(All the pictures were taken at our events, some by the excellent Chris Giles)
The Magogs Ceilidh Band, with its driving music and dynamic callers, will have you and your guests dancing and laughing. Indeed, our main aims are that our ceilidhs should be inclusive and FUN!
We have played at weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, Burns' nights, conferences, street parties, village feasts, international summer schools and town twinnings. We aim to be as inclusive as possible. Whether the dancers are inexperienced or experienced, young or old, or in-between, we have dances for everyone.
We are based in Cambridge and most of our gigs are there or thereabouts. However we do venture further afield, and have played in London, the Midlands, the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
The typical line-up is fiddle, button accordion, guitar and bodhran (the Irish drum). Though the core of our repertoire is celtic, being mostly tunes from Ireland and Scotland, we also draw music from America, Finland, Israel, and the Balkans. Our callers are also very experienced. They use dances from England, Scotland, Ireland, and France. Some of our dances are even home grown!
If you prefer, you can book only the musicians to provide a musical backdrop to your event whatever that is. The music could be relaxing or more dynamic: for example waltzes and hornpipes, or a full on Irish session.
Our testimonials speak for themselves. One of the reasons our events are such fun is that the band members themselves all love what they doing; being respected players from the Cambridge and London ‘session’ scene.
Our equipment is top notch, insured and PAT tested. We are recommended by some lovely venues such as Longstowe Hall, Kelmarsh Hall and the Garden Barn. We have long standing relationships with many of the Cambridge Colleges. Please take a look at our venues list to see some of the other places at which we have played.
Finally here's a short video clip collection from some of our 2022 events.
Contact us through our form. We would love to play at your event.