Nextwave EventsOur Event Services
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Our Event Services
Bring the key elements of your event together with our range of professional event hire services across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London and surrounding areas. From LED dancefloors, light-up letters and numbers to selfie pods, staging, backdrops and room styling, we can help create a setup that feels polished, welcoming and completely suited to your occasion.
Whether you’re planning a wedding, birthday party, corporate event, prom or private celebration, you can choose individual items or combine several services into one coordinated package. If you’re not quite sure what will work best in your venue, that’s absolutely fine too — our crew can help you choose the right options based on your space, guest numbers, style and budget, making the whole process simple from planning through to setup and collection.
Event Décor upgrades
Transform your venue and give your event a more polished, considered finish with our range of event décor and venue styling hire. From professional staging and elegant draping to sequin walls, illuminated poseur tables, giant numbers and statement backdrops, these finishing touches can completely change how a room looks and feels. Whether you’re styling a wedding, birthday celebration, corporate event, awards evening or private party, we’ll help you choose décor that works naturally with your venue rather than simply filling the space.
Mix and match individual pieces or combine several elements to create a coordinated setup, with our crew taking care of delivery, installation and collection across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London and surrounding areas.
Stages and Platforms
Create the right focal point for your event with our professional stage and platform hire across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London and surrounding areas. From clean white stages for weddings and celebrations to presentation stages, catwalks and larger platforms for bands, DJs and corporate events, our modular staging can be configured around your venue and the purpose of your event.
We can help you choose the right size, height and layout, as well as combine your stage with professional sound, lighting, screens, backdrops and event production where required. Everything is professionally delivered and installed by our crew, giving you a safe, smart and properly finished stage that feels like part of the event rather than simply a platform in the room.
Entertainment we think you'd love!
Give your guests something to get involved with and make your event about more than just the dancefloor. Our range of interactive games and entertainment hire includes table football, table tennis, arcade machines, poker tables, shuffleboard, air hockey and complete games room packages — perfect for keeping guests entertained, creating a little friendly competition and giving people another reason to mingle.
Ideal for birthday parties, corporate events, weddings, staff parties, family fun days and private celebrations, our games can be hired individually or combined to create a dedicated entertainment area or full games room experience. We’ll help you choose the right games for your guests, venue and available space, with delivery, professional setup and collection available across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London and surrounding areas.
Special Effects to WOW
Turn the biggest moments of your event into something your guests will genuinely remember with our range of special effects hire across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London and surrounding areas. Create an unforgettable entrance or first dance with cold spark effects and dancing on the clouds, fill the room with energy using confetti cannons, or transform your venue with statement mirror balls and atmospheric effects. Perfect for weddings, birthday parties, corporate events, awards evenings, Christmas parties and celebrations, our effects can be used individually or carefully combined with your DJ, lighting, dancefloor and event production to create those real wow moments.
Not sure which effect will work best? We’ll help you choose something that suits your venue, timings and occasion, while taking care of the technical setup so you can simply enjoy the moment.
Audio & Lighting Packages
Interactive Outdoor Games
Bring people together with outdoor games hire for weddings, parties, corporate events, family fun days and community events. Our interactive games are designed to get guests away from their seats, having fun and joining in, with options including Giant Connect 4, Giant Jenga, football shootout challenges and football skills games suitable for children, adults and mixed-age events.
They’re a brilliant addition to drinks receptions, wedding afternoons, company fun days, fan zones and summer celebrations where you want relaxed entertainment that guests can enjoy at their own pace. Hire individual games or let us create a complete outdoor games area, with delivery and setup available throughout Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London and surrounding areas.
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Staging
Sturdy, professional staging for bands, speeches, awards and performances.
Selfie pods
The modern photobooth. Guests snap, pose and share all night, and you keep every photo.
Light-up letters
Giant LOVE letters, initials and names that light up your celebration.
Arcade & games
An arcade machine, air hockey, a football table and a poker table for office socials, team afternoons, parties and proms.
Our recent set-ups
Real photos from our events.
How booking works
Get your instant price
Pick what you’d like and see your price online, with delivery to your venue included.
Secure your date
A 25% deposit locks in your date. The balance is due 28 days before your event.
We do the rest
Our crew delivers, sets up and collects everything, so you can enjoy the day.
What our customers say
Real reviews from real celebrations.
“Great communication and service, very friendly- would highly recommend!”
“Simply amazing, great attention to detail! Such lovely people, can't wait until the next one ”
“Absolutely fantastic service from Next wave. I hired a light up dance floor and a selfie pod for my 40th birthday. Booking through to installation was so easy. Ben and Ellen are so lovely to deal with. Made my party that bit extra special.”
Support for party and event planners in Hertfordshire
Whether you plan events for a living or are arranging your own celebration, we can help you bring the hire side together. You can choose individual items or combine several services into one coordinated package, from LED dancefloors and staging to light-up letters, backdrops and room styling.
If you are not sure what will suit your venue, our crew can help you choose based on your space, guest numbers, style and budget. We deliver, set up and collect across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and North London, so you do not have to manage that part yourself.
When you are planning ahead, a 25% deposit secures your booking and the balance is due 28 days before the event. Our prices include VAT. To talk through your plans, call us on 08005930003.
Your questions, answered
Do you offer event lighting hire in Hertfordshire?
Yes. Our range includes audio and lighting packages, such as 8 battery uplights, as well as light-up letters and numbers, illuminated poseur tables and LED dancefloors. We cover Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and North London.
Can you provide lighting for a wedding?
We can combine lighting with other wedding hire, such as DJs, dancefloors and special effects like cold sparks for a first dance. Our wedding packages and light-up pieces such as LOVE letters and Mr & Mrs letters are also popular choices.
Do you set up and take down the equipment?
Yes, we deliver, set up and collect, so you don't need to handle any of the technical side yourself.
I'm not sure what will suit my venue. Can you help me choose?
Of course. Our crew can recommend options based on your space, guest numbers, style and budget, and can guide you from planning through to setup and collection. You can call us on 08005930003.
How do I secure a booking, and do prices include VAT?
A 25% deposit secures your booking, and the balance is due 28 days before your event. Our prices include VAT.
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