pianist Marc Ueter, offering swing, bebop, bossa and funky jazz for wedding receptions from Lake Geneva to the Alps and Ticino, with an English biography.
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Edem Gospel Voices is a professional gospel group with its office in Lausanne, singing at religious and secular wedding ceremonies in Sion and across Valais.
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Josy & Marco Music is the duo of Josephine Schaffert and Marco Costa, singing ceremony favorites in two voices with piano or guitar, plus soul, funk and pop covers.
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Bern
A Bern wedding singer whose own site counts over 100 Swiss weddings, not the 300-plus across Europe sometimes claimed for her, backed by an HKB music masters
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Flavia Zucca is a singer and DJane who covers weddings from the ceremony to the late party, singing in six languages and bringing her own sound, lights and fog.
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Basel
A Basel-based DJ who sings live through the ceremony and aperitif, then keeps DJing the party herself, with unusually detailed published pricing
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Giovanni Bassano is a Swiss singer and guitarist offering wedding music from a one-man band with loop station to duos, a party band or a DJ, anywhere in Switzerland.
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Bern-area cover duo Ibe and Beves playing pop, soul, rock and roll and ballads at wedding aperitifs, dinners and parties, answering couples directly with video calls and a sample contract.
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Brütten, Canton Zurich
A Brütten trio whose singer performs in English, Spanish and German, with a published CHF 2'900 to 6'500 price range and an online quote tool
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Oberbottigen, Bern · since 1968
A 5-piece Bern-area band that renamed itself in 2000, tracing back through a 6-piece dance-hall act to a 1968 trio playing 60s to 80s rock and pop
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Light Jazz is a Bern band led by Francis Lehmann, playing jazz, blues, pop and soul at weddings from the ceremony to the party, from solo piano to quintet.
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A wedding band whose vague professionally trained claim actually names 4 musicians, each with a real degree from a Swiss music college and genuine touring credits.
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Steffisburg live music business with its own tiny mobile stages, supplying singers, bands and DJs for weddings from Thun and Bern across Switzerland.
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Music-Solutions is a collective of musicians and DJs selling one package for weddings in French-speaking Switzerland, live music for ceremony and cocktail, then a DJ set.
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Locarno-based live-music and entertainment company offering ceremony music, DJs, bands, tribute acts and sound hire for Ticino weddings, with wedding services from CHF 350.
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JCL Swiss Event is a Plan-les-Ouates event agency whose wedding music packages combine a DJ, live bands and ceremony soloists, with published prices from CHF 1'450.
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La Sarraz entertainment agency led by singer and DJ Vinz Roosso, with named wedding packages from dinner music to ceremony quartet, DJ, photo booth and effects, in English and French.
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Singer-and-pianist duo Amélie & Alex, working from northern Italy and a Lugano address, covering Ticino weddings from the church ceremony through to the DJ party.
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Basel live band with a duo for ceremony and aperitif and a full band for the party, bringing its own sound and lights to weddings across Switzerland.
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Reiherweg 10, Rapperswil-Jona
A Rapperswil-Jona funk and soul band that mostly plays festivals, bars and open-air stages, with a technical rider showing the same compact PA whichever lineup you book
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A genuinely touring Zurich reggae and ska 5-piece whose site mentions weddings just once, promising a relaxed set rather than a dedicated wedding pitch
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Five Seasons is a Lyon-based live band of 5 to 6 performers mixing sax, Latin percussion, keys and electro, playing upscale weddings in France and in Switzerland.
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Lengnau agency with a team of 8 free wedding celebrants, including singers Laura and Carina who can sing at the ceremony from CHF 750 extra
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Bern · since 2018
A Bern-trained singer turned Freie Trauung speaker who has led roughly 150 ceremonies since 2018, all conducted in German.
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A freie Trauung officiant who builds the ceremony speech from a free consultation about the couple's own story, with full ceremonies available in several languages for an extra fee.
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A Yverdon-les-Bains event company offering a secular wedding ceremony led by its celebrant Malika from CHF 1'500, plus DJ, games, glitter and tattoo bars and children's entertainment.
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Photo booth rental from Kyburg in the canton of Zurich with 3 fixed-price packages from CHF 650, plus wedding DJ, planning and master-of-ceremonies services from the same operator.
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Photo booths built by a carpenter and wedding DJ, rented across Fribourg and Vaud from 399 francs, with 8-second prints and a USB stick of every image.
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Basel wedding photographer with experience from over 100 weddings, shooting unposed reportage across Switzerland, with analog film, Polaroids and an optional wedding singer.
Frequently asked questions
How can I find a combination of a ceremony celebrant and musical entertainment?
You can book companies like Moua Animation & Co. which offer secular ceremonies alongside DJs and entertainment. Other options include agencies like Marry You where you can add singers to your ceremony package starting from CHF 750.
What should I consider regarding the timing and noise rules of my Swiss wedding venue?
Swiss weddings often feature late parties after long dinners, but many venues enforce a noise curfew at midnight or 1 AM. You should check your venue's specific curfew before booking your DJ or band to ensure they can accommodate the schedule.
Can I hire a single provider to handle both the ceremony music and the evening party?
Yes, some providers offer full coverage. For example, Ahead provides a duo for the ceremony and aperitif along with a full band for the party, and Bellermusic offers sound and lighting for both the ceremony and the DJ set.
Are there agencies that can help me browse a large variety of musical acts?
You can use artisten.ch to browse a portal of 272 different wedding music acts. Their listings include starting prices, the languages spoken, and the specific areas they serve.
Do all wedding musicians in Switzerland perform in English?
Not necessarily. While agencies like Après Ski Bands focus on English-language acts, some celebrants like Romina conduct ceremonies exclusively in German, and other acts are specialized to specific regions like Suisse romande.