Large illuminated installation and lit performance stage at night in Rotherham

The Birthday Party, Rotherham

Multi-site staging, sound and lighting for the Children's Capital of Culture finale, 20 March 2026.

A Multi-Site Finale

Rotherham spent a year as the world's first Children's Capital of Culture, and The Birthday Party closed it. The event was free and ran from 11am to 9pm, spread across All Saints Square, Rotherham Minster, Minster Gardens and the Imperial Buildings, with the outdoor arts company Walk the Plank as artistic directors.

We delivered the production across the live sites. That covered staging and sound for the daytime and evening programmes, a lit stage for the evening performances, and festoon lighting and uplighting around the Minster after dark. The centrepiece was a large-scale illuminated installation built in collaboration with Walk the Plank, alongside the youth-led live music takeover on the main stage.

Illuminated installation and performance stage with follow spots at night
The illuminated installation and lit stage at The Birthday Party finale.

What We Delivered

  • Staging Across Live Sites

    Performance stages and staging set across several town-centre sites running at the same time

  • Sound for Day and Evening

    PA and monitoring for the daytime schools programme and the evening music programme

  • Festoon and Uplighting

    Festoon runs and uplighting around the Minster for the evening, with cabling ramped across walkways

  • Alongside Walk the Plank

    Production support around Walk the Plank's large-scale illuminated installation

  • The illuminated installation and follow spots at the evening finale.

  • The evening stage in use during the youth-led music takeover.

Two Rotherham Festivals in a Week

Eight days later we were back in the same part of town, supplying the staging, sound and lighting for Roots Festival, the street carnival that followed the finale. Running two town-centre productions in one week is a fair test of how we schedule crews and kit, and both came out of the same Rotherham warehouse a couple of miles up the road.

If your festival or town-centre event needs staging, sound and lighting from one supplier, read how we approach festival staging hire, or tell us what the site looks like and we will suggest a setup.

Festival stage lit in purple and pink at night
The evening stage at The Birthday Party.

Planning a Multi-Site Event?

Tell us the sites, the programme and the timings, and we will work out staging, sound, lighting and crew across the lot.

Staging Events Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Company number 09021340. Registered office: Bede House, Salisbury Road, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8JP.

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