4-piece Irish band based in the North West, who play a fantastic and lively range of traditional and contemporary Irish music, as well as Celtic rock and country rock & roll. Also available as a 5-piece with caller.
The Mixers are one of the most vibrant and lively bands on the Irish music scene today.
The band specialise in Ceili's for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, folk festivals, PTA's and corporate events, from very large events to very small gatherings. Playing as a 5-piece ceili band, they use one of three excellent callers, Michael, Francis or Bill, to give your Ceili an Irish, Scottish or English flavour - depending on what you want! The callers are all very experienced and are there to make your event very enjoyable and for you to have fun.
Their ‘caller’ will instruct you in each dance before you do it, ‘call’ the steps and supervise the dance once it starts. Getting the steps absolutely right is neither expected nor demanded, in fact the object is to have FUN and lots of it! Popular dances include: The Big Set Mixer, Bridge of Athlone, The Oxo Reel, La Rouse, The Circassian Circle, Rebecca’s Roundabout, Cottagers Jig, Nottingham Swing, Cumberland Square 8, Strip the Willow, Dashing White Sergeant, The Gay Gordons, Eightsome reel, St Bernards Waltz, Canadian Barn Dance, Pride of Erin Walz.
The band will normally split the evening into periods of 45 mins to 60 mins and will perform a song or a tune in between dances as necessary, to allow you to get your breath back! They are happy to organise the ceili to fit in with your disco, or any other activities you have planned.