Production hub
Event AV production in Toronto
DJ entertainment, professional sound, intelligent lighting, uplighting, special effects and ceremony audio from one company, and every piece arrives with someone who knows how to run it. This is the hub. Each piece has its own page. The core rig is ours: a JBL VRX932LA line array over SRX728S dual-18" subwoofers, JBL EON ceremony speakers, moving heads, uplights and a dry-ice machine.
Production from $650, Delivery, install and operation included, $2M liability
- Our own JBL VRX / SRX system
- An operator stays with the system
- Technical rider filed with your venue
- Toronto and the GTA
The inventory
| What | Page | From |
|---|---|---|
| Sound systems | Sound system rental | $650 |
| Ceremony sound | Ceremony and second zones | $550 |
| Intelligent lighting | Event lighting | $650 |
| Wedding uplighting | Uplighting | $450 |
| Dancing on the Clouds | Dry ice first dance | $595 |
| Cold sparks and lasers | Special effects | $450 |
| Pipe and drape | Pipe and drape rental | $450 |
| Stage and dance floor | Stage and flooring | $650 |
| Projection and screens | Projector and screen rental | $550 |
| VJ: live visuals | Music you can see | Quoted with the screen |
| Step and repeat | Step and repeat backdrops | $400 |
| Power distribution | Power distro rental | $150 |
Production without a DJ runs from $650 for a single delivered system to $10,000 for a full build with sound, lighting, effects, drape, staging, screens and crew. A technician stays with production-only bookings for up to six hours for $450, then $75 an hour. Everything is quoted as a line item, so you can see what each part costs before you decide.
The core system is ours and goes out every weekend: the JBL VRX932LA line array, two JBL SRX728S dual-18" subwoofers with their amplification and processing, two JBL EON speakers for ceremonies and second rooms, an 8-channel console, wireless microphones, two moving heads, ten wireless uplights and the dry-ice machine. Larger uplighting rigs, cold sparks, lasers, LED video, drape and staging come from production partners we have worked with for years, and our crew installs and runs them.
What production pricing includes
- Delivery and load-in, setup, and rigging where the room allows it.
- Sound check and system tuning in the actual room, before doors.
- Lighting programming for your room and your colours.
- Operation during the event, including effects cues.
- Strike and load-out after the last guest leaves.
Pricing assumes standard venue access and production requirements. Complex load-ins, extended production hours, additional technicians, travel, rigging or late-night strikes may affect the final quote, and appear as their own line before you book.
What "operated" means
Dry-hire exists and we do a little of it, but almost everything here goes out with an operator, because most of what goes wrong at an event is not equipment failure. It is equipment nobody is watching.
- We site-visit anything we have not done before, or ask the venue for a plan.
- We load in when the venue lets us, not when it is convenient, and we build in the elevator being late.
- Someone stays with the system for the whole event.
- We strike completely and leave the room the way we found it. Venues remember this more than they remember the show.
Technical riders
If your venue asks for a rider, we write one: power requirements, rigging points if any, load-in path, crew count and timing. Most GTA banquet halls want one and most suppliers do not provide it, which is a small, cheap way to be easy to work with.
What a venue gets from us
- Power
- Circuit count, amperage, and where we need it
- Load-in
- Vehicle size, dock or door, elevator time, crew count
- Rigging
- Ground-supported by default. We do not rig to venue structure without an engineer.
- Timing
- In, build, sound check, doors, strike: with real durations
- Insurance
- $2M COI, venue named as additional insured
Check your date
The first question is always whether the date is open. Start there: the rest takes two minutes.
Common questions
Do you dry-hire equipment without an operator?
Occasionally, for known clients and simple systems. For anything with more than a few channels the answer is usually no, because an unattended system is how events fail.
Do you provide a technical rider for our venue?
Yes, and we send it directly to the venue. It covers power, load-in path, elevator time, crew and insurance.
Can you work alongside our venue's in-house AV?
Yes, and often that is the cheaper route. In-house is usually strong on speech and weak on music and lighting.
Do you run visuals on the screens as well as the screens themselves?
Yes. That is the VJ, and it comes off the same desk as the light. Clips, loops and camera mixed live to the record that is playing rather than a montage looping behind the floor. It is quoted with the screen package.
How far will you travel?
Across the GTA at no surcharge: Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Brampton, Oakville. Beyond that we quote travel honestly instead of hiding it in the total.