If you’re trying to book a Derby Mickleover Hotel wedding band for your reception, Punch The Air might be exactly what you’re after. We’re a three-piece indie rock covers band who play proper instruments, no backing tracks, no miming along to a laptop, and we’ve spent years turning hotel function suites into the kind of dancefloor people talk about for months afterwards. Contact band leader Andy to check on fee and availability.
Three musicians, one dancefloor, no fuss. That’s what a Punch The Air wedding party at Mickleover looks like from where we’re stood.
A Wedding Band For Every Room At The Hotel
Derby Mickleover Hotel has a genuinely good spread of spaces for a wedding reception, and we’ve played enough hotel function suites to know that the room shapes the night as much as the band does. The Chamberlain Suite, with its pink and white cupola and ring of columns and arches, suits a smaller, more intimate wedding party of up to around 50 guests. If you’re going bigger, the Morley Suite is the hotel’s largest space and can hold up to 200 for a proper evening reception with room to actually move. Either way, we bring our own PA and lighting rig, so the room gets filled with sound without anyone needing to hire anything extra in.
The hotel also holds a civil ceremony licence, which means some couples get married on site and then move straight into drinks and canapés before the wedding breakfast. If that’s your plan and you fancy some gentle live music while the prosecco is flowing and guests are mingling, Andy also offers a solo acoustic performance earlier in the day, separate from the full band set later on.
Derby Mickleover Hotel Wedding Band Sets, Explained Simply
We play one long set (Or split if you wish), timed around your evening buffet or cutting the cake so nothing overlaps awkwardly. It’s guitar, bass and drums, all live, all real. No pyrotechnics, no gimmicks, just a tight setlist built to get a room full of relatives and old school friends up and dancing rather than standing round the edges nursing a drink.
Songs We Play On The Night
Our set list leans indie and pop rock rather than generic wedding disco, which tends to go down well with a mixed-age crowd. Expect songs by the likes of Stereophonics, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis and Feeder, alongside a few surprises like Wheatus’s Teenage Dirtbag thrown in for good measure. You can see the whole thing, and request anything we’ve missed, on our full repertoire page.
Not Just Weddings At The Hotel
Mickleover’s function rooms aren’t only used for wedding receptions. The hotel regularly hosts corporate events, conferences and dinner-dances, and we’re just as happy playing a summer party, a milestone birthday or a wedding anniversary as we are a full wedding. If you’re organising something through work rather than for your own big day, have a look at our corporate entertainment page for how that usually works.
Derby, Staffordshire And The Towns Around Mickleover
Mickleover sits on the western edge of Derby, close to the A38 and A50, so guests coming from across Derbyshire have an easy run in. We regularly cover weddings further into the city and out towards Ashbourne and Uttoxeter too, and if your venue happens to be a football ground rather than a hotel, we’ve also played Burton Albion’s ground over in Burton upon Trent, which isn’t far at all. As an indie rock wedding band based just over the county line in Lichfield, Staffordshire, this whole corner of Derbyshire is well within our regular patch, alongside our other Derbyshire wedding band bookings and other hotel wedding receptions we’ve played across the county.
Derby Mickleover Hotel is at Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0XX, with free on-site parking for guests, which makes it a straightforward venue for wedding parties travelling in from out of town.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you provide your own sound and lighting equipment for the Derby Mickleover Hotel wedding band setup?
Yes, we bring our own PA system and lighting, so the venue doesn’t need to provide anything beyond power and space to set up.
How long do you play for at a wedding reception?
Typically around 90 minutes plus encores that we can time around your evening food or any speeches.
Can you play a smaller, quieter set for a wedding ceremony or drinks reception?
For that part of the day Andy offers a separate solo acoustic performance rather than the full band, which suits the quieter atmosphere of a ceremony or a drinks reception better.
What’s the address for Derby Mickleover Hotel?
Derby Mickleover Hotel, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0XX.
Do you play anything other than weddings at the hotel?
Yes, we play corporate events, birthday parties, anniversaries and private hire functions as well as weddings.