UpBeat Music Productions

UpBeat Music Productions is a Chicago-based live music entertainment company offering wedding and corporate event bands, orchestras, and ensembles across a range of sizes and styles. UpBeat provides ensemble options ranging from a five-piece band to a 10- or 14-piece orchestra, plus jazz groups, string quartets, solo piano, strolling violin, and blues acts, with a Professional Emcee and a Dance Party By Design format for receptions. UpBeat has performed at major public events including the Taste of Chicago and opened for Lionel Richie at McCormick Place before an audience of 8,500, and their work has been covered in Martha Stewart Weddings. Based in Chicago, with at least one documented performance in Michigan. Couples consistently note packed dance floors, Michael's thorough pre-event planning and flexibility with last-minute changes, and the band's ability to handle logistics in venues without audio infrastructure.