Charity Event Band

Here we are Indie Rock party bandPunch The Air‘ performing for St Giles Hospice charity event band at Baddesley Ensor Social Club, Atherstone, Warwickshire. We helped to raise over £3000 from ticket fees alone with our live entertainment. As a professional band with professional musicians we have also worked along side Water Aid, Teenage Cancer Trust and more. It’s time to hire a charity event band now by contacting band leader Andy Starkey from Punch The Air.

 

Charity Event Band
Charity Event Band

Why use a charity event band for your fundraiser?

A live band is a fantastic way to help you raise money for your good cause. When you charge a reasonable amount for a ticket it gives guests a reason to feel that your event is actually worth something and so is actually worth attending. ‘Punch The Air‘ are a top rated party band enjoyed by all who can get everyone up dancing all night long. 

 

If you charge a low ticket fee or even say its “Free entry” there is more chance of guests deciding on the night that they simply can’t be bothered to turn up after all due to poor excuses like:

  • The slightly drizzling weather outside
  • Forgetting to book a babysitter
  • Feeling ever-so-ever-so slightly unwell etc.

So charge for tickets and give guests a good reason to get dressed up and get excited about your event over the upcoming weeks and months. After all they have spent good money on that ticket and will intend to use it.

 

More guests at your charity event band mean more ways to raise even more money for your charitable cause. You’ll see more tickets sold for raffles and auctions, more guests playing interval games like “Roll A Pound”, “Heads & Tails” Table Quiz” and more.

 


 

Indie Rock Wedding Band 'Punch The Air'

 


Live images of our Charity Event Band

As you’ll see from the below images everyone had a great time with us performing live music for their charity at this North Warwickshire wedding venue. We made sure from start to finish that the whole event went off swimmingly smooth. 

 

 

 

 


 

Guests loved our selection of classic indie rock covers and hits from the present day back to the 1950’s. There’s something for everyone with hits from Oasis, George Ezra, Kings Of Leon, Chesney Hawkes, Coldplay, Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Queen and more from our repertoire.

Here’s a glowing review from event organiser Sarah Chetwynd.

Band For Charity Event
Band For Charity Event

 

What you get from us.

We can provide absolutely everything you need entertainment wise at your event. Thats all the bands gear, PA system, mixing desk, all leads and cables, stage and dance-floor lighting. We can handle all the DJ sets in-between taking requests and making announcements. You can even use our microphones for raffles or we’ll do all the compèring for you at no extra cost. We’re incredibly friendly guys who love to get stuck in and help out.

 

About Baddesley Ensor Social Club, Atherstone.

Baddesley Ensor Social Club is an excellent social club, very modern and clean inside and very well arranged interior to suit a live band performing in there. All the staff and party arrangers couldn’t have been nicer to us. It has a very easy load in practically straight onto the great size stage. There’s a dressing room for the band as well.

 

Punch The Air highly recommend this venue if your having a:

This Atherstone venue would be great for a Warwickshire wedding band  to perform at an Atherstone wedding reception.

Contact function bandPunch The Air‘ to check on our availability for your fundraising event.

Birthday Party Live Band – Vlog 001

Andy from birthday party live band ‘Punch The Air‘ takes you on a journey of what a professional band get up to preparing for, traveling to, setting up at and performing at a birthday party at Bashall Barn, Clitheroe. Let’s get our indie rock party band tunes on shall we. Contact band leader (and lead singer) Andy Starkey from our top rated party band to check on availability and price to hire a birthday party live band.

 

Birthday Party Live Band
Birthday Party Live Band

 

You’ll see the sights, the sounds (and unfortunately the smells) as we travel up North to Lancashire. Having to eat and drink on the road to make up time from getting stuck in traffic jams on the motorway. Then watch a time-lapse of us setting our gear up in this live band venue. Listen to how we make the room sound fantastic during soundcheck. Also check out the high end equipment we use. See what we get up to once we’ve set our gear up. Then watch us performing live indie rock party songs ‘Parklife’ by Blur, Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon, Don’t Stop Me by Queen. Watch to the end of the live entertainment video and you’ll see our client Tim. He was incredibly happy with our performance. So he left us a glowing review on social media.

If only all professional bands bothered to take the time to show clients exactly what happens in this manner eh?

 


 

Birthday Party Live Band (Punch The Air Vlog)

 

 

Hire a birthday party live band ‘Punch The Air’ – More about us

‘Punch The Air’ have been on the live music scene since 2013 and we have a mass of experience handing birthday parties of any size and shape. Our repertoire is a fantastic mix of Indie Rock and pop and rock chart hits from modern days, back through the decades to the 1950’s. Everyone will know and love every single song we’ll perform live for you. Included in the price is 2 x live perfomances (Or one long performance if you prefer), all backline and front of house equipment. You also get iPad DJ services until midnight and even lighting.

Clients review of birthday party live band ‘Punch The Air’

Well, what a night .. The band were ace, enjoyed by all with lots of great comments by all my guests on my big birthday. They really made the night a massive success by performing so many great dance-along tunes. Cheers lads”. Tim Hamlet.

 

 


 

 

Contact to book ‘Punch The Air’ for your birthday party live band, wedding band or any live event call UK 07794 659405.

 

 

 

Birthday Party Band
Birthday Party Band ‘Punch The Air’

School House Wedding Band Weeford Lichfield

Book a School House Wedding Band Weeford Lichfield and have Staffordshires best indie rock cover band ‘Punch The Air’ handle all live music as your wedding reception band. This Lichfield wedding venue is located on Church Hill, Weeford, Nr Lichfield, Staffs, WS14 0PW, which is just off A5 Watling Street. This makes it incredibly easy to get to this Staffordshire wedding venue from Tamworth, Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield, Cannock, Walsall and Burton Upon Trent.

We’ll perform a solid mix of fantastic live chart music and indie rock classics that you and all your guests will enjoy. Oasis, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, George Ezra, Blink 182, The Killers. Also tunes by The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Florence & The Machine, Elvis and more from our live repertoire. All you need to do is contact bass player Andy Starkey to check on price and availability of our wedding function band.  Hire a wedding band in Weeford giving you wedding entertainment from professional Staffordshire musicians. We’re ready to rock your wedding. 

School House Wedding Band Weeford Lichfield
School House Wedding Band Weeford Lichfield

Hire a School House Wedding Band in Weeford, Lichfield.

The School House Restaurant, Manleys Brasserie is a perfect wedding venue for your special day. We’ll provide absolutely everything needed to make your wedding reception the most memorable day of your life. You won’t need to hire in any equipment with our live Lichfield party band. We’ll bring along PA sound system speakers, lighting for the dance-floor and stage area. Also we’ll provide you with iPad DJ services too when we’re not performing live so you can continue to party hearty. This is the wedding you’ve always dreamt of and we’ll give it you 100%.

We have lots of optional extras to choose from as well such as adding female lead vocals to our line up. Also late night DJ services, evening photography services, wedding projector hire and lots more wedding extras. Hire a Lichfield band safe in knowledge that we are based right around the corner in Lichfield city centre itself. There’s no way we’ll ever not turn up or be late and that’s a promise. 

Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.

 

Book a recommended wedding band in Lichfield for your wedding venue including:

Lichfield Wedding Band, Staffordshire WS13 & WS14 professional band 'Punch The Air'

 

Lichfield wedding band, ‘Punch The Air’ are available to book throughout:

  • Lichfield
  • Shenstone
  • Curborough
  • Streethay
  • Huddlesford
  • Fradley
  • Elmhurst
  • Pipehall
  • Wall
  • Whittington
  • Boley Park
  • Chadsmead
  • Christ Church
  • Darwin Park
  • The Dimbles
  • Leomansley
  • Nether Stowe
  • Sandfields
  • Stowe
  • Trent Valley
  • Weeford
  • and surrounding areas of Lichfield and Staffordshire.

Swinfen Hall Wedding Band Lichfield

Do you need to book a Swinfen Hall Wedding Band for your Lichfield wedding reception? Then indie rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air’ will be the ideal function band for you and all your wonderful guests. Indie rock live entertainment songs by cool artists like Coldplay, Stereophonics, The Killers, Blink 182, Kings Of Leon, Oasis and more at your Staffordshire wedding reception. Also for your guests we’ll perform tried and tested classic and modern pop chart hits from artists like George Ezra, The Beatles, Queen, Amy Winehouse, The Undertones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buzzcocks and more.  Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability.  You can’t beat live wedding entertainment from a professional wedding party band who have been together over a decade so hire a wedding band now.

Swinfen Hall Wedding Band Lichfield
Swinfen Hall Wedding Band Lichfield

Hire a Swinfen Hall Wedding Band for your Lichfield wedding.

Swinfen Hall Hotel wedding band venue is situated in WS14 9RE just off A38 London Road, Lichfield. Just a few minutes from Lichfield city centre and very near to the M6 toll T5 exit/junction by Shenstone, Weeford, Little Hay and Hints. Being based in Lichfield ourselves its very near to us so theres absolutely zero chance of us not turning up or being late for your very special day. Just because you’re getting married doesn’t mean you’ll be spending the rest of your life in HM Prison or YOI. Formed in 2013 wedding cover bandPunch The Air‘ have been wowing Lichfield wedding brides and grooms with our high energy live performances for a long time.

Included in the price you’ll pay is a package with the following:

  • Two live wedding performances (Or one long performance instead).
  • All musical equipment and PA equipment.
  • iPad DJ services until midnight and in-between live perfomances.
  • Lighting for the dance-floor and stage area.
  • A professional service from the moment you contact us till the moment we leave your wedding.

We have many extras you can chose from too as well as increasing the size of our wedding band by adding an extra female vocalist. Before you hire a wedding band at Swinfen Hall Lichfield, watch our videos. That way you can see and hear exactly what it’s like when you hire a Lichfield wedding band. You’ll soon see why we are a highly Recommended Wedding Band and Top Rated Party Band.

Lichfield Wedding Band, Staffordshire WS13 & WS14 professional band 'Punch The Air'

Having your wedding somewhere else in Lichfield, Staffordshire?

‘Punch The Air’ Lichfield wedding band can perform at any Lichfield wedding venue (It doesn’t even need to be an official wedding venue) including:

Indie Rock Cover of Shotgun originally by George Ezra by Punch The Air party band

You can hire a Lichfield Staffordshire wedding band, ‘Punch The Air’ throughout the Lichfield area including:

  • Lichfield
  • Shenstone
  • Curborough
  • Streethay
  • Huddlesford
  • Fradley
  • Elmhurst
  • Pipehall
  • Wall
  • Whittington
  • Boley Park
  • Chadsmead
  • Christ Church
  • Darwin Park
  • The Dimbles
  • Leomansley
  • Nether Stowe
  • Sandfields
  • Stowe
  • Trent Valley
  • Weeford
  • and surrounding areas of Lichfield and Staffordshire.
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.

 

Have the Lichfield wedding you’ve always wanted with Lichfield based Punch The Air handling your live music and entertainment. 

 

Swinfen Hall Hotel Wedding Band
Swinfen Hall Hotel Wedding Band

Band celebrates milestone of 12 years together

Celebrating twelve years together as a band is a major milestone, especially in the live events industry. As a professional function, wedding, and party band, Punch The Air has spent more than a decade providing live music for weddings, corporate events, and private parties across the UK.

Since forming twelve years ago, the band has built its reputation on one thing: delivering high-energy live performances that keep dance floors full from the first song to the last. Rather than focusing on original releases, Punch The Air has specialised in performing expertly arranged covers of well-known hits, tailored to suit each event and audience.

 

Punch The Air Peak District Wedding Band Wheeldon Trees Cottages - Indie Rock & Chart Pop Covers

 

Twelve Years of Live Performance Experience

Over the past twelve years, Punch The Air has performed at a wide range of events, from intimate wedding receptions to large-scale corporate functions and packed party venues. This experience has shaped the band’s approach to live entertainment, allowing them to adapt seamlessly to different settings, audiences, and age groups.

 

Weddings in particular require a careful balance — creating a romantic atmosphere early in the evening before transitioning into a high-energy party later on. With years of experience behind them, the band understands how to read a room and adjust the setlist in real time to match the mood of the crowd.

A Versatile Party and Wedding Band

What sets Punch The Air apart is versatility. The band’s repertoire spans decades of popular music, covering everything from classic party anthems to modern chart hits. This flexibility makes them a popular choice for weddings and private events where guests of all ages are on the dance floor together.

Each performance is approached with the same level of professionalism, from sound setup and timing to stage presence and interaction with guests. The goal is always the same: to create a memorable night that feels effortless for the couple or event organiser.

 

Yellow by Coldplay being rehearsed by party cover band Punch The Air

 

Reliability Built Over Time

Longevity matters in the live events world. Couples and event planners need confidence that the band they book will turn up prepared, sound great, and deliver exactly what was promised. Twelve years of performing together has allowed Punch The Air to build that trust, with a proven track record of reliable, polished performances.

Being together for over a decade also means the band members know each other’s playing styles inside out, resulting in tight performances and smooth transitions that only come with time and experience.

Looking Ahead

As Punch The Air celebrates twelve years together, the focus remains firmly on the future. The band continues to perform at weddings, functions, and parties, bringing the same energy and professionalism that has defined them from the start.

This milestone is not about looking back, but about continuing to provide high-quality live entertainment for couples and event organisers planning unforgettable celebrations.

Wedding Band Lichfield

Looking to book a Wedding Band in Lichfield? Then definitely have indie rock cover band ‘Punch The Air’ perform massive chart hits for you and all your guests. For you and your other half we’ll play indie rock by Blink 182, Coldplay, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Stereophonics and more. Also for all your friends, family and guests we’ll play a mix of chart from across the decades. Great bands like The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Queen, Elvis, George Ezra and more pop tunes. Trust in a professional Staffordshire wedding band who have been together over a decade (Estd 2013) to handle all the live entertainment at your wedding reception. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability in Lichfield when you hire a wedding band for an event. 

Wedding Band Lichfield
Wedding Band Lichfield

Book a Wedding Band in Lichfield and you’ll get….

We’ll give you two live performances (Or one long performance if you prefer), provide all speakers, mixing desk and lighting for your Litchfield Wedding entertainment.  Included in our price we’ll also throw in iPad DJ services until midnight at your Staffs wedding. For an additional cost you can also extend out your wedding past midnight with us. Also our wedding function band has lots of other great extras you can choose from too like evening photographer, wedding projector hire, additional female singer and more. We can handle anything you ask of us as we’ve seen it all and done it all before many hundreds of times.

Lichfield Wedding Band, Staffordshire WS13 & WS14 professional band 'Punch The Air'

 

Book a wedding group in Lichfield for your wedding venue including:

Lichfield Wedding Band
Lichfield Wedding Band

Are you having a wedding at any of these Lichfield churches? If so you can hire a wedding band in Lichfield and have Punch The Air take care of all your live entertainment.

  • Wade Street Church
  • Holy Cross Parish Church
  • Church Of St Chad
  • St Michaels Church
  • Lichfield Methodist
  • St Marys Church

What happens when you hire professional musicians for a wedding.

As professional wedding musicians we’ll give you the kind of high energy performances you and all your guests will love. It’ll help everyone get onto the dance-floor that little bit quicker when you hire us to get the party started.

Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.

 

Hire a Lichfield Staffordshire wedding band, ‘Punch The Air’  throughout the areas of:

  • Lichfield
  • Shenstone
  • Curborough
  • Streethay
  • Huddlesford
  • Fradley
  • Elmhurst
  • Pipehall
  • Wall
  • Whittington
  • Boley Park
  • Chadsmead
  • Christ Church
  • Darwin Park
  • The Dimbles
  • Leomansley
  • Nether Stowe
  • Sandfields
  • Stowe
  • Trent Valley
  • Weeford
  • and surrounding areas of Lichfield, Staffs.

Hire a Staffordshire based party band for your wedding reception. View our many fantastic reviews and live videosContact to check on price and availability and book with confidence. Your satisfaction is our main goal. Its never about us, its only ever about you and your guests.

Indie Rock Cover Band Shotgun by George Ezra

Even though indie rock cover music is our main forte and style for ‘Punch The Air‘ we also perform a number of chart hits from present back through the decades. A massive crowd pleaser is Shotgun by George Ezra. Taken from the number one selling album ‘Staying at Tamara’s’. We’ve had a slight little play around with the song and made it our very own. Having given it a slight indie rock cover twist and given guests the opportunity to sing it back to us. Everyone enjoys this brilliant pop tune, all ages old to young as you will see in the George Ezra cover song live video below. Contact band leader and happy smiley bass player Andy Starkey to hire an indie rock cover band now.  Punch The Air have been together for over a decade now and you can check this is correct by looking through our many pages of live videos

Indie Rock Cover Band Shotgun By George Ezra
Indie Rock Cover Band Shotgun By George Ezra

 

Indie Rock Wedding Band perform Shotgun cover by George Ezra Live PUNCH THE AIR

Indie Rock Cover Band performing songs by George Ezra

Did you know that this song is actually about the country (and continent) Australia (Homegrown alligator…South of the equator…Bikini bottoms, lager tops). It makes sense, it must be about Australia right? Singalong with us now “I’ll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun, feeling like a someone”. What a tune right?

Indie Rock Cover of Shotgun originally by George Ezra by Punch The Air party band

 

We also use to perform the hit single Budapest by George Ezra (Nothing to do with the city in Hungary apparently) too from the massively successful Did ‘You Hear The Rain?’ album. You might be in paradise if you hear our uptempo version of this modern day classic petan. Who doesn’t like George Ezra eh?

Indie Rock Cover
Indie Rock Cover

Other songs performed by ‘Punch The Air’

As well as songs Mr G. Ezra himself we also perform songs by Amy Winehouse & Arctic Monkeys. Also The Killers, Kings Of Leon and Walk The Moon. Plus of course big indie rock covers by Oasis, Stereophonics, The Fratellis, Blink 182, Blur, Coldplay and more from our indie repertoire. Hire a professional wedding band for your party.

 

Bride getting a Piggyback while at her wedding reception as the band perform Shotgun by George Ezra

 

Four little kids sing Shotgun by George Ezra live on stage with Punch The Air

 

Little kids join a party band on stage to sing 'Shotgun' by George Ezra - 'Punch The Air'

 

Punch The Air‘ can provide you with live entertainment for your event, wedding, charity or party. Book an indie rock wedding band for your special occasion. Or hire a party band for a function. Also available to book a corporate event band. Contact Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability.

Oakridge Golf Club Nuneaton Wedding Band

Looking to book an Oakridge Golf Club Nuneaton Wedding Band then ‘Punch The Air‘ are the band for you. We are an indie rock wedding band playing songs by Oasis, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Blink 182, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Wheatus and more. If you like we’ll also perform chart hits from old to new by artists like George Ezra, The Beatles, Van Morrison, The Kinks, The Human League, Joan Jett and more. You’ll get a high energy show of two live perfomances (or one long performance if you choose) and free DJ services until midnight. As your Nuneaton wedding band we’ll bring along our state of the art PA system, lighting and everything needed to provide you with live entertainment. Contact lead singer Andy Starkey to check on our availability and price to hire a Warks wedding band.

Oakridge Golf Club Nuneaton Wedding Band
Oakridge Golf Club Nuneaton Wedding Band

About this wedding band venue.

Oakridge Golf Club Nuneaton is an excellent venue to hold your Warwickshire wedding reception at. The wedding function band breakfast room is a really good size, able to hold up to about 200 guests. The bar is right in the main room as well which keeps all of your guests together nicely. There is a long raised stage area for the band to perform live on adding a “Real live gig” feel to the room. Loading the bands gear into the wedding venue and onto the staging area couldn’t be easier and more none disruptive to guests. We are able to load in from the rear of building, directly onto the staging area so there is no carrying equipment through the main section of the room at all. Our professional group are the ideal choice if you need to hire a wedding band in Nuneaton and surrounding areas.

Wedding venue full address details: Oakridge Golf Club, Arley Lane, Nuneaton, CV10 9PH, UK. Tel: 01676 541389. Shane and her team are a really helpful bunch who will make your wedding or event go without a hitch.

Nuneaton Wedding Band
Nuneaton Wedding Band

Images from a party at Oakridge Golf Club wedding band performance.

Here are some images from a recent party ‘Punch The Air’ performed at Oakridge Golf Club, Nuneaton. As you’ll see, guests of all ages enjoyed our indie rock and classic chart hits repertoire.

Live video performance at Oak Ridge Golf Club band, Nuneaton.

Performing live as Oak Ridge golf club band playing Shotgun by George Ezra to 200 guests at a party by Warwickshire live musicians. Guests came from as far as High Wycombe, Stafford, London, Gloucestershire and Hampshire to enjoy the evenings live entertainment with us.

Indie Rock Cover of Shotgun originally by George Ezra by Punch The Air party band

 

New Years Eve Party Band with 'Punch The Air' Party Band at Oakridge Golf Club, Nuneaton #NYE

You can also hire a Warwickshire wedding band throughout the rest of the county and beyond for your live wedding entertainment at venues like:

  • Shustoke Farm Barns
  • Moxhull Hall
  • Ettington Park Hotel
  • Mythe Barn
  • Compton Verney
  • Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall Hotel & Spa
  • Swallows Nest Barn
  • Warwick Castle
  • Ansty Hall Hotel
  • Coombe Abbey Hotel
  • Gorcott Hall
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.

 

Book a wedding band in Market Bosworth, Atherstone, Bedworth, Hinckley, Tamworth, Measham and more. Have an amazing wedding reception band take care of your entire nights live entertainment

Oakridge Golf Club Band
Oakridge Golf Club Band

Wedding Fair Live Band

Pre-checks

6.30am. I (That is professional musician Andy Starkey) woke up early to get ready for the day promoting ‘Punch The Airindie Wedding Band as a Wedding Fair Live Band (Thank you extra hour in bed “Mr Greenwich Mean Time”). I’m quite a slow starter in the morning usually, but in just 30 minutes I’m showered and shaved. Hair coiffed and I’m all good and ready to go. 

8.00am. The car has been loaded up (Filling up about half of it), hair has been suitable coiffed, jackets & ties are packed for later and its time to set off (via a quick stop for a spot of McDonald’s breakfast en route). Double sausage and egg McMuffin meal and a coffee and now I have the strength to see the day through. Mmm, yummy scrummy. 

 

Live Band For Wedding Fair
Live Band For Wedding Fair

 

 

 

 

 

 


Arrival

8.15am. My partner and I arrive at the wedding fair venue at Little Aston Golf Club, Roman Rd, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield B74 3AN. It’s a short four trips from the car park to the marquee and all the gears in and ready to be set up. Very luckily we have a corner table in a very nice spot so we’re looking at maximum exposure here.

 

Indie Rock Wedding Band 'Punch The Air'

 

Setting up our Wedding Fair Live Band

8.20am. We start to set up the Indie Rock Wedding Band gear and today we’re using an iMac with two powered monitor speakers for our showreel. A laptop for slideshow photos of the band, another laptop to display the website (that you’re looking at now) and a portable DVD player playing live footage. I connect two sets of headphones to it so brides and grooms can watch at the same time. But there doesn’t seem to be any power supply anywhere so I have to go and have a word with the wedding fair organisers who promise to sort something out. The black backdrop (That took me over an hour to iron last night) is hoisted up nice and easily and has remained uncreased throughout its journey. The colour scheme of the table is looking really great all in black and light blue, all I need now is some lighting.

 

Eventually I am shown a single power point across the other side of the room, so its a good job I decided to bring my own huge extension cables and gang ways. I’m down on my hands and knees taping over the wires so no one trips up on them (Is this really my job?), the rest of the hall is still pretty much swamped in darkness and no one else still has power. Gradually people come over to me asking if I can help with their power issues, so I’m off supplying extension cables and I’m back on my hands and knees again installing them and taping them up for them (Signed off by the head honcho mind you).

 


 

Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.

Nearly ready to go

9.20am. We’re nearly ready now. The lighting goes up, the custom projector gobo goes up, the computers are turned on, posters go up, I pull out an acoustic guitar and a bass (To make it a bit more obvious what we’re actually trying to sell), pop out some flyers onto the table and we’re ready for the day at 9.28am. I shine some of our lights on the photography business just around the corner from us to try and help them stand out a little more (A nice couple from Colourstone Photography, Aldridge, Walsall). They made me laugh when they said they’d been looking at the names of the other businesses there today and wondered what we did…..they thought we might have been balloon modellers…brilliant 🙂

 

Wedding Fair Live Band
Wedding Fair Live Band

 

9.45am. Other exhibitors are still arriving (So much for all being ready for 9.30am as was advised) and cutting it very short.

 


Opening Time

10.00am. OPENING TIME of the wedding fair…..I guess, as no one potential clients have made it into our marquee yet.

10.20am. Finally brides & grooms start to trickle through….very slowly looking for some wedding entertainment and wedding products.

 

10.23am. I engage with the first potential client directly by walking out from behind the stand and telling them about what the band can provide for them on their special day……You’ve got to be proactive haven’t you.

11.15am. I’ve spoken to quite a few people now and its great to get feedback on what they’re after. Or have already booked for their special day. Some say they hadn’t even thought of having a band. Others say they have already booked a band. Some say their friend is in a band and he’s doing it for them….(ah that old chestnut) A few folk  just want a DJ, and some people aren’t having any music at all for their evening do (Very strange if you ask me). I even get a “We don’t like music” from someone (quote of the day). We’re even asked if we play birthday parties too…which we do of course.

 


Other Musicians There

11.25am. I have a chat with an instrumental guitarist over the way from me (A really nice guy called Derek Brock) We talk about how its been going, bookings etc. We discuss how we may even play a little number together if we get a spare moment later on.

12.30am. It must be time for lunch and so a nice homemade pre-prepared bagel is pulled out. One bite and I’m back up talking to another potential client. I sit back down again for two seconds, take another bite and I’m back up again. We’re giving out lots of flyers and info today so there are sure to be some big hits on the website over the next few days.

 


Slowing Down?

1.05pm. Things are starting to slow down a little now (Maybe people are having lunch themselves?), so I suggest to my partner that she pops back home for a bit and enjoys the rest of her day off  “I can handle it”….I say, and I do just about.

2.18pm. I’m starting to feel a bit like a stuck record now at this wedding fair telling people about the band, how long we perform for, what gear is included and all about the DJ service.

 


Booking Confirmed for this Wedding Fair Live Band

3.05pm. A lovely couple that I spoke to about an hour ago return and we have our first official booking of the day at Swinfen Hall, Lichfield wedding band next year. Then another soon to be bride and groom enquire about us being their Little Aston wedding reception party band.

3.15pm. I’m chatting to another great young couple who seem really keen to secure us for October 2015 at Packington Moor, but they dont have a date 100% confirmed yet. They pop off for a few minutes to discuss it together.

2nd Booking Confirmed for our Wedding Fair Live Band

3.25pm. They’re back and we have our second booking of the day confirmed (Even though there isn’t a date quite yet).

 

 

Hoar Cross Hall Wedding Band - Bride Joins With Stage 'Sex On Fire' by Kings Of Leon Punch The Air

 


Winding Down & Packing Away

3.34pm. Things look like they’re starting to wind down a little now. Other exhibitors at the wedding fair are even starting to pull their stands down. I give it ten minutes and then start to do the same. My partner arrives back to help out (I always call her my Little Helper Monkey). It takes less than 15 minutes to get it all down and back in the car. I have another quick chat with Derek. Brilliantly we find out we’ve both been booked for Swinfen Hall on the same date. It’s brilliant that we’ll get to see each other again soon.

4.05pm. The photographers next to us say they did OK today too. And so do the wedding dress people on the other side of us. So we bid our farewells and then we’re in the car heading back home.

4.20pm. We arrive back at home, unload the gear (I’ll put it all away properly tomorrow). We pop down the pub for a quicky tipple to discuss whats occurred today. I’ll be busy sorting contracts etc for the rest of the week. It was well worth the time and effort I put into this today though.

……..9.15pm. (Yes, only 9.15pm) Time for bed as I’m absolutely knackered and can’t keep my eyes open.

 


 

Get in contact with Indie Rock Wedding Band Punch The Air for a quote.

Indie Rock Band Performing Florence And The Machine You’ve Got The Love

We are Indie Rock band ‘Punch The Air‘. If you’re looking for live entertainment and need to book a wedding band, book a birthday party band, book a band for a charity event or hire a corporate event band then our high energy function band are for you. As well as being an indie rock covers band performing songs by The Killers, Stereophonics, Coldplay, Blink 182, Oasis and Kings Of Leon we also play massive chart hits from other genres across the decades. Artists like George Ezra, The Beatles, Van Morrison, The Monkees and more. Below you will see live performance videos of the amazing Florence And The Machine song You’ve Got The Love . (OK it was originally released by The Source featuring Candi Staton at various times in the 80’s 90’s and 2000’s).

Indie Rock Band
Indie Rock Band

With many, many years of live music experience at private parties since we formed indie rock band ‘Punch The Air‘ in 2013 you can be assured all your guests will enjoy every moment of our live performances. We are are a top rated party band by our clients. You will all be singing and dancing your legs off like there’s no tomorrow. Contact band leader & bass player Andy Starkey right now to check on price and availability for your party band.

 

Wedding On A Farm You've Got The Love by Florence And The Machine (Cover) Punch The Air

 

Book a party with our Indie Rock band performing live.

As well as being professional in our field you’ll also find that we’re very accommodating to you and your guests needs. There is no “Diva” attitude in our party band. Above all, all we want to do is give you the most amazing night of your lives. We encourage you all to singalong with us and get onto that dance-floor and show us what you’ve got. With all bookings (Up to approx 150 guests) we come fully supplied with everything you’ll need live entertainment wise.

Therefore we’ll bring along a state of the art PA system and lighting rig and all the bands backline. Also we’ll throw in iPad DJ services until midnight at no extra cost. There are lots of optional extras you can chose from when you book an indie band to make your event even more memorable. Choose from photography services, late night DJ and more. Let a professional indie band handle your entire nights entertainment. While you sit back and enjoy the evening with no stress. We’ll handle it all for you.

Live indie band performance of You’ve Got The Love by Florence And The Machine.

As you’re probably aware we’re crazy mad into creating live videos proving clients and guests open and honest reactions to our indie rock band live performances. In the short video below you will see Andy and Punch The Air performing You’ve Got The Love by Florence And The Machine at a 21st birthday party.

You've Got The Love by Florence + The Machine cover by Indie Rock Cover Band 'Punch The Air'

Where you can hire a party band.

Punch The Air‘ can be booked all over Staffordshire, The Midlands and beyond across all the UK counties nationwide. Book a Warwickshire live band, hire a Worcestershire party band or book a Derbyshire function band. Contact to check on price & availability of an indie covers band.

Farm Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' - 'You've Got The Love' (Florence + The Machine Cover Version)

 

You can even hire Punch The Air with a female vocalist. 

 

Male And Female Vocals Party Band - You've Got The Love by Florence + The Machine COVER