The Brooklyn Beats

Category: Live Band or Ensemble

Type: Multi-piece live band

Genres: Disco/Funk

  • Jazz
  • Motown/Soul
  • Pop/Top 40s
  • R&B
  • Rap/Hip Hop
  • Rock
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About The Brooklyn Beats

The Brooklyn Beats

Band Leader/Owner

The Brooklyn Beats is the inaugural event/wedding band founded by music industry veteran, Jon Shiffman. Jon is best known for his live work as a drummer for Grammy winner Jack Antonoff in the bands Steel Train and Bleachers. He has toured all over the world and his drumming can be heard on various National TV Commercials, and is featured in the 2024 release of Paramount Pictures’ Mean Girls movie. Since even before leaving the touring life in 2015, Jon has been a fixture in the New York private event/wedding band scene and has been a drummer, band leader, talent booker and event producer for the biggest agencies and bands in the area.

After over 10 years of working with other bands and agencies, Jon knew he had much to offer clients in terms of providing top-tier musical performances coupled with family oriented, "Mom and Pop style" customer service. His eye for talent along with his unique experience in both original popular music and private event/wedding band production ensures that The Brooklyn Beats are among the best event bands in New York. The band is comprised of the most talented and experienced performers from the New York area. Jon lives in the NYC area with his wife, Abbe, their daughter Joanna, and their dog, Bowie.

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Services

Services

  • Hear us live
  • Learning new songs
  • Music during breaks
  • Sound system capability audience <300 -
  • Sound system capability audience >300

Musical genres

  • Disco/Funk
  • Jazz
  • Motown/Soul
  • Pop/Top 40s
  • R&B
  • Rap/Hip Hop
  • Rock

Reviews

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  • Amazingggg incredible band!!

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    •Michelle S.•Nov 14

    Jon and The Brooklyn Beats were the best decision we made! Jon was fully available and wonderfully communicative to us throughout the whole process. He was very receptive and open to our music curation list (specifically with some mash up requests) and completely brought the house down. Everyone could NOT stop raving about the band during and after the wedding and wanted to know how we found them! Book Brooklyn Beats now, before they blow up because they will!!!!

  • Best wedding band!

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    •Anna P.•Nov 7

    The Brooklyn Beats is THE BEST wedding band you will ever work with. Seemless planning, thorough communications and the absolute best time on the dance floor. They navigated the venue and last minute setup issues with ease and brought the house down with their performance - not a lull in the dance floor for one moment, everyone was truly dancing the night away! Would hire them a thousand times over!

  • Amazing

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    •Jeff M.•Oct 3, 2024

    The Brooklyn Beats absolutely crushed it at our wedding last month. Jon worked with us to make sure the band played a bunch of our favorite songs and learned a few special requests for our formal dances, while also hitting a bunch of other classics that kept the whole family on the dance floor THE WHOLE NIGHT. I can’t even count the amount of compliments we received about them from guests. The kitchen was a bit delayed for dinner, which ended up being a GOOD thing because we just got to keep dancing more before dinner! Would hire them again and again to rock any party. Huge thanks to Jon and the rest of The Brooklyn Beats team!

  • Best in the business!

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    •Alex Greer•Aug 14, 2024

    The Brooklyn Beats were hands down the best party band I’ve ever hired. I produce a lot of weddings and events and this band stands out amongst the very crowded scene. The musicians are just amazing. Some of the most talented I’ve come across. Many of them have credits on major artists tours and albums. Some have performed on Broadway. Just an awesome group. They sounded great and play all the hits across every era of great music. They also have excellent medleys and set compositions, which creates a seamless flow and nonstop feeling to their performance. They are not only incredibly talented performers, but true professionals. Communicative, flexible, and prompt. Jon was a pleasure to work with and made my life easy. I felt like they had everything fully under control which allowed me to focus on the other elements of the event. All in all, I would highly recommend The Brooklyn Beats to anyone looking for a high energy, joyful, world-class music experience at their event or wedding.

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