Stage hire for events in Alicante and across Spain

Team5 supplies modular stages sized to your venue, with decking, steps and rails, installed by our own crew and taken away after the event. We also say honestly when you can do without one.

A stage is not always needed, and it is easy to pay for one that adds nothing. Describe the venue and the number of guests, and we will tell you plainly whether it makes sense in your case.

When do you need a stage for an event?

The short answer: when you have more than about a hundred guests, or when the whole room has to see the performance rather than the first three rows.

• A concert or large event, where without a raised platform the artist is only visible from the front;
• A wedding for 150 or more guests, where a band at floor level disappears between the tables;
• A ceremony on a slope or uneven ground, where the stage levels the area;
• A fashion show, where a catwalk is a format of its own;
• The formal part of a corporate evening, with awards, a presentation or a speech from management.

You can skip it for an intimate party of 60 to 80 guests in a room, for a dinner with background music, or for a violinist or a duo on a small terrace. There a stage only eats budget and space. Honestly, stages are booked more often than they are really needed.

What stage hire includes

• A modular structure, with size and height chosen for the venue;
• Deck covering;
• Steps and, where needed, safety rails;
• Levelling on uneven surfaces such as a garden, a slope or a beach;
• Installation and dismantling by our own crew;
• Agreement with the venue on the position, arrival time and requirements.

How long does it take to build a stage?

Longer than anything else in the technical kit. A medium structure takes several hours, and it has to be finished before guests arrive, not while tables are being laid.

So the key question for the venue is from what time the space is available. If the hall opens an hour before dinner, a proper stage simply cannot go in. It is a detail to settle before you sign anything.

What size of stage do you need

• A soloist or duo needs a minimal platform, and often no stage at all;
• A trio needs a small structure so the musicians can be seen over the tables;
• A full band needs room for drums, keyboards and amplifiers, plus space for the singer to move;
• A band with lighting trusses needs extra room for the structures;
• A ceremony needs a low podium so the back rows can see the couple.

Height matters too. A stage that is too high on an intimate evening cuts the musicians off from the guests, and one that is too low at a large event does not solve visibility.

Stage safety and load

People rarely ask about this, and they should. A stage carries people and heavy equipment.

• On uneven ground in a garden the supports are levelled, otherwise the structure rocks;
• Rails are essential once the height is noticeable, especially when children are present;
• Steps with a handrail are needed because musicians climb them carrying instruments;
• Cables are run so that nobody trips over them;
• In the wind, light structures and banners on an open site need secure fixing.

Venues where a stage will not fit

• Terraces and roofs, with weight limits and materials that must go up in a lift, so it is often impossible;
• Historic buildings, with limits on fixings and floor loading;
• Rooms with a low ceiling, where the stage plus a standing musician will not fit;
• Late access, because a full structure cannot be built if the hall is free only an hour before guests;
• Narrow access, since stage sections are heavy and bulky and cannot be carried across a whole garden.

In those cases we suggest an alternative: a compact line-up without a stage, or a rearrangement of the zones in the venue. Gardens and fincas are workable, and a beach is possible with a sturdier base.

Stage hire for concerts and city events

A concert format asks for more: a larger area, space for backline, a separate position for the sound engineer and access routes for the artists. We price those venues individually, so send us the site plan and the expected audience. A full kit with a stage on a real job is described in the wedding near Girona case, and a complete technical rider handled turnkey in the Finestrat concert case below.

Stage together with sound, lighting and screen

A stage is usually hired with sound and lighting and a screen, and then a single crew builds the whole thing during one visit. Should you want music on it as well, Royal Band or Rock Beat can play on that same platform. The stage can also be hired without sound, but the package is better value and simpler to coordinate.

Where we build stages: towns and distances

Our base is Alicante, and the stage travels in sections from there. A job in Torrevieja is 50 km away, so transport hardly touches the quote. Murcia (80 km) and Cartagena (110 km) are routine working trips. For Marbella, 530 km away, the build needs planning in advance, with a night away for the crew.

Places outside our list are possible too: we work throughout Spain and in the south of France, to about 700 km from Alicante. The cities page has notes on every town we cover.

How to hire a stage

1. Send the date and town, the venue name, the kind of event and roughly how many guests you expect;
2. We look at the diary and answer on the day you write, with a price;
3. We find out what the venue allows: electricity, sound limits, how long the build can take and how a truck gets in, calling them ourselves when needed;
4. When the conditions suit everyone, the date is secured;
5. Some weeks before the event we go through the programme and the timings of the night;
6. On the event day the crew arrives ahead of time, builds the stage and runs a soundcheck before the first guest;
7. After the event we take the stage down and carry it away, so the venue is left as clear as before.

We set no advance deadline for stage hire: send the date and city, we check the rigging crew diary and reply.

Stage, equipment and musicians: why together

A stage is only one part of the preparation. Clients often find musicians in one place, equipment in another and someone else again to build it. Bringing these together is the main thing that sets Team5 apart.

• One visit does the whole build, instead of three separate crews arriving at different hours;
• A fault cannot turn into an argument about whose kit or whose musicians failed, because both are ours;
• The band is used to this equipment, so a soundcheck does not become a lesson on an unknown mixing desk;
• The engineer knows the programme from many earlier shows and can judge when the vocals need lifting;
• One contact handles the arrangements, which means fewer conversations for you.

From what we have seen, technical failures at celebrations mostly happen where one contractor hands over to the next, not inside any single contractor’s job.

Further reading

• What a technical rider is, and how it helps you vet a venue before you book;
• Concert in Finestrat, a case study of a full technical rider delivered turnkey;
• How to choose an event venue, questions worth asking before any deposit changes hands;
• A Royal Band evening at The Abbey Tavern in Orihuela Costa, an example of working on a venue’s own stage.

Frequently asked questions