Archives of Marquee Hire For Festivals

Schupepe Tents Prepares For The Auckland Arts Festival

From 4 March 2015 Auckland will be transformed as the 19-day Auckland Arts Festival kicks off in an explosion of theatre, music, comedy, cabaret, dance and visual arts! The team at Schupepe Tents are excited to be involved with this event, and this week we're busy building our small tented village on Aotea Square in preparation for the opening of the festival on March 4th 2015.
Commercial event for Westpac with stretch marquee tent

Schupepe’s Summer Schedule – Stretch Tents Providing Cover All Summer Long

January was festival time, starting off with providing tented cover for 4 New Years Eve festivals – the RNV/BW Camp down in Gisborne, the Prana Fest on Opoutere in the Coromandel, the Highlife Fest in Waiheke, and the Northern Bass Fest in Mangawhai. Then in the middle of January we helped cover the Laneway Festival at Silo Park, where we had 14 of our tents dotted around to provide much needed shade for all the crowds that turned up to enjoy fresh, new international music from as many as 32 bands and artists from NZ and all around the world.

Exceptional Caterers: ‘Urban Gourmet’

A leading Auckland Caterer, Urban Gourmet specialises in fresh, delicious and creative food for any occasion from lavish weddings and corporate events to simple and elegant private parties. Founders Anne and David Doughty have extensive knowledge of the wedding and event industries with 25-years of experience under their belts. Since Urban Gourmet’s inception in 1999 […]

Exceptional Caterers: ‘Dawsons Catering’

Highly experienced and regarded chef Graham Dawson established Dawsons Catering in 1994. Starting out as a boutique catering kitchen, Dawsons is now one of Auckland’s largest and most respected hospitality companies. While fantastic food is Graham’s key focus Dawsons offer a ‘one-stop event shop’ supplying any and all equipment, staff and services to the wedding […]
Schupepe Tents marquee

Exceptional Caterers: ‘Doof Doof Catering’

Mark Reihana (Doof Doof owner) set up Doof Doof Catering in the late 1990’s and has established himself as one of New Zealand’s top production-company caterers. Doof Doof own and operate a fleet of specially designed mobile kitchen-trucks and a fully fitted kitchen container, all of which allow them to create a high quality result […]

Exceptional Caterers: ‘The Great Catering Co.’

Google ‘catering companies’ and you’ll be astonished at the number of companies that come up so choosing one can be difficult if you haven’t had recommendations. Some existing food-chains, cafe’s and restaurants may offer the service of ‘out-catering’ for events and private parties but often their food will be mass-produced by inexperienced kitchen hands and […]

Tent decor an accessories: our recommendations: ‘Wah Lee’s’

Wah Lee’s is an Asian based emporium that stock all things oriental including mysterious spices, Chinese cookware and Japanese goods. However they also stock a fantastic range of paper lanterns, japanese papers, paper blinds, silks and fabrics. Paper lanterns and parasols are great ‘room fillers’ and set a unique tone for any gathering. Wah Lee’s […]

Wedding and event furniture hire – “Kwik-n-Ezy” Ltd

RECOMMENDATION #4: ‘KWIK-N-EZY’ are primarily a party-hire company specialising in pop-up tents but this creative group also hires some really interesting furniture and accessories too. Kwik-n-Ezy are one of the few companies that hire the ever popular ‘ghost chair’ (or ‘clear’ chair – see the image above) and they have them in two different styles. […]