The Bandeoke Experience

The Bandeoke Experience: live band karaoke for events

The Bandeoke Experience is a specialist show offering an interactive way to party where guests take to the stage to sing accompanied by a professional live band. The format, also known as bandeoke, bandaoke, rockaoke or rockeoke, replaces the traditional karaoke machine with live musicians. The company presents itself as a provider with experience in intimate events and more demanding formal corporate gatherings.

How the show works

Guests choose their song from an extensive repertoire and perform it with the band, with lyrics projected on screen and microphones provided. The organisers describe the setup as slick and professional, and note that the compère and the band's singers guide participants through the performances.

Band formats and packages

The show is produced and presented by Combe Productions Ltd and originated from the function band Milo Max, with fifteen years of experience. The company offers standard packages based around four or five-piece bands, an expanded six-piece option and a reduced format called the Power Trio, typically available only on off-peak dates.

Types of events catered for

• Corporate events: team building, sales meetings, award ceremonies, kick-off meetings, employee appreciation events, client entertainment, Christmas parties and promotional or PR activities.
• Weddings and wedding anniversaries, with experience of hundreds of celebrations.
• Balls and university events: summer and winter balls and freshers' week.
• Birthday parties, from 21st to 90th birthdays.
• Hen dos, stag dos and mixed groups, from small groups of ten people.
• Armed Forces balls in the UK and overseas.
• Festivals, from groups of fifteen people to events with thousands of attendees, indoors and outdoors, as main entertainment or as a transition between scheduled artists.

Clients and performances cited

The website mentions performances for Coca-Cola at the ACC in Liverpool and for Volkswagen at the Radisson Blu Heathrow, as well as for WHSmith at the ICC Birmingham, MozFest 2019 in London, HR GO Plc, Waitrose, Brunel PI, Thycotic, the Mobile News Awards at the Hilton Park Lane in London, Google, ITM (Institute of Travel Management) in Aviemore (Scotland) and Red Bull. It also cites a show at London's O2 and a university freshers' tour along the south coast, London and the Midlands, with stops at the universities of Birmingham and Leicester.

Teams and geographic coverage

The company states it has a team in the north, with performances in Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool, and another in London and the southeast, with notable events in Docklands. It also mentions bookings for the Oxford, Midlands, Bristol and southwest teams. Its activity extends to events in the UK and abroad.

Customer reviews

The site includes testimonials from corporate and private clients, including Blueprint Partners for Volkswagen, the Event Managers team for The Financial Times Christmas party, Len McCluskey (General Secretary of Unite), Immediate Media Company Ltd, a wedding and the birthday of Rik Roberts (Red Bull UK).