
Manpower & Support
Event Production & AV Agency in India
Stage, truss, LED walls, lights and sound production.
Overview
What event production & AV is, and when it works
Event production is the technical build behind a show — stage, truss, rigging, LED walls, lighting, sound, power and the crew who run it. It covers the drawings and load calculations before the event, the overnight build, the show-day operation from a console, and the dismantle. For most launches and dealer events it is the single largest line in the budget after venue.
An audience forgives a modest stage but never forgives sound they cannot hear or a screen they cannot read. Production decides whether your content lands at all, which is why it is specified from the back row inwards: sightlines and audibility at the worst seat set the rig, and the rig sets the budget — not the other way round.
Who it reaches
Marketing and events teams running launches, dealer meets, conferences, award nights and concerts where the technical build is the show.
Best suited for
- Product launches where the reveal depends on a timed light and screen cue
- Dealer and channel meets with long content segments and award presentations
- Conferences needing reliable audio across a wide or low-ceilinged room
- Award nights and galas with a programmed show flow
- Outdoor shows where power redundancy is the main technical risk
- Any event where the content team needs rehearsal time on the actual rig

What's included
- Stage & truss
- LED walls
- Lighting
- Sound
Investment
What event production & AV costs in India
Indicative investment
₹1L – ₹50L per event
Indicative pricing for event production & AV is ₹1L – ₹50L per event, exclusive of GST at 18%. It is a planning band, not a quotation — the variables that actually move it are venue-days, team size, how custom the build is, and venue or permission fees.
| Cost head | What it covers | Share of budget |
|---|---|---|
| Manpower | Promoters, supervisors, anchors, training and attendance tracking | 25%–40% |
| Fabrication & materials | Kiosk or stall build, branding, POSM, consumables | 20%–35% |
| Venue & permissions | Space rental, society or mall fees, municipal and police NOCs | 15%–30% |
| Logistics | Transport, storage, setup and dismantling | 8%–15% |
| Reporting & tech | Live dashboard, data capture, geo-tagged photo proof | 3%–8% |
Formats
Event Production & AV formats we run
Stage, truss and rigging
Modular stage decks, goal-post or ground-support truss and rigging, specified against a load calculation for the venue's roof or floor rating.
LED walls and projection
Indoor and outdoor LED panels selected by pixel pitch and viewing distance, or projection where the surface and ambient light allow it.
Lighting design
Wash, spot, beam and profile fixtures plotted to a lighting plan, with a programmed cue list rather than lights operated by feel on the night.
Sound and line array
Line-array or point-source systems sized to room volume and head count, with delay towers where the room is long and monitors for anyone on stage.
Power, backup and distribution
Load calculation, DG sizing with redundancy for the show-critical path, and distribution so a single failure cannot dark the stage.
Show calling and crew
A technical director, console operators and stagehands running a written cue sheet, with rehearsal time built into the schedule rather than borrowed from it.
Worked example
A costed example you can check
Computed from our published tier 1 day rates, not estimated.
What 3 days of event production & AV actually costs
Take a 3-day event production & AV programme in a tier 1 metro, staffed with 12 people (6 technicians, 2 supervisors and 4 housekeepings), running at a weekday lunch-and-evening window in a tech park. Here is the direct cost, computed at tier 1 rates rather than estimated.
| Cost head | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Team | 6 technicians, 2 supervisors and 4 housekeepings across 3 activation days, at tier 1 day rates | ₹69,000 |
| Venue & permissions | 3 venue-days at the mid-point of the corporate park band | ₹90,000 |
| Subtotal | Direct costs, excluding GST | ₹1,59,000 |
| GST | At the applicable rate on services | ₹28,620 |
| Total | Indicative, including GST | ₹1,87,620 |
Contacts engaged
1,350
At the mid-point of the planning band
Cost per contact
₹118
Direct cost ÷ contacts
Cost per lead
₹535 – ₹1,472
At 108–297 leads captured
Direct costs only. Fabrication, logistics and reporting are additional and typically add 31% to 58% of the programme budget. GST is shown at 18%. These are indicative planning figures, not a quotation.
Process
How we run event production & AV
- 01Days 1-5
Technical recce & drawings
Measure the venue, confirm roof and floor load ratings, power availability and access routes, and issue stage, rigging and lighting drawings for approval.
- 02Days 5-10
Specification & load calculation
Fix the equipment list against sightlines, room volume and head count, and sign off the electrical load with redundancy on the show-critical path.
- 0324-48 hours before
Build & focus
Overnight build, rigging checks, lighting focus and audio tuning in the room, finished before the content team's rehearsal call.
- 04Show day
Rehearsal & show
Technical and full-run rehearsals against a written cue sheet, then the show operated from console by the same crew that rehearsed it.
- 05Same night or next morning
Dismantle & handover
Strike, venue condition check and handover against the inventory, inside the window agreed with the venue to avoid overstay charges.
Timing that changes the result
Demand and response peak around November to February — venue and crew availability tightens sharply. Book teams, venues and fabrication early for that window, because vendor pricing moves with it.
Measurement
What gets reported, and how
Every campaign reports the same way: attendance against roster, geo-tagged and time-stamped photographs per venue, contacts engaged counted on the capture tool rather than estimated, and leads verified by callback before they are counted. Weak locations show up in the first week, which is the only point at which they can still be fixed.
| Metric | How it is captured |
|---|---|
| Build completed and signed off before rehearsal call time | Timestamped against the venue's activation start time |
| Audibility and sightline check passed at the furthest seat | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
| Rehearsal hours delivered against the schedule | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
| Show run without a technical stop | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
| Power redundancy tested before doors open | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
| Dismantle and venue handover inside the agreed window | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
Compliance
Permissions and compliance
Approvals sit on the critical path, not alongside it.
- Structural load certification for stage, truss and rigging at the venue
- Fire-safety clearance and extinguisher placement for the build
- Electrical load approval and earthing checks before power-up
- Public-performance licensing where recorded or live music is played
- Venue insurance and crew safety gear for work at height
What goes wrong
Common event production & AV mistakes
Each of these is something we have had to fix on a campaign someone else planned.
- Specifying LED by size instead of pixel pitch, so the back rows cannot read it
- Discovering the roof load rating after the rigging plan is approved
- No redundancy on the show-critical power path
- Rehearsal time borrowed from the build because the build ran late
- Dismantle window not agreed with the venue, which turns into an overstay charge
Specifying LED by size instead of pixel pitch, so the back rows cannot read it
Coverage
Event Production & AV by city
Each city is staffed by a local team rather than a travelling one.
Tier 1 metros
Tier 2 cities
- Event Production & AV in Jaipur
- Event Production & AV in Lucknow
- Event Production & AV in Chandigarh
- Event Production & AV in Indore
- Event Production & AV in Bhopal
- Event Production & AV in Surat
- Event Production & AV in Vadodara
- Event Production & AV in Rajkot
- Event Production & AV in Nagpur
- Event Production & AV in Nashik
- Event Production & AV in Aurangabad
- Event Production & AV in Thane
- Event Production & AV in Navi Mumbai
- Event Production & AV in Kochi
- Event Production & AV in Thiruvananthapuram
- Event Production & AV in Kozhikode
- Event Production & AV in Coimbatore
- Event Production & AV in Madurai
- Event Production & AV in Tiruchirappalli
- Event Production & AV in Salem
- Event Production & AV in Mysore
- Event Production & AV in Mangalore
- Event Production & AV in Hubli-Dharwad
- Event Production & AV in Belgaum
- Event Production & AV in Visakhapatnam
- Event Production & AV in Vijayawada
- Event Production & AV in Guntur
- Event Production & AV in Tirupati
- Event Production & AV in Warangal
- Event Production & AV in Bhubaneswar
- Event Production & AV in Cuttack
- Event Production & AV in Patna
- Event Production & AV in Ranchi
- Event Production & AV in Jamshedpur
- Event Production & AV in Guwahati
- Event Production & AV in Raipur
- Event Production & AV in Bilaspur
- Event Production & AV in Kanpur
- Event Production & AV in Varanasi
- Event Production & AV in Agra
- Event Production & AV in Prayagraj
- Event Production & AV in Meerut
- Event Production & AV in Ghaziabad
- Event Production & AV in Faridabad
- Event Production & AV in Ludhiana
- Event Production & AV in Amritsar
- Event Production & AV in Jalandhar
- Event Production & AV in Dehradun
- Event Production & AV in Jammu
- Event Production & AV in Srinagar
- Event Production & AV in Jodhpur
- Event Production & AV in Udaipur
- Event Production & AV in Kota
- Event Production & AV in Gwalior
- Event Production & AV in Jabalpur
- Event Production & AV in Goa
- Event Production & AV in Siliguri
- Event Production & AV in Durgapur
- Event Production & AV in Puducherry
- Event Production & AV in Shimla
FAQ
Event Production & AV FAQs
What is event production & AV?+
Stage, truss, LED walls, lights and sound production. Event production is the technical build behind a show — stage, truss, rigging, LED walls, lighting, sound, power and the crew who run it. It covers the drawings and load calculations before the event, the overnight build, the show-day operation from a console, and the dismantle. For most launches and dealer events it is the single largest line in the budget after venue.
How much does event production & AV cost in India?+
Indicative pricing is ₹1L – ₹50L per event. The variables that actually move a quote are the number of cities and days, team size, how custom the build is, and venue or permission fees. Tier 1 metro day rates run above tier 2. GST applies at 18%.
Which cities do you cover for event production & AV?+
70 Indian cities, covering every tier 1 metro and the major tier 2 markets, each with a local team rather than a travelling one.
What is included?+
Typical deliverables are stage & truss, LED walls, lighting and sound. Measurement covers build completed and signed off before rehearsal call time, audibility and sightline check passed at the furthest seat and rehearsal hours delivered against the schedule.
How is the LED wall size decided?+
By viewing distance and pixel pitch, not by how large the stage looks. The furthest seat sets the minimum pitch, and the content aspect ratio sets the panel count. A wall that looks impressive from the console can be unreadable from row twenty.
Do you handle power and backup?+
Yes. The technical recce includes a load calculation, and the specification sizes a DG with redundancy on the show-critical path so a single failure cannot black out the stage. Earthing and load are checked before power-up.
How much rehearsal time should the schedule allow?+
Enough for a technical run and one full run on the actual rig. The most common cause of a show-day fault is a build that finished late and ate the rehearsal, so rehearsal is scheduled first and the build works back from it.
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