Stilt Band

Act fee £800 to £995

The Stilt Band the UK's only professional band on stilts! ​ As well as providing the spectacle of long legged performers, The Top Bananas band play a wide variety of classic pop tunes both old and new, in their own unique style. The Top Bananas have been wowing their audiences for over 10 years with their high energy and eccentric performances and are suitable for all occasions, and age groups. The band use self contained battery powered amplification so are free to roam around your event. We also provide off-stilts (ground based) performances where headroom is limited. Over the years we've played at a huge variety of events in the UK and internationally, for both private and corporate clients, so if you're looking for a band for your wedding, party, company promotion, or organising an F1 race in Bahrain we've got it covered!

The band is all about fun and plays a selection of Jazz, Funk, Disco, Rock'n'Roll and Ska classics. We have many striking costumes, including Old School Boaters, Colourful Characters, Jack Frosts and Classic Black Tie. Bespoke themes and costumes possible with enough notice!

We always strive to keep our set-list fresh by adding songs that people request or suggest. If you are interested in having us play any songs (whether they are on this list or not), just let us know in advance.

Key Points:

Jazz, Funk, Disco & Ska Classics all get The Top Banana treatment

Our musicians have many years of professional and international live music and stilt experience at all kinds of festivals, events and openings

Music Samples

Just A Gigolo

Love Me Or Leave Me

Ghost Riders

Wanna Be Like You

Act Video

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Act Info

Line-up

The band usually consists of Guitar, Sousaphone (bass instrument, like Tuba), Drums, Alto Sax & Trombone (or Tenor Sax, Trumpet or other horn).

Also included

We use all battery-powered amplification and wireless microphone equipment, on a small trolley, so we are mobile and versatile for static or walkabout performances. We even have smaller amps that we can wear, for parades.

Location

South East based and will travel to these areas: South East, South West, Midlands, North East, North West, Scotland, Wales, Ireland.

Previous Clients

Google
Coca Cola
Visa
Amazon
Barclays
BMW
ITV
Comic Relief
Virgin Media
UKTV
Big Chill Festival
Dubai Summer Surprises Festival
Qatar Football Association
Bahrain International Circuit
Marina Mall - Abu Dhabi
Xscape
Barclays
Marks & Spencer
Chobham Carnival Association
St Christopher's Place
Walkers Snacks
Brighton & Hove Council
First Cut Films, Brighton
Halifax Regional Council
Maidstone Borough Council
Liverpool City Council
Beyond Church
Chelsea Physic Garden, London
Laithwaites Wines
ESK Plants, Eastbourne
Oban Multilingual, Brighton
Thomson Snell & Passmore, Kent
Observatory Shopping Centre, Slough
International Animal Rescue, Uckfield
Debenhams, Brighton
Comm:Unity, Brighton
Cromwells At Golding Barn, Sussex
Richard Rogers Architects, London
Festival Leisure, Basildon
Surrey Quay, London

Song List
500 (Russian) Miles - Our version of the Proclaimers
All That She Wants - Ace of Base
Any Dream Will Do - From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
…Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
Bo Selecta - Craig David
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
Carolina - Shaggy
Cotton Eye Joe - Rednex
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Ebenezer Goode - The Shamen
The Fresh Prince of Belair - Will Smith
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Getting Jiggy With it - Will Smith
I Feel Good - James Brown
I Like to Move it - From Madagascar
I Wanna be Like You - From The Junglebook
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
It Wasn't Me - Shaggy
Jamming - Bob Marley
King of the Swingers - From The Junglebook
Lip up Fatty - Bad Manners
Macarena - Los del Rio
Men in Black - Will Smith
A Message to you Rudy - The Specials
Monkey Man - Toots and the Maytals
Mr. Boombastic - Shaggy
Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre
No Diggity - Blackstreet
No Limit - 2 Unlimited
The Okey Cokey - Childrens
Old Macdonald - Childrens
On A Ragga Tip - SL2
One Step Beyond - Madness
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Hayley
Summer Lovin - From Grease
Sunshine in a Bag - Gorillaz
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Tequila - The Champs
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Under the Sea - From The Little Mermaid
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics
Wannabe - Spice Girls
What is Love - Haddaway
We are Family - Sister Sledge
The Wheels on the Bus - Childrens
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
YMCA - The Village People
You're the One that I Want - From Grease
You've Got the Love - Candi Staton
Other Info

The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets. (If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)

Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.

Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 6pm and to be finished around midnight.

(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)

Stilt Band

Many thanks to all of you for making our day incredible! Your performances were amazing and all of our guests were so impressed! You guys really did a great job, and thank you for signing our guest book! We hope to see you perform again at some point in the future.

James Drabble

Stilt Band

Really great feedback again. They were pleased with the event and got some got tv coverage. The organisers really love the band.

Park Resorts May 2016

Stilt Band

Just a quick one to say thank you for recommending the Stilt Band they were fantastic with the children and the home residence.

Bupa Care Services July 2013