Lighting hire · Norfolk & Suffolk

Event and stage lighting, designed for the room.

Uplighting, moving heads, beams, lasers and outdoor features — from warm ambience that flatters a dinner and photographs well, through to full club energy on the dancefloor. Designed around your venue and running order rather than pulled off a shelf.

DMXProgrammed, not guessed
IP65Outdoor-rated fixtures
£10mPublic liability
5.0Google rated
Warm venue uplighting and ambience by MAV Hire Moving heads and dancefloor lighting at a club-style event Outdoor architectural and feature lighting on a venue exterior

How we work

A lighting plan follows the running order.

A room does not need one look, it needs four. Getting the transitions right is most of the job, and it is the part that separates a designed rig from a pile of fixtures on stands.

1
ArrivalEntrances, facades and key features lit cleanly. This is the first thing anyone sees and it is the most commonly skipped.
2
Warm ambienceFlattering tones for dinner, speeches and photographs. Your photographer will notice, and so will the pictures.
3
DancefloorBeams, movement and aerial looks dialled to your music and crowd — cutting through haze rather than blinding the front row.
4
Show controlScenes and cues for the moments that matter, so the room changes character on the beat rather than whenever somebody remembers.

Send your venue photos, ceiling height and music style and we will recommend a setup — including when a smaller rig will do the job better.

The looks

Pick a feel, we'll build the rig.

Warm & premium

Soft ambers and warm whites for arrivals, dinner and photographs. Understated, and by far the most requested.

Clean & architectural

Minimal, venue-friendly placement that picks out the building rather than competing with it. Suits listed and historic rooms.

Modern colour wash

Rich colour across walls and features, colour-matched to your theme and held consistent across every fixture in the room.

Marquee & outdoor glow

Warm interior ambience plus feature lighting on trees, entrances and courtyards. IP-rated for anything outside the canvas.

Beam & aerial effects

High-impact beams and movement that read properly in haze — the difference between a lit room and a show.

Full club energy

Moving heads, strobes and lasers, programmed to the set rather than left on auto. Ibiza-style if that is the brief.

What we supply

Fixtures, control and the crew to run it.

  • Battery and mains uplighters, wireless DMX
  • Moving heads, beams, spots and washes
  • Professional laser systems, supplied responsibly
  • LED battens, blinders and pixel effects
  • IP-rated outdoor and architectural fixtures
  • Haze and low fog to make beams read
  • DMX desks and software control, programmed to your cues
  • Truss, ground support, stands and rigging

Brands we run

Fixtures we actually own.

We buy dependable, professional lighting rather than the cheapest thing that makes colour. It has to survive a season of load-ins and still look right on the night.

Two different briefs

Couples and venues want opposite things.

Weddings & private events

Discreet until it isn't

Colour-matched uplighting, warm ambience through dinner and speeches, then a dancefloor that changes the room in one cue. Setup kept visually tidy so the venue still looks like the venue.

We will also talk you out of things. Most couples are quoted more fixtures than the room needs.

Venues, clubs & promoters

Output and turnaround

High-output moving heads and effects, scene-based control with clean cueing, safe cable management and a crew who work to your timings rather than their own.

Tight changeovers and late de-rigs are normal for us, not an exception to negotiate.

Common questions

Lighting hire, answered.

How many uplighters do we need?

It depends on the size and shape of the room rather than a fixture count. As a rough guide a typical marquee or function room takes somewhere between twelve and twenty for an even wash without gaps. Send us the venue plan and we will spec from that rather than guessing — and we will say so if fewer will look better.

Can you do lighting outdoors?

Yes. We use IP-rated fixtures for anything exposed — tree and facade lighting, entrances, courtyards and marquee exteriors — along with the power distribution and weatherproofed cable runs to feed them.

Do we need haze for beam effects?

Effectively, yes. Beams and aerial looks are invisible without something in the air for the light to catch. We use haze rather than smoke, which is far more venue-friendly, but always check with your venue first as some have detectors that will not tolerate it.

Can we hire lighting without an operator?

Yes. Dry hire is available, and delivered rigs can be pre-programmed with scenes you trigger yourself. For anything with cues tied to a running order — a first dance, an awards sequence, a set change — an operator earns their fee.

Do you supply lasers?

Yes, professional laser systems as part of a planned setup rather than as a standalone drop-off. They are supplied and positioned responsibly, with the correct safety separation from the audience.

Which areas do you cover?

Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and the wider East of England from our base near Diss, including Norwich, Ipswich, Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds and Colchester. We travel further for larger productions.

Tell us the venue and the vibe.

Send your date, venue and music style — photos of the room if you have them. We will come back with a lighting plan and an itemised quote, usually the same working day.