About this vendor
Wanting your favorite song performed live at your wedding? Brett is available for reception, dinner, cocktail hour, and ceremony perfomances. Brett has a song list that includes crooner, oldies, country, pop, and more. This variety is sure to impress your guests young to mature making the night unforgettable. To receive a quote click message vendor on the Knot page or email him directly at Info@brettgaertner.com
Details
Instruments
- Guitar
- Vocals
Music Genres
- Country
- Dance
- Folk
- Pop
Music Services
- Live Music
- Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Wedding
- After Party
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
2019 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Brett was amazing on our wedding day! He did a fantastic job running ceremony music, performing live during cocktail hour, and DJing during our reception. He took our requests seam...
lessly and he worked with our venue on his own to coordinate the logistics of his equipment. We would highly recommend!
Brett performed during our ceremony and cocktail hour. He was so accommodating to our song requests/wishes for that time and our guests loved his vibe!
Brett played instrumental guitar music for our wedding ceremony on a farm. It was truly everything we could have hoped for! Brett did a wonderful job bringing our ceremony vision t...
o life!
We were so happy to have Brett perform at our wedding! It was the perfect mix of live music and DJ. We were so grateful and impressed that he was able to do both so well. Our guest...
s loved the music just as much and were out on the dance floor the entire night. Brett helped to make our wedding the perfect day!
Was wonderful in all aspects for our day!
Brett did an incredible job for our wedding in January! We couldn’t of been happier! Everyone loved him. His music selection was perfect. He gave all the announcements that we aske...
d for, at the proper times. He sounded great vocally and instrumentally and did well with the loud crowd. Choosing Brett is one of the best decisions we made!
Brett performed at our wedding for the ceremony and cocktail hour. We could not be more pleased. He is an incredibly talented musician and we are lucky to have had him perform for ...
our wedding. Listening to his music remains one of my favorite parts of the day. Thank you Brett!!
We could not recommend more highly.
Brett did an excellent job playing at our wedding reception. He was so easy to work with. So many of our guests came up to us to tell us how talented he is and to ask where we f...
ound him. He kept people dancing for some songs and singing along for others. And, he learned our first dance song for us and played it beautifully. We could not recommend him highly enough!!!
Brett was great! Very easy to work with.
We are very displeased with our experience with Brett as our wedding singer. There was a chance of rain, but one hour before we told him we looked at the weather and were going to ...
go ahead with an outdoor ceremony. He was NOT pleased, commenting on about how expensive his equipment was - all while we are running around trying to take pictures already stressed out about the weather. Other vendors made accommodations to do what we asked without a fuss. Instead, Brett decided to set up all of his equipment inside, blocking our main doorway into our bar that people were to use before the ceremony! When the ceremony started, he was so far into the bar area he was not even visible to our guests!!! It did NOT rain (obviously I would not let my guests sit in the rain and we would have moved them inside! – umbrellas were NOT needed for the ceremony). And on top of that, he was SO quiet my mom said she could barely hear him. Also, because he was so far away, he started singing during our moment of silence/remembrance for our lost loved ones…. He was supposed to start after our officiant introduced the song/ him singing (as talked about via email) but I guess he was too far away and assumed the silence was for him to begin. I wish we would have just had our DJ do our ceremony music instead and it would have been half the price. Very very disappointed.
Brett provided the music for my wedding ceremony and cocktail hour yesterday at Lake Lawn Resort, and he was amazing! He was very easy to work with - I got to request two songs for...
him to learn and they turned out absolutely beautiful. His timing was perfect so that the ceremony went flawlessly. Then at the cocktail hour he got the crowd pumped up with his awesome range of music spanning from 90s pop to old rock to contemporary music! It was a blast! I received comments left and right at how great he was.
Super happy to have found him for my day and I highly recommend!
Brett was great and very easy to work with. He responded to my initial inquiry within hours. After booking I let him know what songs from his song list we wanted, and that was it! ...
Super easy, which was great because we booked him pretty last minute and had plenty of other things to be worrying about. Everything was perfect the day of, and we got several compliments from our guests. Thanks, Brett!
Brett performed for our wedding on 9/14/18. The music Brett performed before, during and after our ceremony was beautiful. I honestly can't even begin to put into words just how in...
credible his performance was, he made our ceremony absolutely perfect! We heard so many compliments on his performance during our cocktail hour and his variety of songs performed. We were honestly upset we had to be taking pictures instead of listening to him perform. I would highly recommend him for a wedding or any event! Thanks so much Brett!
Brett played the ceremony and cocktail hour for our wedding at the Milwaukee Yacht Club on 7-22. He without a doubt exceeded our expectations. Our guests loved the selection he p...
layed and raved about him throughout the night and we still are getting texts and calls about how much they enjoyed him! In addition to putting on an amazing performance, Brett was so incredibly easy to work with. He was very responsive to emails or calls answering any of our questions and just overall so accommodating. He was by far our favorite thing about our wedding and are so happy we chose him. If you are considering Brett for your wedding or event, do it, you will have no regrets!!
Chris and Maura Eyl
Brett is an amazing vocalist/guitarist that brings a special touch to ceremonies! He is was on top of all the details for the day, set up and ready to go well in advance, and playe...
d our ceremony flawlessly. He is very easy to get a hold of, and typically responds to emails within less than 24 hours. Brett is very personable and was really easy going which made him really easy to work with. He received the highest of completments from our guests from his performance during our ceremony and cocktail hour. His music catalog is extensive, it would be hard to not find something you would enjoy! I would highly recommend having Brett, he added a great touch to our ceremony and cocktail hour!
Brett played for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour and was absolutely great! He showed up on time, communicated with me in advance, and did everything we asked him to do! We r...
eceived so many compliments on the music - both our guests and wedding coordinator said he was AWESOME and had an amazing voice!
Brett, you did such an amazing job at our wedding. You really helped make the day very special for us. You were very accommodating and easy to work with. You responded to my emails...
promptly. We really enjoyed your performance. I loved walking down the aisle to a live music performance as well as during our first dance. You had a variety of songs to play and I heard nothing but praise from our guests. Thank you again. I wish you much success.
Brett Gaertner was hired for my wedding in July of 2014. He showed up early, was organized & set up quickly, and preformed beautifully. I hand picked the song for when I walked dow...
n the isle, which was an original song of Brett's that I heard him perform at a cafe once and fell in love with, and it was everything I wanted it to be! Just lovely. I highly recommend Brett Gaertner for any occasion!
We were looking for a local artist to play at our wedding reception for dinner and cocktail hour. I happened to see Brett preform at an event, and immediately knew he was perfect f...
or our wedding. He was entertaining, fun, personable, and added a truly unique element to our wedding. He read the crowd and made appropriate choices to keep our guests entertained.
One thing that was especially important to us was our first dance, father-daughter and mother-son dances. Brett learned three new songs and made these dances unbelievably special for us.
We received SO many compliments for Brett, and I do not have enough good things to say about him. Having Brett perform at our wedding was easily one of the best decisions we made in our entire planning.
Brett did an amazing job on my wedding! He practiced with my wedding party and I on the rehearsal, he played a variety of songs for my ceremony, and he performed for my coctail hou...
r too. We were very pleased with how he did! Brett has a voice of an angel 😇. I have received SOO MANY compliments about him from our wedding guests, our pastor, and even people who worked at our wedding venue. He is WELL worth the money and I would HIGHLY recommend him to anyone and everyone. 😀
I had Brett perform for my wedding ceremony several years ago and it was EXACTLY what I had hoped for and envisioned. He has the perfect voice for weddings - everyone was in tears ...
when I walked down the aisle to him singing. I'm not sure if it was because of me or how amazing he was! ;-) And people still talk to me about how amazing it was 8 years later. Highly, highly recommend Brett Gaertner, especially for weddings! His gorgeous, soft touch for such events is perfect!
Our wedding was fantastic, but Brett help to make it unbelievably fantastic! All of the guests were in awe of his musical talent and his fabulous singing. Brett was a pleasure to...
work with. He responded promptly to all
my emails...and believe me, there were many of them leading up to our special day! Brett exceeded our expectations and we would absolutely use him again for future parties! Brett, thank you again for everything!
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