Review Centre: Folk Groups

"We wanted to say a huge thank you to you and the band for playing at our wedding last weekend. You were absolutely brilliant!! You played some of the family favourites just beautifully and absolutely filled the dance floor for our (ahem – unofficial) ceilidh. We had so much fun dancing the night away. I understand one of the 3 year old cousins asked you to play one of the tunes again – I suspect that is a moment that will go down in family history. Also – thank you so much for all your help before the wedding – I’m notoriously bad at returning phone calls and you were fantastic at staying in touch and keeping on top of communication – I really appreciated that."

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"Thank you for the beautiful music you played for my Mother's funeral. It was perfect and totally appropriate. It was so uplifting and although we were all sad it made the day a wonderful celebration of my Mother's life . If she were there she would have been dancing."

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"I have seen this band perform many times over the years and find them consistantly very good. A good mixture of folk, Irish, humour and generally fun. They've always had the ability to make you want to get up and dance!"

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"Guys you made our wedding reception so much fun and memorable not only for us but also our guests from home and Germany! Thank you so much for keeping the floor FILLED the entire night! "

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"Blue Jewel Ceilidh made my parents' 40th anniversary a roaring success! They were punctual, extremely organised, and so very talented. Excellent callers had everyone dancing, laughing and having fun and the music was fabulous. They played well known dances and some new ones which were great. They were also brilliant as they played beautiful interim music whenever needed to give people a chance to catch their breath and have a drink but not miss any dances if they wished. They gave us extra dances at the end and a few people have already taken their details for further events. A superb find, fantastic value and thank you so much. We will definitely be contacting you again in the future!"

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"Davie,Nicky and I are just back from a trip up north and have only now got 'connected' to the outside world again. Just a wee note to thank you and the rest the Shooglers for an amazing ceilidh at our wedding at Lunga. We loved it and everyone else did too, more than a few folk took your cards and are trying to think of an excuse to have their own ceilidh and book you guys for it! We'll keep an eye on the local ceilidh clubs and if you’re playing in this part of the world again and we'll get ourselves along to it. Thanks again. "

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"These guys are amazing. They did our wedding for us recently and were so helpful with the initial postponement, moving venues and then all the last minute changes with the current rules. Claire has a fabulous voice and the band definitely made the evening for us, everyone had a fantastic time. We had the 4 piece and this was brilliant and just what we wanted but they can do other smaller formats too for less space or a different vibe. I would 100% recommend them and would book again for any party we have in future without hesitation. I looked at a lot of bands online when planning the wedding two years ago and I'm so pleased I picked this one :)"

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"Thank you Lilac, Remko and the wonderful musicians for putting on such a stand-up show in every respect. We couldn't have asked for better entertainment for our calibre of clientele. I would recommend your services to anyone interested in a quality soul-Motown band."

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"This really was the most fun evening. Great energy and enthusiasm . What happy memories we will all have of all that laughter - June 2025 "

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"Tim is an absolutely amazing guitarist and singer. He made our night. His range of songs is so varied and his voice is fantastic. On top of this he is a genuinely lovely person to have at your party. Could not recommend him highly enough, he entertained our 40 guests all night through welcome drinks, dinner and then rocking on the dance floor, people were constantly asking where we found him. Will be booking Tim again and hope to see his band soon as well. Thank you Tim!!!!!"

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"I just wanted to say… thanks for making me laugh! I don’t normally like clowns but I do like talent and funny and you guys are definitely both. I will keep an eye (or ear) open for you guys in the future."

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"The Shooglers were great fun and had everyone on the dancefloor. We had a lot of comments about how they were much better than a traditional celidh band. They also interacted with the audience and really got the party going. "

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"What a wonderful time we had last Saturday.Your contribution made it perfect.Everyone spoke of you after in glowing terms.In fact we continue to do so during our phone calls this week.Thank you so very much.I do hope that I may call upon you again."

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"All was well and our Residents thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon. Thank you Sarah-Jane "

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"Your singing and playing was absolutely wonderful, and created exactly the right mood during our wedding breakfast. I was very impressed by your professionalism – you dressed the part, set up quickly and efficiently, and made sure that the whole day was stress free."

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