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Wedding Covid Testing: How to step to the head of line


East Coast Band has a long standing relationship with Health Rover the leader in wedding Covid testing. As a result, our clients receive preference! Simply email weddings@thehealthrover.com and mention East Coast Band. You will receive information sure to relieve confusion and worry. Health and exposure risk are legitimate concerns. Mobile testing might very well be the answer. East Coast is proud to have been a leader in the industry for years. Along the way we’ve networked with many other pros. These relationships pay huge dividends as we all navigate tough times. Let’s get this party started!



Free Wedding Showcase THURSDAY 8/27 Canceled


East Coast @ Bracco’s Clam Bar —Two Shows 7pm and 8:45pm
weather permitting 319 Woodcleft Ave, Freeport, NY 11520
After a summer of bending over backwards to provide a safe outdoor dining and casual entertainment environment, Bracco’s and ALL OTHER NYS RESTAURANTS have been threatened with fines and loss of liquor licence for the “entertainment” part. Evidently, musicians incite death and destruction and spray their germs worse than others. Now we can’t even play for free! We will all try this again next summer…we hope 516-354-2372 for more info. and for an apology to anyone we might have killed last week by playing a song or two.


East Coast Music & Entertainment Named Winner in 2020 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®


2020 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®
Garden City, January 20, 2020 — East Coast Music & Entertainment was announced a winner of the 2020 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire. A leader in the global wedding planning industry, WeddingWire continues its celebration of local wedding vendors with the announcement of its twelfth annual WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® winners. To determine these distinguished wedding professionals, WeddingWire analyzed reviews across more than 20 service categories, from venues and caterers to bands, florists and photographers to find the most highly rated vendors of the year. These winners exhibit superior professionalism, responsiveness, service, and quality when interacting with the millions of consumers who turn to WeddingWire to help ease their wedding planning process each month.

Our tenth year in a row!!!!


TOP FEB LIVE SHOWCASES


See schedule page for full list of public shows

2/11 SMASH STUDIO, NYC ALMOST MAXED OUT! CALL or EMAIL NOW

LIMITED SEATING PLEASE CALL/EMAIL SOON
Smash Studio EAST COAST Wedding/Corp. Showcase

Tuesday 1/7 7:00pm by appointment
307 W. 36th Street, New York, NY 10018 212-244-9066     
Reservations: 516-354-2372    eastcoastband@msn.com

We’ve had a few clients requesting an option at an earlier hour than our club shows.  Our last SMASH show was a big hit so we’ve set up another. The show will be intimate and informal and hopefully incentive to come to see a larger public show doing what we do best: bring energy and make people dance.

2/25 RED LION, NYC

2/25 10:00PM-1:00AM 151 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012 212-260-9797 Featuring the full band with horns! The sound system isn’t the best but the wings are cheap and the dance floor is always entertaining at this downtown spot. We’re usually around beforehand to answer questions & touch base. This is a great opportunity to get your song requests in & meet some of us.

2/7 & 3/6 PRESS 195, ROCKVILLE CENTRE

Friday 3/6 7:00-10:00PMPress 195, 22 North Park Avenue, RVC, NY 11570Small Band Showcase featuring Eartley, Amy & Miriam. Press has completed an expansion and remodel that includes a great party room perfect for rehearsal dinners and events. Smallish “stage” area but East Coast will be there in force performing a wide selection of music for our couples and for the bar crowd. This is a great place run by one of our wedding clients!!! Great sandwiches and a HUGE beer selection

Small Band Showcase featuring Eartley, Amy & Melissa. Press has completed an expansion and remodel that includes a great party room perfect for rehearsal dinners and events. Smallish “stage” area but East Coast will be there in force performing a wide selection of music for our couples and for the bar crowd. This is a great place run by one of our wedding clients!!! Great sandwiches and a HUGE beer selection



East Coast Rocks New Years


Big Mike, Christine, Amy and Teno plus the 12 pc. East Coast band was back for another year at the New York Athletic Club. East Coast veteran saxman Ron Aprea, Jr. flew in from Texas to join us for the show. Ron was a cornerstone member from 1983 thru 2007 and it was great to reconnect!



East Coast entertains SiriusXM at the Hard Rock Times Square


Amy, Gabi, Shotime, Eartley and the full East Coast crew rocked the SiriusXM Holday party at the Hard Rock Cafe Times Square New York. Sirius employees (plus Gary “Baba Booey” Dell’Abate and the Howard Stern Wack Pack) loved the hang and non-stop dance party.



East Coast wins Knot Best of Weddings 2020


Knot Best of Weddings 2020 Badge

EAST COAST MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT NAMED WINNER OF THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2020

Fourteenth Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Across America

New York, NY/January 1, 2020—East Coast is pleased to announce that we have been selected as a 2020 ­­winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding planning brand and app. This is the eighth year we have been named a winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards.

In 2020, only five percent of hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals listed on The Knot received this distinguished award. In its fourteenth annual year, The Knot continues its longstanding tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2020, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot analyzed its millions of user reviews across various vendor categories, including venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more, to find the highest rated vendors of the year. These winners represent the best of the best wedding professionals that engaged couples should consider booking for their own unique wedding.

“We want to thank all our wonderful couples for another great, fun-filled year!”
Paul Schuermann, President East Coast Music & Entertainment



East Coast Music & Entertainment voted “Top Entertainment Company in New York”


Eartley West and Melissa Baker accept the Top Entertainment Company in New York for 2109 Award.

On Wednesday, November 20th’s Black Tie event , East Coast was chosen #1 among the well known finalists in the entertainment field. Meritorious professionals from all phases of the wedding industry were acknowledged by their peers. Winners create memorable and personalized weddings to fit their couple’s needs. East Coast is proud to be at the top of the class of hundreds of eligible wedding specialists.



East Coast Wedding Band Showcase and Dance Party at the Nutty Irishman


East Coast makes its debut at the Nutty Irishman Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30pm with a full band performance for our potential wedding clients, friends and fans. The whole crew will be on stage including a full four piece horn section.
Please spread the word and tell all your friends to join us for a night of great music and dancing.
Wednesday is also Burger Night. The Nutty serves up a great burger, fries and a Boston Lager for under ten bucks so how can you go wrong!

The Nutty Irishman. 323 Main St, Farmingdale, NY 11735 7:30-10:30pm