We booked The Essentials for our wedding in October and couldn’t have been happier with the experience. Thomas was easy to work with and was helpful with planning/overall flow of the evening. The band is fantastic- they had our guests on the floor the whole night! So many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed the band. Highly recommend!!

The Essentials were really easy to work with throughout our whole wedding planning process, including our postponement. Thomas is professional and flexible/understanding during planning and then the band somehow exceeded our already high expectations at the wedding itself! Our family and friends couldn't stop talking about how fun they were. I highly recommend!

We found The Essentials while bar hoping in New Orleans one night. We never expected to be able to book them for our wedding in Pensacola, FL. Not only were they flexible about traveling; they were really well priced compared with other bands we talked to. We had an afternoon/brunch wedding, and having The Essentials really made the party happen. I was worried about people dancing during the day, but everyone, including grandparents were on the dance floor! They went above and beyond and were very flexible/responsive in working with us and our planning team, especially considering the less traditional timeline. If you love Motown music and want to have an amazing dance band at your wedding, you cannot go wrong booking The Essentials! We can't wait to catch them the next time they are playing around New Orleans.