gala & fundraiser party band
A Premier Cover Band to Enhance Your Party
GUNPOWDER SOUP is multi-talented with three lead vocalists who specialized in different genres of music. We have a male vocalist for Country, 80s, and Texas music. Our show stopping female vocalist for 80s, Top 40, Latin music, and Disco. Our GRAMMY Winner for Classic Rock and Oldies. We kick off the party as soon as we arrive on stage and get your guests on the dance floor right away. The Band monitors dancer's preferences and change song selection in order to keep people singing and dancing the entire time.
For galas, we provide non-stop music during the set, take guests request from our repertoire, and play MP3 music while we are on break. The party never ends with GUNPOWDER SOUP! Read our 5 star reviews, listen to our music, watch our videos, and you will understand why vendors and past clients recommend GUNPOWDER SOUP!
For a small fee, we can add a horn section or fiddle player.
We Create a Party for Celebrations
GUNPOWDER SOUP has performed for many galas, birthday parties, and fundraising events, since 1999. Since each gala is different and we love to hear your ideas, coordinate our song set with your itinerary, and know what genre of songs your guests prefer. With our great repertoire of songs, we can accommodate all generations and gender.
Our country music will sound country with great songs like “Drinking Problems, Amarillo By Morning, and Sweet Home Alabama. For the pop lovers, our female performer will entertain you with Bust A Move, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. The second female vocalist will perform Crazy and Wagon Wheel.
For the classic rock lover, our GRAMMY winner will be the vocalist for Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women. GUNPOWDER SOUP wants you to sing and dance with us and we will make it happen!
The band travels to Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, Texas Hill Country, Dripping Springs, New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, College Station, Houston, and other towns throughout Texas. For destination events, please contact us for travel arrangements.
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Fundraising Events
GUNPOWDER SOUP has performed for many fundraisers and these events need to be structured for live and silent auctions. Auctioneers may use our wireless mics (2) and sound system for live auctions. During the first set, we remind people of silent auctions happening, emcee any “on the fly” announcements, and follow the itinerary set by the planner.
For a sold out event, hire this Band to entertain your guests!
Contact us direct because we handle in-house bookings and we love the one on one contact. GUNPOWDER SOUP needs to know what services you require prior to arriving at the venue and we like to schedule our performance/dance, around the other events that are scheduled. We have several upgrades to enhance your event.
5 HOUR GALA
One hour of MP3 music for cocktail hour
4 hour performance / dance
MP3 music during breaks
Tambourines to lend on the dance floor
Crowd microphone for guest sing along
One million dollar general liability insurance
Professional Sound System up to 350 indoor guests
Stage lighting: (2) 10 foot truss with 12 LED lights
Geysers
4 HOUR PARTY
4 hours of performance / dance
MP3 music during breaks
Tambourines to lend on the dance floor
Crowd microphone for guest sing along
One million dollar general liability insurance
Professional Sound System to 350 indoor guests
Stage lighting: (2) 10 foot truss with 12 LED lights
Geysers
GUNPOWDER SOUP SMALL BAND
3 members of GUNPOWDER SOUP
Drums, piano, acoustic/lead guitar
Horn available for a small fee
3 hour performance
Under 70 guest count
NOTE: different playlist (see Customize Song List)
Morgan's Wonderland Fundraiser
San Antonio Texas
Cowboy Christmas Gala
San Antonio Texas
New Year's Eve Party
How Do We Make Your Gala Event Special…Let These Clients Explain
” Fantastic! I booked Gunpowder Soup for a work celebration and they were awesome! We have very diverse group with ages ranging from 20s to 50s and Gunpowder Soup played something for everyone! They were interactive and kept everyone on the dance floor. My team is still talking about the awesome band!!! Book Gunpowder Soup for your next event! You will not be disappointed!”
“Gun Powder Soup was beyond amazing! Very energetic and played songs that appealed to everyone. A good time was definitely had by all! Jeanine was fantastic to work with as well and made everything super easy. I highly recommend them and look forward to booking Gun Powder Soup again in the future!”
“I hired Gunpowder Soup to perform during an afterglow party for a corporate event, this was the best money ever spent! They were fantastic! They performed a very wide variety of music, and they keot the audience engaged! It was a remarkable performance, and remarkable evening! I highly recommend this group! We were so pleased!!”
“The band was absolutely amazing!!! They were hired for our corporate event in Austin and everyone loved them.They played to the crowd and were very accommodating when we asked to extend over our contract! They know exactly how to engage an audience because everyone was up on their feet dancing and singing! If you need a well rounded, versatile, entertaining band this is a great choice.”
“Our non-profit organization had a Christmas fundraiser earlier this December, and we hired Gunpowder Soup as our entertainment. Boy did they deliver! Not only were they spot on with the music and songs, but they totally interacted with our guests, and everyone enjoyed themselves. We received so many compliments on the band, and can’t wait for the next event to bring them back! If you haven’t heard Gunpowder Soup or seen them in action – you’re missing out!”
“I was looking for a band to play at our fundraiser. I looked at about 12 different bands online and went to see 3 of them perform and Gunpowder Soup was at the top of the list. They are very professional and excellent musicians and they really get the guests engaged. I had so many compliments about their performance. We will definitely look to use them in the future.”
CREDENTAILS
Marius and Jeanine are building a new “state of the art” recording studio and run a school, Audio Enginearing Institute, teaching audio engineering classes, audio-eng.com
Our gear has been assembled by our GRAMMY Award Winning Recording Engineer, Marius Perron, who has a MS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas. Jeanine Davis-Perron (owner) has a BS degree in Hospital Administration and stock trades during the week.
PERFORMANCE
For cocktail hour, we play MP3 music from our stage speakers, unless you hire an acoustic musician from our staff. During dinner, the Band will play low volume and slow to mid-tempo songs to accommodate conversations
After formalities, we will fill the dance floor with dancers, interact with guests off-stage, enlist singers on our crowd microphone. GUNPOWDER SOUP started tambourines and crowd mics on the dance floor and we continue this client favorite.
GPS BUSINESS MODEL
We have been engaging with guests since 1999 and are experts in the entertainment business. Detailed local female management and an A+ from the Better Business Bureau set us apart from other bands. Clients call and book directly through our Contact page and we generate our own contracts.
Important: GUNPOWDER SOUP carries general liability insurance for venues that require a one million dollar policy. The owner is always on site and manages the Band during the event.
INSTRUMENTATION
Drums, Bass, Electric Lead Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, and Horn (s) (depending on service)
If you want to hire a two or three piece horn section, email for availability. You will love our variety of lead vocalists and wall of harmonies. Our musicians are multi-talented on different instruments so we have a full sound depending on the instrumentation of each song.
EVENT TYPES
Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Galas, Weddings, Conventions, Private Parties
TEXAS LOCATIONS
Austin Hotel Ella, Austin The Oasis, Dripping Springs Camp Lucy, Austin Maggie Mae's, The Alamo, Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio AT&T Center, Alamodome, JW Marriott Hill Country Resort, Hyatt Hill Country Resort, Alamo, Fredericksburg Nimitz Museum, Houston The Bell Tower on 34th Street, Texas Hill Country Luckenbach Dance Hall, Corpus Christi American Bank Center, College Station Peach Creek, Houston Marriott Marquis, New Braunfels Lost Missions, Fredericksburg Vista Oaks, Houston Marquis Hotel, Boerne The Bevy, Dripping Springs Park 31, Corpus Christi Yacht Club, Austin Skybox, The Rustic, Austin Thompson Hotel
GENRES
Country, Pop Hits, 80s, Classic Rock, Oldies, Disco, Easy Listening, Little Latin