Great Family Artists

We hired Great Family Artists for our wedding weekend in Vail, and they were hands-down incredible! From Taylor’s acoustic set at our welcome party to the full 8-piece band, ceremony, and cocktail hour music, every single detail was handled with precision and care.

The energy during our reception was out of this world—the dance floor was packed all night long, and our guests haven't stopped raving about how amazing the music was. Working with Bryan, Taylor, and the whole team during the planning process was seamless and completely stress-free. If you want top-tier talent and an unforgettable wedding celebration, book them immediately!

This was a perfect value for the cost, they were an incredible band. The energy they brought was out of this world, the coordination was super helpful and overall they were a dream. Many of our guests told us they were the best band they've ever seen!!

GFA exceeded our wedding band expectations and then some! Working with Bryan and Taylor made the whole process seamless. From the very first meeting, they were thoughtful and collaborative in helping us curate the perfect playlist and making sure every song felt like us. For the ceremony + cocktail hour, the strings trio was absolutely beautiful and set the perfect tone. Then the reception hit and the band completely flipped the energy. The dance floor was packed from the first song to the last call. Multiple guests told us it was the best wedding band they've ever seen. They read the room perfectly and never let the energy dip all night. From curation to ceremony to reception, this team was a 10/10 from start to finish. Book GFA. You won't regret it!!

We cannot recommend this band highly enough! They absolutely knocked it out of the park and brought the best energy from the first song to the last. The dance floor was packed all night, and our guests haven't stopped talking about how incredible they were. So many people told us it was the best wedding band they had ever seen!!

One of the most special moments of the night was when my husband played the drums with the band. Jonathan and the team went above and beyond by encouraging him to do it and even learning a special song for the performance. It became one of the biggest highlights of our wedding and is a memory we'll cherish forever (and it was EPIC)!!

Working with Jonathan and the entire team was an absolute pleasure from start to finish. They are unbelievably talented, professional, and truly care about creating an unforgettable experience. If you're looking for a band that will keep your guests on the dance floor all night and make your wedding feel extraordinary, look no further. They exceeded every expectation, and we are so grateful they were part of our wedding day.

Spectacular! It’s the only word that can come close to describing our experience with Great Family Artists. This is not a “wedding band” in any traditional or typical sense. What they provide goes above and beyond: This is a group of musicians that deserves far more recognition for their supreme talents and delivery.

Throughout our experience leading up to and during our wedding reception in May 2026, we felt like a part of their close-knit team. Over several meetings, their leaders got to know us, ensured they understood our vision and desires, and ultimately built and achieved them perfectly. That included ensuring they played our favorite songs and carried out our ideas — including a special mom-son dance with a surprise twist. In the end, we felt more like VIPs at a private concert than just another client.

During and after our wedding reception, the first thing all our friends and family said to us was, “How did you find them?!” We are VERY glad we did, and we would strongly recommend that other couples hire Great Family Artists to provide an unforgettable experience. It could be the best decision you make before your event!

Couldn't recommend GFA more for a wedding or a party! The band was very professional with planning, setlist creation, coordination with our venue and other vendors. The band itself was incredible from our wedding ceremony, to the cocktail hour to the reception. The setlist was perfect and melded all of the music we wanted perfectly - the dance floor impossible to leave! We had the best night ever and left the dancefloor sparingly. In the weeks after our wedding an overwhelming amount of the attendees told us it was the best wedding band they had ever seen. So thankful for GFA - they made our wedding night so special. Could not recommend the team and the band more, they absolutely crushed!!

From top-to-bottom, Great Family Artists was absolutely amazing. In our initial stages of planning, we were between them and another group, the other one being a little more “famous.” We were generally a little anxious because our venue was not a typical wedding venue (restaurant in Greenpoint, Nura), and we were unsure whether an 8-9 piece band could fit comfortably. Their bandleader Jonathan Huvard fully sealed the deal by offering to trek over to Greenpoint, hang out for a couple hours, and generally assuage all concerns in person. That was the level of care and professionalism we got from GFA throughout. From a logistics perspective, they were willing to cut their setup time in HALF to account for the time constraints of the restaurant. Everything leading up was catered to us specifically—every call was about our musical preferences and tastes, but also about who we were, how we met, our general vibe, etc—in order to curate the perfect wedding experience for us. And that’s honestly what it was. My wife and I both walked down the aisle to relatively obscure songs (she, “I Wish I Was,” by the Avett Brothers, me, “Concerning Hobbits” from LOTR lol), both of which they played acoustically and beautifully on guitar/piano. The actual performance was insane. Escalated perfectly from our entrance song (Shakedown Street) to the very end. Not to mention, we’ve been to one billion weddings, but I’m telling you that was the best hora we’ve ever experienced. All of our married friends were blown away by the performance and the unmarried ones asked about their contact. We’re so lucky to have found them and would be happy to speak on their behalf to anyone!

From the intro call to the last song of the night, Great Family Artists went above and beyond every step of the way! We got married at Nura, a restaurant in Brooklyn, and had a very non-traditional set-up for the reception, one that involved a very tight area for the band. I was dead set on having a live band for our wedding but was concerned about the spacing, and Jonathan (owner of GFA) met me at the restaurant to put my worries at ease before I even signed the contract. From the initial call and that in-person meeting, I knew we had a great partnership on our hands. Throughout all the planning calls, we felt like GFA was genuinely listening to our wants/dreams for the big night and they were really tailoring the entertainment to our tastes. I was very adamant about not having a “cookie cutter” playlist and we wanted the music to transition as the party transitioned: from the ceremony acoustics to vibey funk at cocktail hour, then properly building the reception intensity as the guests’ energy escalated, and then eventually delivering the best Hora we’ve ever seen. GFA genuinely exceeded every expectation I ever had! I am so so so indebted to their team for giving us great guidance, incredible setlists curated for us, and delivering an unforgettable night!

Where do we even BEGIN?! Great Family Artists was the absolute best part of not only our entire wedding day, but the whole planning process. From our very first call with Taylor, to our check-ins with Bryan, to our very fun musical "homework", everything culminated into an absolutely AMAZING wedding night. We had a jazzy cocktail hour trio playing some of our favorite songs, then a 9 piece band with 2 horns for the reception. One of our guests said he'd "never seen a dance floor that was like velcro all night" before. We are one month out from our wedding and we are STILL getting compliments on our band... they're just that good. Kamal was the band leader and was so fun, talented, inclusive of every guest old and young, and really got the party started and kept it high the whole way through. Every single member of the band was SO talented and FUN! Truly I could go on and on about how absolutely incredible the entire Great Family Artists experience was from start to finish. I'll end with this: if you want a packed dance floor, people from all ages dancing their shoes off (literally), and to hear for a month straight how incredible your band/music was... BOOK THEM!

OH MY GOODNESS. I can't say enough great things about this company and band! Almy family is from New Orleans and we wanted a lively and talented band for our wedding that reminded us of NOLA! GFA KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK! Not only was Bryan (our MC and coordinator) incredible but the communication, thoughtfulness, and happiness the whole team brought to the wedding process was amazing. We love this band and will find any excuse to use them in the future. I can't recommend this company enough and truly this team made our wedding night so special and fun! Sending so much love to all the band members and I hope you all know how talented you are!