Christmas Entertainment Aldershot
Aldershot Christmas bookings lean on the garrison calendar: mess functions and unit dos through December, plus staff parties at the business parks around GU11 and GU12 and the school PTFA fairs that fill the first weekends. The run up from Havant is about 38 miles, A3 then the A331, and the kit travels with our own crew rather than a sub-hired van. Rodney the rodeo reindeer, the Christmas photo booth and the dance machine in its festive trim are the usual picks for a mess do, and the rodeo and booth pieces arrive with the operators who run them.
The Aldershot office do usually starts with a headline piece, and the rodeo reindeer or the Christmas pudding are the usual picks, with the attachment swapped over from the bull in minutes. Around the headline, a Aldershot December room takes the Christmas photo booth or the magic selfie mirror in one corner and a run of electronic games from the dance machine to Whack an Elf in another. The family end of the Aldershot diary books Santa's grotto and the inflatable snow globe for the school fairs.
This work has run from our own commercial unit in Havant since 2002, with a fleet we own outright and no sub-contracting. Every item that needs a plug is PAT-tested, the rodeo machines carry ADIPS certification, our staff are enhanced-DBS registered, and the £10 million public liability certificate plus the additional licensed-premises cover can go out with the Aldershot quote.
A December do often books alongside something earlier in the year for the same Aldershot client, and the practical pages are worth a look if you are planning more than the party: the Aldershot event hire range covers the summer bouncy castles and assault courses, the rodeo bull that takes the same machine as the reindeer, and the photo booths that run through the winter.
Book the Aldershot date as early as you can, especially the Saturday nights either side of the office-party fortnight, because several of these pieces are staffed and the operators book out before the kit does. Tell us the venue, the evening's timings and the numbers expected, and we will put the Aldershot package together.
Why book Monster Event Hire?
- Established 2002 - run by Joanne and David Morris from Havant.
- £10 million Public Liability Insurance - certificate available on request, with additional licensed-premises cover.
- Every inflatable PIPA-tagged and inspected annually - PIPA is the only inspection scheme recognised by the HSE.
- In-house PIPA-certified inflatable inspector and RPII inspector - the safety knowledge is in the business, not borrowed once a year.
- Every member of staff is enhanced-DBS registered, and staff are RPII operator/supervisor trained and first-aid trained.
- BS EN 14960:2019 is the standard we work to for inflatable play equipment.
- Anemometer wind-safety protocol issued with every inflatable hire - documented procedure with a 24mph cutoff.
- Electrical equipment is annually PAT-tested by certified testers where applicable.
- Our equipment is our own - no sub-hiring or agency middlemen.
- Trusted by councils, charities, government research agencies and corporates, with named multi-year repeat clients.
Need an insurance certificate, risk assessment or method statement? They're available on request - just ask when you book.
Christmas party entertainment in Aldershot - common questions
How far ahead should we book Christmas entertainment in Aldershot?
December is the busiest month of the Aldershot diary, and the first two weekends go first. Six to eight weeks ahead is comfortable for most items, and earlier is better for a Saturday night in mid-December with the rodeo reindeer or the grotto, because the staffed pieces are limited by people as much as kit.
Can you supply several attractions for one Aldershot Christmas party?
That is most of our December work in Aldershot: a rodeo or the snowboard simulator as the headline, the Christmas photo booth in the corner, and two or three electronic games filling the gaps. Multi-item bookings usually work out cheaper per item than hiring separately, and everything comes on one delivery.
Our Aldershot venue is a hotel or pub with a licence. Is that a problem?
No. We carry additional licensed-premises insurance on top of the £10 million public liability policy, which is what licensed Aldershot venues want to see before anyone sets up, and the certificates go out with the quote. Tell us the venue at enquiry stage and we will send the paperwork their way.
How much space and power does Christmas entertainment need at a Aldershot venue?
The rodeo reindeer and the snowboard simulator each want a clear area of roughly 20ft by 20ft and one standard 13amp socket, the photo booths fit a level corner of about 2.3m by 1.25m, and the table games and arcade machines slot in wherever there is a table and a socket. Send the Aldershot room measurements and we will confirm what fits before the date is held.
Check availability and get a quote
