Sound: news and projects
PA systems for 20 people or 20,000, wireless microphones, digital mixing and engineers who know the venues.
Groove Armada, the Hawkstone Farmers Choir & Jeremy Clarkson
Sound, lighting, video and staging for Hawkstone's Wildthing launch at The Farmer's Dog, featuring Groove Armada's Andy Cato, the Hawkstone Farmers Choir and host Jeremy Clarkson.
Konligo Fastival stage roof: a small stage without the compromise
Our Konligo Fastival roof builds in 20 minutes, takes 200kg of lighting and looks the part. Its first outing was a full production package on a summer evening in the Cotswolds.
British Airways Flight-Ops Summer Fly-In
Sound for British Airways' Flight-Ops Summer Fly-In at Wycombe Air Park in July 2025.
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.
Event production for Hawkstone at The Farmer's Dog
An overnight build, a Danley PA, a 7m x 3m LED wall and radio mics for a whole choir: a private launch for Hawkstone's new TV adverts, delivered without disrupting a working pub.
Daylight video wall for an NFU Mutual team meeting
A 4m x 2m outdoor LED wall, PA, wireless mic and generator for a presentation day in a stretch tent, where projectors would have been washed out by daylight.
2023 in review: 300 events and our biggest investment yet
Our busiest year so far: PA, lighting and staging for more than 300 events, regular shows at Bath Racecourse, a sound system in a hot air balloon, and new Danley, Chauvet and Sennheiser stock.
Eats Everything: a DJ set from a hot air balloon
Batteries, inverters, amplifiers, CDJs and Danley speakers packed into a balloon basket so a DJ set could be heard on the streets of Bath from 500ft up.
Wireless microphone hire: Sennheiser EW-D racks ready to go
More than 60 channels of Sennheiser EW-D and EW-DX wireless in ready-racked 4-way and 8-way systems, with theatre headsets, capsule options, IEM and help with OFCOM licensing.
Why we invested in Danley Sound Labs
After a demo in our warehouse we bought a Danley J7 system. A summer of festivals, racecourse shows and visiting engineers later, here is why a true single-source PA made sense for us.
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.
Shield Group corporate festival at Bath Racecourse
Full sound, lighting and power distribution for a company summer festival, with the entire setup redeployed overnight from the previous evening's show 100m down the racecourse.
Allen & Heath SQ digital mixers added to hire stock
SQ5 and SQ6 consoles now available: 96kHz processing, up to 48 inputs over SLink, 36 buses, 12 stereo mixes and a built-in 32x32 USB interface.
Sennheiser EW-D radio microphones added to hire stock
Digital Sennheiser EW-D systems replace our G3 and G4 stock: up to 90 clean channels, app control, automatic frequency scanning and 134dB of input dynamic range.
Gorgon City private party
DJ equipment and a front-of-house PA for a private party headlined by Gorgon City.
From bare field to festival: a joint birthday party in Herefordshire
Site planning, a 7m x 6m stage with Big Stage Hire, sound and lighting for three bands and a DJ in a farmer's field cleared of cattle for the night.
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.
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.
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.
Santa's float: sound for a Bristol charity tradition
Forward-firing speakers on the tractor and delay-aligned subs under the trailer, so a volunteer-run Santa's float could be heard up the street while raising money for Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
2022: rapid-deployment stock and complete packages with Big Stage Hire
How we came through the pandemic: rapid-deployment PA and lighting for short-notice events, complete sound, lighting, power and staging packages with Big Stage Hire, and new Allen & Heath and Sennheiser stock.
Theatre lighting and sound hire
What we supply for theatre and performing arts productions: followspots, LED and tungsten stage lighting, effects and control, plus radio microphones, digital mixing, loudspeakers and processing.
Digital amplifier technology: Linea Research now in stock
We moved our Martin Audio amp racks from heavy analogue amplifiers to Linea Research 48M10 and 44M20 digital amplification: lighter, more powerful and with processing built in.
2018 event hire: planning, preparation and a versatile hire stock
Booking up for summer 2018, strengthening our local client base, and why we test every piece of equipment in our warehouse before it leaves for an event.
Martin Audio W8LM line array hire
We took delivery of a Martin Audio Wavefront W8LM line array: compact, modular, and equally at home in theatres, conferences and outdoor events.
Great sound without feedback
Feedback is a headache in live sound, but a well-trained engineer can overcome it. Three fundamentals: speaker placement, the right microphones, and careful EQ.
Public announcement horn speakers: when to use them
Horn speakers are the least versatile speaker we stock and the right choice for one job: speech that has to cut through a noisy outdoor site, sometimes over a mile away.
Sound, lighting and effects for a 2,000-capacity boxing night
A truss-mounted PA over the ring, a full lighting rig with moving lights and haze, and CO2 jets on every corner, designed for 2,000 spectators watching from 360 degrees.
Battery-powered PA for a carbon action rally on College Green
A diesel generator was out of the question at a rally about carbon emissions, so we built a battery supply and ran an efficient horn PA for a crowd of 1,000 in central Bristol.
Bristol 10k: a 2km sound system for 13,000 runners
Seamless music and speech coverage along a 2km start area, a radio microphone working 1km from the receiver, and a two-hour set-up window for the 2017 Bristol 10k.
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.
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