Big Ray and the Kool Kats is a Charlottesville Wedding Band dedicated to delivering a highly professional, musically diverse, and multi-talented live music experience designed to lend sophistication and generate excitement for your event.
Big Ray and the Kool Kats is from Charlottesville, VA, but regularly serves all couples throughout the country, such as Richmond, VA, Texas, Maryland, Tennessee, Washington D.C., and many more. We have even traveled overseas and will for you!
Imagine the first notes of your perfectly chosen song filling the air as you take the floor for the first time as newlyweds.
As the evening unfolds, with heartfelt toasts and blessings, now the party begins as your guests stream on to the dance floor to begin making memories, celebrating you as a couple all night long.
Big Ray and the Kool Kats knows just how to provide a once in a lifetime performance for your special wedding day and that’s with live music.
Find Out Why Modern Bride Magazine Named Big Ray and The Kool Kats One of the Best Wedding Bands in America!

Talented, experienced, and fun!
Everything you need in your wedding band
Everything you need in your wedding band
Looking for a Wedding Music Band? Big Ray and the Kool Kats is the best Charlottesville Wedding Band there is!



WEEKS LATER, WE ARE STILL GETTING COMPLIMENTS ON THE BAND – ROSS N.
Named one of Modern Bride Magazine’s “Best Wedding Bands in America,” while also garnering multiple awards from Wedding Wire, The Knot, Virginia Weddings, and more, Big Ray and the Kool Kats has performed live music at multiple Presidential Inaugural Balls, charity galas, corporate events and of course hundreds of wedding receptions from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to Big Sky Montana, Bellagio Las Vegas to The Kennedy Center.



BRINGING THE BEST TALENT TO YOUR WEDDING DAY
Big Ray and the Kool Kats will bring the same musicians to you who have performed live with John Legend, Ben Folds, 16x Grammy winner David Foster, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, Warren Buffet, Sir Richard Branson, Tyler Perry, Martin Short, Julie Andrews, Johnny Mathis, The 4 Tops, Frankie Avalon, The 5th Dimension, Wayne Newton, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Charlie Daniels, Debbie Gibson, Jennifer Garner, Christian Slater and dozens more.



WE PLAY YOUR MUSICAL VISION
From your personally chosen live music for the wedding ceremony to early evening cocktail and dinner selections at that perfect volume to the best in cross-generational dance music for when the party switches gears, BRKK always has available the greatest songs from every era.
“Book them now! No questions asked.
They are outstanding, amazing, and unforgettable. Big Ray and The Kool Kats have
done three weddings for our family!”
Lisa S.



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(O) 434-202-1769 (C) 434-960-4595
Big Ray and the Kool Kats regularly serves all couples throughout the country. We have even traveled overseas and will for you!
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