Perhaps you don't need a band for your event, party or wedding? Maybe a highly experienced professional solo Piano-Bar Entertainer for the cocktail, aperitif or dinner. Followed by a great sounding disco DJ style dance playlist with full lighting to end the night would suit better?

Now available for bookings between Sunday's and Friday's throughout the year.

Kent, the pianist and also one of the singers in Rip-it Encore can now propose an alternative to the full band for your wedding or event. Between 70 and 90 minutes of a solo Piano-Bar style ambiance during your cocktail, aperitif, vin d'Honneur, and / or during dinner. Performing songs by some of the world's greatest piano legends including Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles and Lionel Richie (to name but a few) plus some good old jazz standards thrown in for good measure. Then for the evening, you can kick off your shoes and dance the night away with a DJ style playlist, powered out from state-of-the-art full professional sound and lighting equipment.

From England, singer and keyboard player in Rip-it Encore (piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ and bass), Kent has gathard his experience from spending 12 years playing in piano-bars all over the world, to name but a few, the famous Red Head Piano-Bar in Chicago, The Menzies in Sydney and Trianon Piano Bar in Brazil. He has also played at countless ski resorts including Davos in Switzerland, St. Anton in Austria, and quite a few cruise ships. So, he knows what it takes to please a hungry crowd!

Services offered:

• Piano-Bar style live cocktail, aperitif, vin d'Honneur music.
• Piano-Bar style live dinner music.
• Use of PA music system for speeches etc.
• After dinner DJ style dance playlist with full lighting and state-of-the-art PA system.

Services included in the package:

Musical Instruments / PA system/ lighting.
Use of the PA for later hours.

Piano-Bar Entertainer and DJ style playlist - From ceremony, aperitif through to dinner and dance.

To sum it up... You can hire Kent for your party, wedding ceremony, aperitif / champagne reception / cocktail through to dinner and dance. This service is available between Sunday's and Friday's all year round. These different options are priced individually, but we can tweak and mix 'n' match to find a solution that suits you and your budget. Contact us for details, availability and prices.

Kent is based in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, but can travel to any part of the country and abroad to perform at your event or wedding.