THE BIG PAPAS Wedding & Function Band · Scotland
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The Big Papas

The Big Papas

Live sax, show-stopping vocals, and a floor that never empties.

★★★★★ 5.0 (101) 1,500+ events played replies in under 1 hour
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BAND SIZE4
VOCALSMALE
REPERTOIRE180+
CEILIDH SET✓
REVIEWS101
SETUP<60 MIN
PA + LIGHTINGINCL.
/ Meet the band

The Big Papas do not work off a fixed set list. They read the room and take requests from your guests all night, and that is what couples write about afterwards more than anything else. Jamie's big bluesy voice carries the whole thing, and Ross's saxophone runs right through the set rather than turning up once.

Jamie and Craig have electric personalities and work like a double act, so the bits between the songs are as entertaining as the music itself.

Live saxophone woven through the whole set
A big bluesy lead vocal that guests talk about for days
No fixed set list, so requests get played on the night
Ceilidh set included, with the dances demonstrated first
They come off the stage and play among your guests
The Big Papas
LIVE SAX / in every set
1,500+
events
5.0
rating
/ See them live

Press play. Feel the room.

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/ Listen now

The sound of a full floor.

/ The set list

Six decades. One dancefloor.

01
Valerie
Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse
02
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall
03
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
04
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash
05
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
06
She's Electric
Oasis
07
Someone You Loved
Lewis Capaldi
08
Shut Up and Dance
Walk the Moon
09
My Girl
The Temptations
10
Is This the Way to Amarillo
Tony Christie
11
Life with You
The Proclaimers
12
Waka Waka This Time for Africa
Shakira
13
Get Back
The Beatles
14
Help
The Beatles
15
When the Sun Goes Down
Arctic Monkeys
16
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
17
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
18
Hollywood
Lewis Capaldi
19
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
20
Love Story
Taylor Swift
21
Gimme All Your Lovin'
ZZ Top
22
Cannae Shove Yer Grannie Aff A Bus
Traditional
23
Sun Queen
Gerry Cinnamon
24
Walking in Memphis
Marc Cohn
25
Wake Me Up
Avicii
26
The Whole of the Moon
The Waterboys
27
Bonkers
Dizzee Rascal
28
Stand by Me
Ben E King
29
Pointless
Lewis Capaldi
30
Kernkraft 400
Zombie Nation
/ The gallery

A room full of proof.

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/ Kind words
5.0
★★★★★
from 101 reviews
5★
100% five-star · every review we publish
★★★★★

Where do we even start with the Big Papas Band?!🎶 Absolutely UNREAL from start to finish! These guys didn’t just turn up and play a few songs, they got right in amongst it, had everyone involved, took requests and somehow managed to get pretty much every single person onto that dancefloor. There was absolutely no keeping people seated! An absolute bunch of legends, hilarious with it and ridiculously talented. The atmosphere was something else and they honestly made our wedding night. We haven’t stopped talking about how good they were! If you’re looking for a band for your wedding, STOP LOOKING. These are your guys. Top notch in every single way and worth every penny. Thank you for making our night so special (and for probably giving half our guests sore feet the next morning 😂). We’d have you back in a heartbeat! ❤️

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Victoria & Rorry Ramsay
The Red House Hotel · Oct 2026
★★★★★

I'd just like to share our gratitude for such a wonderful performance at our son's wedding to Kelsey on Sat 17 October. You truly delivered a great musical event, one which will remain with us for a very long time. And thank you also for having Kelsey, a talented drummer, strut her stuff so well during your playlist. Those video clips will last forever in the hearts of guests, family and friends.

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Andy Imray
Newhall Estate · Oct 2026
★★★★★

Big Papas were UNREAL. We wanted our wedding to feel like a proper party and they absolutely delivered. The dance floor was packed, the atmosphere was brilliant and they knew exactly how to read the room and keep everyone going. We had 170+ people at our wedding with completely different music tastes and age groups, and somehow they managed to get everyone involved. The energy they brought was exactly what we wanted and they were such a massive part of why the evening was so much fun. We have had so many guests tell us afterwards how brilliant the band were, which says everything. If you want a wedding where people are actually on the dance floor rather than sitting at their tables, book Big Papas. We would choose them again without hesitation.

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Alannah Dakeyne
Enterkine house · Aug 2026
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