A large marquee is a high‑capacity clearspan temporary event structure designed to provide a flexible, open‑plan space for major events such as festivals, shows, corporate activations, graduations, sporting events and large‑scale gatherings. Unlike a traditional pole tent, large marquees use a lightweight aluminium frame system which does not need internal supporting poles, giving you an expansive unobstructed interior space
Field and Lawn provide large marquee hire across the UK with structures are available in 15m, 20m, 25m and 30m widths with fully modular 3m or 5m bays to create the length of the structure. They can be interconnected or standalone to give you complete flexibility. Whether you’re building a high‑throughput commercial marquee, planning a corporate event for hundreds of delegates, building a big festival bar, or even creating a multi‑structure event village, we can design a bespoke solution for your event using a large, clearspan marquee.
So, what size marquee do you need? Our quick reference table will suggest what size marquee you may need depending on the number of people at your event. The size calculation will depend on how you intend to use the space. For example, if you are using the marquee for banqueting, you may need more space for round tables, kitchen space, a bar, dance floor and circulation zones. The marquee size table, is a guide based on a standing room inside the marquee. If you have any questions, our knowledgeable team are only a phone call away!
Number of people | Marquee size (W x L) | Covered area |
|---|---|---|
200 People | 15m x 12m / 15m x 15m | 180m2 – 225m2 |
300 People | 15m x 18m / 15m x 20m | 270m2 – 300m2 |
500 People | 20m x 25m / 20m x 27m | 500m2 – 540m2 |
1,000 People | 25m x 40m / 25m x 45m | 1,000m2 – 1,125m2 |
1,500 People | 25m x 60m / 30m x 50m | 1,500m2 |
Festivals come in all shapes and sizes, and so do our large marquees. Larger structures are ideally suited to music festivals, beer festivals, food festivals and even religious festivals as they all require significant temporary event space, suitable for high-capacity events.
Large festival marquees can serve as your main bars, stages, security and ticket check points and VIP spaces. Festival layouts need to support high throughput and big crowd movements and having an unobstructed marquee is the ideal solution. Your marquee can be completely tailored with a range of options including staging, AV and other festival rigging.
Large marquees are a great choice for agricultural shows, dog shows, and other large-scale seasonal shows, offering event organisers a versatile, weather‑resilient space that can be customised to an exact specification. With an internal event space that is free from internal poles, these structures provide wide, (or long!) open-plan layouts perfect for livestock, competition arenas, trade stands, grooming areas, or spectator zones. They can be tailored precisely to your event’s footprint, whether you need a barn for your sheep or a fully immersive main show arena.
If you have an outdoor pitch and want to showcase your brand and products under shelter, a large clearspan marquee will provide uninterrupted space. If you are organising the show, we can provide rows of stands, large demonstration areas, covered arenas through to complete temporary long exhibition halls and large pop-up shops and retail stands.
Our marquee solutions allow you to seamlessly link structures together, giving you high-quality, expansive multi-zone exhibition spaces for your event. In addition, large merchandise marquees are a great way to increase event revenue and capture spend. In summary, we can provide anything from a single trade stand to a full temporary exhibition hall!
Large marquees are an essential part of any outdoor, mass‑participation sporting event. They providing flexible, high‑capacity spaces that keep athletes, spectators, and event teams moving efficiently throughout the day.
Whether used for registration areas, bag drop zones, medical and welfare facilities, or for corporate sponsors and VIP hospitality, large marquees offer a professional, reliable and weatherproof environment that enhances the overall event experience. These marquees can be scaled and tailored for any application!
If your looking for a beautiful marquee for your large wedding that has the capacity to fit 100-1,000+ people, a clearspan marquee is your best option in terms of flexibility, safety and performance.
You can create a completely unique space with interior linings, flooring, carpets, lighting and décor. Enhanced specification options include large glazed window walls, to let natural light flood into the venue, luxury linings and high-quility carpets throughout the struycture. Again, you can link your large marquee with small ancillary areas for catering, bars and toilets if required. We have a proven track record of supplying the perfect marquee for hundreds of weddings across the UK.
Once you know broadly what size marquee you need for your event, we can configure the structure in any way to make it work for you. Be that long runs for bars or “L” shapes to fit within your festival site. Large marquees are engineered to adapt to any event, any site, and any ground surface. Every structure we supply is fully modular, built in flexible 5m bays, (in some cases, we can offer 3m bays for even more flexibility) and can be reconfigured into any footprint, long and narrow, wide and open, multi‑zone, multi‑structure, multi‑entrance, or built around existing site constraints.
If you’re site has sloping ground, if we are installing the structure in tight urban compounds, uneven festival fields, our expert project managers can design the ideal solution. Our marquee system allow you to link, divide, and customise structures with complete freedom. Door positions, walling options, roof types, height variations, and entrance configurations can all be tailored to meet high-capacity events and your operational needs. Contact us to discuss your large marquee hire.
Most of the events we supply require more than just the marquee itself. Around 70% of our clients choose flooring, heating, furniture, entrances and other fit‑out options as part of their package. To make planning easier, we provide a complete infrastructure solution that covers every element of your event. Our large marquees can be supplied with fully integrated flooring, heating, glazing, lighting and internal partitioning. Entrances can be added to the structure with conical marquees and technical fit‑out, including AV and staging is easy to install inside a large marquee
Because many of the events we supply involve large crowds and extensive production equipment, our structures are also designed to integrate with rigging frames, truss systems and specialist event production lighting. We can provide every additional option and extra for your marquee, including:
Yes, large marquees can withstand bad weather. It is the event organisers responsibility to ensure the marquee or temporary structure is adequate for the expected weather conditions. However, every commercial grade marquee will have a wind rating which shows the maximum windspeed the structure is designed for. Depending on how large the marquee is, the wind rating will vary and our team will share the technical specifications of your marquee to help you plan for adverse weather.
There is a good chance you will need to think about which type of marquee flooring you need. There are lots of options and the best solution will depend on a number of factors such as, what you will be using the marquee for, the ground conditions and the level of finish required. We supply and fit a wide range of flooring, carpets and finishes into our large structures to suit your event.
For large events and big crowds, a clearspan marquee will offer the best all-round performance in terms of customisation options, capacity, flexibility and performance. Clear‑span marquees are widely considered the superior choice for large events because they offer unobstructed internal space, greater layout flexibility, and stronger structural performance compared to traditional pole tents. A clear‑span marquee is built using an engineered aluminium frame, meaning there are no centre poles or guy ropes inside the structure.
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