Questions
Sixteen straight answers
Everything we are asked most, including the ones about money — grouped so you can find yours without reading the other fifteen.
Booking
Dates, deposits and holding a day
How far ahead should we book?
For a wedding in the December or Easter peaks, nine to twelve months. Corporate dates need about ten weeks. We keep three short-notice slots a month for the ones nobody saw coming, and they are gone by the middle of most months.
Can you hold a date while we decide?
Ten days, free, once we have spoken. Nothing is signed and nothing is owed. If somebody else asks for the same date inside those ten days we will tell you before we release it.
What is the deposit and is it refundable?
A third on signature. It is the only non-refundable payment we take, because the date leaves our calendar the moment it clears and we stop being able to sell it.
Would you take another event on our day?
No. Not for any fee, and this is the one rule with no exception. One event a day is the whole reason we can promise a producer will be on comms from setup to strike.
Money
What things cost and how you pay
What does a full wedding usually cost?
Most of ours land between GHS 90,000 and GHS 260,000 all in. The packages page has the three shapes we build from, and the first conversation tells you which one your day actually is.
Do you mark up suppliers?
No. Catering, florals and venue hire are contracted in your name and paid to those suppliers directly. Our fee is our fee and it is on the first page of the quote.
How can we pay?
Bank transfer, mobile money or card. A third on signature, a third at eight weeks, the balance a week before. Overseas families usually pay the middle instalment by transfer and it clears in two working days.
What if we change something late?
It gets quoted before it gets done, never after. Some changes cost nothing and we will say so. Nothing appears on the final invoice that you have not already agreed to in writing.
Music and production
Bands, sound and the stage
Do you provide the band, or do we?
Either. We keep about thirty acts on the roster across highlife, gospel, jazz and afrobeats, and we are equally happy rigging and mixing an artist you have already booked to their own rider.
Can we hear a band before we book them?
Yes, and you should. We will get you to a live date they are playing, or arrange a rehearsal-room showcase. We do not book an act for a client who has only heard a recording.
Is the sound equipment yours?
All of it — PA, monitors, radio mics, desk and lighting. It is the reason a soundcheck happens when we said it would rather than when a hire company turns up.
What happens if the power goes?
Nothing you would notice. Every event we run has a redundant feed, and anything above two hundred people gets two generators on separate distribution rather than one big one.
On the day
Venues, travel and the weather
Do you travel outside Accra?
Regularly — Kumasi, Takoradi, Ho, Cape Coast and across the Volta. Anything beyond two hours carries a crew and transport line, quoted before you agree to it rather than after.
What is the plan if it rains?
There is one in the run of show before you sign it, with a decision time attached to it. For outdoor events between April and July we price a marquee in by default and take it out if you would rather gamble.
We have not chosen a venue yet. Is that a problem?
It is the best time to talk to us. Venue choice decides more of your budget than anything else on the list, and we would rather help you choose than work around a booking you have already paid for.
How many people can you handle?
Our smallest last year was twenty-two people at a private dinner and the largest was about four thousand across a two-day festival. Below fifty, day coordination is usually the honest recommendation.
Not covered
Ask us the one that is not on this page
Sixteen questions is not all of them. Call the office on a weekday or send a WhatsApp at any hour — the odd question is usually the one worth asking.
Let us begin
Tell us the date. We will take it from there.
A first conversation costs nothing and takes about half an hour. Bring the date, a rough headcount and whatever you have already imagined.
