Business Details
13 Years
experience
Your Trusted Marquee Hire Partner in Manchester
Festival Marquees was founded in 2013 by Matt Favier, who brings extensive experience from the environmental and events sectors. Our company was born from a passion for creating unique outdoor spaces that combine practicality with artistic flair. We pride ourselves on offering a distinctive range of marquees, from traditional pole tents to modern modular structures, complemented by bespoke interior design options. Our commitment to ethical practices is demonstrated through our Living Wage certification, environmental responsibility initiatives, and community engagement.With over 8 years of experience in event infrastructure, we've built a reputation for delivering exceptional value through our comprehensive packages that include flooring, lighting, furniture, and technical equipment. Our team's expertise in event logistics ensures safety compliance and seamless execution for weddings, festivals, and corporate events across the UK. We differentiate ourselves through our creative approach to space design, extensive in-house inventory, and dedication to customer satisfaction without charging VAT on our services.
Services
Wedding Marquees
Party Tents
Festival Structures
Furniture Hire
Lighting Packages
Details
- Year established: 2013
Highlights and features
- We offer 8 years of specialist event infrastructure experience
- We provide unique tent designs not available from mainstream suppliers
- We include fairy lights and decorative elements as standard
- We operate without VAT charges for private customers
- We guarantee full equipment safety compliance and insurance coverage
What people say
Magical palace
Excellent service
Professionalism
Worth every penny
Creative vision
Services
Wedding Marquees
We create bespoke wedding spaces from intimate ceremonies to grand celebrations for 160+ guests. Our packages include structural tents with decorative linings, fairy lights, and complete infrastructure solutions. With 8 years of specialist experience, we offer modular frame tents, traditional pole structures, and unique festival-style marquees in various sizes. Our all-inclusive packages feature flooring, lighting, furniture, and technical equipment with expert planning support.
Party Tents
Our party tents transform any location into memorable celebration spaces. Available in sizes from 15x15ft garden marquees to 30x80ft venues, we provide themed interiors with decorative drapes and lighting. Packages include seating arrangements, dance floors, and optional heating for all-season events. Our team specialises in creating vibrant atmospheres for birthdays, corporate events, and community celebrations across the UK.
Festival Structures
We supply large-scale event infrastructure for festivals and concerts. Our 40x100ft circus tents and blue festival marquees accommodate audiences up to 580 people with integrated stage provisions. Complete packages include power distribution, PA systems, and crowd safety compliance. With experience at major UK festivals, we deliver reliable structures for music events, food markets, and cultural gatherings.
Furniture Hire
Our extensive inventory includes rustic trestle tables, round dining tables, and unique seating options like wicker sofas and padded stools. We provide 100+ wooden folding chairs per event and speciality items like bar units and dance floors. All furniture is maintained to high safety standards and included in comprehensive event packages.
Lighting Packages
We offer complete illumination solutions from ambient chandeliers to professional LED systems. Packages include fairy lights, uplighters, and stage lighting with controllers. Our 2000w PA systems and sound equipment ensure perfect atmosphere for weddings, parties, and festivals. All electrical installations meet strict safety regulations.
People
Matt Favier
Founder & Owner
With 8 years of event industry experience, Matt established Festival Marquees after running a successful festival sound system business. He oversees all operations with a focus on creative design and client satisfaction.
Questions
What event sizes can you accommodate?
We provide tents from intimate 10x10ft spaces to large 40x100ft structures suitable for 580+ guests, covering weddings, parties, festivals, and corporate events.
Do you offer complete event packages?
Yes, our packages include tents with linings, flooring, lighting, furniture, and technical equipment. We also offer optional extras like PA systems, generators, and catering support.
Are your prices inclusive of VAT?
No, all our prices exclude VAT as we're not VAT registered, providing significant savings for private customers and smaller organisations.
Can you help with themed events?
Yes, we specialise in creating themed spaces with unique tent designs, decorative drapes, and specialist lighting to match your event's concept.
Do you provide services outside Manchester?
We operate nationwide across the UK, having successfully delivered events in locations from Cornwall to Scotland with our Manchester-based team.
What safety standards do you follow?
All our structures meet industry safety standards for anchorage, electrical installations, and fire safety, with regular equipment inspections and comprehensive insurance coverage.
Reviews (6)
Pete Ord
Oct 22, 2019
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Festival Marquess are the perfect combination of high quality top class product vs small family-style business friendless and most importantly fair pricing. Thanks so much for providing the marquee for our wedding, for working within our budgets and for going out of your way to source everything we asked for
Mary Streff
Sep 29, 2018
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An absolutely fabulous company who are really easy to work with. Matt and his team worked rigorously to ensure everything was set up and working in good time for our party. We hired a big top type marquee and it really made the event! Festival marquees also hired disco lights, a PA system and strings and strings of fairy lights. By the time theyd finished it was like stepping into a magical palace! Id totally recommend these guys every time for their polite attitude, attention to detail and of course fabulous marquees!
Danni Ilott
Sep 23, 2018
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Could not recommend Matt and his team enough. Great experience from start to finish and absolutely worth every penny! We are so pleased we found Festival Marquees as this was just what we were looking for our festival wedding. Just exactly what we wanted in every way! It was very easy to deal with Matt and he gave honest feedback and advice which was appreciated. Thank you for helping bring our dream wedding and little vision to life! We are so grateful for your service and help. Highly recommended .
Paul McGuigan
Oct 26, 2017
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Matt and the team did an amazing job at our wedding in the Cotswolds. The marquee itself was really good, but it was all the extra help that really makes this company stand out. Nothing was too much trouble. From meeting up a few months before the wedding to invaluable advice on power, layout, furniture - everything - we couldn't have had the amazing, problem-free wedding day that we had without them. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Kate Shield
Sep 19, 2017
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We would once again like to thank Matt for his excellent service he provided for us for our Festival style wedding in September. We absolutely loved the big blue tent, it was exactly what we were looking for and has so much more character than the standard marquee. The included fairy lights made it look very magical along side our own lighting. He can also provide much more (sound, lighting, tables, power etc) if needed. His prices are extremely fair for what he offers. From start to end Matt and his team have been very professional and showed a lot of care to detail. We appreciated him insisting
Scrhallett
Jul 10, 2017
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What a wedding!!! Right from our very first no-obligation meeting to waving goodbye after the best weekend of our lives, we were overwhelmed by Matt's energy, creativity and enthusiasm, not to mention patience! One of the most down-to-earth event organisers you will ever come across, his dedication to helping us develop and realise our festival-wedding dream was outstanding. Having had no previous experience of planning anything even remotely like it, we were a little anxious about the sheer scale of the event we were envisaging, not to mention the cost. Matt put us completely at ease, constantly
