Atlas Band

My biggest piece of wedding advice to any couple is, hire a band!!! Better yet, hire a GREAT band! Atlas is the very best investment we made! They are talented beyond words and you will not have a wedding guest in their seat the minute they start to play. Not only are they talented but they are so kind, and accommodating. My wedding guests are still talking about how awesome they were! If you are low on a budget, find other areas to cut down on - flowers, decor, guest list! We had 68 guests and it was beyond perfect! BOOK ATLAS!

I cannot say enough good things about Atlas the Band!

They truly made our wedding reception the absolute best party of our lives. They matched our energy and were so interactive with us and our guests. We had so many guests come up to us throughout the night and at the end of the night to tell us how amazing the band was! They were so fun and played a great mix of oldies and current songs throughout the night.

During their breaks we requested they play a playlist we had premade which John did with no problem.

I highly recommend Atlas the Band if you are looking for a wedding band that will keep your dance floor packed all night and leave your guests saying "that was the best wedding ever!"

Atlas Band came highly recommended by our venue and we're so glad we followed this advice! The team was very profession and communicative throughout the planning process. At our wedding, they were INCREDIBLE - the quality of music is out of this world and they are amazing performers. Every guest had such a blast dancing all night and those who were watching loved seeing the amazing talent of every performer. We recommend Atlas without hestitation for any wedding or event you're considering them for!

Hiring Atlas for our wedding was one of the best decisions we made. We had a more non-traditional wedding and wanted the reception vibe to feel more like a big party which Atlas made happen. The band is so good and so much fun. Guests were up and dancing the entire night. From the beginning, John was super easy to work with and made sure everything for the day was perfect. If you have the opportunity to book Atlas for your wedding, 10000% do it.

We could not have asked for a better band – or experience – than Atlas the Band. My husband and I got married in the Syracuse area – we live in the Capital Region, so were unfamiliar with bands or really any vendors in CNY. We learned about Atlas the Band on The Knot and after inquiring quickly received a reply. John, the band manager was incredibly communicative, open to our ideas and truly made the planning experience much easier. John provided us with a list of their public shows and while we were unable to attend any of them, we took a risk and booked them for our wedding based on their YouTube videos.

It’s been a little more a month now and our wedding guests are still raving about the band every time we talk. Their set list was a huge hit, covering songs for all ages which easily explained why the dance floor was packed the entire night. Atlas the Band took our custom ideas for our ceremony and reception music and provided a performance that was better than we could have ever imagined. If you are looking for your wedding band, stop here, you have found them. Thank you Atlas The Band!

Working with John and Atlas the Band for our wedding was nothing less than a dream. Our reception music was THE decision we spent the most time mulling over, as we had high hopes for what the night would look like … and everyone knows it all comes down to the band.

John and Atlas the Band blew us away at every point in the night - which is a testament to their willingness to go above and beyond for their clients. Leading up to our wedding day, John was incredibly communicative, helpful, and easy to work with - whether it was lending his opinion for best songs to keep the party going, or being willing to talk through our run-of-show in detail, the passion for Atlas’s work shined through at every moment. The night of our wedding, Atlas met our requests with excitement and care - we mixed pre-recorded tracks with live music, combed through Atlas’s playlist on their website to pick our favorite songs, leaned on John & the band to emcee our speeches and first dances, and ended up having Atlas play for an extra 30 minutes because we were having too much fun. In short, Atlas exceeded our wildest expectations.

We could not be happier with our wedding music experience (and have had countless people tell us they’ve never seen a dance floor so packed, and so fun). We can't recommend Atlas Band enough!

If you are looking for a wedding band I HIGHLY recommend Atlas!! We interviewed many bands and DJs in CNY and after watching Atlas' youtube videos we decided to go with them and it was one of the best decisions we made regarding our wedding.

Firstly, John and the whole band were so amazing to work with leading up to and during the wedding. They helped us plan out the flow of events during the reception and made sure the set list matched our vibe. They had a wide range of song types, era, genres they could play and we also were able to play some more modern "DJ'ed music during their breaks so it was a great mix. Working with John leading up to the wedding made us 100% confident that everything would be great.

During the wedding itself, it's really hard to describe how awesome the band was! The whole band is incredibly talented, and they knew exactly what to play to get everyone on the dance floor. The vibe was SO MUCH FUN and everyone was on the dance floor the entire time. They were also super engaging with the crowd, singing with our guests and joining the dance floor at times. We all danced and sang the literally the entire time they were on.

I can genuinely say that having Atlas play was the #1 factor in how fun our wedding was. We had SO many people come up to us during/after the wedding saying it was the most fun wedding they've ever been to (I think in great part thanks to Atlas) and asking where on earth did we find such an amazing band!! Everyone was seriously so blown away by Atlas and could NOT stop talking about how great they were and how fun the dance floor was.

In my opinion, flowers, elaborate decorations, cute favors, etc are NOT what makes a wedding memorable. In a few weeks/months/years no one (bride and groom included) will remember those details BUT they will remember how much fun they had and how they felt. If you're considering a DJ vs a Band vs other ways to allocate your wedding budget, I HIGHLY recommend putting your money toward Atlas if you can get them, because you will be guaranteed to have a fun and memorable wedding! If you're deciding between bands, check out their youtube and reviews, and take it from me as someone who did hours of research every band/DJ in CNY, they really are the best :)

Atlas surpassed all of our wildest expectations. First of all, they were extremely professional in coordinating with us. John was always courteous and clearly wanted the day to live up to all of our expectations.
Atlas’s keyboardist performed for our ceremony and he was terrific. The band may focus more on R&B, pop, and the like, but he was just as comfortable performing classical piano for our ceremony. We were so happy with his contribution to the event.
As far as the main event, we had watched videos of Atlas prior to hiring them, but they blew us away. From Michael Jackson to Dua Lipa to Chicago, they nailed every song that they played, and our guests could not believe how amazing they were. 6 months later, the first thing everyone says when mentioning our wedding is that they’ve never been to a wedding with a better band. They kept everyone on the dance floor all night and truly made it the perfect night for us.
Even beyond their talent musically, they were extremely professional and went above and beyond with the little things. When we were struggling to decide whether to do our ceremony indoors or outside due to weather, they were patient and worked with us. They also did longer sets than they needed to do to keep the party going when things got delayed.
We could not recommend Atlas more highly. They’re so good that we’ll be trying to see them live again next time we’re back in the Finger Lakes. Definitely make them a part of your perfect day!

John was amazing to work with leading up to our wedding. When the band shows up to play, they were a absolutely amazing. They clearly play together often and it shows.
A few months later, people are still talking about great they are.

If you're on the fence about another band or a DJ, just give these guys a listen on their website and you won't want to book anyone else. They were great to work with, made our wedding better than we could've imagined, and even accommodated a last-minute request for the final song of the night. Cannot say enough good things about this band, grateful that they were able to make the best day of our lives that much more memorable.