Festival and public event production
Main stages, racecourse shows, town-centre celebrations, proms in the park and firework displays. Full production packages for organisers who need it to work first time.
We have provided sound, lighting and staging for festivals and public events across Bristol, the Cotswolds and the South West for more than 30 years, from the Gloucester Tall Ships Festival and the summer shows at Bath Racecourse to town-centre events in London and firework displays in Bristol. Because we are local we can visit the site and talk through the plan before you commit.
Designed for the site
Public events bring their own constraints: off-site noise limits, short build windows around road closures or racing, audiences spread over long distances, and power that has to reach the whole site. We have flown and angled PA to protect neighbours 60m from a stage, redeployed a full system overnight in just over four hours, covered guests camped 100m from the stage, and synchronised a lighting show to fireworks by timecode.
What a festival package usually includes
A stage sized for the line-up, from our Konligo Fastival roof to Stagemobil trailer stages with Big Stage Hire, a Danley or Martin Audio PA with monitors and a line-split for touring engineers, stage lighting with an operator, generators and distribution for the stage and site, and crew from build to strike. We can add LED walls for big-screen viewing and horn systems for site-wide announcements.
Festivals and public events we have delivered
Full production for Gloucester Tall Ships Festival
Three days of folk, shanty bands and DJs on a 10m x 6m outdoor stage at Gloucester Docks, with the PA flown and angled to keep sound off homes just 60m away.
The Wurzels at Bath Racecourse cider night
Sound for one of Bath Racecourse's busiest nights of the year, with more than 5,000 people in front of the stage and a Danley J7 system running with 40% headroom.
Timecoded lighting for Downend Fireworks
A fully programmed lighting show, synchronised to the music and fireworks by timecode, for Bristol's biggest annual firework display.
Proms in the Park at Speech House
Full production support for an outdoor proms with more than 20 musicians on stage at once and guests camped up to 100m from the stage.
The Queen's Jubilee in Ilford
A full production package of staging, PA, lighting and power for a Jubilee celebration on a London high street that never sleeps, set up in two hours.
Christmas concert in Ilford
A long-throw PA, stage and lighting for a Christmas concert on Ilford high street, set up before dawn, run into the evening and packed down within the hour.
Other event types
Discuss your event
Tell us what you are planning and we will come back with a clear recommendation and a quote. Site visits across Bristol and the Cotswolds are free.
- Call 0117 214 1470
- Email info@loudhire.co.uk
- WhatsApp Message us on WhatsApp
- Warehouse Hacket Lane, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 3TY
Visits by appointment