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Top Quality Live Music Experience
The Freshmakers is a wedding band based out of Napa Valley, CA. These entertainers love putting on memorable shows for couples and guests to enjoy on special occasions. These enthusiastic, energetic performers can cover occasions across Central Valley, Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, and The Bay Area. They delight in creating bespoke setlists of unforgettable tunes that get people up on their feet and on the dance floor.
Eric Hayes is the band manager, and he loves helping to ensure that clients receive memorable performances on their big day. This party band delights in playing music from across a range of genres, meaning that guests can dance to some high-energy hits throughout the occasion. Hip-hop, R&B, rock, and jazz are just some of the sounds they can bring to life on stage. They can also play pop hits from the 80s 90s, 2000s, and the modern day.
This Black-owned business can perform at a diverse array of events. They can attend the ceremony, the reception, and the after-party to create a suitable atmosphere that is sure to live long in everyone’s memories. The Freshmakers can also provide their own sound equipment, allowing the band to set up and be ready whenever the happy couples would like. What’s more, they can offer MC services to keep everything running smoothly during the reception.
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Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
Music Genres
- Country
- Dance
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz
- Pop
- R&B
Music Services
- Live Music
- MC Services
- Recorded Music
- Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
- Ceremony
- Reception
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The Freshmakers wedding band received glowing reviews for their outstanding performance at various weddings. They kept the dance floor lively, maintained high energy levels, and engaged the crowd, creating an unforgettable experience for the couples and their guests. Reviewers highlighted their professionalism, flexibility, and ability to adapt to unique requests, making them a highly recommended choice for wedding entertainment. Guests were impressed by their showmanship, interaction with the crowd, and the overall energy they brought to the events.Review photos
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We are SO happy we hired the Freshmakers to play our wedding in Lake Tahoe on June 29. Our guests are still telling us how fun they were. They played a wide range of hits that kept many of our guests on the dance floor the entire night- so many sing a longs! Thank you to the Freshmakers for keeping the vibes high on the best day of our lives.
The Freshmakers are by far the best wedding band I’ve ever seen in person and we are so grateful they were able to play at OUR wedding last weekend! They are super professional and flexible and willing to bounce ideas around. I discovered them because an influencer I follow used them and I am so happy I did! They were the perfect mix of professional and fun and every single person has been raving about them ever since. Our wedding turned into a full out concert and thanks to the Freshmakers, we will have the most unforgettable memories. Thank you to Eric and the rest of the band for absolutely crushing it!!! 10/10 recommend them! You won’t be disappointed!
We can not describe how incredible every member of the band was before and during our wedding day. Before our big day, Eric and team were low maintenance, friendly, flexible, and always had our best interest in mind.
On the day of - they were able to handle our "unique" cadences, entrances and requested dances. Then once the show began, they were ELECTRIC...even if the bride and groom stole the mic a couple of times. Our guests were raving all evening and then again on the day after.
It is impossible to recommend them any higher!!! 6 out of 5 stars across the board.
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Without a doubt, the Freshmakers were THE best part of our wedding. They are completely wild in the best way possible and had the dancefloor packed from the first song to the very last. They bring the energy, get the crowd involved, and just bring the house down. It honestly felt like being at a concert. They were all anyone could talk about the next day and I heard so many people say that they were the best wedding band they've ever seen. You are making a huge mistake if you pass these boys up! It was legendary!
We hired the Freshmakers for our wedding and they were better than we could have ever imagined. They kept everyone on the dance floor all night. Within 30 seconds of them playing we heard multiple times that they were the best wedding band people have ever seen, and those compliments continued throughout the night and days after the wedding. They were so easy to work with and so enjoyable to have around the day of the wedding. They emceed our event, keeping things moving along on scheduled, and checking in with us throughout the night to make sure we were getting everything we needed. The Freshmakers were entertaining from start to finish and know exactly how to read your wedding guests to know what songs to play when. They learned a few songs for us to play, which was a major highlight of our night! The compliments could go on and on, to summarize, they are the BEST! We will be telling every single one of our friends to hire them so that we can see the Freshmakers perform again.
FRESHMAKERS WAS THE BEST PART OF OUR WEDDING!!!!!!!! We are back from our honeymoon and the entire time I was thinking about how I need to tell everyone who is getting married to book these boys immediately. We could not have asked for a better band- all of our guests are raving about the whole performance, the talent, the costumes, the choreography- everything was amazing and honestly made our entire wedding. I am so happy I found them! Thank you so much for making our day THE BEST.
We hired the Freshmakers as our wedding reception band and never regretted it. They made our wedding unforgettable and were professional from start to finish. They are high energy, fun and amazing performers. Your guests will NOT be bored and your dance floor will be full. They worked with us to make sure we got the music we wanted and boy did they deliver! They also provided our cocktail hour and dinner music. We were not disappointed and if we were throwing another event would hire them again in a heart beat!
Having a band at our wedding was one of our splurges and The Freshmakers really delivered. They kept everyone on the dance floor, had great energy and set the vibe for the rest of the night!
Don't walk, run and book this band!! All the videos and research do not do this band justice. They are amazing! They tailored the playlist to our likely and put on an unforgettable show. Our guest went on and on about how good they were. They interacted with the crowd and sounded amazing. Highly recommend!
The Freshmakers were truly the BEST band ever and I mean that beyond just wedding bands. They brought an amazing energy and such a fun vibe to our dancefloor, especially with the costume changes and visual aids. Our guests couldn't stop raving about them! I cannot recommend them enough!
THE FRESHMAKERS MADE THE CROWD GO WILD! I cannot emphasize this enough - you need this band at your wedding. Guests cannot stop talking about how much fun the band was. I cannot stop talking about how much fun the band was. They brought the energy and the crowd was dancing all night. 10/10 best decision you'll make about your wedding.
Just do it. They're completely insane in the best way.
Incredible experience! We knew we wanted live music at our Santa Cruz wedding and The Freshmakers did not disappoint! All of our guests loved the band and asked us how we found them. Everyone was on the dance floor until the very end of the wedding. Eric was also incredibly easy to communicate with throughout the booking process and was more than helpful with any request we had.
Hands down the best wedding band in the world. Not hyperbole, these guys made our wedding an unforgettable night, bringing so much energy and fun, there wasn’t a single person not dancing.
We love them and will push for as many of our friends and family to use them for their weddings as well.
You are missing out if you don’t go with The Freshmakers
The Freshmakers MADE our wedding! We wanted a fun, high-energy reception and the Freshmakers brought it. They got every single person up and on the dancefloor and probably 30-40 people came up to me during the wedding and said it was "the best band they've ever seen at a wedding". They played such a fun range of music, changed into wild costumes and had people dancing up on the stage. They elevated our Wedding x's 10 and made it exponentially more fun! They were also so easy and amazing to work with. My fiance and I discovered a song two weeks before the wedding that we wanted to make our first dance and they even went through the trouble to learn it last minute for us. I really can't recommend The Freshmakers enough and I just wish I could get married again to party with them all over again!
Could not recommend The Freshmakers highly enough! Every single guest at our wedding asked us who this band was and how we found them. They brought such incredible energy and fun to our night, and it would not have been the same without them! Their high-energy dance moves and visual shows made everybody feel comfortable getting wild on the dance floor. They were also extremely flexible and accommodating. Hiring them was easily the best decision we made throughout the wedding planning process. I dare you to find another band that will perform E-40 and Too Short tracks (which we specially requested) at your wedding. Incredible.
These men are incredibly talented! We first happened to see one of their shows in Lake Tahoe and talked about then for 2 years till we started planning our 2021 wedding. They are so much fun, they 100% get the party started! I can guarantee you will not be disappointed with The Freshmakers! BOOK THEM!!
Can we give them 10 stars?? Seriously, hands down, best part of the wedding outside of the "I Do's"! Our guests raved about The Freshmakers for days afterwards, and we even had 2 guests who were interested in hiring them for their own weddings! From the beginning Eric was super responsive and professional to work with. He was upfront with all the options and associated costs, and helped us pick and choose to stay within our budget and create an amazing experience. Once he heard that we had a sports-themed wedding party entrance planned, he even had the guys set up smoke machines for it! They also learned several songs for us - nailing piano and guitar acoustic versions of the processional and recessional songs as well as several songs during the reception - even bohemian rhapsody! It was really important to us to keep everything as much on schedule as possible to maximize band/party time, and Aidan did a knock out job as MC letting our guests know what's going on and sticking to our script and schedule. We would LOVE the opportunity to hire The Freshmakers again, but for now, we'll have to wait for our friends' weddings!
The Freshmakers played for our wedding and it was one of the biggest highs of the event. They exceeded our expectations and then some, giving our guests an exciting night with a memorable performance. They are great guys and exceptionally easy to work with. I can't recommend them highly enough.
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Eric
Manager
I've been in the memory making business of live entertainment for the past 12 years. Throughout my career, I've taken learnings and have applied them to help couples and planners achieve the best reception possible. While the lights, choreography, and amazing musicianship get your guests going, our personal touch is the best product you'll receive while planning with The Fresh Makers.
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