Laughing Jacks function and wedding band from Newcastle, North East England - for weddings, parties and corporate events. This extremely versatile five piece play a wide repertoire of rock, pop, soul and jazz music to cater for the great taste range found at weddings, parties, corporate events and restaurants, around the North East, Northumberland and beyond.
For wedding bands, as well as the five piece line up there are various duo and trio permutations of the band available for different functions. This allows us to provide music for events large and small, tailored to the venue and audience. Click the Line Ups link for more details.

Over the last 18 months Andrea has been writing and recording an album of original tracks. "Stormy's Daughter" is now available to buy. You can hear excerpts of some of the tracks on Andrea’s Myspace site:
www.myspace.com/singerandrea
If you would like to buy a copy send us an email to: richard@laughing-jacks.co.uk
Andrea's new Dolly Parton Tribute Show will be playing in local venues later this year and the band can be seen in theatres from March 2010 onwards. To find out more about upcoming gigs and to hear recent recordings have a look at this brand new website:
www.dollypartonstory.com
Laughing Jacks are widely regarded as the top function band in Newcastle and Northumberland. We also regularly play at weddings and functions in Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Yarm, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington, Yorkshire and Harrogate.
This extremely versatile line up play a wide repertoire of rock, pop, soul and jazz to cater for the varied taste and age range found at weddings, corporate events, parties and restaurants
Laughing Jacks have been engaged to provide the entertainment for an upcoming charity event. The Halloween Masquerade Ball will be held on 30th October at The Assembly Rooms in Newcastle, raising funds for the "Help for Heroes" campaign. For contact details and tickets prices, please see the MagicWandEvents website.
See the Regular Venues we visit.
See the Corporate Clients we've worked for recently.
Read Testimonials from top wedding and corporate function venues.
Laughing Jacks are pleased to announce that they've recently been
booked for a season of Christmas Parties at the prestigious Wynyard Hall, and the band will also be playing at the New Year's Eve Gala Dinner. Dates are:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd
December.
For more details and bookings, please see the Wynyard Hall website.
Or contact Tel: 01740 644811 | Fax: 01740 644769
The band can provide prerecorded CDs for background music and dancing, to be played while the band is not onstage.
In addition to the full band, our singer Andrea fronts a piano duo. This allows us to provide live music for events large and small, tailored to the venue and audience. More details here.
To see a short video of Andrea's duo at a wedding gig in August 2008, please follow this link.
The band can supply potential clients with a CD containing songs from the various sections of their repertoire. Please ring us for details.
To contact Laughing Jacks, or for more details on bookings, availability and quotations, please ring Richard Rutherford on 0774 3817 177 or email laughingjacks@googlemail.com.
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