Heron Events provides professional event production, event rentals, wedding planning, and event coordination throughout Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and the surrounding Triangle. From intimate weddings and private celebrations to corporate events, fundraisers, galas, school events, concerts, and large-scale productions, we bring together the people, equipment, and expertise needed to make your event happen.

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Our services include event lighting, audio visual production, staging, risers, bleachers, pipe and drape, specialty rentals, and custom event installations. We also offer full event production and wedding planning, month-of coordination, and day-of coordination for clients who want professional support managing the details.

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Whether you need one specific service or a complete production partner, we can help turn your vision into a cohesive, well-executed event.

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Event Production & Wedding Planning

Planning an event involves far more than choosing the right rentals. Our event production and wedding planning services bring the logistics, vendors, rentals, production, and event-day details together under one team.

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From full-service planning and production to month-of and day-of coordination, we can provide as much—or as little—support as you need. Services may include event design, budgeting, timeline development, vendor recommendations and coordination, logistics planning, production management, rehearsals, vendor arrivals, and event-day execution.

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For clients using Heron Events for lighting, staging, A/V, or other production services, our production and coordination bundle can provide a single point of contact throughout the planning and event process.

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Event Audio & Visual Services

Professional audio visual production helps your guests hear, see, and experience your event clearly. Heron Events provides A/V services for weddings, corporate meetings, conferences, galas, fundraisers, school events, and other live events.

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Our A/V services include:

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• Professional audio systems for ceremonies, speeches, presentations, and cocktail hours

• Wireless microphones and press boxes

• Projectors and projection screens, including front- and rear-projection options

• Large-format TV monitors, including monitors up to 70"

• Confidence monitors for presenters

• Video integration with existing venue systems when available

• Event recording and streaming

• Camera systems for displaying live images of speakers or presenters

• Lecterns and podiums

Heron Events provides full-service A/V production rather than equipment-only rentals. Our technicians remain on-site during your event to operate the equipment and help ensure everything works as it should.

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Event Lighting

Lighting can completely transform a venue, and it is one of Heron Events' specialties. We design and install event lighting for weddings, corporate events, galas, fundraisers, concerts, private parties, and other celebrations.

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Our lighting services include:

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• Twinkle lights, including our signature overhead installations

• Twinkle light tunnels

• Market and bistro lighting

• Drop lighting

• Light curtains

• Grapevine globes

• Paper lanterns

• Uplighting and color washes

• Tent lighting

• Patterned GOBO lighting

• Custom GOBO monograms

• Custom full-color logo GOBO projections

• Pinspot lighting for floral arrangements, centerpieces, cakes, and other focal points

• Dandelion lights

• Carnival lighting

• Silent auction lighting

• Disco balls

• Custom LED lighting fixtures and installations

We can also incorporate lighting into drapery, stages, ceilings, tents, and other event structures to create a cohesive environment rather than simply adding lights as an afterthought.

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Stages, Risers, & Event Staging

From a small presentation riser to a large concert stage, Heron Events provides custom event staging and temporary stage rentals for a wide range of events.

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Our modular staging systems can be configured to accommodate different venues, layouts, heights, and terrain. We have extensive experience building stages and risers for weddings, graduations, corporate events, school productions, conferences, sporting events, and other large-scale gatherings.

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Our staging services include:

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• Custom stages

• Presentation and performance stages

• Risers

• Tiered and multi-level staging

• Choral risers

• Press and camera platforms

• Tiered seating

• Wedding party and head-table risers

• Fashion show runways

• ADA wheelchair ramps

• Graduation ramps

• Elevated platforms

• Stage surrounds

• Custom stage and dance floor vinyl wraps

• Stage supports and scaffolding

• Custom staging configurations

Our stages can be finished with skirting, indoor carpet, or outdoor turf, depending on the event and environment.

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Pipe & Drape, Bleachers & Specialty Rentals

Beyond lighting, A/V, and staging, Heron Events offers a variety of specialty event rentals and production equipment to help transform a venue and solve practical event-production needs.

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Pipe & Drape and Drapery

Pipe and drape can create ceremony backdrops, stage surrounds, sponsor displays, trade show booths, room dividers, auction backdrops, and dramatic focal points. We offer a variety of drapery options and can incorporate lighting—including twinkle lights, uplighting, and drop lighting—for a more dimensional installation.

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Custom Vinyl Dance Floor & Stage Wraps

Take your event design a step further with a custom vinyl dance floor or stage wrap. These wraps can incorporate custom colors, patterns, graphics, branding, or other design elements to create a polished and highly personalized finish.

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Portable Bleachers

Our portable event bleachers provide elevated seating for sporting events, parades, recitals, graduations, group photos, choral performances, rallies, meetings, product demonstrations, and other events where additional seating is needed. Because they are assembled on-site, they can be used for both indoor and outdoor events.

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Event Scaffolding

Our event scaffolding can be used to support lighting, speakers, banners, backdrops, elevated platforms, and other production elements. It provides a flexible solution when a standard rental isn't quite enough for your event setup.

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Linen Rentals

Through our linen-rental partners, we can provide tablecloths, runners, napkins, chair covers, sashes, drapery, table skirts, and other linen options in a variety of colors, fabrics, and styles.

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Other Specialty Rentals

We also offer select items such as disco balls, lecterns, podiums, and backdrop frames as part of our event production and rental services.

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Custom Event Solutions

Sometimes the right solution doesn't exist as an off-the-shelf rental—and that's where we can get creative.

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Heron Events can design and build custom lighting fixtures, staging elements, event structures, backdrops, vinyl wraps, and other specialty installations to fit your event. We can also work with unique or sentimental items that you want incorporated into your event design.

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If you have an idea that doesn't fit neatly into one of our standard services, tell us what you're envisioning. We'll work with you to determine what's possible and develop a solution that fits your event, venue, and goals.

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One Event. One Production Partner.

One of the advantages of working with Heron Events is that you don't necessarily have to coordinate separate companies for every piece of your event.

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Depending on your needs, we can combine event planning or coordination, lighting, audio visual production, staging, pipe and drape, specialty rentals, and custom installations into one cohesive production plan.

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That means fewer moving parts, clearer communication, and a team that understands how all of the production elements need to work together.

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Whether you're planning a wedding in Raleigh, a corporate event in Durham, a fundraiser in Chapel Hill, a school production, a concert, or a celebration anywhere throughout the Triangle, we're here to help bring your vision to life.

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