Why not convert your cattle shed or lambing shed into a brilliant wedding venue with live music like Naomi and Nathan did below and forget all about farming and mucking out for a few days. This was the absolute perfect wedding reception, awesome bride and groom, super guests, rammed dance-floor all night long until the end of the night, great atmosphere & music and great SOUND….

Farmers Wedding Band

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Here are just some of the many lovely reviews we received from this wedding on a farm and from many other farm weddings.

Naomi Brown recommends Punch The Air
“Massive thank you to Punch The Air for a fantastic party at mine and Matt Lane’s wedding! We would recommend them to anyone having a wedding or a party. The band and the DJ’ing were fantastic, for young and old and kept the party going all night. Matt and I couldn’t have asked for better! Andy was also always really helpful, replied to any emails, and even helped when we slightly changed the first dance the day before.”

Steve Lane recommends Punch The Air
“These guys came and performed at my nephews wedding last night they filled the dance floor and kept us there for the whole time great job highly recommend them, awesome wedding and they played there part. Cheers wouldn’t doubt we will see you again Steve Matthews uncle and trailer step builder”

Book a farmers wedding band by contacting Andy Starkey.

When you hire Punch The Air as your local wedding band, you aren’t just getting a high-energy trio; you’re hiring a band that knows the Staffordshire and West Midlands circuit inside out. Based right here in Lichfield, we don’t just “travel to” these venues—we are regulars at them.

The Local Advantage:

• Zero Travel Costs: Because we are local, you aren’t paying for our petrol or hotel stays. Every penny of your budget goes directly toward the live performance and professional sound/lighting.

• Venue Familiarity: From the acoustics of The Guildhall to the load-in requirements at Shenstone Village Hall we know the local logistics. We know which venues have strict decibel limiters and how to manage our professional digital drum kit to ensure the music never gets cut off.

• Reliability: There’s no risk of “M6 traffic” ruining your first dance. We are 15 minutes away from most local venues, meaning we arrive early, relaxed, and ready to rock.

Whether you are getting married in a rustic barn in Whittington or a grand hall in Lichfield City Centre, hiring a local band means you get a more personal, stress-free experience from a group that treats every local wedding like a hometown show.

You can contact band leader ME Andy Starkey (I live in Lichfield myself) to check on you live music requirements for your wedding or party. I’ll even meet you for a coffee in the city centre face to face if you like…I love a cappuccino or 7….you’re buying though by the way…lol

Below is a minute by minute time frame of what occurred at a local wedding we performed at

5.50pm – And I’m off to the venue to a ‘Punch The Air‘ local wedding band. Even the M54 has roadworks at the moment, so that’s now every motorway around my home town. Luckily it was pretty clear sailing / driving and I arrive at the venue 20 minutes earlier than planned (arrival time was supposed to be 7pm on this occasion). James the guitarist had just arrived so we had a wander around the lovely farm, realised that the wedding speeches were still taking place and so chilled out for a while as Matt the drummer arrived. (Why do drummers always arrive last when they always have the most amount of gear to set up?) 

Local wedding band loading equipment in

7.10pm – (The schedule only running 10 minutes late) We’re able to move our vehicles right up next to the load in doors of this Salop venue so it’s a very easy load in (and out later). We help out the serving staff by moving the tables for this evening wedding reception so we can get our indie rock wedding band gear in and get setting it up. This really isn’t our job but we want to get set up so and not let things run late. It’s a beautiful looking barn and we have the whole end 1/3 section which is plenty big enough for us. There are cool large retro styled bulbs hanging from the ceiling and a large wooden illuminated star on the wall right behind where drummer Matt will set up his drum kit. We speak with the bride and groom quickly and we’re ready to start setting up. It’s not going to be hard work today in this lovely barn.

7.40pm – Its all going very smoothly and stress free and there’s plenty of room for our live wedding entertainment, the PA and the lighting (including our new high powered lighting rig) at this Shropshire wedding band. Apart from one cable being connected into the wrong input and one XLR deciding to break on us there are no further set up issues at all….this is now one seriously tight ship.

Soundcheck sorted

8.20pm – Only 70 minutes have elapsed and we’re set up and have already sound checked our live wedding band (Knocking 20 minutes off our usual 90 mins wedding band set up time – This is what we can achieve when there are no Bridezillas or anything else is running very late).

8.25pm – We go off to get changed into our dapper wedding party band on-stage clothing, a quick dab of deodorant and trussing of hair takes place and we’re back on stage waiting for the bride and groom to arrive for the first dance.

8.40pm – We don’t usually do first dances, but the client had asked if there was any chance we could learn “Here Comes The Sun” and with us all being huge Beatles fans how could we resist? The bride and groom approach the dancefloor at this SY4 postcode venue as we kick into said song…..the photographers snapping away as we do our best to not ham it up Rock n’ Roll style while they happily dance along to our rendition. Before the song finishes many others have also joined them on the dancefloor and then we kick into the rest of the “Beatles heavy” first set.

During the first live performance

9.00pm – We’re well into live entertainment of the first set now with no real issues. Local wedding band guests are happily continuing to dance along to us while playing their legs like guitars and sloshing alcohol all over the floor (Mental note to self “Get serving staff to mop the dancefloor at half time”). We go out onto the dancefloor and play our guitars along side them merrily dancing away much to their enjoyment.

9.30pm – The first set is over, there’s a huge round of applause for our professional wedding band. The buffet is about to be served, so we head off to get some fresh air and a cold drink.

9.55pm  – We tuck into hot pork and stuffing baps, strong cheeses and are informed that we have a tab behind the bar and to “Help ourselves”

10.15pm – I chat with the bride for a while checking that she’s fine with the evenings entertainment so far (Which she is of course)….I’m surprised she’s still quiet sober :). I then have a chat with the groom about when they would like us to go back on stage. Originally we’d planned for 10.45pm, but we both agree that 11pm would be better.

Wedding running late, no problem for your local wedding band.

11.10pm – Batteries are changed in our in ear monitoring systems and a little later than planned. We crack into the second Indie Rock Cover Band “Party set”. There’s a couple of light hearted punk numbers to start with and then onto a new song. “Common People” by Pulp performed in our own unique style. Guests are going crazy at this point jumping up and down, climbing the beams of the barn. They even attempt to invade the stage area.

11.40pm – Its in full swing and the guests are enjoying themselves as much as we are enjoying performing for them. They sing-a-long to the huge chorus’s of “I Love Rock n’ Roll”, “Sex On Fire”, “Parklife”, “Wonderwall” etc. A quick encore and its….

Midnight – The second sets over and we say our thanks and start to pack away and the DJ set goes on. But apparently its not over yet. The groom comes over and starts to barter with us for more live material…..how can we refuse So we start putting the gear back together again, another quick change of batteries and we’re into a third set. We let the guests decide which songs they want us to play so we perform “Valerie“, “There She Goes“. Then “Seven Nation Army” (With massive crowd participation) and a few other great numbers.

Third live set completed

12.30am – The third live set is now complete and it really is time to start packing away. The guests continue to happily dance along to the final 30 minute wind-up/wind-down DJ set we’ve put together for them. This complimenting us for our “Kick-ass live show” as one guest says…..”What a remarkable wedding band” another guest remarks.

1.00am – That’s it, the nights entertainment is over. The lights go up, guests drink up and start to leave the venue. We continue to pack away the rest of the PA and lighting and start to load up our vehicles. It lightly rains outside. We chat again to guests and the bride and groom. It sounds like they have all really enjoyed their entire day and our evenings entertainment.

1.30pm – We say goodbye to the bride and groom, set our sat navs to HOME and we’re off. There’s still roadworks on the way back (No doubt it won’t be the last time I see them). I think to myself that it was one of the best and least stressful weddings we’ve ever performed at. I’m very happy with how it all went.

2.20pm – I finally arrive back at home and fall asleep on the sofa until 3.30am

Two days later we receive an email from the client:

Many many thanks for Saturday night – you were fantastic! Lots of people commented on how good you were. I apologise if I pestered a little too much, and for the impromptu request for an additional set. I was a little worse for wear by that point! We hope you had a good time. We’ll most certainly be recommending you to whoever we can for a local wedding band.

Many thanks
Tom and Hannah

……ah…..bless em’

Contact wedding party band ‘Punch The Air’ for your local wedding reception band.

We use it as a high-impact moment in our set: punchy, upbeat, and full of attitude. It cuts through the room, lifts the energy, and pulls people towards the dance-floor without trying too hard. Older guests recognise it instantly, younger guests react to the groove, and suddenly the room feels lighter.

It’s short, sharp, and does exactly what a great live cover should do.

When We Play Hound Dog Elvis Presley Cover

This song isn’t locked to one type of event. Punch The Air have played Hound Dog in all sorts of settings — and it always lands.

• At weddings, it’s a fun change of pace that gets mixed-age crowds moving

• At parties, it’s a familiar hit that resets the room’s energy

• At live music nights, it’s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser

It works early to warm things up, or later in the night when the dancefloor’s already buzzing.

Watch the Performance of the classic Elvis track Hound Dog

If you want to hear how we handle Hound Dog live — vocals, groove, and overall feel — check out the video below. It’ll give you a much better sense of how the song actually comes across on stage than any description ever could.

About Punch The Air

Punch The Air are a live band focused on one thing: making sure the music actually connects with the people in the room. We don’t overcomplicate songs, and we don’t treat them like museum pieces — we play them the way they should be played live.

Our sets mix well-known classics with modern crowd favourites, always with energy and intention behind them.

Booking & Availability

If you’re putting together a live music setlist and want iconic songs like Hound Dog delivered with character and confidence, we’re happy to chat.

Use the contact form to check dates, ask questions, or talk through what you’re planning — no pressure, no hard sell.

Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Cover

Also here is an acoustic version of this classic track performed by Andy Starkey live in his lounge.

Hire a Deckerdence Wedding Band

This superb and very unique wedding venue in B46 postcode is expertly run by Clare and Mark who will take care of all your events needs. It features a 1960s British double decker bus in the middle of a large marquee making it quite possibly the most memorable wedding venue Punch The Air have ever performed at full stop. There is a permanent dancefloor on the one side of the bus and a stage for our professional wedding band to perform on. This wedding venue already has dancefloor and stage lighting installed so no extra lights are required which would otherwise take up potential space on the dancefloor. Loading in for the wedding band is a breeze as it is very close by to the rear access parking and so will not disturb guests by having to walk all the way through the venue. 

The vintage Double-decker bus

The double-decker bus serves a superb range of draught beers, ciders and also spirits and mixers. Upstairs on the bus is a cocktail bar serving the best cocktails around. There is a seating area up there too and the roof of the bus opens up keeping it nice and cool up there. There are also outdoor bar areas too.

In the below video you will see band leader Andy taking a walk around this Coleshill wedding venue and grounds. You’ll see the ultra cool double decker bus, the chequered dance-floor, Punch The Air‘s on stage set up, guitars, amplifiers and PA system, the bar, the cocktail bar and much more.

Client testimonial video for Deckerdence Wedding Band Punch The Air

When Punch The Air performed at Decker Dance for Emma & Callum they were so thrilled with our performance and professional set up that they wanted to tell everyone about it in this testimonial video. And it’s filmed right in front of the vintage double decker bus.

Photos from the wedding reception and of Punch The Air’s live performance.

Band leader Andys photos and various photos he was sent from guests at the wedding reception at Deckerdence. 

More info and contact details for this superb wedding venue in The Midlands can be found below. We look forward to performing at your wedding reception or and type of party you are holding there.

Venue address and contact details;
Deckerdence, Blyth Hall Farm, Blythe Rd,
Coleshill, Birmingham B46 2AF, UK
Tel: 01675 463555
Website: www.deckerdence.com

You Really Got Me The Kinks Cover

Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover

Summer Of 69 Bryan Adams Cover

Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano Cover

It’s all lies as ever, they’re just taken a better paid gig somewhere else).

Don’t worry…..  PUNCH THE AIR are here to pick up the pieces.

Emergency Wedding Band Available

Contact me Andy right now and I’ll make sure you and all your guests still have the most amazing wedding ever. With over 12 years together as a party band PUNCH THE AIR can handle any situation thrown at us.

We’ll play amazing rock and pop bangers from modern times all the way back through to the 1950s. Hits from The Killers, Coldplay, Amy Winehouse, The Beatles, Florence & The Machine, Elvis, Bryan Adams and more.

All sound and lighting and DJ services are included too.

What are you waiting for? Email me NOW!!!!

Speak soon

Andy