Hiring a PA system for your event?
Show Hire specialise in providing high-quality Public Address (PA) systems for events of all types and sizes. From local community gatherings to major outdoor festivals, our professional PA hire services ensure every announcement, performance, and presentation is heard clearly across your event site.
Our public address systems can help, whether you’re running a major international airshow, a mass participation marathon, or a music festival. Whatever the size of your crowd, and whether you’re giving demonstrations, commentating, or playing music, our 50 years in the business mean that we know what will work best for you.
With the latest equipment, we’re constantly investing in making your event sound even better. Whether you’re playing music for a warm up session along a marathon start line, commentating on a Red Arrows air display, or ensuring your celebrity speakers are just as clear at the back of the marquee, crystal clear sound is the hallmark of a top notch event.
Complete event site solutions
Our PA systems are designed to deliver clear, reliable sound coverage for open spaces, large crowds, and complex event layouts. Whether you need a simple microphone and speaker setup or a fully distributed sound network across multiple areas, Show Hire has the expertise and equipment to make it happen.
Using the latest Q-Sys Networked Audio, it will enhance a public address system by providing flexible, network-based control and high-quality audio distribution, enabling seamless management, zoning, and system monitoring from a centralised interface.
Why choose Show Hire for event site PA systems?
Custom Design & Setup: Each event site is unique. We tailor our PA systems to your layout, audience size, and communication needs.
Professional-Grade Equipment: Our speakers, amplifiers, and microphones provide outstanding sound clarity and range, even in challenging outdoor environments.
Expert Engineers: Our experienced sound technicians handle installation, testing, and operation, ensuring reliable performance from start to finish.
Flexible Hire Packages: We offer short- and long-term hire options to suit one-day events or multi-day festivals.
Power & Connectivity: From generators to cabling, we can supply everything needed to power your PA system and operations anywhere on your site.
Perfect for All Event Site Applications
Our event site PA systems are ideal for
- Air Shows and Car Rallies
- Corporate and Promotional Events
- Community Fairs and Charity Events
- Agricultural and County Shows
- Festivals and Outdoor Concerts
- Sporting Events and Marathons
We match the right speaker to the right place, with creative solutions to fix them in position.
Alongside great entertainment is clear information. Ensuring your visitors know what is happening and where to go is vital for a positive visitor experience.
Site wide PA systems
Be heard everywhere.
Our PA systems are designed to deliver clear, reliable sound coverage for open spaces, large crowds, and complex event layouts.
Whether you need a simple microphone and speaker setup or a fully distributed sound network across multiple areas, Showhire has the expertise and equipment to make it happen
Show Hire use the latest Q-Sys networkable systems to help manage multi feed audio to play in variout formats and times across multiple zones within the event.
Supported by remote and mobile access, announcements can be made at any time, whereever you are!
Arena Sound Systems
A large outdoor arena, with 1,000s of people and animals has many challenges.
Our equipment offers versatility and high quality to ensure the best quality crisp and clear sound for the crowds.
With one of our experienced sound engineers, we make integrating audio from multiple feeds such as commentators, prerecordings, live and streamed music audio, into our multi level mixers and amplifiers, sound balanced and seamless.
We use the latest and industry reckognised equipment suitable for each project, as well as ensuring we have integrated redundancies and additional equipment to manage any last minute client requests.
After 50 years in the industry, we know our business and can make sure you sound brilliant on the day!
Public Talks and Demonstrations
Entertaining the audience is vital to ensure a successful event.
Whether an arena full of excited people ready to watch a display or demonstrations or a more personal chat with sporting legends, we can help deliver a high quality experience.
Integrating wireless headsets and microphones, with high quality surround speakers and mixing equipment is our business and we are very good at it.
Safety and Evacuations
Visitor safety is more important than ever, and knowing that you have our evacuation systems in place gives you peace of mind and compliance with your local council’s’ needs.
Pre-recorded messages programmed into our touch screens, zoned announcements, and an override system will all enhance your ability to keep your visitors safe.
2025 sees the final approval and implentation of Martyn’s Law, which will be the new legislation that all organisers with more than 200 visitors will need to ensure compliance.
We have a page dedicated to this to help plan your contingencies. Be prepared.
Additional event support services
- Commentary and Control Point Systems
- Wireless and Radio Microphones
- Two-way Radio Communications
- High Speed Wifi Networks
- Temporary Power Solutoins