Sunbird gives you an exciting and refreshing ceilidh sound. Catchy tunes, great rhythm and fun dances that everyone can enjoy. We play straight up, joyful dance music, and have appeared at Oxford Story Museum, White Horse Ceilidhs and many private parties. We draw mainly on traditional English tunes and also play some of our own material.
We are very happy to work with other callers!
Hire us as your ceilidh band!
Ravi Sawney - diatonic accordion and fiddle
Heather White - sax and whistle
Jane Bird - mouthorgan, concertina and bagpipes (and calling)
We work with a number of excellent callers
Trio including caller - suitable for smaller events
Jane is an experienced caller, who has called dances for wedding, school events and major folk festivals, sax, accordion and mouthorgan line-up, playing for a family event.
Trio plus caller - for a fuller sound
Sunbird works with a number of well known callers sax, accordion and pipes line-up.
"Thank you so much for playing at our party on Saturday. The music was great, you did a skillful job with the calling, getting everyone dancing and we had a wonderful evening."
Jo and David, Reading
'I can't thank you and your band enough for this evening. I will certainly be in touch for future events."
Headington School, Oxford
Sat 31st Jan 2026 - White Horse Ceilidhs, Oxfordshire
Sat 25th Jan 2025 - Burn's Night at Oxford Story Museum
Sun 19th Jan 2025 - Family Barn Dance, Cecil Sharp House, London