HOORAY MAGAZINE FEATURE: Colourful wedding with live roaming band

Sham + Gerard's colourful wedding extravaganza included tinsel, sequins, a cocktail bus, a pool party and live roaming band complete with glitter beard.

We worked together with a kickass vendor team to bring this elopement-style wedding to life. Then Hooray Magazine decided to feature it - woohoo!

First up is the video (with original music by us), then read on for the full story and rad snaps from the day.

Wedding video song; Tiny Proposal, by Fidel & Sarah

The couple

Meet Sham + Gerard.

Sham is an actor/dancer/performance artist with an infectious smile and killer dance moves. Gerard is a skeletal articulator, which is as cool as it sounds - a kind of taxidermy of tiny amalgamated animal bones. Both are keen music lovers and brilliant artists in their own right.

And since all our couples get amalganames, Sham + Gerard are heretofore known as = Shamrard.

Sham + Gerard: Rock'n'roll couple in rachel burke tinsel jacket

The plan

Kate from Good Day Club put together a killer wedding concept including a cocktail bus, pool party, and a veritable f-load of sparkly, glitter, colourful decor. We kinda like dressing in with wedding themes, so we took it too far this time with glitter boots, glitter drumsticks, glitter fringes and glitter beards. At some point during the day, Kate hung a disco ball 'round my neck. Who needs stage lights eh?

My glitter wedding boots & roaming band drum

Rock n roll wedding disco balls + bangin hangins

Electric Confetti neon sign in retro wedding cocktail bus

Non traditional wedding makeup on alternative bride Sham

Wedding guitarist Fidel getting a glitter beard

Live roaming band 'Fidel & Sarah' ceremony processional

The ceremony

Being the wonderful wedding musicians that we are, we took charge of the music plans. We like the wedding songs we play to have some meaning for our couples. We start with the simple stuff:

Fidel: "What kinda tunes you like, Gerard?"
Gerard: "Definitely into the alternative stuff..."
Sarah: "You like punk, dude?"
Gerard: "Oh yeah, we both love punk!"
Sarah: "Rad. You know the Misfits?"
Gerard: "Of course! Sham loves 'em!"

So we put two and two together. Gerard plays with skulls, Sham loves misfits. And that's how Shamrard's processional song was born. We rocked on in behind them with portable drums and glitter absolutely everywhere, and they danced their way down the aisle like happy lunatics.

Shamrard's processional song sounded a bit like this, but with drums instead of uke, and glitter flying everywhere.

Wedding ceremony with live musicians processional

Live roaming band with drums during wedding ceremony aisle walk

Awesome live music processional dance wedding ceremony

Live acoustic duo during elopement ceremony wedding

Acoustic wedding singer/guitarist Fidel & Sarah

Alternative wedding singer / drummer Fidel & Sarah

Processional song dance with live acoustic band

Canapés + ceremony music with live roaming band Fidel & Sarah

Walk-in ceremony aisle song with live music

Colourful wedding ceremony with live music featured on Hooray Magazine

Alternative bride Sham with cactus wedding ceremony backdrop

Colourful wedding ceremony with Gerard in Asos sequin shirt

Exchanging rings at colourful wedding ceremony featured on Hooray magazine

Good Grace and Humour colourful wedding ceremony floral arbour teepee

Live ceremony exit song for Gerard + Sham's colourful wedding

Alternative wedding ceremony recessional song with live band

Rockstar vegas-style wedding elopement with sequin shirt & tinsel jacket

The party

Post-ceremony, the party kicked on with poolside portraits, gourmet grazing, a magical cocktail bus, and plenty of dancing. Shamrard's first dance extended to an all-out boogie fest, and then we closed the night with some super romantic arm-in-arm serenades. The end!

Colourful wedding for alternative couple featured on Hooray magazine

Colourful wedding neons + canapes featured on Hooray mag

Rockstar retro wedding cake in vintage cocktail bus

Vegas-style elopement wedding celebration drinks

Retro wedding cocktail hour with canapes + campari

Non traditional wedding with electric confetti neons, mobile bar + sweets

Retro rocknroll wedding canapes from mobile bar

Awesome vegas style elopement with live band music

Colourful wedding band for canapes + cocktail music

Live wedding band acoustic duo Fidel and Sarah

Non-traditional wedding rockstar - alternative groom with sequin shirt + glitter

Tinsel, glitter, colour-filled wedding first dance to live band

Colourful wedding bangin hangins reception on Hooray mag

Tableware at pop up wedding elopement with outdoor dinner reception

Rock and roll wedding elopement gourmet reception food

Hooray magazine featured elopement party reception

Pop up wedding elopement dinner + tattooed groom

Disco pop up wedding vintage furniture hire from Good Day Club

Bold colourful wedding styling + rachel burke tinsel jacket

Cool couple at retro vintage disco wedding in cactus garden

Non traditional wedding band with glitter beard + glitter fringe

Tinsel sparkle wedding first dance to live band

Colourful wedding reception first dance with acoustic band Fidel & Sarah

Alternative disco 70s wedding dance with live band

Live wedding band at alternative retro reception party

Acoustic music roaming band at colourful australian wedding

Alternative rock n roll wedding dance to live band music

First dance with live band at outdoor wedding reception party

Rad wedding dance music by live band fidel & sarah

Disco glitter wedding with acoustic music by Fidel & Sarah

Disco rock wedding dance to live acoustic band Fidel & Sarah

Electric confetti neon wedding with rockstar couple

Live music wedding dance with acoustic band fidel and sarah

Wedding dance to adelaide acoustic duo fidel and sarah

Rockstar wedding band's glitter boots on reception stage

Non traditional romantic wedding songs by live band Fidel & Sarah

Alternative rock wedding couple watching live band fidel & sarah

Electric confetti neon behind wedding dance with live music

Pop up wedding band stage for rock n roll elopement with live music

Couple hugging to alternative romantic wedding songs by acoustic duo Fidel & Sarah

Live alternative wedding song last dance couple clapping

acoustic duo fidel and sarah gold and grit photography stina

"The best way to make an entrance to your ceremony is by dancing. This is best facilitated with fidel and sarah in tow, playing up a storm! "

STINA EVJAN - GOLD AND GRIT PHOTOGRAPHY

The after party

You just can't have a pool party without Fidel jumping in in his gold shorts...

Fidel & Sarah post wedding pool party fun

Awesome wedding after party pool fun - Fidel jumps in

...and they lived awesomely ever after.
The end.

Alternative wedding testimonial for Adelaide acoustic duo Fidel & Sarah

" Fidel and Sarah are excellent humans. They bring a great vibe, an awesome range of tunes, and have a rad dynamic energy that seeps through their music! Bouncing from super fun covers of 80's punk songs like 'Skulls' by The Misfits, to incredibly adorable original songs... they made the soundscape a blissful hit. ”

LEGENDARY MODELS - GERARD + SHAM

The suppliers

Street cred goes out to all the rad suppliers who put this wedding shindig together.

Photography: Gold and Grit
Live Music: Fidel & Sarah (that's us)
Videographer: BTW ILY
Event Styling + Hire : Good Day Club
Location: La Serre
Florals: Good Grace and Humour
Catering: Finesse Catering Group
Drinks: Miss Angie Bus
Sham wore: Moonstruck Bridal + Rachel Burke
Gerard wore: ASOS
Rings: Midnight Kiss
Tableware: Betty May Vintage Hire
Hair + Makeup: Made You Blush
Streamer Install: Bangin Hangins
Balloons: The Confetti Room
Cake + Desserts: Torte By Mirjana

With special thanks to Gerard + Sham
and to Hooray magazine who went nuts over this love-fest and featured it on their mag/blog.
Their fav detail? "It has to be Fidel's glitter-filled beard!"

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