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Do you need to hire a UK wedding band near me? Great news because ‘Punch The air‘ are a wedding band near you. We travel all over the UK performing as a Staffordshire wedding band, Derbyshire party band and a Leicestershire group. Also a Shropshire band, Worcestershire wedding reception band and all other areas of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It doesn’t matter where your wedding venue is, we’ll come to you and bring the tunes. If you love artists like The Killers, Kings Of Leon, The Beatles, George Ezra, Amy Winehouse, Neil Diamond, Walk The Moon, Elvis and more then hire a professional group. Contact band leader Andy Starkey ASAP to check on price and availability for your date and wedding venue and don’t forget to include venue name and postcode. Then you can hire a wedding band near me for a wedding reception.

Hire a UK wedding band near me.

When you book a band for a UK wedding near me we’ll provide you absolutely everything needed for live music at a wedding party. All the bands backline equipment which includes guitars, amps, pedals, and leads. Then a state of the art PA system loud enough for any wedding venue. Also we’ll include lighting for both on stage and on the dance-floor. But it doesn’t end there, we’ll also give you DJ services until midnight too. You and your party guests can continue to dance the night away when we’re not rocking out live for you at no extra cost. Having been around a decade now since 2013 we know exactly what kind of performance brides, grooms and guests love. We’ll put on a high energy show guaranteed to get everyone up dancing, just like in the video below. 

Do you want to consider some additional extras too? Then how about:

• Acoustic band performances (Solo/Duo/Trio) throughout the day or in the evening
• Evening Photography Services
• Late Night DJ Services
• Wedding Projector Hire
• Fog machine hire
• Custom projector logo lighting featuring your names, the date and a custom logo
• Microphone & speaker hire for speeches

With over one hundred five star positive reviews you can be sure you’re booking a professional band for you wedding reception party. Put your trust in a group who perform at weddings weekly and can back up their claims through consistent quality video and photos. It doesn’t even matter if your venue has a sound limiter, we can always bring along our electronic drum kit. No matter what might occur we can handle anything that is thrown at us on your special day. Contact a professional party band and make sure your party goes as you deserve, as expected. 

We’ve just created the ‘Friends And Family First Dance’. What on earth is that you may ask? Well, some brides and grooms (And brides and brides or grooms and grooms) don’t really like the idea of doing a first dance in front of all their guests. So ‘Punch The Air‘ band leader Andy Starkey came up with the alternative first dance option…..The ‘Friends And Family First Dance’. Contact bass player Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to book a wedding band for your wedding reception. 

Have Your First Dance With Friends And Family, not a normal 1st Dance.

It’s incredibly simple, rather than just dancing alone together in front of all your guests, you and your other half are joined on the dance-floor by all of your wedding reception guests. This is a superb way to get everyone onto the dance-floor nice and early to make the most of your live entertainment. And guess what? All eyes are NOT on you. There’s no daunting empty dance-floor with everyone watching your every move. There’s no panic build up months, weeks, days and even minutes before the usual first dance performance.

It’s all your guests TOGETHER on mass, having fun with you and your partner. Andy will do his best to make sure all your wedding reception guests join you on the dance-floor for your special first dance….Even those you’ve never see dance before. (Even if it’s for just one song) So come on, let’s do it, let’s all dance together en masse. 

Check out Cheryl and Clare’s Friends And Family First Dance video below. They weren’t really up for a normal First Dance. So Andy Starkey from the band suggested they change it up instead. You will see and hear Indie Rock Wedding Band Punch The Air perform the classic Queen track ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love‘ from our repertoire to a completely full dance-floor. Doesn’t this look absolutely super different and something you’d enjoy too? Obviously if you can’t view the below video? Then watch on our YouTube channel. 

We’ll make sure you enjoy every single moment of your wedding reception with ‘Punch The Air‘ performing live, Contact as soon as possible to book.

Hire a Deckerdence Wedding Band in Coleshill, Birmingham and have Punch The Air provide live music at your reception party. Imagine all your favourite songs from Coldplay, Bryan Adams, Blink 182, Queen, Amy Winehouse, Kings Of Leon, The Beatles and more all performed live for you and all your guests. Then image it all happening at this totally unique wedding venue that is guaranteed to never be forgotten by brides, grooms, friends, family and guests. If this is your thing then contact band leader Andy and remember to advise the date of your event at Deckerdance and he’ll get back to you with the bands availability and price. 

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

Search our indie rock cover band website and find the answers to many of your questions. Otherwise please contact the band if you can’t find what you are looking for. 

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Hire a Holford Estate Hall Wedding band in Plumley, Knutsford, Cheshire and have Punch The Air perform indie rock and pop tunes from modern day back through all the decades for you and all your guests. Contact band Andy Starkey for more info on cost and availability.

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Images of Punch The Air performing at Simon & Hannahs Wedding in Cheshire.

Cheshire wedding reception venue address:

Holford Estate Hall, Plumley, Knutsford WA16 0UA

Bride & Grooms review of our live performances for them

Punch the Air turned our evening wedding do into a gig. With a perfect blend of indie tunes and some more classic rock songs from the 60s, guests young and old had an ace time. It was the hottest day of the year, and so people were desperate to stay outside, but Punch The Air had so many great methods of getting people involved on the dancefloor: from participation of our guests on stage, to creating a celebratory circle around the bride and groom playing our favourite song. Andy was so accommodating with the setlist, it’s ridiculous – he sent us a (long) list of all the songs Punch the Air do, and let us choose our dream setlist (as we were making playlists for the rest of the day and didn’t want clashes). And despite looking and sounding rock and roll (odd-coloured converse is a funny touch), the guys couldn’t have been nicer, more punctual, or professional. On top of all that, they were properly affordable compared to some other bands we looked at; bands we are fully confident wouldn’t have provided the memorable evening that Punch the Air did. Cheers guys. Simon Jones

Hire a Telford Wedding Band for your Shropshire wedding venue and have Shropshire’s premier party & function band ‘Punch The Air‘ handle all your live entertainment and DJ sets. Book a night of high energy music and an exciting stage show in the Shrops area with us cuz we’re ready to rock your wedding. Epic party classics hits from Queen, Oasis, The Beatles, Bryan Adams, George Ezra, The Human League, Blink 182 and more. No nonsense fast set up and sound-checks (As fast as walking across Iron Bridge in Ironbridge…well almost) . All sound and lighting equipment included in the price. And a simple booking process (a simple as walking up The Wrekin) make us the obvious choice for your TF1, TF2, TF3, TF4, TF5, TF6, TF7, TF8 wedding. Contact band leader Andy Starkey for price and availability. 

A Telford Wedding Band with everything you’ll ever need included in the fee.

Punch The Air live band will rock & pop your wedding around Shropshire including Telford, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Newport, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Whitchurch, Shifnal, Church Stretton and more. Above image is by a Telford, Shropshire based female photographer.

Female singer wedding band options.

You don’t need to hire a separate DJ when you book our wedding band. We’ll spin you up classics at no extra cost. You can also hire a band with a female singer and increase us to a four piece mixed vocal party band. We’ll take care of announcing the cutting of your cake and make sure you’re up on the dancefloor for your 1st dance as man and wife. We won’t play any long winded drum solos or extended guitar solos as we want you to spend your time together WITH the band. Becoming one with us. An extension of us and the music we play for you on your wedding day. Wonderful female vocals by Florence + The Machine, Alanis Morissette, Tiffany, Amy Winehouse and more.  

Some of our favourite Telford wedding venues include:

• Mercure Telford Centre Hotel.
• The Shropshire Golf Centre.
• Haughton Hall Hotel & Leisure Club
• and more.

Our Shrops wedding band are all about showing you what we can do live. NOT in a sterile studio set up. Thats why pretty much all of our videos are 100% live filmed at weddings and parties. Watch clients rock out to ‘Punch The Air‘ in the totally live YouTube sensation video below. If you ever thumb through Guitarist Magazine you might find some super peachy pix of us in there too. 

Shrops function band

Find out everything we get up to on a regular basis by visiting our website social media page. Interact and communicate with us over there if you wish. Maybe catch our public performances at Alberts Shed, Alberts Loft or Alberts Pour House. You’ll find it’s not hard to handle our style of indie rock covers and chart pop. If you know of a guitarist of the year more capable of handling crowds of all sizes then us do let us know.  Or contact for further info to book a Telford wedding band. 

What Does a “Live Band” Experience Actually Feel Like? When you book Punch The Air, you aren’t just hiring musicians; you’re securing a high-octane live production that transforms a standard room into a festival-level event. Unlike “backing track” performers, every note you hear from us is 100% live—raw, energetic, and tailored to the room’s atmosphere in real-time.

The “Live” Difference:

• Real Interaction: We don’t just stand behind microphones. We engage with your guests, reading the dance floor to decide exactly when to transition from a classic indie floor-filler to a modern chart-topper.

• Pro-Grade Live Audio: We use a high-end digital sound system and a state-of-the-art electronic drum kit. This allows us to deliver that “big venue” punchy sound even in smaller venues with strict sound limiters.

• Non-Stop Energy: Our live sets are designed to be “all killer, no filler.” We specialise in the indie-rock sound that gets people off their seats and keeps them there until the very last chord.

Book a live band for an event

Being a professional function band ‘Punch The Air‘ can adjust our set list repertoire on the spot to make sure guests stay on the dance-floor the whole night long. Giving dancers more of the type of music they clearly want to listen to. As opposed to changing genres just for themselves. We are always thinking about what you want. It’s never about what’s best for us, it’s always about what’s best for you. Shouldn’t all party bands be like this?

‘Punch The Air‘ live band perform a superb mix of indie rock covers and also massive chart hits from modern day, through the early 2000s, into the 90’s. Also from the 80’s, 70’s, 60s and 1950’s. All your guests will already know and love all of the live music in our repertoire. These are tried and tested songs we’ve been performing live for many years now (Having formed in 2013). And with over 100 positive reviews under our belts you can be assured we are the right choice for your special event. We know when to slow it down a little and when to ramp it back up again for maximum effect. Our live function band will give you the best high energy performance around. All the while smiling back at you and your guests putting in 100% effort throughout the event. Do you like Coldplay, The Killers, Amy Winehouse and The Beatles? Then we’re the live act for you. 

Hire musicians 

Book a live wedding band for your wedding reception. Or hire live musicians for your party, birthday party, corporate event or charity fundraiser.  Contact ‘Punch The Air’ indie rock cover band and have our professional live band take care of all your entertainment. 

The term festival band is quite the generic pairing of words that don’t actually mean one thing specifically. It could mean ANY band of ANY genre that performs live on a stage to ANY numbers of an audience. But to us it means something a lot different. By FESTIVAL BAND we mean a band that can whip a very large crowd up into a screaming frenzy. A band that play the right type of music for the masses attending. Huge singalong hits by classic chart pop music by artists who have stood the tests of time. Big chanty chorus’s and loud stomping tunes. Plus tonnes of audience participation. This is exactly what it’s like when you hire a festival band called ‘Punch The Air‘. So get in touch with band leader Andrew Starkey ASAP to check on price and delivery. 

Book a festival band

Our festival band started way back in 2013 and have continually upped the game of what you should expect from a professional band. We love performing at festivals and know how to handle audiences of any size small of large. We’ll play big singalong songs by artists like The Killers, The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Blink 182, Coldplay, Oasis and more. We’ll perform something for absolutely everyone there including a great array of indie rock cover band music. All punters will know every single song we’ll play live. During our on stage performances we’ll sometimes stop playing completely and get the whole crowd to sing the song back to us. We really can engage with the audience this well. Also we’ll make sure we get lots of photos and video to share with you. When you hire a band for a festival make sure you hire Punch The Air. 

Punch The Air headlining The Big Gig at Paulton Rovers, Bristol.  Festival goers had sent Andy over their phone footage so he combined it into one video.

Outdoor or indoors.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re planning an indoor festival or an outdoor festival. We’re the ideal function band for your event.  Sound checking at festival performances is not a problem for us. All we need is to line check instruments just before our stage time. We just need to make sure we can hear our guitars, drums and vocals well enough. Then we’ll then be off playing live in a matter of minutes. This can help to keep the live music running nearly continuously without any breaks or down time. If you need us to fully sound check prior to guests arriving then thats not an issue either. Contact to hire a live band for a carnival, gala, fete or fair.

Are you hosting a wedding reception on a farm? Or are you a farmer or a son or daughter of a farmer looking to hire a farm wedding band? Then ‘Punch The Air‘ are the live wedding entertainment professionals you’ve been searching for. We have performed on many, many farms since our inception way back in 2013. We absolutely love a good farm style wedding as they are always so much more relaxed than those hosted in hotels and manors. We’ll perform massive singalong dance-along songs by artists like Coldplay, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Blink 182, Oasis, Fountains Of Wayne, Wheatus and more for you and your other half. Then for your guests we’ll play tunes from The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Bryan Adams, Neil Diamond, Elvis and more. You’ve got the best of both worlds with us handling your live entertainment. Contact band leader Andy Starkey now for price and availability for your farmers wedding. 

Hire a Farm Wedding Band

Whether you have a barn for us to perform live in or a marquee, tipi or tent we’ll make sure all your guests are up dancing all night long to our indie rock classics and pop tunes from old to new. Why not decorate your countryside wedding venue with rustic features or go super modern and contemporary in your farmhouse or cottage. Forget about agriculture, crops, mucking out and milking for a day and enjoy your wedding day in style on your home farmyard. We’ll bring along everything needed audio wise and we’ll even throw in free tablet DJ services too. That’s quality Yamaha speakers and subwoofer, LED lighting for us and you too. You don’t need to think about anything else sound or lighting wise when you book a professional wedding band like Punch The Air. 

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First Dance

Check out our live video above at Katie & Stuarts farm wedding. They chose You’ve Got The Love by Florence + The Machine as their first dance. As this classic tune is part of our repertoire we performed it live for them. Whether you’re a young farmer or an older farmer you’ll love our high energy live performances.

Having a wedding on a farm barn

Hosting a wedding on a farm means you’ll always have plenty of space for guests. Also room outdoors for old-school party games, gin horse boxes, street food vendors and much more.

What’s also great is that you can chose to work to your own relaxed schedule. As opposed to having to work to a hotels strict set of timings. You’ll find you’ll have a more much relaxed wedding on a farmyard. Also it means we can crank the volume up of our PA a touch louder so you have more of a festival style wedding.