Past performances have ranged from $600 to $2,000. Minimum performance time is 75 minutes. It really depends on several factors:

1. Distance to venue from the metro-west area
2. Length of performance (including idle times in the middle for auctions, tributes, etc.)
3. Day of the week (weeknights/weekend daytime event, or weekend evening/holiday event)
4. How much advance notice
5. Customized “you pick” set list or “we pick” (either way, it’s tailored to your event)
6. Special request tunes not in our library which we would have to purchase or have arranged
7. Costuming or staging requirements (for rentals, dry cleaning expenses)
8. Vehicle parking and food/drink arrangements for the band at your venue (e.g. parking garage?)
9. Opportunity for repeat business
10. Charitable organization/fundraiser considerations
11. Rain date considerations (for re-scheduling band members to a different date/time)

Unfortunately not. We could go as few as 15, but our arrangements are really intended to be performed by traditional big band instrumentation, and would sound watered down and incomplete if performed by anything less. We do not have octet/dectet arrangements. However, feel free to contact us for excellent recommendations of bands of such smaller size in the central Massachusetts area.

Thanks to our vast library, we have an ample selection of subdued arrangements suitable as a background setting conducive to the mainly-conversational periods at your function. And even when we switch to our dance set, we put our 10 years experience to work in keeping the sound energetic but not overbearing, to let those catching their breath and a chat do so comfortably. Besides, musicians must play in a manner that allows them to hear one another for proper balance, blending, and intonation.

Set-up time is dependent on your venue needs, especially if you require us to be set up prior to doors opening to the crowd for cocktail hour and mixing, but we won’t be performing until guests are seated for dinner, for example. Or, if we are queued in a string of bands at a summer concert, we’d like to know if we can pre-set behind the main stage, as another example. In either case, if it’s a venue we’ve never performed, we prefer an advanced walk-through in the days or weeks prior to the venue to smooth out logistics. Take-down time is usually about 20 minutes.

Besides the rich full sound provided by our 19 "speakers" vs. a DJ’s 2 speakers, there’s also 19 well-dressed folks interacting, reacting, and passionately WORKING FULL-TIME to putting on a show for you vs. 1 or 2 DJ’s behind a desk letting a CD player bring the music to your ears. The entire appearance adds that extra touch of class to make it a truly memorable occasion. As an analogy, think of the impact you’d feel in receiving an original, hand-written letter in the mail from a friend versus a more commonplace e-mail from that same person.

Our weekly rehearsal space is in Westborough, MA. We have performed as far west as East Brookfield and as far east as Boston. Our most common venue locations include Uxbridge, Grafton, Westborough, Hopkinton, and Waltham. A band resume is available upon request.

Not really, unless special order arrangements are made. Our main focus is on the timeless classics of the ‘30’s to the ‘80’s, with diminishing focus in the latter decades. Tell your younger guests that this very issue was a concern of the bride and groom’s family at their 2003 wedding we did, but once that full, energetic big band sound cracked the silence that evening, all generations were on the dance floor and stayed on the whole evening!

Absolutely! However we would require a minimum of 2 rehearsals with your relative as our arrangement may be in a different key, and have different exits/entrances than he/she is used to.

Certainly! We’ve performed from Bolton to Boston for highly satisfied wedding parties and their guests. Ask for references and our performance resume.

Yes, with enough advance notice. We have 5 years experience performing at onsite and offsite casual and formal corporate events.

We need a minimum of 300 square feet, usually 15’ x 20’. 400 square feet is more comfortable for us (20’ x 20’). We provide our own music stand lights, if the event requires reduced or zero hall illumination for ambience reasons. We would prefer accessibility to 2 outlets at the venue site for our keyboards, amps, and music stand lights, although renting a generator for a beach or similar setting is possible.

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Contact Michael Fields, bandleader, via the contact us section of the website, or via email at pointnswingbigband@charter.net, or via telephone at 508-736-4283.