Put simply; your costs will be primarily determined by the size of the festival stage you hire. The bigger the stage, the higher your costs will tend to be. Then you've got to factor in all of the associated equipment hire such as lighting and sound. Remember that delivery and set up costs are a factor too, which many stage hire companies don't tell you about until late in the day.

If you want ballpark figures, you can hire a small outdoor stage for comfortably under £1,000. Yes, that's right, for an event where you might have ticket sales in the region of £10,000 - £15,000 you can hire a complete stage production setup for a tenth of your pre-event revenues.

At the other end of the scale, for our most extensive outdoor stage hire package (which includes an industry-leading event production set up lighting, sound etc.), you're looking at closer to £10,000.

To repeat ourselves once again, these are everything included prices. Always check with outdoor stage hire companies providing quotes that the price they are giving you includes everything you need. You can learn more about outdoor stage hire costs here.

Once again, it depends on the specific type of stage hire option you've chosen. But, as with costs, the larger the stage, the longer it is likely to take to be built. Smaller outdoor stages can be constructed and completed in less than two hours.

However, our biggest stages take at least a few working days to complete and can take longer if the weather poses any significant threat to access or safe construction processes. That's why it's vital to allocate sufficient time to stage construction. Otherwise, you could encounter some severe headaches if the stage is running behind schedule. You can learn more about how long it takes to build an outdoor stage here.

We usually ask for six weeks as a bare minimum. But six months is much better and allows for adequate planning and preparation go in beforehand. However, we are always as flexible as possible with our clients. We can work on shortened timescales (especially for small festival stages) if another provider lets you down at the last minute.

Remember, there is a significant amount of red tape for you to negotiate with local and national authorities before you get the go-ahead for large outdoor events. We can help you through this process as experienced outdoor stage hire providers. But if you leave it until late in the day, we won't be able to add much value.

The primary reason you need to book in early is that there are only so many stage hire companies and so many outdoor stages to go around. Once they're all booked up for the summer, that's it. You'll be left hoping for last-minute cancellations to get the type of stage you initially hoped for.

Yes! We genuinely mean it when we say that we provide an end-to-end service for our clients. We've already mentioned that we provide all aspects of event production such as sound equipment, lighting fixtures, sound systems, LED screens, PA wings, and power supply.

But our scope of services goes far beyond that. We can be on hand to support you with all necessary health and safety documentation concerning the stage, wind documentation, logistics, and experienced personnel on the ground ensuring set up and dismantling procedures are as smooth as possible.

Once you finalise an outdoor stage hire package with us, you'll be amazed at how much of the heavy lifting we do for you as an all-inclusive supplier.

Outdoor Stages is based in the South East of England, and so a large proportion of our work takes place in and around London and its surrounding counties. However, we have warehouses spread out right across the country, meaning we can provide outdoor stage hire anywhere in the UK.

We can even help clients based in continental Europe, should you be based abroad. If you're unsure whether we can help you, just give us a quick call anytime, and we'll give you an honest assessment of the costs of transporting and setting up an outdoor stage in your specific location.

Here at Outdoor Stages, we offer several "off-the-shelf" festival stage hire packages. They include additional all event production aspects including lighting, sound equipment, any specified extras, and delivery and set up costs. All you have to do is pay for the package, and we'll handle the rest.

Of course, we can also come up with a tailor-made package for your event. So if your event doesn't neatly fit into one of our packages, there's no need to be concerned. No matter which route you chose to go down for outdoor stage hire with us, we won't be beaten on value for money.

We can indeed! That's right, here at Outdoor Stages, we are proud to announce that we are the first-ever UK stage hire company to offer a full 3D rendering service for any of our stage hire packages!

This service is perfect for outdoor event planners who need to know what their stage production package will look like, not just from a design perspective, but also for the regulatory bodies and local authorities signing off on the event. Why not learn more about our new 3D stage production rendering service here?