Klezmer band: a wedding guide
A klezmer band plays the hora at a Jewish wedding. Guests lift the couple up in chairs.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 5 months out — a city holds only a few klezmer lineups. It moves with your date.
Still deciding the wedding
Your wishlist
Answer these before you meet anyone.
How much of the night?
Klezmer is the Ashkenazi sound. A Sephardi or Mizrahi family dances the hora to its own music — Moroccan, Yemenite, Persian, Bukharan — and books that band through the live band cell, with the hora on its brief.
What lineup are you picturing?
Comparing your options
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Possible extras: Ceremony / chuppah set.
Booked and settling details
What you settle once booked
The hora plan
Who's lifted — the couple first, then the parents — the napkin between you, sturdy chairs set aside, and how long the set runs before dinner. If one of you is the last child in the family to marry, ask for "Di mezinke oysgegebn" for your parents. The band has played every version; tell them your family's.
Handoff with the DJ or main band
The week of the wedding
The day-of sheet
Confirm arrival, finish, who to call, access, a meal, and what is due.
Across the whole day
Choose which moments to include.
- Hora set
For businesses
The brief a couple sends you has these sections:
- The sets
- The event
- Contacts