Jon Pickford - Wedding Celebrant & Entertainment

01/02/2026

21/12/2024

Playing with Hasta La Vista - Live Band last night, we couldn't have wished for a better final gig before Christmas than this one. Our first (and hopefully not last) time at the awesome celebrating an awesome couple and their guests who LOVED music. They were big drum and bass people too, so asked me to finish the night behind the decks - epic! Thanks for this beauty of a gig. Congratulations Pat and Maddy! ❤️🎶

14/03/2024

If you haven't checked out live music at Botticelli before, head along and support some of the awesome musicians they have every week!

24/08/2022

I've played under many tress, among much bark this year - but the view at McCallum Residence was as good as any.

Thanks to State of Grace Wedding Photography for the pic!

20/07/2022

Looking forward to getting back to on Sunday. I've given a few of these Sunday gigs away as my voice hasn't been in the best nick, but it's feeling strong and ready to go for this weekend.

Time to give it a decent road test!

19/06/2022

WHAT I DO ON MONDAY MORNINGS

After a look back at the fun from the weekend it's time to look forward to the three functions coming up this weekend.

Another wedding, and another stunning song requested for the bride to walk into. I honestly wouldn't blame her if she preferred to walk down to the Brooke Fraser original version, but this beautiful song is now in my repertoire for life.

Have a great week everyone.

19/06/2022

Another weekend done and dusted.

A Friday night Tauranga awards function with some of the best Fully Stocked and then a stunning misty wedding Tui Hills, Auckland on Saturday.

One of my favourite aspects to helping a couple create their dream wedding is when I have a request to play a particular song during the ceremony. On Saturday, the beautiful bride wanted to walk down the aisle to "Your Song" played instrumentally - this was me on Thursday night after I had recorded the backing onto my loop pedal and was starting to get a feel for the melody. Excuse my messy living room 😂

Thanks to for holding the camera for me.

23/05/2022

There may be fewer weddings at this time of year, but photos from the summer start rolling through! Check out these pics captured by the brilliant dearwhiteproductions

A special day at Allely Estate - capped off by a first dance like only Mr & Mrs Martens could pull off... Ditching the dance floor to saddle up on their instruments and crush a few songs for their guests!

Such a a fun, kind couple! An absolute privilege to be there ❤️🎶

05/05/2022

CAPTION THIS!

Spent some of my isolation morning looking back at some of the weddings I managed to dodge covid for. What mischief do you think we were up to here?

26/03/2022

Heading home... Reflecting on a stunning afternoon in the far north.