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Miabella - Time Tribute

Some acts play weddings. We bring a headline show to yours.

Classical piano for the room. Acoustic moments that feel personal. Then an evening set with real weight behind it.

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The Act

Miabella

Fronted by Mia on an 18-string double-neck guitar. Two flagship shows — The Electric Age and Radio In Chains — covering 40 years of rock and metal evolution.

From Black Sabbath to Radiohead. Alice in Chains to Iron Maiden. Trinity College London-rated musicianship.

This is not a function band learning your playlist the week before. This is an act with an identity.

Some of our best nights have been weddings.

Couples who wanted something with character. A ceremony that felt elegant. A drinks reception with atmosphere. An evening set that landed like a proper event, not wallpaper.

If you want a standard wedding band template, we're probably not the right fit. If you want musicianship, contrast, and a performance your guests will still be talking about in five years, that's what we do. As an established Belfast wedding band, we specialize in delivering the heavier edge—Rock, Grunge, and Metal—where it matters most.

We bring the same energy to a wedding as we do to a headline show. Because that's the only way we know how to play.

The Range

From Piano To Headline Set

The wedding showcase edit is being cut now. Until that lands, here is the shape of what couples book: elegant piano, acoustic space, crowd connection, and a full electric finish.

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Classical Piano

A refined start for ceremony or room atmosphere. Deliberate, elegant, and not treated like filler.

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Acoustic Moments

Stripped-back guitar and piano that keep the room close without losing personality.

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Crowd Lift

The point where it stops feeling like background music and starts feeling like a moment people lean into.

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Electric Finish

A proper evening set with tension, release, and the sense that something is actually happening on stage.

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How It Works

Built For The Whole Day

The strongest wedding enquiries are usually not asking for one thing. They are asking for contrast, pacing, and a night that develops properly.

Ceremony / Arrival

Classical piano or more contemporary choices for the part of the day that needs elegance and control.

Drinks / Dinner

Acoustic piano and guitar options that keep the atmosphere warm and musical without flattening the room.

Evening Set

A full live set with identity, stage presence, and enough impact to feel like the headline part of the night.

What Couples Actually Book

The experience stays coherent because the day is built in chapters.

The ceremony does not need the same energy as the evening. The drinks reception should not feel like dead air. The set that closes the night should feel earned.

That is usually what couples in Belfast and across Northern Ireland are trying to solve when they enquire: not just music, but shape. A sense that the day has movement, contrast, and a proper payoff.

Artist-Led

Wedding music by Miabella, with the option to scale into a fuller live band-backed evening set.

Built To Travel

Available for weddings in Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland, with the setup shaped around venue, timings, and room.

Before You Decide

Come See Us Live

We'll give you and your bridal party complimentary tickets to one of our public shows. Up to 10 people. No strings.

Up to 10 Tickets

For the bride and bridal party

Full Public Show

See exactly what you're getting

No Obligation

If it's not right, you'll know

The point is simple: you get to see the standard for yourself before making a decision.

"We had the blessing of lovely and talented Miabella perform during our reception at the belfry before dinner. She kept our guests entertained as we got photos taken. We couldn't recommend her enough. Great musical talents."

Gary Glackin

Wedding Client

Common Questions

Things Couples Ask

Most enquiries surface the same questions — usually about whether heavier music actually works at a wedding. Short answer: yes, if the day is shaped properly. Longer answers below.

Can you play grunge at a wedding reception without killing the mood?
Yes — the trick is pacing, not avoiding the genre. Grunge works at a wedding when the day is shaped around it: classical piano for the ceremony, acoustic warmth over drinks, then the heavier material kept for the evening set, when guests have eaten, settled, and are ready for an actual show. Done that way, the grunge becomes the moment people remember rather than the reason an auntie leaves early.

Will metal work for an evening set? What about older relatives?
Metal works when it arrives on purpose. By the time the evening set starts — late enough, after the right build — the room is usually up for something with weight behind it, and older relatives have had the quieter parts of the day that suit them. The repertoire spans Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden through to Alice in Chains and Radiohead, so there is range even within the heavier material. If a couple wants the whole evening at full volume we say so; most do not, and we build the set accordingly.

Can you do the first dance as an alternative song? Which ones work best?
We do. The honest answer is that not every grunge song works as a first dance — some are too heavy, too long, or too specifically about the wrong thing. But plenty work beautifully. 'Nutshell' by Alice in Chains, done acoustic, is a quietly devastating first-dance choice. Radiohead and Pearl Jam have ballads that land the same way. Arrangements can be softened. If you have a song in mind, send it — we'll tell you honestly whether it'll carry the moment or whether we'd suggest something close but stronger.

How do you structure the day — ceremony, drinks, evening?
The day is built in chapters so the room has somewhere to go. Ceremony and arrival are classical piano — elegant, controlled, not treated like filler. Drinks and dinner are acoustic piano and guitar that keep the atmosphere warm without flattening the room. The evening set is the full live band, where the rock, grunge, and metal repertoire lands with the impact it is meant to. Same act throughout; the shape changes with the room.

Can we pick the setlist, or do you bring a standard one?
Couples pick. There is a core repertoire drawn from two touring shows — The Electric Age (classic rock and metal) and Radio In Chains (grunge and alternative) — and most couples build their evening from that, picking the songs that matter to them and leaving the ones that do not. If there is a song outside the repertoire that genuinely matters, we will usually learn it properly rather than fake it, provided there is enough lead time.

What if our guests want to hear something outside rock, grunge, or metal?
Rock, grunge, and metal is the identity — it is why couples book us — but the day is not one note. The ceremony and drinks reception often lean classical and acoustic, which reads as tasteful rather than aggressive to any guest. For the evening we will place a few broader crowd-lift moments inside a set that is still unmistakably ours. What we do not do is pretend to be a generic function band for three hours; couples who want that book a different act.

How do you handle the transition from acoustic or piano into the full band?
The transition is planned, not accidental — it is usually the most-remembered moment of the night. Typically there is a quieter acoustic or piano bridge, then the full band steps in on a song chosen specifically to mark the shift. The point is that the evening set does not start out of nowhere; it arrives, which is what makes it feel like the night has gone somewhere.

Do you travel outside Belfast? What is the radius?
Belfast is home, but we play weddings across Northern Ireland: County Antrim, County Down, Armagh, Derry and Londonderry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and destination-style venues within the region. Travel is built into the quote and shaped around setup, timings, and the venue itself. For weddings further afield — mainland UK, Ireland, or a specifically alternative destination — get in touch and we will work out whether the logistics stack up.

Availability

Now taking dates for 2027

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