How much does a caricature artist cost?

How much does a caricature artist cost for live events? Read below for my prices for live wedding caricatures! (For live caricatures for corporate events, hens and other events drop me a line directly.)

For details of how much a gift caricature costs, click here 🖱️.

A caricature artist at your wedding will have your guests in stitches during your drinks reception and they’ll be talking about it for weeks afterwords! Please read on for details and prices!
I’m Allan Cavanagh and I’ve been drawing caricatures for nearly two decades all over Ireland. You can read some testimonials here.

What do I get when I hire a caricature artist for my wedding?

For 2 hours I will draw your guests in rapid succession while creating a wedding warm-up for your guests to interact and laugh together. I always get an audience while drawing and the big reveal to the sitters always gets a great reaction!

My live caricatures are very fast, taking around 3 minutes for one face or 4 minutes for a couple. I like to try and shave a couple of seconds off my drawing time every year!

The paper I use is 200gsm A3 white cartridge, each sheet is elegantly printed with your names and the date of your wedding. Each drawing is rolled and fastened, and presented to your guests on completion. Your guests will have a great laugh and the caricature drawing is a wonderful fun memento of your big day!

For the drinks reception I charge the following rate:

2 hours: starting from €475 (travel may affect price, please indicate your wedding venue when enquiring to get a complete costing)
There is a €100 deposit with the balance due the week before the wedding.

If you have any questions leave a comment below or drop this caricature artist for weddings in Ireland an email!
Top Irish Caricature Artist Allan Cavanagh at work drawing guests at a wedding receptionWedding guests look on laughing as Caricature Artist Allan Cavanagh draws his hilarious fast caricaturesA wedding guest laughing his head off at his caricature by Allan Cavanagh
Like everything else you should always do a little research before booking an artist. A good artist will have dozens if not hundreds of recent examples of their live wedding caricature work easily found online. Search for relevant keywords, such as “caricature artist for weddings”, to see if you can find examples of their work.

If you can’t find their live work, don’t book ’em! For example I have hundreds of samples on this website, and I currently have over a hundred and seventy 5 star recommendations in Google reviews (and rising!) A good caricature artist should have easily found recommendations from real people. Each one of my reviews comes from couples whose weddings I’ve drawn at, corporate clients, or individuals I’ve drawn commissioned caricatures for. Have a look!

16 thoughts on “How much does a caricature artist cost?”

  3. Hi Courtney, thank you for your interest in my caricatures for weddings, I’ve sent you an email with all the information on my live caricature wedding packages!

  6. Hi. Having a 50th wedding anniversary party in birr in March for ma and da. How much would it cost.

  10. Hi Allan,
    I am getting married on August 1st 2020 in letterkenny co.donegal.
    Could you email me on your price list of the packages you offer and whether you have this date available.
    Thank you 🙂

  16. Would be very interested in your work for a wedding in Sligo on Friday 22nd of November 2019 in the Clayton Hotel

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