The Uptown Groove
Promo Video Trailer 2023
24k Magic
Disco Inferno
Take On Me
Mr Brightside
All The Small Things
Fireball
Sir Duke
Levitating - Dua Lipa
Motown Medley
It's Tricky - Run DMC
Uptown Funk
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Mr Big Stuff and Express Yourself
Shut Up and Dance with Me
Poker Face
September
Love on the Brain (Ballad)
Overview
The Uptown Groove has been on the Western and Central New York wedding and corporate event scene for over a decade now. We are a 6-piece band and best known for being highly professional, extremely talented, very versatile and easy to work with. We play a unique mix of current Top 40 pop/rock, 80’s pop/rock, 70’s disco/classics, Motown and R&B funk/soul.
A typical event package includes live cocktail hour and dinner music (if applicable), followed by multiple sets of high energy dance music. Complete DJ and MC services are included as well.
Please visit our website for audio, video and our song list.
We are also on Facebook.
We look forward to the possibility of working with you!
Reviews
51 reviews
Allison S.
October 14, 2025The Uptown Groove is absolutely incredible!
From the very first song to the final encore, they had every single guest on the dance floor. Their talent, energy, and professionalism are unmatched. The band was incredibly easy to work with—organized, flexible, and attentive to every detail. They thoughtfully incorporated our requests, read the room perfectly, and kept the energy high all night. The saxophone player even made his way into the crowd, which our guests absolutely loved! We received countless compliments from friends and family saying it was the best wedding band they’ve ever seen. We couldn’t be happier with our choice—The Uptown Groove truly made our wedding unforgettable!
Hired as: Wedding Band
Ann S.
September 28, 2025Buffalo, NY July 2025 Wedding
I cannot put into words how amazing it was working with Uptown Groove for our July 2025 wedding in Buffalo, New York. From the jump, Seth was an extremely valuable resource. He worked with my husband and I to really understand our musical vision for our wedding and was extremely helpful while doing so. He even invited us to one of the band's gigs before our wedding, so we could get a feel for their sound and the band itself. We ended up going, and it was so great meeting them all!
The week before the wedding, we had a full debrief with Seth and Harper (one of the lead vocalists), where we discussed in detail the schedule for the big day. For our wedding, Uptown Groove provided a jazz trio during cocktail hour, MC'd the entire reception, and all 9 members absolutely brought the house down during the dancing portion of the night. It was INCREDIBLE! They really took into consideration our "must play" and "prefer not to play" songs. In addition to sounding fantastic, they also really kept the party going - the dance floor was PACKED all night. We cannot recommend Uptown Groove enough. When all 250 of your wedding guests tell you that "the band was insanely good," you know it's real! Thank you so much to Uptown Groove team for making our night unforgettable. BOOK THEM! You will NOT regret it!
Hired as: Wedding Band
Ellen L. C.
August 3, 2025So much fun - great music!
This was my first time on GigSalad. I recieved a few quotes and videos. But Uptown Groove was a clear choice for a full band that had an extensive song list. It was easy to reach Seth to make arrangements. What a bunch of really nice REALLY talented musicians. Ours was an anniversary party with pratically my entire family ages 1 to 73. And a lot of our neighbors and friends - so much fun.
Hired as: Classic Rock Band, Cover Band, Dance Band, Funk Band, Motown Group, Party Band, R&B Group, Rock Band
Carly B.
June 30, 2025Phenomenal Wedding Band
Uptown groove did a phenomenal job performing at our wedding reception! Seth was so respectful during our planning process and was very open to collaborating with us to make sure our timeline and song selections were perfect! Dom, Jamel, Janine & BJ tackled our diverse song selection on vocals flawlessly. If you decide to splurge on one thing for your wedding day, make it be this band. You will not regret it!
Hired as: Wedding Band
Alexa A. C. Z.
June 22, 2025Amazing - Book them now!
Book them now—hands down one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! The band was absolutely incredible, and the dance floor was packed all night long. Our guests are still raving about how amazing they were—it truly made the night unforgettable.
On top of the phenomenal performance, Seth was a dream to work with. He took the time to hop on multiple calls with us throughout the planning process, always patient and helpful as we navigated booking a band for the first time. His guidance and responsiveness made everything so much easier.
We truly can't recommend them highly enough—they exceeded every expectation.
Hired as: Wedding Band
Booking information
Price range: $600-$10000
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 480 minutes
Insurance: $2,000,000 - Coverage Can Include Perosnal Injury and Property Liability
What to expect
Let's keep this short!
WE PACK DANCE FLOORS AND KEEP THEM PACKED....
About
Uptown Groove is a premier Wedding and Corporate Event band playing your favorite Rock and Top 40 Pop music!
The Uptown Groove has been a fixture on the live music scene in Rochester, NY for over a decade. They have become a premier Western & Central New York High-Energy Party/Wedding Band. They are a 6-piece group that plays a variety of Jazz, Motown, R&B Soul, Funk, Rock and Current Top 40 Pop.
Live music can make your wedding or corporate event standout to your guests. Add a touch of class to your cocktail hour, dinner or entire night!
Our band, The Uptown Groove, is a Rochester-based group that plays a variety of Jazz, Motown, R&B Soul, Funk, Rock and Current Top 40 Pop. Our prices start at $600 for ceremony music or cocktail/dinner entertainment. Event packages starting at $1800 and featuring our high-energy band that is perfect for keeping the dance floor packed!
Our band performs at venues ranging from restaurants to festivals and from weddings to corporate functions. Each member's musical background is unique, diverse and extensive, whereby enabling the band to seamlessly span various musical genres. With broad performance experience both individually and collectively, The Uptown Groove is a polished and professional act, making us the perfect choice for your wedding.
For a wedding, we are able to provide ceremony music, cocktail/dinner jazz, and then hours of high-energy dance/party music!
Additionally, most wedding packages include full DJ and MC services.
We hope you will allow us to provide you a quote for your event!
Past booked events
October 2023
16
Monday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Rochester, NY
December 2022
14
Wednesday
Corporate Event
5:30pm - 9:00pm
•
Rochester, NY
June 2022
25
Saturday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Verona, NY
05
Sunday
House Party
11:30am - 1:30pm
•
Rochester, NY
December 2021
18
Saturday
Christmas Party
7:30pm - 10:30pm
•
Orchard Park, NY
07
Tuesday
House Party
8:30pm - 11:00pm
•
Ithaca, NY
04
Saturday
Christmas Party
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Rome, NY
Team
Set list
There are 6 sections of music here, starting with dinner music, and moving toward all of our high-energy dance music!
Song - Artist
Light Rock, Light Soul, Dinner Music
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3 Little Birds - Bob Marley
Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone - Bill Withers
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Crazy Patsy Cline
Cry To Me Salmon Burke
Don’t Know Why Norah Jones
Fever Peggy Lee
Georgia Ray Charles
Hallelujah Jeff Buckley
Hooked on A Feeling B.J. Thomas
I Want You Back Lake Street Dive Version
Just the Two of Us Bill Withers
Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye
Let's Stay Together Al Green
Love Me Tender Elvis
Make You Feel My Love Adelle
Mercy Mercy Mercy Marlena Shaw
Midnight at the Oasis Maria Muldaur
Moondance Van Morrison
My Girl Temptations
Natural Woman Aretha Franklin
Quando, Quando, Quando Michael Buble version
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
Sea of Love Honey Drippers
Sitting On the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
Someone Like You Adelle
Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Spooky (Little Boy Like You) Dusty Springfield
Sunday Morning Maroon 5
Sunny Bobby Hebb
Sweet Home Chicago Blues Brothers
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Turn Me On Norah Jones
What You Won't Do For Love Bobby Caldwell
Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan
You Are The Best Thing Ray Lamontagne
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder
You Can Leave Your Hat On Etta James / Joe Cocker
Bluesy Rock/Funk/Soul
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye and Tammi Tarrell
American Boy Estelle and Kanye West
American Girl Tom Petty
Back to Black Amy Winehouse
Birthday Beatles
Black Horse and a Chery Tree KT Tunstall
Black Velvet Alannah Myles
Come Together Beatles
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen/Buble
Dance to the Music Sly and the Family Stone
Diggin' on James Brown Tower of Power
Fell In Love With A Boy Joss Stone / White Stripes
Havana Camila Cabello
House of the Rising Sun Animals
Hurt So Bad Susan Tedeschi
Isn't She Lovely Stevie Wonder
Kansas City Nelson/Tedeschi
Listen To The Music Doobie Brothers
Long Train Running Doobie Brothers
Oh Darlin' Beatles
Put Your Records on Corinne Bailey Rae
Rolling in the Deep Adelle
Santeria Sublime
Shakedown Street Grateful Dead
Soul Vaccination Tower of Power
Stuck in The Middle With You Stealers Wheel
Sweet Home Chicago Blues Brothers
Takin' It To The Streets Doobie Brothers
Take It Or Leave It Sublime
Use Me Bill Withers
The Walk Mayor Hawthorne
DANCEABLE: Top 40, Pop, Rock, Funk, Soul
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Bad Romance Lady Gaga
Brick House Commodores
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations
Cake By the Ocean DNCE
Can't Stop the Feeling Justin Timberlake
Cheap Thrills Sia
Crazy Gnarls Barclay
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
Dancin’ In The Streets Martha Reeves
Dancing Queen ABBA
Dear Future Husband Meghan Trainor
Disco Inferno The Trammps
Do You Love Me? Blues Brothers
Don't You Want Me Baby The Human League
Ex's and Oh's Elle King
Express Yourself Charles Wright
Feels Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean
Feel It Still Portugal The Man
Forget You Cee Lo Green
Get Lucky Daft Punk
Get Ready Rare Earth
Hand Clap Fitz and the Tantrums
Happy Pharrell Williams
Havana Camila Cabello
Higher Ground Stevie Wonder
Hooked on a Feeling BJ Thomas
I Feel Good James Brown
I Got A Woman Ray Charles
I Want You Back Jackson 5
I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
I Wish Stevie Wonder
Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry
Last Dance Donna Summer
Locked Out of Heaven Bruno Mars
Love Train The O'Jays
Mercy Duffy
Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag James Brown
Play That Funky Music White Boy Wild Cherry
Poker Face Lady Gaga
Rehab Amy Winehouse
Respect Aretha Frankiln
Shape of You Ed Sheeran
Shut Up And Dance With Me Walk The Moon
Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
Some Kind of Wonderful Grand Funk Railroad
Suit and Tie Justin Timberlake
Sunny Bobby Hebb (disco version)
Superstition Stevie Wonder
Sweet Home Chicago Blues Brothers
These Boots Are Made For Walking Nancy Sinatra
Treasure Bruno Mars
Treat You Better Shawn Mendes
Twist and Shout Beatles
Uptown Funk Bruno Mars
Valerie Amy Winehouse
Vehicle Ides of March
Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jasckson
We Are Family Sister Sledge
Wild Night John Cougar Meloncamp
Ballads
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At Last Etta James
Come Away With Me Norah Jones
Just The Two Of Us Bill Withers
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye
Look Of Love Burt Bacharach
Love On the Brain Rihanna
My Girl Temptations
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Turn Me On Norah Jones
Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers
What You Won't Do For Love Bobby Caldwell
Dance/Party Rock MEDLEYS
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Stevie Wonder Medley Sir Duke, Superstition, I Wish
Boogie Shoes Medley Boogie Shoes, Boogie Man, Jungle Boogie
Motown Medley
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Earth Wind and Fire Medley
Sing a Song, Let's Groove, Shining Star, September
2016 Pop Medley
Cheap Thrills, Shape of You, Treat You Better
Detroit Devil Medley
Devil With Blue Dress, Good Golly Miss Molly, CC
Rider, Jenny Jenny
Gloria Estefan Medley Get On Your Feet, 1-2-3, Conga
Boogie Oogie ==> KC Medley Boogie Oogie Oogie, That's The Way I Like It, Shake
Your Booty, Get Down Tonight
Jaskson 5 and Stevie Medley I Want You Back, Signed Sealed Delivered
James Brown Medley Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, I Got You
Vocal Jazz
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All The Way
Angel Eyes
At Last
Blue Skies
Bye Bye Blackbird
Corcovado
Cry Me A River
Dream A Little Dream of Me
Fever
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia On My Mind
Girl From Ipanema
Hit The Road Jack
I Could Write a Book
It Had To Be You
Like Someone in Love
Look of Love
L-O-V-E
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Misty
Mona Lisa
Moondance
Mr Magic
My Funny Valentine
Nature Boy
Nearness of You
Night and Day
On The Sunny Side of the Street
Orange Colored Sky
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Smile
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Summer Wind
Summertime
Sunny
Sway
Tenderly
The Very Thought of You
The Way You Look Tonight
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Unforgettable
Waters of March
What A Wonderful World
Whatever Lola Wants
When I Fall In Love
When You Wish Upon a Star
You Don't Know What Love Is
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
Instrumental Jazz
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All Blues (funk)
All The Things You Are (swing)
Bye Bye Blackbird (swing)
Canteloupe Island (funk)
Cissy Strut (funk)
Cold Duck Time (funk)
Comin' Home Baby (funk)
Corcovado (bossa)
Days of Wine and Roses (swing)
Desafinado (bossa)
Dolphin Dance (smooth)
Georgia (ballad)
I Could Write A Book (swing)
I Feel Good (I Got You) [funk]
I Thought About You (ballad)
Inner City Blues (soul)
Little Sunflower (latin)
Mercy Mercy Mercy (soul)
Moanin' (straight ahead)
Moonlight In Vermont (ballad)
Mr Magic (funky)
My One and Only Love (ballad)
My Romance (ballad)
Night and Day (swing)
Noche (latin)
Pure Funk (funk)
Recordeme (latin)
Red Clay (rock)
Song For Bilbao (fusion)
Song For My Father (latin)
St Thomas (latin)
Stella By Starlight (swing)
Take 5 (groove)
The Chicken (funky)
The Nearness of You (ballad)
There Is No Greater Love (swing)
Time After Time (swing)
Uptown Up (funk)
Water Sign (funk)
Well You Needn't (funk)
You Don't Know What Love Is (ballad)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (swing)
Dozen's more (funk, soul and straight ahead standards, etc.)
Influences and inspiration
All styles of Jazz
James Brown
All Motown
Stevie Wonder
Tower of Power
Earth Wind and Fire
Michael Jackson
Beatles
Bruno Mars and today's new artists
...and dozens of others!!!!
Setup requirements
we bring everything you need and only need a 12ft x 20ft performance area.