Tom Ryder singing and playing guitar outside a black timber barn at a wedding venue.

Tom Ryder, wedding singer and acoustic guitarist

Live acoustic wedding singer and guitarist across Essex, London and the Southeast. Every price is on this site.

Live acoustic wedding singer and guitarist across Essex, London and the Southeast. Based in Stansted, Essex. I play the walk down the aisle, the drinks reception, the wedding breakfast, your first dance and the party before the DJ takes over. Over 400 weddings so far. Every price is on this site.

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5.0 from 53 Google reviews

400+ weddings played

Fully insured, certificate carried

Your date answered in 24 hours

Me, one guitar, one voice

Recorded live, as it goes out. One voice, one guitar, one loop pedal, no band behind it. There are 43 more on the listen page, and what an acoustic wedding singer does across a whole day is written up in full.

Tom Ryder reaching down to his loop pedal while playing.

Tell me your date and I will come back within 24 hours.

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The wedding day

Music matters at more moments than you think

The turnaround

That space between the meal and the band is real.

The room is being flipped, the band are not on yet, and most couples have nothing booked for it. It is the part I get asked back for most.

The six parts of a typical Saturday, with duration and price
Part	Price
The ceremony30 to 40 minutesThe aisle walk, something quiet while you sign the register, and the song you leave to.	£400
Afternoon drinks45 to 60 minutesCanapés, photographs, and the bit where your guests finally meet each other.	£500
The wedding breakfast2 × 45 minutesTwo sets between courses, requests taken, building towards the speeches.	£600
The turnaround45 to 60 minutesThe awkward half hour while the room is flipped and nobody knows where to stand.The gap nobody else sells you music for.	£500
Your first danceOne songYour song, arranged for one guitar and one voice, at a length you can actually dance to.	£300
The evening set45 to 60 minutesA louder, faster set to get people up before the DJ starts.	£400

01
The ceremony
The aisle walk, something quiet while you sign the register, and the song you leave to.
£400
30 to 40 minutes
02
Afternoon drinks
Canapés, photographs, and the bit where your guests finally meet each other.
£500
45 to 60 minutes
03
The wedding breakfast
Two sets between courses, requests taken, building towards the speeches.
£600
2 × 45 minutes
04
The turnaround
The awkward half hour while the room is flipped and nobody knows where to stand.
£500
45 to 60 minutes
That space above is real. The room is being flipped, the band are not on yet, and most couples have nothing booked for it. It is the part I get asked back for most.
05
Your first dance
Your song, arranged for one guitar and one voice, at a length you can actually dance to.
£300
One song
06
The evening set
A louder, faster set to get people up before the DJ starts.
£400
45 to 60 minutes

If your date is free, I can hold it while you decide on the rest.

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Prices

What it costs, before you have to ask

Almost every musician you look at will make you fill in a form to find out the price. I've never understood it. Here's mine.

Ceremony
30 to 40 minutes
£400
Afternoon drinks reception
45 to 60 minutes
£500
Wedding breakfast
2 × 45 minutes
£600
Evening drinks and turnaround
45 to 60 minutes
£500
Evening party set
45 to 60 minutes
£400
Your first dance
One song
£300

Every booking includes the PA, the setup and soundcheck, backup equipment, a planning call. Travel is 50p a mile from Stansted, Essex, and I will always tell you the figure before you book, never after. A 50% deposit secures your date, and the balance is due one month before the wedding.

Bespoke, so you build it from the parts you want. Prices start at £300.

Pick one part or pick all six. The whole list together comes to £2,700. Nothing is quoted on request.

Book more than one part and I knock something off: as a guide, one part is around £500, two parts around £800 and three parts around £1,000. Guides, not a quote.

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Listen

The bit a website can't do

You can read about a singer all day and still have no idea what they sound like. So here are 44 live recordings and 18 videos. Two minutes and you'll know whether I'm right for your day.

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Evidence

Twelve weddings. Every one photographed.

Real couples, real rooms, named and dated. Not stock, not a showreel. Tap any of them for the venue, or for the day written up.

Honestly

When I'm not the right call

I'd rather tell you now than take a booking you regret.

If you want a packed dance floor at eleven at night, book a band. I'm one person with a guitar, a loop pedal and a PA. I can lift a room and I do. I'm not four musicians and I won't pretend to be.
If your budget is under £300, don't book live music at all. Build a proper playlist, hire a decent speaker, and put someone who isn't drinking in charge of pressing play. That will serve you better than the cheapest act you can find.
If you want someone to host your evening, make announcements and run the room, you want a DJ or a compère. I play. I don't host.
If your families can't agree on the music, I can't fix that. I'll play what you ask and I'll read the room, but I'm not a referee.

Booking

How booking me actually works

Send me your date. Where, when, and roughly what you're thinking. Takes a minute.
I answer within 24 hours. Free or not free. A real reply from me.
We talk properly. Twenty minutes on the phone about your running order, your venue, your songs and anything you're worried about.
We put it in writing. A 50% deposit secures your date, and the balance is due one month before the wedding. Then I turn up early, set up quietly and play.

Tom Ryder playing guitar outdoors under a pergola in a pink striped shirt

Where I play

Essex, London, and a long way past both

I'm based in Stansted, so most of my weddings are in Essex, Hertfordshire, London, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. I regularly play Norfolk, Kent, Sussex, the Cotswolds and Cornwall, and I've played destination weddings at Lake Como, Lake Garda, in Tuscany and in Dubrovnik. Travel is 50p a mile from Stansted, Essex, and I tell you the figure before you book.

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Proof

What couples say

5.053 Google reviews, and 5.0 from 10 on Hitched

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Tom played at our wedding at Apton Hall a couple of weeks ago. He played during our reception drinks and canapés and it worked perfectly. He is an amazing singer and guitarist and it was the perfect accompaniment to our celebrations on our day. So many of our guests commented on how great he was. Tom took requests and played songs he hasn't even played before!
Deborah Ruddock, Apton Hall, Essex
Even now, two weeks on from our wedding day our guests are still mentioning the performance of Tom. He executed the song of our choice better than we could have ever wished for, as my wife walked down the aisle. His energy caused an eruption of unprecedented scenes as guests got up to dance before the speeches had even begun!
Kyle & Kelly Goodman
Tom was such a great addition to our wedding. He played for our drinks reception and wedding breakfast and it created such a lovely atmosphere.
Hannah Brown

5.0 from 53 reviews on Google and 5.0 from 10 on Hitched. I'd rather you read them where I can't edit them.

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Questions

The questions people email me at midnight

A playlist is free and a playlist is fine. What it cannot do is watch the room. It does not notice that the speeches ran twenty minutes long, or that your gran has arrived, or that the dance floor is one song away from filling. I do. If your budget is tight, spend it on the moments that matter most to you and use a playlist for the rest. I will tell you honestly which parts of your day do not need me.

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