Covers the hours without music
Doors opening, stage changeovers and the small hours. Those are the slots where crowds scatter and that an entertainment zone converts into time on site.
Music Festivals
Music festivals
The line-up sells the tickets; what happens between sets decides the experience
We build entertainment zones for music festivals: games, inflatables, simulators, carts and activities covering the hours between sets, with staff and equipment built for intensive use.
A music festival sells its line-up, but the attendee's experience is built largely away from the stage. Four or five hours can pass between doors opening and the headline act; between sets there are thirty-minute gaps; and there is always a share of the crowd who came along and has no interest in half the programme. That time decides whether the festival feels long and complete or like a wait with music in the background.
A well-built entertainment zone fills that time and produces a side effect production values highly: it distributes the crowd. When there is something to do at the back, pressure in front of the stage drops, the access points breathe and circulation improves without extra security staff.
The equipment has to match the use. A festival subjects units to wear unlike anything else: twelve hours a day, three days running, with a crowd that does not handle them gently. We work with professional equipment built for that, carry spares for whatever suffers most and keep a technician on large builds, because losing two activities on Sunday leaves a visible hole in the site.
And the hour dictates. What works at six in the evening does not work at one in the morning. We programme the zone by slot: family or daytime activity in the early hours, competitive and illuminated games at night, and food carts when people have been on their feet for hours. That progression is what keeps the zone active from opening to close.
- 12 hof daily operation
- 3 daysof continuous use
- 24 hquote turnaround
- 100%own equipment and crew
Distributes the crowd
Activity at the back lowers pressure in front of the stage and improves general circulation, which production and security appreciate.
Built for three days
Professional equipment, spares for whatever suffers most and a technician on large builds. Losing two activities on Sunday leaves a visible hole in the site.
How we set it up
Send us the site
Site plan, daily capacity, opening hours and heavy vehicle access.
We design the zone by slot
Which activity at each hour, how many units and how many people they move, laid out on the plan.
We prepare documentation
Insurance, equipment certificates and technical sheets for production and for the council.
We operate all three days
Advance build, staff at every point on shifts and maintenance between days.
Formats and ideas that work
- Entertainment zone with twenty activities across three days
- Giant inflatables and rides at the back of the site
- Simulators and arcades with a festival-wide scoreboard
- Giant wooden games beside the bars
- Food carts spread out to avoid a single queue point
- Shaded area with quiet games for the hottest hours
- LED games and illuminated activities for the night slot
- Photo walls and photogenic experiences across the site
Capacity per hour, not number of activities
The most common mistake when designing a festival entertainment zone is thinking about how many activities there are rather than how many people they can serve. A spectacular ride moving fifteen people an hour creates a disproportionate queue and leaves a bad impression, however impressive it looks from outside.
We prefer to combine two or three eye-catching pieces with several high-rotation ones, so something is always available immediately and queueing spreads out. With the capacity and the opening hours we can calculate it before building anything and tell you how many participations per hour the proposed zone supports.
Frequently asked questions
How much space is needed?
As a guide, for a festival of five thousand a day we work with zones of three hundred to eight hundred square metres. Send the plan and we will tell you exactly what fits and how to lay it out so circulation works.
Does the equipment survive three days?
Yes, it is professional equipment built for intensive use, and we carry spares for whatever wears fastest. On large builds we keep a technician on site to resolve issues without closing activities.
What documentation do you provide?
Public liability insurance, equipment certificates, technical sheets with weights and power draw, and whatever the competent authority requires. We handle it so production does not have to chase it.
Can you coordinate with our production company?
Yes, that is normal. We integrate into the general planning, respect load-in and load-out windows and coordinate with production, security and the site manager.
What about sponsors?
We can brand activities with a sponsor's identity and build them as their own space inside the zone. It is a way for the festival to raise sponsorship value by offering something the crowd actually uses.