Big Purple Events
Corporate event planners and management.
Conferences, galas, charity nights, brand events and weddings — for the night you can’t get wrong.
— Event Design
The studio that handles everything that isn’t the AV.
Big Purple Events is the event design and management studio inside Big Purple Group. Twenty-plus years of work behind the team — from charity galas to brand activations to themed weddings.
The studio handles planning, suppliers, hospitality, guest experience, run-of-show on the day, and the parts of the event that make the audience remember they were there.
— Services
What we plan and run.
Corporate events
Annual conferences, partner events, sales kick-offs, recognition dinners, hospitality programmes, board off-sites and training days. Planning, venue selection, supplier coordination and on-the-day management.
Charity galas & fundraising
Glitter Balls, Black Tie Balls, Giving Days, fundraising auctions and recognition events. Recurring partnerships with North East charities — designing the night and structuring the moments around the donation ask.
Brand events & activations
Press events, product launches, brand days, customer events and partner activations. Events handles the operational side and coordinates across the wider studio when scenic, AV or filming is needed.
Awards & recognition
Industry awards, internal recognition nights, ceremonial dinners. Show calling, autocue, run-of-show, hospitality programmes — designed alongside the AV team so the on-stage moments land.
Weddings & private events
Themed weddings, milestone celebrations, private parties and milestone birthdays. Less of our work than corporate or charity — but the briefs we take we bring the same standard to as a conference for a thousand.
Hospitality & supplier programmes
Supplier coordination across multiple events, sponsorship hospitality programmes, and agency-of-record relationships for organisations running events frequently who don’t want to rebuild a roster every time.
— Recent productions
Selected work.
Glitter Ball
Recurring fundraising gala — emotional moments designed around the donation ask, AV and highlight reel delivered alongside.
Percy Hedley
Multi-year fundraising production for a North East charity — full event design, AV and the highlight reel for the next appeal.
NEPIC Awards Dinner
Annual industry awards — event design, run-of-show, AV and stage production.
— Process
How we run an event.
From the first conversation to the post-event report — the same event manager the whole way through.
Brief and discovery
First conversation, venue scout, stakeholder discovery. We come back with a written response, an event manager to take you through the work, a high-level plan and a budget shape.
Design
Concept, mood boards, supplier shortlist, run-of-show v1. Sign-off before any supplier is booked.
Supplier coordination & pre-production
Suppliers booked, run-of-show locked, hospitality designed, guest comms drafted. Tech rehearsal scheduled with Productions if AV is in scope.
Event day & follow-up
The event manager runs the day. Post-event report covering what worked, what we’d lift, what the cause raised, and what next year could look like.
— OUR OWN PRODUCT
Are you on the ball?
The BIG MIC BALL is an innovative and effective microphone — a foam ball that houses a microphone, making Q&A sessions at events, seminars and conferences a fun and easy process.
A unique and exciting concept, ideal for any size audience, within any venue — indoor or outside. Designed and manufactured in the UK using high quality materials.
— The wider studio
Cross-studio.
Events sits at the centre of Big Purple Group. When a brief needs more than the planning, we coordinate across the sister studios.
— QUESTIONS
Frequently asked.
Do you handle catering and venue selection?
Can you handle the fundraising side of a charity event — auction logistics, donation processing?
Do you offer single-event briefs or only ongoing partnerships?
Will you work with our existing AV / video supplier?
Got a date, a venue, or just an idea?
Send what you’ve got. We’ll come back inside two days with an event manager’s name and a route through.