PA System Hire For Music, Concerts & Bands In Manchester | Lancashire.
ST AV is a local sound rental company, with over two decades worth of experience, supplying pa system hire for music, concerts & bands in Manchester | Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire.
We've supplied tour grade sound systems for hire to the like of the Paul Young, Christians, Lindisfarne, Martin Kemp, Martin Taylor, Arun Ghosh, Lathums, De-Tronics, Barbara Dickson & Jamie Lawson.
ST AV has a range of PA and sound systems for hire for your music show.
For large events, one of our d&b Audiotechnik line arrays is ideal for professional bands on tour.
Manchester and Lancashire based speaker hire, to professional music venues, festivals, function bands and bands playing clubs.
On this page you'll find some examples of sound hire packages we've put together recently.
For something most appropriate to you, get in touch for a free system sound system hire consultation.

Large Venue | Outdoor Concert Sound System Hire
PA system hire for music concerts & bands in Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire
Here's an example package, which as been popular in PA system hire for music concerts & bands.
This particular package includes:
- d&b Audiotechnik flown line array.
- 8 x d&b Y Subwoofers and D20 amplifiers.
- 4 x d&b M4 monitors.
- Full band microphone and DI box hire package, from industry standard brands including AKG, Sennhieser and Shure, (you can see our full microphone hire inventory here)
We have Allen & Heath SQ6 and SQ7 mixing consoles, running waves SoundGrid, and Dante available for hire.
This package can be PA system + sound engineering.
Steven Thompson owner of ST | AV, is an experienced live sound engineer, who's mixed popular & high profile musicians, including Sam Fender, Christians, Dutch Uncles, and Brad Paisley. Steven and his experienced sound engineer & system technician team are dedicated to looking after all your audio technical needs.
We are experienced riggers, and can include the flying infrastructure. We can raise the line array independently of other production, using our VMB line array tower lifts.
The video below shows the way our ground lifting system works.
Our large PA system hire packages are planned on a bespoke basis. Get in touch to discuss your event.
(To set expectations, happy customers of ours, who've hired this type of system before, typically have at least £3000 + VAT, to invest in professional system hire of this scale, for their event).
Medium Venue PA Hire
Medium venue professional speaker and mic hire
Compact, premium sound d&b Audiotechnik PA System for up to 250 capacity.
This example music, concert & band sound hire package price starts from £1000 + VAT* , and includes;
- Full band mic package from leading brands.
- All relevant stands and cable infrastructure.
- 24 input stage box.
- 2 x d&b Audiotechnick Y7P loudspeakers.
- 2 x d&b Audiotechnick Cardioid Y Subs.
- Amplification from d&b Audiotechnik D20.
- Up to 4 x d&b M4 monitor wedges.
- Allen & Heath SQ6 digital mixing console.
- *price is on a dry hire basis and subject to availability
Small Venue PA Hire
Here's an example budget speaker hire package for a smaller venue / event.
- 2 x RCF915 actively amplified loudspeakers for the PA
- 2 x RCF705 subwoofers
- 4 x Mackie SRM450v3 in monitor mode for wedges.
- 1 x Allen & Heath SQ console
- 2 x RCF915 actively amplified loudspeakers for the PA
Mic package for vocals and reinforcing other quieter sources.
DI boxes suitable for 5 piece band
All stands, cables and accessories are included in the hire price of this as a compete package.
We offer value for money speaker hire packages, and respect that the requirements of individual bands and venues vary.
If you generally like the look of what you see, but require some amendments, talk to us about exactly what you need, and we can design an ideal system for the scale of your event.
Get in touch to discuss your pa system hire needs.
Priced from £472.60 + VAT*
*Please note that the introductory prices on this page are based on 48 hour hire dry hire (equipment only).
As an upgrade, we can deliver the system, safely rigging, comprehensively line check, efficiently sound check and do FoH mixing.
In addition, we can offer crew, experienced system techs & live sound engineers for your event.
Please contact us for the best priced sound hire package for your event.