Live acts for a wedding or event in Bengaluru

A live act happens once, in one evening, and almost nobody in Bengaluru puts a price on their page. So we read about 60 requests people sent mytribe for one, mostly for a caricature artist, the records of the painters and performers we work with, and the pages of the Bengaluru firms that do publish prices. This answers which act suits your evening, what it costs and what to settle with the venue before you pay.

About 60 requests for these acts4 painters and performers on mytribeUpdated 22 Oct 2026
An illustration of a wooden easel holding a bright cartoon caricature of a smiling Indian bride and groom, marker pens on its ledge, on a marigold-yellow background
Picture: Illustration by mytribe
Q1

Should I book a stage act or a roaming act for my wedding or event?

A stage act is a few minutes the whole room stops to watch: speed painting, sand art, a fire act or an aerial act. A roaming act runs for two or three hours beside dinner: a caricature artist, a live painter, stilt walkers or a mirror man. At a reception, where guests queue to greet the couple, a roaming act keeps the line happy. At a seated sangeet, a stage act works better.

What's the event?

A roaming act: a caricature artist, a live painter, stilt walkers or a mirror man. They keep the crowd busy while people wait to greet the couple. One family asked us for 40 to 45 drawings out of about 200 guests over four hours.

Q2

How much do a caricature artist, a live painter or a stilt walker cost in Bengaluru?

A caricature artist is the one act Bengaluru firms price in the open: from about ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 for one artist for two to three hours, with transport and extra hours on top. For a live wedding painting, Sumana M, a Bengaluru painter, says ₹40,000, but she hasn't yet told us whether that's a flat price or a start, or the canvas size, hours and travel. For stilt walkers, mirror men, LED dancers, fire, sand art and aerial acts, no Bengaluru performer's page we found gives a price, so you'll need a quote.

The two acts with a price in Bengaluru

  • A caricature artist

    From about ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 one artist, 2 to 3 hoursTwo Bengaluru firms' starting prices, for 20 to 30 sketches. Transport and extra hours on top at one

    Time:
    2 to 3 hours, about 5 to 10 minutes a guest
    Needs:
    A table and chairs near the crowd, and someone to run the queue
  • A live wedding painting

    ₹40,000 her own figureSumana M. Flat or a start, canvas size, hours and travel not confirmed yet

    Time:
    Ask her. Her hours on site aren't confirmed yet
    Needs:
    A spot with good light and room for the easel
Each price is the firm's or the painter's own, read in October 2026. Photos: Illustration by mytribe and Sumana M.

Q3

What does a ₹35,000 live wedding painting get you, against a ₹40,000 one?

You can't tell from what's published why one costs ₹5,000 more, because the two prices include different things. The ₹35,000 is a Delhi studio's listed offer for one 18 x 24 inch canvas painted by one of its team, with travel and a stay extra, on a page dated 2020. The ₹40,000 is Sumana M's own figure for live painting in Bengaluru, and she does the painting herself. She hasn't yet told us the canvas size, hours or travel. Ask any painter the same three things: the canvas size, who paints, and what travel adds.

Sumana M smiling on a wedding lawn under a white tent, with her on-screen text My Mind while Live Wedding Painting

Sumana M, a Bengaluru painter

₹40,000

An illustration of a painter seen from behind at an easel at a wedding reception, painting the couple on the stage on a medium canvas, paints and a palette on a small table

A Delhi studio's team painter

₹35,000

She paints it herself

Painted by one of the studio's team

The couple and your real stage, painted as a scene

One 18 x 24 inch canvas

In Bengaluru, so no travel from another city

Travel and a stay on top, price not given

Flat or a start, canvas size and hours not confirmed yet

Listed as an offer price, on a page dated 2020

One live painting at a wedding, at two prices. Both read 22 October 2026. Photos: Sumana M and Illustration, not a photograph of any performer's work.

Q4

What do we actually get from a live wedding painter, and when?

One canvas of your wedding, painted at an easel at the venue during the event. Before you book, ask how big the canvas is, how many hours the painter stays, whether it's finished that night or later, and whether the frame and travel are in the price. The look changes a lot from painter to painter, so ask to see a finished wedding painting of theirs.

Q5

How many guests can one caricature artist draw in an evening?

One artist draws about 25 to 36 guests in a three-hour slot in black and white, and about half as many in colour. At a 200-guest reception that's about one guest in six to eight, so decide who gets drawn, or add a second artist. Each artist starts at about ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 for the slot, and one firm's ₹5,000 covers up to 25 sketches.

Q6

Will my venue allow a fire act, sand art, stilt walkers or an aerial act?

Ask the venue in writing before you pay any advance, because the venue decides. A fire act needs open sky or a high ceiling, distance from drapes and flowers, and someone standing by with an extinguisher. An aerial act needs a hanging point someone signs off as safe, or a rig of its own. Sand art and LED dancers need a dark room. On an open lawn, loudspeakers have to stop at 10 pm.

Which acts work where you're holding it?

Fire works best here, on a calm night, well away from drapes and flower walls. Loudspeakers off by 10 pm. Karnataka counts 10 pm to 6 am as night for loudspeakers, so put a fire or aerial act with music before then. Sand art and LED dancers need it properly dark.

Who says so:
Karnataka's loudspeaker order of May 2022, and the venue
How firm:
A state order for the 10 pm part; the rest is the venue's call
The 10 pm part is Karnataka's May 2022 order on loudspeakers. The hotel line is a wedding planner's notes on one five-star.

Q7

How do I know a performer is good before I pay an advance?

Watch a long video of them at a real event, with the sound on, and ask who exactly will come. Many acts are sold by a firm or a party shop that sends one of its performers, and one Delhi studio's live paintings are done by a painter from its team. Ask for a recent family or company you can call.

Q8

What should a live performer's quote include?

Ask whether the price is per performer, for how many hours, and how many minutes of that they actually perform. Then ask what's in it: travel, costume, sound, a painting's frame and GST. Get in writing what happens to the advance if it rains or the venue says no. No Bengaluru performer's page we read states those terms.

Before you pay, settle these eight

  1. The act, and its slot in the evening
  2. The venue's yes in writing: fire, rigging, a dark room, an outside artist
  3. Who exactly comes, with a clip of them at a real event
  4. Per performer or for the act, and minutes actually performing
  5. For a painting: the canvas size, hours on site, and when it's finished
  6. What's in the price: travel, costume, sound, frame, GST
  7. The advance, and what happens if it rains or the venue says no
  8. A room to change, a meal, and someone to cue the music
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What people in Bengaluru asked us for

Requests to mytribe, in our words. Most who ask us for one of these acts want a caricature artist, usually for a child's birthday.

  • A live painting at their wedding in late October, with the real stage decor in it. The reference picture they sent was only to show the idea.

    WeddingLive painting

    A couple in Hosa Road

    Sep 2026

  • A caricature artist at a resort reception for about 200 guests. Not every guest needs a drawing: 40 to 45 over a 4-hour slot would do. They were checking whether the resort allows an outside artist.

    ReceptionAbout 200 guests4 hours

    A family in Bengaluru

    Oct 2026

  • An evening for about 50 employees who work from home, planned to get them talking. Their own run of show gave 40 minutes to pottery or a cartoon artist in small mixed groups, so everyone took something home.

    Company eveningAbout 50 people

    A company in Bengaluru

    Aug 2026

  • A football birthday in the apartment clubhouse for about 100 guests: a coach to run games, other party entertainers, and a face-sketch artist for the children.

    Child's birthdayAbout 100 guests

    A parent in Peenya

    Jul 2026

Want us to find one?

Tell us the occasion, the venue and which part of the evening, and we come back with painters and performers who fit, each priced for your event. Every tribe-approved provider is checked before they get in: we look at their real work and call their past clients. It's free for you.

Decide these before you ask

Each one changes the act, the price or who fits.

  1. The occasionQ1
  2. The actQ1
  3. How many guestsQ5
  4. WhereQ6
  5. BudgetQ2

The painters and performers in this guide

All 4 are on mytribe and tribe approved. Sumana M's ₹40,000 is her own figure. The others haven't given us a price yet, so ask them.

  • SSumana MBengaluruLive wedding painting at an easel: ₹40,000, her own figure, though what it covers isn't confirmed yet. Speed painting on stage in 6 to 15 minutes. Ask her for that price.
    Tribe approved
  • AArt by NaveenDasanapuraLive painting at receptions: a bold background with the couple in white line, signed by the guests. Ask for the price.
    Tribe approved
  • DDR Carnival PerformersMadiwalaStilt walkers, mirror men, LED dancers, fire acts, jugglers and clowns. Ask for the price.
    Tribe approved
  • UUday KanathurHennurA juggler and stage performer. Stilt walkers and mirror men appear in his posts. Ask for the price.
    Tribe approved

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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 21 October 2026
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