AV Events
Concerts, award nights, conferences, and productions that need professional AV, staging, lighting, and the power to run it all, from one Houston vendor.
Events Where the Production Is the Point
Some events are defined by what the audience sees and hears: the band at a festival main stage, the keynote on twin screens, the awards reel that makes a banquet feel like a broadcast, the pastor’s message reaching the overflow tent. When production quality carries the event, the equipment underneath it, sound, video, staging, lighting, and power, has to be professional grade and flawlessly installed. That is the work this page is about.
ACME Party and Tent has supplied Houston events since 1997 from our warehouse at 11144 S Post Oak, serving Houston, Southeast Texas, and the Gulf Coast. Our audio-video rental catalog pairs with staging, lighting, tenting, and generators so the whole production comes from one vendor and one crew. Call 713-729-2424 to talk through your show.
Sound and Video That Reach Every Seat
Outdoor and tented events are acoustically unforgiving: no walls to help the sound, competing noise from generators and crowds, and audiences spread across wide footprints. Professional audio equipment, properly placed and powered, is the difference between a message that lands and one that dissolves into the parking lot. Video carries the visual half: screens for presentations, image magnification so the back rows see the stage, and displays for sponsors and schedules.
Our team helps match the AV package to the venue, the audience size, and the program, and because we also supply the stage it sits on and the power it runs on, the pieces are designed to work together from the start.
The Full Production Stack
AV never travels alone. A production draws on most of ACME’s catalog at once:
- Audio and video equipment for speech, music, and presentation programs
- Staging, risers, and podiums that put performers and speakers in view
- Event lighting, from stage wash to uplighting and audience areas
- Generators and power distribution engineered for AV-grade loads
- Structure and frame tents that shelter stages, screens, and audiences
- Pipe and drape for backdrops, screen surrounds, and backstage areas
Power deserves special mention: audio and video equipment demand clean, reliable electricity, and an underpowered site is the most common way productions go wrong. We size generators and distribution to the real load, with the stage, lighting, and vendor circuits mapped so nothing competes. Start the conversation through our quote form.
Why Producers and Planners Choose ACME
Since 1997
Decades of Houston stages, screens, and showtimes.
One Vendor
AV, staging, lighting, tenting, and power on one order.
Pro Crews
Installation sequenced so sound check starts on time.
24/7 QRT
Quick Response Team on call when showtime is at risk.
Where AV-Heavy Events Happen
The range is wider than most people expect. Corporate town halls and product launches need presentation-grade sound and screens under climate-controlled tents. Festivals and concerts need main-stage production with serious power. Churches and schools run outdoor services, graduations, and performances where every family needs to hear every name. Fundraisers stage live auctions where a missed bid is missed revenue, and community celebrations end with a band and a dance floor. Each of these draws a different mix from the same catalog, and each gets the same crew-backed installation.
If your production is part of a larger occasion, the related guides go deeper: corporate events for launches and town halls, festivals for main-stage grounds, and community events for civic gatherings. Or start at the events hub and find your event type.
Frequently Asked Questions
Audio and video equipment for speech, music, and presentation programs, alongside the staging, lighting, power, and tenting a production needs. Browse the catalog at acmerental.com/rentals/audio-video/ or tell us your program and we will build the package.
Yes. We size generators and power distribution to the real production load, with separate circuits mapped for audio, video, lighting, and vendors so equipment runs cleanly. Underpowered sites are the most common production failure, and we plan specifically against it.
Yes, and it is better that way: staging, risers, podiums, AV, lighting, and the tent overhead all come from one vendor, so heights, sight lines, rigging, and power are designed together instead of negotiated between suppliers on event day.
Absolutely. Structure and frame tents shelter stages, screens, and seating from sun and rain, and climate control keeps enclosed audiences comfortable. For evening shows, we add lighting for both the stage and the audience areas.
As soon as your date and venue are set, ideally several weeks or more ahead. Production equipment, large stages, and generators book quickly in Houston’s spring and fall event seasons, and early planning leaves time for a site walk and power map.
Since 1997
Family-owned & serving Houston for decades
Houston & Gulf Coast
Delivering across Southeast Texas
24/7 Quick Response
Disaster relief & emergency deployments
One Vendor
Tents, furniture, power, climate & service
Plan your next event with ACME and let us worry about the details!
From corporate gatherings to a festival for thousands, ACME’s event specialists will walk you through the entire process.