Real Weddings at Yorkshire's Most Beautiful Wedding Venues
Choosing your wedding venue is one of the biggest decisions you'll make when planning your day. Over the years, we've had the privilege of performing at hundreds of weddings across Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and beyond, from elegant country houses and historic churches to luxury hotels and exclusive-use estates.
In this collection of real wedding stories, you'll find inspiration from some of our favourite venues. We share photographs, videos, music choices and our own experience of performing at each location, helping you imagine what live string quartet music could sound like on your own wedding day.
Why We Love Performing at These Venues
Every wedding venue has its own unique character, atmosphere and story, and one of the things we love most about performing at weddings is discovering what makes each location special. From grand historic houses and elegant country estates to beautiful churches and contemporary wedding spaces, each venue provides a different backdrop for creating unforgettable musical moments.
A live string quartet can add something truly special to every part of your wedding day. The acoustics of a beautiful ceremony room can transform a romantic entrance into a breathtaking moment, while outdoor performances in gardens, courtyards and terraces create a relaxed and elegant atmosphere for your guests to enjoy.
Having performed at many of Yorkshire's most stunning wedding venues, we understand how important it is to work seamlessly with each venue's team and timings. From liaising with registrars and coordinators to ensuring the music perfectly complements each part of your ceremony and drinks reception, we bring experience, professionalism and attention to detail to every event.
Our venue guides share our experiences of performing at these beautiful locations, including favourite ceremony spaces, music ideas, photographs and videos from real weddings. Whether you're searching for inspiration for your own wedding day or have already booked your dream venue, we hope these stories give you a glimpse of how live string quartet music can help create the perfect atmosphere for your celebration.
Looking for a Wedding Venue?
Whether you've already booked your dream venue or are still searching for the perfect location, our venue guides are designed to give you a genuine insight into each setting. Because every article is based on a real wedding we've performed at, you'll see authentic photographs, hear recordings of our quartet and discover music that worked beautifully in each space.
What you'll find in each venue guide
Real wedding photographs
Live performance videos
Music ideas for your ceremony
Our favourite locations within the venue
Tips from performing there
Links to similar venues
Wedding - nicola & chris
We hired the Fern Quartet after seeing them at the Arches Wedding Fayre. We knew from the moment we heard them that we wanted them to play at our wedding in July. The communication was brilliant, and at request were able to learn and play a specific song for me to walk down the aisle to. Really brilliant - would recommend to anyone.
wedding - nicola & philip
Today we were in Brontë country at Ponden mill weddings for the wedding of Nicola and Philip…..
Wedding - Ellie & michael
Today we played for the wedding of Ellie and Michael at Weddings at The Arches Dean Clough…..
Wedding - megan & matthew
Wedding season officially began today for our quartet. We were playing at The West Mill Exclusive Use Wedding Venue for the wedding drinks reception of Megan & Matthew….
Wedding at Hodsock Priory
“Really good service from start to finish. Accommodated our choice of music despite one of them being unique and not on the list of music options sent to us prior to the wedding. Really good feedback from our guests and it really made the ceremony and reception drinks that little bit more special.”
The Arches – Wedding showcase 02/2022
We love being invited to perform at this gorgeous Halifax location for their wedding showcase – The Arches of Dean Clough. They invite only the best of the best local wedding businesses to display their wares in a beautiful setting. We love to have the chance to chat with our couples and answer any questions on the day. A big shout out to all our fellow suppliers and a huge thank you to Josh of Side by Side Wedding Photography for these lovely photos!
Sophie Ryder exhibition
Sophie’s “works big” and her imposing sculptures which are inspired by animals and mystical creatures have been exhibited globally in Canada, the U.S.A. Germany and Sweden, alongside major exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Often displayed in rural settings, the show at The Piece Hall will represent a rare opportunity for her work to be seen in an urban setting, against the backdrop of our Grade I listed building’s beautiful stone façade.
Couples choose The Fern Quartet as one of the best wedding vendors in the UK
The Fern Quartet of South Yorkshire has been awarded best Wedding Music and DJs in the Hitched Wedding Awards 2022. This accolade demonstrates how valued this vendor is within the sector, as so many couples they have worked with have left them positive feedback.
wedding - fran & Piotr
The Fern Quartet played the most wonderful music for our wedding ceremony. I made an unusual request for my aisle song and they were so accommodating and learned the song perfectly, it was such a magical moment. They played some beautiful versions of our favourite pop songs and even had all of the bridesmaids singing along! We couldn’t have asked for a better start to the wedding and I absolutely recommend them to any other brides.
wedding - emma and bradley
“I didn’t really get chance to speak to your colleagues on the day, but please can you thank them on our behalf. They were truly amazing and created such a lovely atmosphere in the church. They really did help to make it such a perfect day. I shall definitely be recommending you if any of my friends get married.”
Emma
Wedding fayre
We played our first post pandemic performance at The Arches in Dean Clough (https://thearchesdeanclough.com/). This is a lovely industrial venue inside an old Mill.
autumn wedding at Crathorne hall
We were honoured to be asked to play at the wedding of Christopher & Rachel in Crathorne Hall, Yarm. They chose a perfectly beautifully sunny day at the beginning of Autumn to get married and we played during their ceremony and then drinks reception.
lego themed wedding
We were invited to play for the drinks reception and then the meal / wedding breakfast of Rachel and Sean. The reception was held at Oulton Hall on one of the last sun filled (though a little windy) days of the summer. Their whole wedding seemed to be lego themed.
Cristello Couture By Lisa Marie
We were so lucky to be loaned four beautiful “occasion wear” gowns for our photo shoot by Megan at Cristello Couture in Penistone. They instantly made us all feel gorgeous and really added to the look for our photoshoot at St Johns church.