Planning a graduation event? Talk the experts in graduation marquee hire
As the academic year comes to a close, schools, colleges and universities are planning graduation events and celebrations. One of the most significant milestones for any student, is the graduation ceremony. These events mark the culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and academic achievements.
Field and Lawn provide stunning marquees for corporate events, celebrations and graduation ceremonies across the United Kingdom. We are trusted by universities such as St. Andrews, Swansea University, Cardiff University, The University of Bristol and others to ensure that every graduation day is a success.
What type of marquees do Field and Lawn provide?
We can provide a full range of marquees from large, clearspan structures for graduation ceremonies to essential infrastructure marquees and pagodas. These marquees can provide space for graduation gown collection, hospitality and catering, security and ticket checks, storage, welfare and catering.
Marquee sizes specifications
Our graduation marquees can be designed to your exact requirements. All our marquees are exceptional quality and versatile. We renew our PVC every three years to ensure it is sparkling for your event. In addition, all our kit is cleaned and meticulously quality checked before it leaves our branch. Our marquee hire fleet includes small event structures from 3m up to 9m. Our medium sized marquees range between 10m to 20m. Our largest event structures span between 25m up to 30m. We can link marquees together to create large auditorium style structures suitable for either graduation ceremonies or graduation parties and receptions.
Our marquees can be hired with soft or solid sides. We can also provide marquees with glazed panels or PVC windows. We can provide a range of flooring options as well as lining and decorative features to create a stunning, graduation venue on your campus, or within school grounds. Contact your local branch to discuss your exact requirements:
Event planning
A graduation event is a significant undertaking to organise. We will provide you with a dedicated Project Manager who will integrate into your team to assist with planning your graduation event. We will share our programme, giving you full visibility on key dates, times and activities. We always provide bespoke risk and method statements ahead of any installation. Our team can also help with additional requirements from flooring, seating, tables and chairs, to air conditioning and heating. Not forgetting the all important dance floor!
Why choose to hire a marquee for graduation?
Traditional indoor venues might be limited in their capacity, availability and flexibility. This can make it difficult to accommodate students and their guests comfortably or push the costs up during peak season. This is where marquee hire can help! From small and intimate ceremonies to extravagant events, a temporary structure can be tailored to meet your specific needs.
Marquee hire throughout the academic year
Beyond graduation ceremonies, our event marquees are regularly hired by schools, colleges and universities for a wide range of other events throughout the year.
School, college, and university open days: Our marquees can provide additional space and create a great first impression to prospective students and their families visiting for an open day event.
Freshers fairs: The freshers fair is a big event that happens in the first few weeks of the university life. It brings together clubs, societies, local businesses and the university community to showcase what’s on offer. We can provide individual marquees or large, open-plan marquee halls for these types of events.
School leavers days: We can provide the perfect marquee to celebrate students moving into the next chapters of their education.
School proms: The prom has made the trip from across ‘the pond.’ It’s an event cemented into the calendar here. We can provide a bespoke marquee for proms on almost any ground surface, if you are looking to hold a prom at your School.
Corporate events and exhibitions: From fundraisers to balls, to large art exhibitions to showcase student work, or even an end of year party for staff! we can provide a suitable marquee.
Additional marquee hire services
The key to all good events is planning and attention to detail. We instil these principles into every event we supply, large or small. That’s why we are the supplier of choice to We can help you with the finer details of organising your event from creating bespoke access ramps, to furniture rental to make managing your event easy.