April Showers Bring Festival Tents!

The rain and high winds didn’t deter our Festival Team this past weekend, with events in both Chatham and Windsor!

Crews traveled to Chatham to setup tents for the annual Festival of Giving on Thursday afternoon. While here in Windsor, Sunday brought our annual MS Society Walkathon setup. With a number of tents installed along the walk, including our 15 x 15 and 20 x 30 promotional tents offered to charitable and non-profit groups such as the MS Society, the yearly fundraiser was once again incredibly successful. Determined walkers braved the elements intent on continuing what has become a tradition for so many people touched by the debilitating disease. Rain or shine, Jackie Putterman of the MS Society, works very hard to put on a great event to raise both money and awareness. The weather didn’t hinder the spirit of Jackie or the walkathon participants, and neither did it hinder our ability to provide awesome service and products!

Congratulations to Jackie and the MS Society on another great walk!

“Festival Corunna” Gets A Warm Welcome!

If you didn’t make your way to our new Corunna store this weekend, you missed a great party!

With over 200 people in attendance, the Sarnia town welcomed our Festival Tent family with open arms! Folks came from all around to bounce in our Race Car inflatable and sample some cotton candy and slushies made from our machines. Corunna general manager Matt Illman displayed one of our bbq’s as he grilled up some hot dogs for what proved to be a tremendously successful day!

Point Pelee Karting’s Greg Howe was on hand with a great Go Kart display for the kids, while DJ Eve Morgan with local radio station 99.9 The Fox broadcasted live. Lynn Reed with The Pampered Chef joined our team in a booth of her own, preparing onions and other treats for lunch with some of her many Pampered Chef products.

Much to our surprise and excitement, St. Clair Township Warden, Steve Arnold, even stopped in for a visit!

Special thanks to everyone that came to support our newest endeavour, and to those that couldn’t make it, we look forward to seeing you soon as we gear up for what is sure to be our best season yet!

"Festival Corunna” Opening It’s Doors!

Spring has sprung marking the beginning of a fresh new season for our team at Festival Tent & Party Rentals!

2011 is bringing with it some great things for all of our clients both existing and new! Most exciting is the Grand Opening of our second store scheduled for this Saturday April 9th! We anticipate a great celebration of our increased efforts to serve our customers with experience, expertise and a satisfaction guarantee as we have at our Windsor location since 1987!

A bbq is planned complete with a bouncing castle for the kids, slushies, raffles, prizes and more. “We are pumped!” says Monica Illman, Festival Corunna office manager. The next time you’re in Sarnia, be sure to swing by and check out our new digs, located at 615 St. Clair Pkwy in Corunna. Better yet, take the short drive to share in our Grand Opening this Saturday!

Here we grow again!

Air Show Hits the Skies!

If you were anywhere near the Windsor Airport August 21st and 22nd, you surely would have seen or at least heard the mind blowing planes, jets and gliders that graced the skies that weekend.

The Windsor International Air Show welcomed spectators for their annual event. Attendees were treated to some amazing sights and sounds between the military aircrafts on site and open to walk through, our inflatable obstacle course and giant slide for the children to enjoy, and the wide selection of airplanes that performed. A number of tents were setup to house the food area, the VIP section as well as various vendors.

While the rain put a bit of a damper on the show Saturday, Sunday was most definitely a show certain not to disappoint!

Birthdays, Weddings & Charity Events

Not only have we been occupied with the major Festivals going on around town, but we have also been quite busy supplying tents and other rental items to our “backyard” and wedding customers.

While some of our staff was busy setting up for the Leamington Tomato Festival and the Amherstburg Rotary Ribfest on the August 21st weekend, we had other setup crews working their magic for a wedding of 250 at the Heritage Museum in Kingsville. Our 60 x 100 wedding tent was erected complete with flooring, dancefloor, banquet tables and chairs, portable bars, dishware and head table. Our tent withstood the rain to make for an amazing evening. Check out some photos below.

While some crews prepared for the Art by the River and Tecumseh Corn Fest on the August 28th weekend, others setup tents for a Breast Cancer Fundraiser that took place in Amherstburg. Attendees at the fundraiser shaded themselves from the sun under our 20 x 30 frame style tent, while sipping on some delicious frozen drinks courtesy of our slushie machine. Also on hand were our often popular sumo suits.

Included with the wedding photos below are photos of one of the birthday parties we supplied August 28th. Partygoers also enjoyed themselves below on of our 20 x 30 tents.

Festival Season

Tis the season for Festivals! Over the past couple of weekends, we have been very busy with some great events going on around Windsor and Essex County. August 21st weekend brought the Leamington Tomato Festival and the First Annual Amherstburg Rotary Ribfest. With our tents, tables and chairs on site, the Tomato Festival, relocated this year as a result of the recent tornado, seemed just as successful as previous years.

The Amherstburg Rotary made use of our portable washrooms, tables and chairs to aide in making the first event of its type for the town a great one at that. Local residents braved the rain on Saturday night to taste the great selection of ribs on hand. With Friday and Sunday also packed full, the Amherstburg Ribfest went down as even greater than anticipated!

Most recently, Art by the River in Amherstburg, and the Tecumseh Corn Festival kept our staff busy during the August 28th weekend.

The Tecumseh Corn Fest welcomed Theory of a Deadman, Josh Gracin as well as a number of other performers to the stage. Our large 60 x 220 tent served, once again, as the Festival’s beer tent, while other tents like our 40 x 140, 40 x 60 and a number of smaller tents served as homes for local wineries and vendors alike. Check out the photos below of the wine tent.

Art by the River welcomed blue skies and hundreds of attendees ready to scout out the spectacular selection of arts, crafts and tasty treats. As always, Art by the River organizers called on us to supply the vast array of tents and portable washrooms for their annual event.

Lord Stanley Cup Comes to Town!

Former Windsor resident and Chicago Blackhawks Coach, Joel Quenneville brought the Stanley Cup to the City earlier this month and guess who was called for all their Stanley Cup Party needs?

Under our large 60 x 90 tent, complete with tables, chairs, standup cocktail tables and elegant linen and tableskirting as well as portable washroom facilities, those lucky enough to have been invited to this exclusive party got up close and personal with the much adored Lord Stanley Cup!

Congratulations to Joel Quenneville and his Chicago Blackhawks!

Check out the photo below.