The music was magical. It transported our guests, and created an atmosphere beyond anything we could have dreamed. From the elegant melodies during the ceremony, to the lively beats at the reception, every note added so much joy to our special day.

Our friends and family are still talking about how unforgettable the music was. Our guests were especially struck by the string arrangements of pop songs during the leadup to the ceremony, and by the slower songs during dinnertime. Across the board, your enormous talent, professionalism, and attention to detail made the evening seamless, joyful, and unforgettable.

Thank you for being such an essential part of our wedding day, and for helping us create beautiful memories that will last a lifetime. We feel so lucky to have had you with us.

October 19th, 2024 Wedding 
Washington, D.C.

 

Rhythm Collective was truly unlike any band we have ever heard in the best way possible. You all made the process so seamless on us and made it enjoyable from beginning to end. The amount of compliments we have received on Rhythm Collective is endless. They showed up and showed out (although no surprise there). The whole Élan Artist team is incredible and we feel so fortunate that we got to use you all for our wedding. So please pass along our many thanks to the Rhythm Collective team and just know how appreciative Tanner and I are for all of the hard work you put into our weekend.

We hope that it won’t be the last time we use Élan Artists for an event!! Thank you again for everything.

Audrey,
Bride October 7th, 2023 Wedding
Nashville, TN

You guys were far and away beyond what we imagined and all of our guests said it was the best wedding band they had ever heard (and actually meant it)!!! The energy you guys brought was truly incredible and I can't thank you enough for making our night perfect. I've already had a number of friends ask for the name of the band so I'm hoping I get to attend another wedding with you guys!!

Perry Rogers, Bride
June 11, 2022, Wedding
Scarborough, ME

If anyone asked me if you could actually have a good time at a 7 hour corporate club event I would have thought it impossible but you played a large part in making it a reality.

Joseph Curran
November 11th, 2021 Corporate Anniversary Party
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT

You and the band crushed it, even in a small footprint the band was making moves and bringing the highest level of performance to them and their guests.

• Lisa got her Rock N’ Roll, she got her SATISFACTION!
• Jenny and Joey’s First Dance was sweet and heartfelt.
• Thank you for accommodating Jennifer and Chuck's father daughter song change #effortlessly
• The Hora was a wonderful way to start the dance party after dinner, Joey's family was thrilled.

Thanks for finishing the night with a special Happy Birthday. We were all together on Sunday and everyone was like THE BAND... and I was like I KNOW.

You all take it to another level, everytime. You read this ground perfectly.

Claire Bean, Claire Bean Events
September 18th, 2021 Wedding
Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, NY

...you all were amazing and I didn’t get to thank you. We are so appreciative of having the privilege of your musical talent and your ability to make this the best party ever. Jennifer, the bride, woke up in tears on Sunday, and was overwhelmed with the fact that the evening exceeded her dreams.

Lisa Noski, Mother of the Bride
September 18th, 2021 Wedding
Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, NY

Rhythm Collective knocked it out of the park! I cannot thank you and the entire band enough for being so kind, positive and flexible on Saturday. I so appreciated your willingness to make it happen, even when inclement weather was approaching. You really made it happen and I can't thank you enough for it. We will be highly recommending your band via Elan to many clients in the future!

You were amazing! Until next time, take care!

Best,

Demi
Gregory Blake Sams Events

Our wedding day was more than we could have ever dreamed of & we feel so blessed to have spent our wedding dancing the night away with our dear friends & family. The entire band crushed it, I don't know if we have EVER had more fun. You guys brought our party to life, thank you for giving us such a beautiful memory from which to start our married lives.

Donovan & William
Glen Head, NY

Can’t thank you enough for making the evening so special. Not only did we have the best time but we got a lot of comments from friends, family and even staff at Castle Hill that you guys were the best they ever heard. Please pass this along to all the members of the group. Such an amazing night! Thanks again

Travis
Wedding - Castle Hill Inn & Resort 6/30/2018

You guys were absolutely incredible last night at our wedding. You did such a fantastic job for us – Karen and I are so deeply appreciative. It was just amazing. I can’t begin to tell you how many conversations we have with guests who have said – ‘That’s the best band I’ve ever heard play at an event.’ And, every single person who has commented on the night – has said exactly that. Taharqa, you personally, and along with your teammates really made the evening the incredible success that it was. We could tell that you were performing with a real positive energy – and pouring your hearts and souls into the effort. We thank you and look forward to connecting for additional events in the months and years to come.

All the best,

Jay and Karen
5/12/2018 Wedding Celebration
New York, NY

They were exactly what Doug and I had envisioned for our special day, and we couldn’t have been happier with the way the night unfolded and wish we could do it all again, all the time. Before planning a wedding was on our agenda, Doug and I always knew that our band would be one of the most important things we picked for our big day because we always envisioned a night full of energy and excitement, that was not just full of love, but was also crazy fun; and Rhythm Collective and the Motown Trio gave us exactly that. To give you a picture of the night, I watched people crowd surf, get thrown up in the air, put on shoulders, people looking up at the band singing as if it were a concert and hopping up on stage to dance with the band, and sweat dripped from every person’s face... the dance floor was packed, every second of the night—except for when the dance floor broke, because I guess we all danced a little too hard :)

There were about 225 people at our reception, and the overall consensus—from friends our own age to guest our grandparents age—was that the band was outstanding, and what a fun night they all had. Some of our guests have since hired Elan Artists Bands since our wedding because of the awesome experience they had at our wedding.

Elyse & Doug
7/18/2015
Lake Winnipesaukee, NH

First and foremost their renditions of the songs were flawless and kept everyone on their feet dancing. They also worked closely with us (the couple) and our families on special requests and executed them perfectly - I (the bride) sang a song with them, and they learned a special tarantella for the father-daughter dance. They also provided some lovely piano music during the cocktail hour. We would highly recommend choosing Rhythm Collective - and Elan - for an event if you like good music and high-energy entertainers.

4/16/16 Rhythm Collective at
Meridian House, Washington, D.C.

You truly made it an amazing night! It was great working with you and look forward to future events! Thank you!

The ladies of A Day In May Events
September, 2015 Wedding

I cannot thank you enough for the best performance ever for the Marriott-Foulger wedding, they are still singing your praises. You have made me look like the best planner ever for insisting they book Rhythm Collective, and for that I am grateful. You killed it as usual, and proved yet again why you are the first call on my list.

The videos circulating on social media are incredible and I think the groom will forever be your #1 fan.

Until the next one…

Jennifer Stiebel
SOCO EVENTS
Marriott-Foulger Wedding
July 18 2015
Mirror Lake, NH

Rhythm Collective simply rocked out all evening long. I couldn’t say anything better about this band. You can’t believe how many people were coming up to me and asking me, “Who is this band?” “Where did you get the band?” The dance floor was packed all night long until the very last song.

I have thrown other gala events in the past, but this band is simply head and shoulders over any band I have ever seen at a Wedding or similar event. You would have to ask the band, but from the looks of it, they had just as much fun playing for us as we did dancing to their sounds.

Please pass on our sincere thank you to all of the members of this great band. It was a pleasure working with your agency and I wouldn’t hesitate to use you again and recommend you to friends and family.

Best regards,
Bruce Dubinsky
March 14 2015 Wedding
Fairmont Washington, D.C.

Everyone is still talking about how amazing they were! I was totally blown away by how much fun and entertaining they are....people were on the dance floor all night long!! I seriously do not think I left the dance floor! The energy was amazing and they were amazing...the dance floor was packed until 1 am, and I'm sure if the reception went past 1 people would have kept dancing! Please pass my gratitude to the band and thank them for extending the party until 1 am!! They were incredible!

Thank you SO much!!

Beth Castoro Varanko
January 17, 2015 Wedding
The Willard Intercontinental Hotel--Washington, D.C.

BIG Hit! Zach Braff loved them as well as all 540 guests! They looked and sounded amazing!!!

Thank you Soo

Bryan

for the AFIM Gala last night. We were thrilled. Many thanks!

Best,

Leah

I have heard nothing but overwhelmingly positive feedback from guests raving about how good the band was! The dance floor was packed and so was the stage as guests danced alongside the band until early hours of the next morning. Rhythm Collective is able to take any song and sound exactly like the original artist while at the same time putting their own new twist on it. They are an amazing local band that I fell in love with the first time I saw them perform and would recommend them to anyone in a heartbeat!

Marisa Mace
Director of Events & Membership
St. George's Society of New York
216 East 45th Street, Suite 901
New York, NY 10017

It was a great idea to have the violins solo during cocktails and then pull them in for the transition to the fabulous dance party we were looking for, really tied the two parts together. As for Rhythm Collective’s actual performance, it was fabulous! We really wanted a dance party to bring the different demographics in attendance at this combined 750 guest event, and Rhythm Collective did that for us! Once the band started the floor was full of guests dancing, even Bill Cunningham made it out there!

I look forward to working with you and the ÉLAN team again soon, you are on the top of our list! Keep me posted about your NY, Phila, DC events!

Best,
Elizabeth

We saw them in a showcase in NYC and were very impressed. We booked them almost immediately for the reception and ceremony/cocktail hour music but that showcase is only a taste of what they can do at an actual wedding.

We dealt with Gretchen for the ceremony who guided me through some choices to make it unique. It was a very easy process. The band leader Daniel was terrific with planning the reception. As we approached the date, we had several phone calls about what we liked and didn't want to hear and the flow of the evening. They learned some new songs for our first dance and our father/daughter and we really felt like they were giving us what we wanted. Our last call was about a week before the wedding and I felt like he knew exactly what we wanted.

The pianist and guitarist from the band that played the ceremony and cocktail hour were terrific. They set the perfect tone to both parts. Before the reception started, people were coming up to us before we were introduced telling us how great the band was. At that point they were just playing background music. Once the introductions and first dance (learned and performed beautifully) were done and the dance floor opened up, that's when they really got going. They were supposed to take a break during the salads and it didn't happen because our guests wouldn't stop dancing. There are so many people on the dance floor that they had to move tables back. At no point did it even occur to me to "request" a song because they read the crowd perfectly and played one amazing song after another. People would not stop coming up to me and telling me how great the band was and asking where I found them. It was ridiculous.

With two male and two female vocalists, they played so many different types of music: standards, hip-hop, lounge, oldies, 80's, 90's and TONS of current stuff too. I was concerned that they wouldn't be able to do any of the hot songs that came out during the summer. Couldn't have been more wrong. They blew us and everyone there away.

Rhythm Collective are great performers and I can't rave enough about how special and fun they made our wedding.

We had people coming up to us all night asking where we found them, and saying that they were amazing and this was the best band they had ever seen at a wedding. They played anything and everything. The extensive list of songs was so great. We had everything from Sinatra to Britney Spears. They we definitely on top of the Top 40, and they just really enhanced the party. Everyone was up and dancing. Even my 81 year old grandmother! Daniel called us the week before the wedding and went through everything with us. The flow and schedule of the night, songs we really wanted to have, timing, and they even let my Uncle come up and play the piano with them for Run Around Sue. It was just amazing. All the band members got down on the dance floor and performed. They even handed the mic to the kids to sing along with them. It was just really unbelievable... The timing on the music for the ceremony was phenomenal. It was even better than what I had imagined in my head. All in all, Elan Artists and Rhythm Collective are definitely the way to go if you want fantastic music and a real party for your reception.

Bride

We were thrilled. Many thanks! What address should I use for our official thank you note?

Best,
Leah

I heard many guests commenting on the choice of music and especially the violins. We were really happy with the way everything turned out in the end from all parties. Looking forward to the next Elan/DSI event!

Best,
Abby