Reviews of Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band

Wraggle Taggle were absolutely super (23rd August 2025 Saturday The St, Shalford, Guildford, Surrey, GU4) – completely professional, brilliant musicians, wonderful at getting the party going, easy-going and flexible. Could not recommend them highly enough. Thank you Mick and co. for a wonderful evening! Toby Donegan-Cross 4th September 2025

The perfect choice for our annual summer fete (6th September 2025 Saturday Arlington Square, London, N1}. Mick & Co entered into the spirit of the event and kept everyone happy with a great mix of music. They were so popular that numerous people have already demanded that we book them for next year's fete... Many thanks again for providing the music for our Fete. I've heard nothing but compliments about the band. It's a bit early for that, but the Fete is always the first Saturday in September, so you might want to pencil in 5 Sep 2026 for a possible gig. We haven't done all the sums yet, but it looks like this year's affair broke all records when it came to fund-raising – over £5,000 to be shared between three local good causes! I'm sure the good vibe generated by yesterday's music encouraged the crowd to be generous. Please pass on our warmest thanks to Carlene, Caroline and Mick. I look forward to seeing you all again. Best, Jeffery Pike 7th September 2025

Loved having them churn out the reels at a private party. (13th September 2025 Saturday Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4) Couldn’t have been happier with our choice. I think they read the audience well and our (in) capabilities at following instruction, which meant that we did enough right to keep the dances going and cause enough confusion for fun and hilarity to shine through. Brilliant night. Can’t wait for another excuse to have these four back again. Thank you so much for a fantastic evening. Tamsin Morse 16th September 2025

Hi Mick, Thank you so much to you, Carlene and Mick for making the evening truly special! (16th October 2025 Thursday Netflix Services UK Limited, 30 Berners St, London W1T 3LR, UK) The music was perfect for the event, and your warm presence added to the wonderful atmosphere. I hope you had a chance to enjoy yourselves and savour some of the delicious food and drinks as promised. Attached are the photos I took in front of the step-and-repeat. I’ll definitely be leaving a glowing review for your amazing work. Thank you again, and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Thanks, Alex Mills, Netflix, 17th October 2025

Thanks again for an absolutely joyous Ceilidh. (28th September 2025 Sunday Mapesbury Dell, 10-12 Hoveden Road, London NW2 3XD) I wanted to share with you the lovely photos that Paul Gilbey took at the Mapesbury Dell. If you use them, can you please credit him as photographer. Lydia Parker Crossroads Music Festival 21st October 2025

Dear Mick, Thank you for making my dad’s send off so brilliant (31st October 2025 Friday West Lodge Park Hotel 4 Ferny Hill, Hadley Wood, Barnet, Herts, EN4 0PZ), you played so beautifully and later managed to adjust and play to what ever the family suggested and to their singing. Thank you again, Sharon Butler Xxx 1st November 2025

Dear Mick, Thank you very much to you and your band for playing at our barn dance (15th November 2025 Saturday The Claire Tiltman Centre, Gantry Place, Cotton Lane, Stone, Greenhithe, DA9 9FA}. All our guests had a wonderful time and most of them have said how good the band was and how clear and easy to follow the caller was. Mary managed to get even the most reluctant up and dancing with enough confidence to take part. We shall certainly recommend you, should anyone ask for your details. Best wishes Frances Wallace 27th November 2025

We hired Wraggle Tagle for our early Burns ceilidh (17th January 2026 Saturday St Giles' without Cripplegate Church, Fore St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DA). They brought a PA which was great and played really nicely. The caller worked us hard but gave us breaks during which they played lovely songs.The caller used her radio mic to get in between us for instruction in good humour which was much appreciated. Please extend to the band and caller a big thank you for a great job yesterday. Great music, instruction and much humour. I'm keen to do Saturday 23 January 2027. Would you be available then? Jake Kirner, St Giles' without Cripplegate Church

Terrific feedback from last night. (24th January 2026 Saturday Woolwich Works, Building 41, Woolwich Creative District Trust, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No. 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London, SE18 6HD) Thanks for coming. Hope you’ll come back and play at our place again soon! Cheers, Mark Slaughter Artist Liaison & Programme Manager Woolwich Works 25th January 2026

Hi Mick & band, I hope you had a lovely rest of your weekend! I just wanted to say a huge thank you on behalf of myself, Kealan, and everyone who attended our event! (7th March 2026 Saturday Hammersmith Club Society limited, 11 Rutland Grove, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DH) You truly saved the day by stepping in at the last minute, and we were so impressed by how flexible and professional you were throughout. You guys were absolutely superb. We had a fantastic night dancing to your music and so many of the guests have asked us to pass on their thanks and how much they enjoy it. It made a really fun evening and thank you again. Hopefully, we will see you all again in the future at another ball! Thanks, Annie Macdonald 11th March 2026

Great band! Would highly recommend!

Wraggle Taggle provided the entertainment for our 40th Wedding Anniversary. The band and caller were excellent and our guests all had a wonderful time. Thank you, Wraggle Taggle.

Wraggle Taggle were fantastic for my birthday party at Alexandra Park School. Mick was a great communicator leading up to the event and made me feel reassured that everything was well-planned. The music was excellent and the caller made sure that we all had a great time joining in although most of us were unfamiliar with the dances beforehand. Some of the comments I received from friends were "it made me feel young again!" and "I haven't had so much fun for a long time!" Thank you to Mick and the band for a wonderful evening!

All ages were able to take part"
"Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band performed at The Walker Ground in Southgate for a Charity Fundraiser and the night was a great success (Saturday 11th March 2023 Southgate Cricket, Hockey & Squash Rackets Club, 175 Waterfall Road, Southgate, London, N14 7JZ) The caller was fab and engaged with the crowd to get everyone up and dancing. People of all ages were able to take part and were delighted with the live music. There was great communication with Mick before, during and after the event itself. We would highly recommend Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band and look forward to having them at events at The Walker Ground in future...." "...Hi Mick, I just wanted to email to say thanks for the event here on Saturday night. It was so much fun and I am delighted with how the night went. Hopefully you all enjoyed it too ! Keara Stapleton, Manager, The Walker Cricket Ground Trust , Southgate, London, N14 7JZ 13th March 2023

Highly recommend these guys"
A brilliant performance by 3 talented musicians and showmen. They made out birthday party go with a swing. Every body was up and dancing, they couldn't help themselves. Wide range of music that got everyone engaged. Highly recommend these guys. Donna and I would like to thank you and the band for a fabulous performance at my birthday party on Saturday (15th April 2023 Redlands Road, Reading, RG1) Everybody enjoyed the music and some have become converts to Irish Trad as a result! The combination of Box, Banjo and Guitar worked very well as did your singing of everybody's favourite sing along songs. I'm sure we will be calling on your services again soon. Best regards, Brendan and Donna Rogers 20th April 2023

We and our guests had a wonderful time dancing, and the music was really brilliant"
Hi Mick, Thank you so much to you and the Wraggle Taggle team for playing at our wedding (15th April 2023 Saturday Holy Trinity Claygate Church, Church Road, Claygate, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0JP) . Wraggle Taggle brought so much energy and enjoyment to our wedding! We and our guests had a wonderful time dancing, and the music was really brilliant. We highly recommend them! Special thanks to Mary for giving us a speedy lesson in a couple’s dance, too! We really enjoyed that as our first dance. We thought you might like to see some photos of the band, and of everyone enjoying themselves in the ceilidh! Many thanks, Lucy and Dom 19 May 2023

Everyone really enjoyed it"
Thank you Mick and the Wraggle Taggle band for an excellent Saturday afternoon (22nd July 2023 Saturday Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, , Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG). Everyone really enjoyed it. Shame we couldn't stay and join in but it would.have been too much for Paul. Sheer determination and steroids were the only thing that worked plus 3 guys to get him downstairs. Still we now have all the memories and photos to enjoy. All best wishes to you Janet Boorman 26th July 2023

Such a special event"
Good morning Mick, Just a quick note of appreciation to you and the band for helping us make last night such a special event (15th September 2023* Friday (8 - 11pm tbc) The London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London, NW1 9XB). A ceilidh is a great way to bring the generations together, and, as you could see from the number on the dance floor, everyone had a fantastic evening. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Alex Kenny 16th September 2023

Would highly recommend them"
Wraggle taggle were great (9th September 2023* Saturday Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Rd, Croydon CR0 1BD}. The communication from the band leader was fantastic from the very beginning. They arrived on time and were very flexible considering the extreme heat on the day of our wedding. They are fantastic, talented musicians and all our guests were raving about them! Would highly recommend them for your event Eleanor Keane 18th September 2023

Everyone loved the music so much!

We just wanted to say thank you to you and the band for last Saturday! (30th September 2023 Saturday St Stephens, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2PP) Everyone loved the music so much! Apologies for any confusion over your location, it was meant to be inside but it was /such a nice day I think Patrick and Angie directed you outside which worked anyway. I wasn’t sure if you guys had any of the canapés, I did ask them to make sure you had some but I didn’t hear you have a break either so apologies if you didn’t. Absolutely brilliant and such lovely people too. We booked wraggle taggle for our wedding, Mick was responsive, organised and gave us plenty of options regarding instruments, set times etc. On the day the band were brilliant, all the guests loved them, and they were really friendly lovely people. Thank you and all the best! Sophie and Kev Gibbard 6th October 2023

Really good feedback from our family and friends"
Hi Mick, Andrew & I are now back from our honeymoon and would like to thank you and the band for helping us celebrate the day (23rd September 2023* Saturday (7pm - 11pm) Ballinger War Memorial Hall, Ballinger Common, Great Missenden, Bucks, HP16 9LQ). We really enjoyed ourselves and had really good feedback from our family and friends as to their ceilidh experience and the way that you managed to get everyone up and dancing! My niece is getting married next year and is interested in booking you. Once again many thanks Sam McCaffrey 17th October 2023

The music was really lovely"
Thank you so much for playing at our wedding (9th September 2023* Saturday Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Rd, Croydon CR0 1BD}.The music was really lovely and it's a testament to how great it was that so many people were dancing on such a hot day! It was Ben's first ceilidh and he loved it, we're both so glad we chose to have one. We had a wonderful day and hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. Best Wishes Ben & Eleanor Wormald 27th October 2023

Everyone enjoyed the lively tunes and the caller really made the dancing fun"
We absolutely loved Wraggle Taggle (21st October 2023 Saturday Glebe Ln, Maidstone, Kent}, everyone enjoyed the lively tunes and the caller really made the dancing fun. I would definitely recommend. Thank you so much for a fabulous evening. Kerry Theophanides 27th October 2023

Wraggle Taggle were great and very professional (6th November 2019 Wednesday Old Wimbledonians,143 Coombe Lane, Raynes Park , London, SW20 0QX). Would definitely recommend them" John Magee 10th November 2019

High praise indeed!
Mick, Just a quick note to say a huge thank you for playing at my party on Friday (29th November 2019 Friday Walthamstow Trades Hall, Tower Hamlets Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4RQ) everyone had a great evening and you and your band made a major contribution to that - particular thanks to the caller who was fantastic and very patient with us all. Perhaps the best word of praise came from an Irish friend, who sat next to me after you had started playing and said, "These guys seem to know what they are doing." - believe me, coming from him that is high praise indeed! So, please pass on the thanks of everyone there to your band Alex Kenny 1st December 2019

The musicians were fantastic (2nd November 2019 Saturday Fletchers Lea, Ware Priory, High Street, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 9AL). Turned up when they said they would and were very accommodating. Margaret was great at encouraging the reticent and showing how to do the dances. Everyone had great fun and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of a ceilidh. Would definitely recommend Mick and his group to others" Eileen Kelly 5th November 2019

Wraggle Taggle were an awesome band - we had excellent feedback from all the guests and thoroughly enjoyed their playing. (26th October 2019 Saturday The Loft Studio, Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George's Rd, London SE1 6ER) The Scottish songs they played during the breaks in our ceilidh dancing were such a nice touch. Beth Thayne 29th October 2019

I certainly will be hiring you again
Thank you Wraggle Taggle for a fantastic Ceilidh on January 26th in Oxford, to celebrate my 50th (26th January 2019* Saturday, Woodstock Road Baptist Church, 198 Woodstock Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7NQ). Everyone is raving over your music playing (especially me!). Big thanks as well to your fantastic caller Margaret (and hubby). We all had a blast! Several of the children want you for their next birthdays and I certainly will be hiring you again given the chance. Thank you for helping to make it a truly blessed evening Christine Nixon 1st February 2019

Hi Mick, Mr Smith has asked me to pass on his thanks to you for making their evening to enjoyable. They had a great time. (15th November 2014 Saturday Ghyll Manor Hotel, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4PX) Many Thanks Louise Fisher The Tour Company on behalf of Robert Smith of The Cure 1st December 2014

The ceilidh was a great success (31st December 2013 Tuesday Goldsmith's College, Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW) the orchestra really enjoyed themselves! Please pass on my thanks to Wraggle Taggle for all they did - they were marvellous. If our residency is back at Goldsmiths next year, we'd love to have them back, but I'm afraid we don't know what we're doing until the last minute. I'll certainly be back in touch if we need a band for our Spring/Summer residencies though! Thanks again Ben Salter, Head of Support, National Youth Orchestra 20th January 2014

Dear Mick, many thanks for Sunday (20th October 2013 (trio) The Provenance, 62 High Street, Colliers Wood, SW19 2BY) and being so flexible. We all loved the band and apologies for such cramped conditions. Best Wishes The Baroness McDonagh (life peer in the House of Lords) 22nd October 2013

Everyone had a great time
Dear Mick, I just wanted to say thank you very much to yourself and the rest of Wraggle Taggle for performing so brilliantly at my party yesterday (16th February 2019 Sanderson Hall, Mickleham Road, St Paul's Cray, Kent, BR5 2RW). Everyone had a great time, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. You helped to make the organising of the evening so straightforward which was much appreciated! Kind regards Rachel Haig 17th February 2019

I would totally recommend Wraggle Taggle
Wraggle Taggle were professional, very accommodating, and went down a treat (9th February 2019 Saturday The King's Royal Hussars Officers' Mess, Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire, SP9 7BB). They offered both amplified and non-amplified music and using their amplifiers were able to hold a full room of 90 loud and merry party goers. I would totally recommend Wraggle Taggle for any party or event and if the theme lent itself, I would, without doubt, use them again Best wishes Seb Teuber, The King's Royal Hussars 22nd February 2019

The band really made it a great night!
Mick, just want to say a huge thank you to the three of you for yesterday (9th March 2019 Saturday (trio) Brouge Pub, 241 Hampton Road, Twickenham, TW2 5NJ). My mum absolutely loved it and I've had a lot of messages about how much our guests enjoyed it. Will write up a proper testimonial and email over when I get a chance" Ruari Phillips 10th March 2019 ... "Mick and the band were absolutely brilliant from start to finish. When they arrived they had to make do with a slightly smaller area than originally expected but there were no complaints and they just got on with it and put on a brilliant performance, everyone who attended the party commented that the band really made it a great night!" Ruari Phillips 28th May 2019

Thank you for the fantastic ceilidh
Hi Mick and team, We just wanted to say a huge thank you for the fantastic ceilidh at our wedding (8th June 2019 Saturday Layer Marney Tower, Layer Marney, Colchester, Essex, CO5 9US). It really made the evening so special and everyone had such a wonderful time. We have so many happy memories of everyone dancing and the great music. I hope you got enough food and cake in the end - I think the caterers were taken by surprise at how fast it all went! Thank you for making our day so very special! All the best" Felicity and Antony Milne 10th June 2019

Hi Mick, Just a quick thank you for being there last Saturday night. (15th June Maidenhead Golf Club, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2PZ) We’ve had lots of people say how much they enjoyed the music – both the selection of tunes and the excellent way in which you all played. Thanks again, Andy & Sally Wright 19th June 2019

Lots of compliments about your band
Dear Mick A big thanks for your music last Saturday (13th July 2019 Saturday Maidenhead Golf Club, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2PZ). There were lots of compliments about your band. Maura and I had a very memorable celebration. Well done. Kind regards Brian McGinley, Chairman, Maidenhead Golf Club 16th July 2019

Big thanks to Mick, Mick and the band for a great ceilidh/party. Mary was an awesome caller too, getting everybody up and dancing. A good time was had by all!

Booked them for my wedding reception Oct 2017. To be honest, they were really quite rude, especially Mick who led it. They arrived grumpy, ate loads of the food without asking, complained a lot, and one of them went around grabbing our guests to get them to dance. I don't consider myself fussy... but I expected more as a paying customer on my wedding day.

Music was good to be fair though.