New Zealand's biggest events.
Built by us.
From Australasia's largest music festival to the Canterbury A&P Show, Party Warehouse structures are behind the scenes at the South Island's major festivals, shows and public events. Multi-day builds, thousands of components, tight windows — this is what our crew does best.
- 6,000m²+ under canvas on a single event
- Full erection by our own crew
- Council permits arranged
- Carbon zero certified
Experience is the one thing you can't hire in.
Anyone can quote you a marquee. Very few companies have stood on a festival site at 6am with three trucks, a full crew, and a build schedule that has to be right — because 30,000 people arrive in four days.
We have. Repeatedly. Our team plans large events down to the individual component — every leg, beam, roof skin and peg counted, loaded in sequence, and erected by crews who have done it at this scale before.
That's what event organisers are really hiring: the confidence that the infrastructure will be up, straight, safe and signed off — with no drama. You can't put a price on it, and it's why the same events come back to us year after year.
Events we're proud to build.
A selection of the festivals, shows and public events Party Warehouse has supplied and built — many of them year after year.
Music & Entertainment
- Electric Avenue — Australasia's largest music festival
- Selwyn Sounds
- Fisher
- Maoli
- Rock the Park
- Underground Festival
- Hidden Lakes Festival
Agricultural & Field Days
- Canterbury A&P Show
- AgFest — West Coast
- South Island Agricultural Field Days
- Turf Days
Food, Drink & Community
- South Island Wine & Food Festival
- Great Kiwi Beer Festival
- Diwali Festival
- Chinese New Year Festivities
- Matariki Fireworks
- Sparks in the Park
- Hororata Highland Games
Sport & Motorsport
- Supercars
- City2Surf
- Single Fin Mingle
On site.
Our structures at work — from festival main sites to community events in the heart of Christchurch.
Everything under one roof. Literally.
One supplier, one point of contact, one crew that owns the whole build.
Structures at scale
From 3m stall marquees to our 15m wide structures covering 600m² under a single roof — and full sites combining dozens of structures. See our peg & pole and frame marquee ranges.
Flooring & dancefloors
Interlocking flooring systems for any ground condition, plus dancefloors and staging — installed by our crew, priced by size and shown in your quote.
Lighting & power
Festoon, fairy and functional site lighting, with generator supply arranged through our sister company Hireking.
Furniture & fit-out
Trestles, leaners, seating, bars and hospitality furniture — delivered with the build and collected at pack-down. In-place setup can be arranged for large events.
Permits & compliance
Structures over 100m² need council sign-off — we arrange the permits and supply the documentation your event consent requires.
Build & pack-down crews
Our own trained crews handle the full build sequence — mark-out, framework, skinning, fit-out — then return and clear the site on schedule.
Five steps.
Zero surprises.
Big events need a head start — plan on 3–6 months of lead time so the best build windows and structures are locked in early.
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Tell us the plan
Share the site, the dates, the numbers — and what needs to be under cover.
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Site visit
We walk the site with you — surfaces, access, anchoring, power and layout, all sorted on the spot.
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Plan & permits
Structure plan, build schedule, council permits — all locked in well ahead of your event window.
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The build
Trucks roll in loaded to sequence. Our crews mark out, erect, skin and fit out — right on schedule.
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Pack-down
Once it's done, we're back — site cleared, pack-down complete, every last component accounted for.
What organisers say.
“From the first time I touched base, you were brilliant to deal with right through to post-festival. Thank you for how fantastically you worked with us.”
“A multi-marquee site with power, staging and 3,000 people through the gate — the Party Warehouse crew had every structure up, certified and ready two days early.”
“Weather turned on us the night before opening. Their team was on site at first light re-checking every fixing. That is the difference experience makes.”
Planning something big?
Talk to us early. Festival and large event slots book out months ahead — a quick conversation now means the structures, crew and build window are locked in for your dates.