Firefly

Description

Based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Firefly is a multi-award winning live band, including our recent award: Winners of the Best UK Wedding Band 2020 (International Wedding Awards).. Our musicians have performed on television shows such as 90210, ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… and also BBC national radio. Band members have also supported major international artists, working with performers as diverse as Katie Melua and The Weather Girls.
Firefly is a wedding, party & function band, and includes female and male lead vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums and optional saxophone. Available as a ... nything from a 3-piece to an 8-piece band, we can tailor our package to suit any budget or event. With up to 3 hours of live music + disco music between live sets and lots of other goodies thrown in, we guarantee a packed dance floor and will take care of entertaining your guests so you can relax in the knowledge that everyone is having the time of their life!
We know how to get your party started and we care as much about you and your guests having fun as you do. We will tailor our set to your tastes and we pride ourselves on the wonderful comments we receive.
Firefly is recognised throughout the South West and across the UK. We have played at hundreds of weddings and parties, as well as at large corporate occasions, media functions and charity events. Our venues have included football stadiums, conference and hotel facilities, open air festivals and hundreds of private parties locations.
Have a listen and a look at us performing or give us a call to chat about your event, we’d love to hear from you.
Hire our band – you won’t be disappointed!
As well as our impressive repertoire, Firefly is renowned for its rich live sound, great versatility, and the atmospheric light show that accompanies every live performance.
Firefly use superior modern music equipment and is fully supported by professional sound and lighting engineers. All equipment is suitably PAT tested and the band, naturally, carries full public liability insurance.
If you are looking for the perfect covers band, please see examples of our set-lists although we will always tailor our performance to suit your tastes. And take a look at us performing – we have fun, we know you will too!
We would love to chat about how we can help your wedding or party be uber-successful!
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Set-List

Pop, Rock, Disco, Soul & Motown Songs
Song Artist
Ain’t Nobody Chaka Khan
Baby Love Diana Ross
Beat It Michael Jackson
Billie Jean Michael Jackson
Can’t Stop the Feeling Justin Timberlake
Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean
Carwash Rose Royce
Celebration Kool & the Gang
Crying at the Discotheque Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Dakota Stereophonics
Dance the Night Away Maveriks
Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen
Dancing Queen Abba
Disco Inferno ... Tina Turner
Does Your Mother Know Abba
Don’t Go Yazoo
Easy Lover Phil Collins
Fame Irene Cara
Finally CeCe Peniston
Get It On T. Rex
Get Lucky Daft Punk
Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man
After Midnight) Abba
Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
Good Times Chic
Grapevine Marvin Gaye
Happy Pharrell Williams
Hey Baby Bruce Channel
Heaven DJ Sammy
He’s the Greatest Dancer Chic
Highway to Hell AC/DC
Hold My Hand Jess Glynne
Highway to Hell ACDC
Hot Stuff Donna Summer
I Feel Love Donna Summer
I Want it All Queen
I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry
I Wanna Dance With Somebody Witney Houston
I’m So Excited Pointer Sisters
It’s a Sin Pet Shop Boys
It’s a Kind of Magic Queen
Insomnia Faithless
I Love Rock n Roll The Blackhearts
Kids in America Kim Wilde
La Bamba Richie Valens
Le Freak Chic
Living on a Prayer Bon Jovi
Long Train Running Doobie Brothers
Lost in Music Sister Sledge
Love Shack B52’s
Man, I Feel Like a Woman Shania Twain
Marry You Bruno Mars
Midnight Hour The Commitments
Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis Bextor
Mustang Sally The Commitments
Mony Mony Billy Idol
Mr Brightside The Killers
9 to 5 Dolly Parton
One Way or Another Blondie
Paranoid Black Sabbath
Perfect Ed Sheeran
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
Physical Dua Lipa
Poison Alice Cooper
Queen Medley Queen
Rule The World Take That
Rock n Roll Led Zeppelin
Rebel Yell Billy Idol
Sex on Fire Kings of Leon
Shake it Off Taylor Swift
Shape of You Ed Sheeran
Shut Up & Dance Walk The Moon
Signed, Sealed, Delivered Stevie Wonder
Somebody Told Me The Killers
Summer of 69 Bryan Adams
Still Falling for You Ellie Goulding
Superstition Stevie Wonder
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
Sweet Child of Mine Guns n Roses
Sweet Dreams Eurythmics
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
That’s the Way I Like it KC & Sunshine
Titanium Sia
Thinking out Loud Ed Sheeran
Uptown Funk Bruno Mars
Valerie Amy Winehouse
Venus Bananarama
Voulez Vous Abba
Wake Me Up Avici
Walking on Sunshine Katrina & Waves
Waterloo Abba
We Are Family Sister Sledge
We Found Love Rihanna / Calvin H
When Tomorrow Comes Eurythmics
Yellow Coldplay
You Can’t Hurry Love The Supremes
Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton
You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi
You’ve Got The Love Florence & the M..
You & Me Song The Wannadies
1960’s / 1950’s / Rock n Roll
All Day & All of the Night The Kinks
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
Drive My Car The Beatles
Elvis Medley Elvis
Gimme Some Lovin’ Spencer Davis
Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
Hey Jude The Beatles
Honky Tonk Woman Rolling Stones
Hound Dog Elvis
Johnny Be Good Chuck Berry
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction Rolling Stones
I Love Rock n Roll Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles
Let’s Twist Again Chubby Checker
Shake, Rattle n Roll Bill Haley & his Comets
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Biography

Multi award-winning band, Firefly, (International Wedding Awards 2025, 2022 & 2020 & Event Entertainment Awards 2019) has played at hundreds of festivals and other events over the last 15 years. Firefly performed twice to a crowd of 7,000 in both November 2023 and November 2024 at the Leicester Racecourse Fireworks Festival, supporting Pat Sharp and Dick & Dom. An exciting 5 to 10-piece band, including both female and male vocals and renowned guitarist, Muddy Manninen, of Wishbone Ash fame, Firefly will get you up and dancing to the sounds of pop, rock, funk & electronic dance music covers fro ... m the 1970’s to the present day!
Firefly bring energy and verve to the live stage, where every performance is a special occasion. When Firefly rock a house, they really rock it (at a recent wedding gig, the band did a record seven encores!) Take a look at the rave reviews – from radio stations that have aired them, and from delighted customers who have hired them
The band can play for up to 3 hours of live music, and should you wish, you can also add a jazz set, or DJ to your night. A playlist disco music, inc taking requests, is played between sets. They can also provide live jazz music for your wedding breakfast, champagne reception, and even during your wedding ceremony.
Firefly is one of the most versatile bands you’ll ever see. Mastering many different genres is the true hallmark of an accomplished and professional band, and Firefly will rev up your audience with rock and roll, fizz the house with disco and electro pop, and serenade guests with smooth romantic jazz and ballads. Firefly has the range and repertoire to delight every musical taste. The band is available as a 5-piece, right up to an 10-piece. The band comes with a professional sound / lighting engineer and state of the art equipment is used (2kW QSC PA system and full laser, disco and LED lights).
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Experience

Played at hundreds of events since 2010. See Biography.

Previous Clients

Hundreds inc:
Audi
Ageas Insurance
American Classic Car Show
Bourton Cricket Club
Cabot Circus
Celebrity party hosted by Duncan Bannatyne
Cheltenham Ladies College
CGI Ltd.
5 star hotel The Manor House Hotel (NYE - re-booked 4 years' running)
5 star prestigious Royal Horseguards hotel in Whitehall/Trafalgar Square (NYE. Re-booked twice)
5 star Ellenborough Park hotel (resident band)
Cheltenham Town Hall (headline act for NYE)
Cheltenham Town Football Club
Clearwell Castle
Fire Service College Ball (Glos)
Guernsey Search Air & Rescue Charity Ball, Guernsey Airport
Gloucesters ... hire Chambre of Commerce Dinner Dance (re-booked for 4 years running)
Gloucester Rugby Club
Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey!)
Jonjo O‘Neill Racing
Kenwood House, Hampstead, London
The Law Society
Leicester Racecourse
Manor by the Lake
Mayor‘s Charity Ball (Ledbury)
Hilton hotels group
Over 70 Military bases for concerts for the army, navy, RAF and NATO including HMS Sultan, HMS Seahawk, RAF Fairford, RAF Innsworth, RAF Benson, RAF Coningsby, Princess Royal Barracks, Mooltan Barracks, Deepcut et al
NATO (Firefly headlined at the NATO Summer Festival (Innsworth)
Oxford University
Pittville Pump Rooms
Queens Hotel, Cheltenham
Sony Erikson
Standish Summer Festival
Sudeley Castle
Tewkesbury Park Hotel
Tortworth Court
Walton Castle
Wesley House, Winchcombe
Worcester RFC (Sixways Stadium) (for all of their Xmas Party Nights)
Wroxall Abbey Estate
Many hotels for weddings, anniversary parties, and corporate functions including Queens Hotel, Cheltenham; Deer Park Hall, Foxhill Manor, Worcestershire; Cumberwell Park, Wilts; Cleeve House, Wilts; Manor House Hotel, Wilts; Bowden Hall Hotel, Glos, etc... Read More

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Birthday Party (Adult) Birthday Party (Teen) Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christening Christmas Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Concerts / Tours Corporate Event Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party High School Reunion HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event New Year's Eve Party Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Prom Night Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party School Event Session Work Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Additional Information

Fully PAT tested and PLi insurance. Will provide certificates.