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Worcestershire & the West Midlands

Wedding Guitarist Worcestershire

Live acoustic guitar for weddings across Worcestershire, warm, professional, and personal.

Stuart Toogood, Wedding Guitarist

Live acoustic guitar for weddings across Worcestershire

Based in Worcestershire, I have played at weddings across the county for over 20 years, from grand country houses to intimate barns, converted mills to Elizabethan manor houses. Worcestershire is home to some of the most beautiful wedding venues in the country and it is the county I know best.

If you're looking for a wedding guitarist in Worcestershire, live acoustic guitar music can transform the atmosphere of your wedding day. I'm Stuart Toogood, a professional wedding guitarist based in Worcestershire, and I've performed at over 450 weddings across the county and surrounding areas. From the moment your guests arrive, through the walk down the aisle, and into the drinks reception afterwards, live music creates a relaxed and memorable atmosphere that recorded playlists simply cannot match. My aim is simple: to provide beautiful live acoustic guitar music that enhances your wedding day and creates the perfect atmosphere for you and your guests.


~450 weddings20 years experienceFully insuredPAT tested
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Stuart Toogood wedding guitarist performing in Worcestershire
Wedding Services

Music for every part of your wedding day

Live guitar music can provide the soundtrack to your entire wedding day across Worcestershire. Most couples choose live music for two or three key moments, creating a consistent musical atmosphere from the ceremony through to the wedding breakfast.

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Wedding Ceremony

Live acoustic guitar for guest arrival, your entrance down the aisle, the signing of the register, and your exit as a married couple. The most personal music of the day, I always learn songs specially for the ceremony if needed.

Ceremony music
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Drinks Reception

Relaxed, warm acoustic music while your guests mingle and celebrate after the ceremony, inside or outside. Songs people know and love, at a level that lets conversation flow. Often the part guests talk about most.

Drinks reception
03

Wedding Breakfast

Gentle background guitar throughout your meal, warm, familiar music that keeps the atmosphere alive without competing with conversation. The part of the day where you finally get to sit down and enjoy it.

Wedding breakfast
Local Venues

Venues I know in Worcestershire

Having played at weddings across Worcestershire for 20 years, I know many of the county's most popular venues personally, their layouts, acoustics, and the teams who run them.

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Curradine Barns

Curradine Barns is one of those venues I always look forward to returning to. I've played there a number of times, ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast, and it has a warmth that suits live acoustic guitar naturally.

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Crumplebury

Crumplebury is one of the most distinctive wedding venues in Worcestershire, a beautifully converted farm with a contemporary design sensibility that sets it apart from the county's more traditional country houses and barns.

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Stanbrook Abbey

Stanbrook Abbey is a genuinely extraordinary wedding venue, a former Victorian Benedictine abbey that retains all of its original grandeur. The Great Hall, the cloisters, and the grounds create a setting unlike anywhere else in Worcestershire.

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Grafton Manor

Grafton Manor is a beautiful Elizabethan country house set in gardens and parkland near Bromsgrove. It is a refined, intimate venue, the kind of place that feels genuinely historic without being austere.

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Blackwell Grange

Blackwell Grange is a popular barn venue near Bromsgrove that combines rustic character, exposed brickwork, timber beams, flagstone floors, with modern facilities and a well-organised events team.

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Hogarths Stone Manor

Hogarths Stone Manor is a luxury country house hotel near Kidderminster, a venue I am proud to be recommended at. The house sits in beautiful grounds and has an elegance that makes it a natural fit for more formal and refined wedding days.

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Gorcott Hall

Gorcott Hall is a Grade II listed Tudor manor house near Redditch, one of the most distinctive wedding venues in Worcestershire. Its history, its character, and the warmth of the family who own it make it very special.

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Arley House and Gardens

Arley House and Gardens is a stunning Georgian country house set in extensive grounds above the River Severn near Bewdley. It is one of the most beautiful private hire venues in Worcestershire, a genuinely special place for a wedding.

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Areas Covered

Towns & areas across Worcestershire

I travel across Worcestershire for weddings. Here are the main towns and areas I cover, if you don't see your area listed, just get in touch and I'll confirm travel to your venue.

WorcesterMalvernBromsgroveRedditchKidderminsterDroitwichEveshamPershoreUpton upon SevernBewdleyStourport-on-SevernTenbury Wells
Stuart Toogood at a wedding venue in Worcestershire
Why live acoustic guitar

What live guitar brings to a wedding

Live acoustic guitar does something that a carefully curated playlist simply cannot, it fills the room with presence. Guests notice it. They comment on it. It gives people something to enjoy and talk about while you're off having photographs taken, and it creates moments that last long after the day is over.

I play instrumental fingerstyle guitar: warm and recognisable without being overpowering. Songs people know and love, at a volume that lets conversation flow. Background music done well, not too loud, not intrusive, just right.

And before your day, I always invite you to come over so we can go through song choices together and make sure everything feels exactly as you imagined.



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Other Occasions

Live music beyond the wedding day

Celebration of Life & Memorial Services

Thoughtful, gentle live music for a celebration of life, helping create an atmosphere of warmth, reflection, and quiet dignity.

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Private Events & Dinners

Anniversary dinners, birthday celebrations, intimate home gatherings, live acoustic guitar that makes a private occasion feel genuinely special.

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Corporate Events

Reliable, professional live music for corporate dinners, receptions, and client entertaining across Worcestershire and the wider region.

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All Services

Browse the full range of occasions I play for, weddings, private events, corporate and memorial services across the Midlands.

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"Stuart played at our wedding at Curradine Barns and it was absolutely perfect. He learned our chosen songs beautifully and the whole ceremony felt incredibly special."— Emma & James, Curradine Barns, Worcestershire
Questions

Frequently asked questions

How far do you travel for weddings in Worcestershire?
Worcestershire is my home county and I travel to every corner of it for weddings, from the Malvern Hills to Redditch, from Tenbury Wells to Evesham. Travel within the county is always included in my pricing.
How far in advance should we book a wedding guitarist?
Most couples book their wedding music 6–12 months in advance, especially for summer weddings and popular Worcestershire venues. Popular dates can book quickly, so it's worth getting in touch as soon as you have your venue confirmed.
Can you learn special songs for our ceremony?
Yes, and I'd encourage it. I regularly learn songs specially for individual weddings, particularly for key moments like the bridal entrance or the signing of the register. If there's a song that means something to you, let me know and we can talk through how it works on acoustic guitar.
Do you provide your own sound equipment?
Yes. I bring all of my own professional sound equipment, amplification, PA where required, and multiple speakers so I can cover different areas of the venue simultaneously. Everything is set up before your guests arrive.
Can you perform outdoors?
Yes, and most of the drinks receptions I play are outdoors when the weather allows. I bring equipment suited to outdoor use and can set up across multiple areas of the venue grounds. The important thing is to mention any outdoor plans in advance so I can bring the right setup.
Planning a wedding in Worcestershire?

Get in touch

If you're planning a wedding in Worcestershire and would like live acoustic guitar, I would love to hear about your day. Get in touch to check availability and discuss your music.

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