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Check out our incredible acts in action. They can also tailor their sets to suit your event, and have a huge range of songs to suit the vibe.
Originally hailing from Cairns, Rhys Tolhurst now resides in Melbourne. Rhys has performed for over 150 weddings, events for the likes of Aston Martin, Telstra, Birdcage (VRC) and has worked across Victoria in venues such as the MCG, Crown, Stones in the Yarra Valley, Immerse Winery, Chandon Winery, State Library of Victoria, Acacia Ridge, Higher Ground, Carlei Wines & many more.
Rhys was a Finalist on Australia’s Got Talent (7 Network) and a judge on ‘All Together Now’ (7 Network). He is currently one of the lead singers on TV’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ (7 Network).
Whether it’s performing Acoustically with his Guitar & Loop Pedal, crooning an audience whilst playing a Piano or hyping up the crowd on the dancefloor and DJing, Rhys is extremely kind and approachable and leaves all guests feeling entertained.
Rhys works in either his Solo Acoustic format (Vocals, Guitar & Loop Pedal) or Solo Piano (Vocals, Piano) & can add on DJing.
With his roots in Jazz, Rhys also has a Jazz/Soul Band 'Santa Monica Jazz Band' for speciality events.- Simply the bestRhys00:00 / 01:47Fresh EyesRhys00:00 / 01:59Fly me to the moonRhys00:00 / 02:31
2002 – Anne Marie
24K Magic - Bruno
7 Years - Lucas Graham
Absolutely Everybody – Vanessa Amorosi
Aint Nobody – Chaka Khan (Jasmine Thompson Version)
All I Ask – Adele
All My Life – Thirsty Merc
All Of Me – John Legend
All Night Long – Lionel Richie
Always Remember Us This Way – Lady Gaga
Another Night – Real McCoy
Apologise – One Republic
As Long As You Love Me – Backstreet Boys
At Last – Etta James
Attention – Charlie Puth
Be The One – Dua Lipa
Beautiful – Pete Murray
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Believe – Cher
Bellyache – Billie Eilish
Better Man – Robbie Williams
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Black & Gold – Sam Sparrow
Blackbird – The Beatles
Blame It On The Boogie – Michael Jackson
Bloom – Troye Sivan
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell (Sara Bareillis Version)
Breakeven – Script
Breathe – Jax Jones
Breathin – Ariana Grande
Budapest – George Ezra
Busses & Trains – Bachelor Girl
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Cry Me A River – Justin Timberlake
Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You – E Presley
Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Frankie Valli
Came Here For Love – Ella Eyre
Caught Up - Usher
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Chasing Pavements – Adele
Cheap Thrills – SIA
Chunky – Bruno Mars
Clarity - Zedd
Clocks – Coldplay
Closer - Chainsmokers
Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Confessions - Usher
Crystal Ball – Pink
Dancing On My Own – Robyn
Dancing In The Moonlight - TopLoader
Dance With Somebody – Witney Houston
Desire – Years & Years
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Sixpence
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Don’t Leave – Snakehips (Ft. MO)
Do You Remember – Jarryd James
Dog Days Are Over – Florence & The Machine
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Drops Of Jupiter – Train
DJ Got Us Falling In Love - Usher
Dynamite – Sigrid Electric Feel –MGMT
Electricity – Dua Lipa
Emotions – Mariah Carey
Endless Love – Dianna Ross & Lionel Richie
Everglow – Coldplay
Every Heartbeat - Robyn
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
Fantasy – Mariah Carey
Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
Feel It Still (Rebel Just For Kicks) – Portugal. Finally It’s Happened To Me – Cece Peniston
Find Me – Sigma (Ft. Birdy)
Finesse – Bruno Mars
Fire & The Flood – Vance Joy
Forever – Chris Brown
Forget You – Cee Lo Green
Forget Me Nots – Patrice Rushen
Found You – Rita Ora (Ft. Liam Payne)
Free Fallin – Tom Petty (John Mayer Version)
From This Moment – Shania Twain
Georgia – Vance Joy
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Gimme The Night – Georges Benson
God Is A Woman – Ariana Grande
Good Old Days – Macklemore (Ft. Kesha)
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Halo – Beyonce
Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez
Happy – Pharell Williams
Havanna – Camila Cabello
Hearts On Fire – Passenger
Heavy Cross – The Gossip
Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Here Without You – 3 Doors Down
Hey Ho – Luminers
Heya – Outcast
Hiding My Heart – Adele
Hold Back The River – James Bay
Hold On, Were Going Home - Drake
Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Home – Michael Buble
Hometown Glory – Adele
Homesick – Dua Lipa (ft. Chris Martin)
Horses – Daryl Brathwaite
How Deep Is Your Love – Calvin Harris
How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees
How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You – James Taylor
How To Save A Life – The Fray
Hurt Somebody - Noah Kahan
I Can’t Feel My Face – Weeknd
I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops
I Cant Make You Love Me – Bonnie Ray (Adele)
IDGAF – Dua Lipa
I Feel For You – Chaka Kha
I feel It Coming – Weeknd
If I Aint Got You – Alecia Keys
If I Could Change Your Mind - HAIM
Ignition – R Kelly
I Hate You, I Love You – Gnash
I’ll Be There – Jess Glynne
I Like Me Better – Lauv
I Love You, Always Forever – Donna Lewis
I Miss You – Clean Bandit
I’m Not The Only One – Sam Smith
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
I Need A Miracle – Coco Star
In To You – Ariana Grande
I Try – Macy Gray
I See Fire – Ed Sheeran
Issues – Julia Michaels
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
It’s To Late – Carole King
I Wan’t To Know What Love Is – Foreigner
I Won’t Give Up – Jason Maraz
Jessie’s Girl – Bruce Springfield
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Jump – Pointer Sisters
Keep On Movin – 5ive
Kids – MGMT
Killing Me Softly – Fugees
King – Years & Years
Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer
Knocking On Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
Latch – Sam Smith
Last Friday Night – Katy Perry
Lay Me Down – Sam Smith
Let Me Go – Haille Steinfeld
Let Me Love You - Mario
Let Me Love You- DJ Snake (Ft. Justin Beiber)
Let It Go – James Bay
Let The Music Play – Shannon
Let You Love Me – Rita Ora
Life Is A Highway – Rascal Flats
Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Megan Trainor & John Legend
Little Of Your Love - HAIM
Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Lonely Boy – Black Keys
Lonely Together – Avicci & Rita Ora
Losing Game – Amy Winehouse
Lovefoolsophy – Jamiroqui
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Love On The Brain – Rhianna
Love Shack – B25
Love Someone – Lucas Graham
Love Yourself – Justin Beiber
Magic – Coldplay
Man I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Mercy – Duffy
Mess Is Mine – Vance Joy
Miss You – Rolling Stones
Moon Dance – Michael Buble
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Mr Brightside – The Killers
Murder On The Dance Floor – Sophie Elis Baxter
Never Be The Same – Camila Cabello
Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
Never Knew Love Like This – Stephanie Mills
Never Tear Us Apart –INXS
Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
New Rules – Dua Lipa
Next To Me – Emilie Sande
No Digitty - Blackstreet
No One – Alicia Keys
No Scrub - TLC
Nothing Even Matters – Lauryn Hill
Nothing’s Real But Love – Rebecca Furguson
O – Coldplay
Ocean Drive – Duke Dumont
Ocean Eyes – Billie Eilish
One Dance – Drake
One Kiss – Dua Lipa
One Last Song – Sam Smith
One Last Time – Ariana Grande
Only Exception – Paramore
Outstanding – Gap Band
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Perfect Places – Lorde
Pillowtalk – Zayn
Pray – Sam Smith
Pretty Hurts – Beyonce
Pretty Young Thing – Michael Jackson
Price Tag – Jessie J
Promisies – Sam Smith
Pony - Ginuine
Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Return Of The Mack – Mark Morrison
Rhythm Of The Night - Corona
Riptide – Vance Joy
Rise – Jonas Blue
Rock With You – Michael Jackson
Rolling In The Deep – Adele
Safe & Sound – Taylor Swift
Say It Like That – Flume (Ft. Tovelo)
Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
Say A Little Prayer For You – Aretha Franklin
Say Something – A Great Big World
Say Something – Justin Timberlake
Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
Scar – Missy Higgins
Scars To Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
Sexual – Neiked
Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
Send My Love – Adele
Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
Scared To Be Lonely – Dua Lipa
Senorita – Justin Timberlake
Shake It Out – Florence & The Machine
Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran
She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
Shot Gun – George Ezra
Show Me Love – Robin S
Shut Up & Dance – Walk The Moon
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
Skinny Love – Bon Iver
Slow Hands – Niall Horan
Smash InTo You – Beyonce
So Sick – Neyo
Someone Like You – Adele
Some kind Of Wonderful – The Drifters
Something Just Like This – Chainsmokers (Ft. Coldplay)
Solo – Clean Bandit & Demi Lovato
Sorry – Justin Beiber
Sorry Not Sorry – Demi Lovato
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Starving – Haliee Steinfeld
Stay – Alesia Cara
Stay – Rhianna
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
Stollen Dance – Milky Chance
Stop – Spice Girls
Strangers - Sigrid
Suga Suga – Baby Bash
Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake
Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
Sun Comes Up – James Arthur
Sunrise – Norah Jones
Summer Time Sadness – Lana Del Rey
Sway – Bic Runga
Sweet Baby – Macy Gray
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Take Me To Church – Hosier
Talking Bodies - Tovelo
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
That’s What’s Up – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Thank You, Next – Ariana Grande
The Middle - Zedd
The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
The Wire – HAIM
The Scientist – Coldplay
There She Goes – Sixpence None The Richer
These Days – Rudimental
Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
This is what you came for – Rhianna
Thousand Years – Christina Perrie
Time After Time – Cindy Lauper
Time Of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
Torn – Natile Imbrulia
Treasure – Bruno Mars
True Colours – Cindy Lauper
Turning Tables – Adele
Unwritten – Natasha Belingfield
Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon (Pixie Lott Version)
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Versace On The Floor – Bruno Mars
Waiting All Night – Rudimental (Ft. Ella Eyre)
Waiting On The World To Change – (John Mayer Version)
Walking Away – Craig David
Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun
Want You Back - HAIM
Waterfalls - TLC
Water Under The Bridge – Adele
Wake Me Up – Avicii
We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off – (Ella Eyre Version)
We Found Love – Rhianna
What Goes Around Comes Back Around – Justin Timberlake
What I Like – Bruno Mars
What Is Love - Haddaway
When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars
When You Say Nothing At All – Ronan Keating
When We Were Young – Adele
Where Did Our Love Go – Supremes
Who Loves You – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Wicked Game – Chris Isac
Wild Thoughts - Rhianna
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Carole King
Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
Yellow – Coldplay
You Are My Sunshine – Jasmine Thompson
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Young Blood – 5 Seconds Of Summer
Your Body Is A Wonderland – John Mayer
Your Song – Elton John (Ellie Goulding Version)
You’re Still The One – Shania Twain
You’ve Got A Friend – Carole King
You’ve Got The Love – Florence & The Machine
We are extremely grateful for Unplugged and Rhys Tolhurst's help to make our wedding day extra special. Thank you for organising and your help in securing such an amazing and well suited performer for our evening and thus creating such a beautiful atmosphere for us and for our loved ones on the day. The great level of communication and organisation in the process was much appreciated and made the planning process so much smoother. Rhys' passion for music overflows in the quality of his craft! We are so in awe of your talent, and truly appreciate your better-than-original rendition of God Bless the Broken Road for our first dance. Thank you also for being so cool and adaptable on the day, playing along to however the night unfolded. We appreciate you so much and will be forever grateful.
Cam Sobey
Great company. Amazing talent. Fantastic customer service 🙌
We had Rhys Tolhurst (@rhystolhurt) come to perform at our engagement party to take it to the next level …and he really did- he made the entire night. We dealt with Paul from the unplugged entertainment team who coordinated all the details. He was friendly, helpful and quick to respond.
We couldn’t recommend the company or the talent more.Georgia
We selected Rhys and he was fantastic. Punctual and lovely to chat too. We gave him no direction at all and he just played to the vibe of the night. Everyone loved him. Thanks Paul & Unplugged Entertainment
Megan Lloyd-Griffiths
Rhys and Marc were amazing on the night and had the dance floor rocking. Can’t recommend them enough!
Alex Martini
Rhys was absolutely amazing performing live for our ceremony, cocktail session and first dance and we had so many people comment on how great he was. We couldn't have asked for better artists and are so grateful to them for making our day better than we could have imagined. We won't hesitate to recommend Unplugged to all of our family and friends for years to come!
Courtney Pratt
We Booked Rhys who done a fantastic rendition of our wedding song . The whole experience was enjoyable and easy. I would engage Leighton and his company to organize any of my special occasions and events again.
Patrick Davis
Rhys provided acoustic entertainment followed by a DJ set. All of our guests were commented on how great he was. Rhys was able to read the crowd and provided great tunes to get everyone on the dance floor. Combined with a Richard on sax during his dj set the dance floor was pumping. Thank you to Rhys and Richard for such a memorable night
Elissa Heineke
Rhys Tolhurst absolutely made our night for my 30th birthday party. The songs he played and the way he sang really set the tone for my event. He was very engaging with our guests and so accommodating with various requests.He has an incredible voice and we were extremely pleased with is performance.
I also want to thank Paul from Unplugged Entertainment as he was very responsive with my questions and I am so thankful that he recommended Rhys.
Thank you so much!Hanna Heuzinkveld
Rhys was absolutely amazing! He played for our ceremony and canapes at our wedding and blew us away. Paul was amazing to organise everything with and was so flexible and helpful. We had lots of comments from guests about the beautiful mood that Rhys created for our special day. The portal was fabulous to get all of our ideas and wants across to Rhys and the phone call before the big day was great to get to know him as well as run through everything - it helped us feel really comfortable and trusting for the ceremony and canapes! Thanks so much Rhys and Paul!
Stephanie S
Rhys was great, had my staff up and dancing early in the night and kept them going through to close. Thanks again guys.
Heath Nankervis
We had Rhys Tolhurst perform acoustic and DJ on the night of our wedding. Rhys also did MCing for the night and he was spectacular ! We had so many comments from our guests about how amazing he was and we agree! We also found the process of booking and setting up the portal very user friendly :) We highly recommend Unplugged Entertinment!
Adam Fegan
We booked Rhys for the ceremony and canapé hour, and he was absolutely incredible! We’ve had many of our guests tell us that he had people in tears well before the ceremony had started thanks to his amazing voice!
Morsal B
Check out our incredible acts in action. They can also tailor their sets to suit your event, and have a huge range of songs to suit the vibe.