Downtown Nights

About Downtown Nights

Downtown Nights – An Exquisite All-Female Acoustic Ensemble, Based in Florence, Italy

Downtown Nights presents a captivating all-female electroacoustic ensemble, composed of exceptionally refined and seasoned musicians. Every facet of your occasion is meticulously attended to; the ensemble serves as trusted curators, ensuring each event is tailored to impeccable perfection. With an extensive international repertoire, they artfully select the ideal musical accompaniment for every cherished moment.

They offer the following bespoke services:

• Live Music for Cocktail Hours (duo or trio live band + sax or percussion)
• Background music for dinner (selected playlist)
• Live music after dinner
• Music for special moments (cutting cake, dances, etc.)
• Extra services: music for the ceremony or a DJ Set

The ensemble is regularly engaged to perform for weddings and events at Castello di Montignano in Perugia, Umbria.

The seamless fusion of their three voices, harmonising with exquisite precision, creates an enchanting atmosphere during ceremonies. Downtown Nights offers customisable arrangements, augmenting their ensemble with percussion, drum machine, saxophone, violin, and DJ sets according to each client's desires. Boasting over a decade of performance expertise across Tuscany's most prestigious venues, their versatility, experience, and attention to every detail ensure that your dream event becomes an indelible memory.

Line-up Options

• 3 members (vocal, vocal/bass, vocal/guitar)
• One Request: percussion/drum machine, sax, violin

Set List

Soul

Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
At Last - Etta James
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - M.Gaye
I Just Wanna Make Love To You - Etta James
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
My Girl - The Temptations
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Sitting On A Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Let’s Stay together - Al Green
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over - Lenny Kravitz
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed

Pop

American Boy - Estelle feat. Kanye
West Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Hey Ya - Outkast
I Can't Feel My Face - The Weekend
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
This Love - Maroon Five
Toxic - Britney Spears
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
Umbrella - Rihanna
Baby one more time - Britney Spears
Locked out of heaven - Bruno Mars
No Roots - Alice Merton
If I ain't got you - Alicia Keys
This is the Life - Amy Macdonald
Goodnight moon - Shivaree
My tears dry on their own - Amy Winehouse
Nothing breaks like a heart - Miley Cyrus
Suddenly I see - KT Tunstall
Not fair - Lily Allen
Pretty please - Dua Lipa
Je veux - Zaz
Come - Jain
Royals - Lorde
The less I know the better - Tame Impala
Rome wasn't built in a day - Morcheeba
Voce me apareceu - Kaleidoscopio
Superstar - Jamelia
Like a Virgin - Madonna
Don’t start now - Dua Lipa
Heart of glass - Blondie
La isla bonita - Madonna
All about the bass - Meghan Trainor
Titanium - Sia
You know I'm no good - Amy Winehouse
September/Treasure - Earth Wind and Fire/Bruno Mars

Disco & Funk

Blame It On A Boogie - Jackson Five
Disco Inferno - The Trammp
Kiss - Prince
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Long train Running - The Doobie Brothers
Believe - Cher

Rock

Always On The Run - Lenny Kravitz
Come Together - The Beatles
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Where Is My Mind - Pixies
Creep - Radiohead
Karma Police - Radiohead
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
Heroes - David Bowie
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

Acoustic

Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Candy - Paolo Nutini
I wanna hold your hands - The Beatles
Bring it home to me - Sam Cook
Don't know why - Norah Jones
Sunrise - Norah Jones
Put your records on - Corinne Bailey Rae
New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Drops Of Jupiter - Train
Easy - The Commodores
Killing Me Softly - Fugees
Purple Rain - Prince
Starman - David Bowie
Oh Darling! - The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Something - The Beatles
Jealous Guy - John Lennon
I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley
These Boots - Nancy Sinatra
Fields Of Gold - Sting
Halo - Beyoncè
Englishman In New York - Sting
Last request - Paolo Nutini
Diamond on the inside - Ben Harper

Ceremony / Special Moments

I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Can’t help falling in love with you - Elvis
Your song - Elton John
A thousand years - Christina Perri
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
All you need is love - The Beatles
Viva la vida - Coldplay
All of me - John Legend
Thinkin’ out loud - Ed Sheeran
Amazing Grace - Spiritual
La vie en rose - Zaz
Fix you - Coldplay
Marry you - Bruno Mars
(Everything I do) I do it for you - Bryan Adams
Here comes the sun - The Beatles

Italian Classics

Via Con Me - Paolo Conte
L’Appuntamento - Ornella Vanoni
Il Cielo In Una Stanza - Gino Paoli
Almeno Tu Nell’universo - Mia Martini
Amarsi Un Po’ - Lucio Battisti
Dubbi Non Ho - Pino Daniele
La Cura - Franco Battiato
Amore disperato - Nada
E La luna Bussó - Loredana Berté
In alto mare - Loredana Bertè
Prima di andare via - Neffa
Con il nastro Rosa - Lucio Battisti
A Modo Tuo - Elisa