Sterling provides technical support to Forever Manchester

Sterling provided technical support once again to the amazing charity Forever Manchester. An amazing night was had by all at Forever Manchester’s 30th Birthday Party, with £78,689 being raised for Forever Manchester to fund and support community activity across Greater Manchester.

Over 400 delegates came together at the Principal Manchester to celebrate 30 years of Forever Manchester helping local people doing extraordinary things in their local communities.

Hosted by Tony Walsh and Captain Manchester, the Birthday Party, featured first class entertainment and Clint Boon finished the night with a DJ set which got everyone up and dancing until the early hours.

Check out the event highlights below!

Sterling Event Group delivers the Boohoo Group Annual Party

Sterling once again delivered the Boohoo Group plc annual Christmas Party. Held at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel in December, the event was styled around a New York theme with headline act Skepta providing the entertainment alongside a number of acts and DJ’s.

Check out the event highlights below!

NEW TO HIRE STOCK – Allen & Heath SQ-5 Digital Mixing Consoles

Technical production supplier Sterling Event Group, has invested in six Allen & Heath SQ-5 Mixing Consoles. 

Sterling Event Group have purchased six Allen & Heath SQ-5 digital mixing consoles to add to our audio fleet. The console features 16 local XLR inputs and 12 XLR outputs. It is an extremely powerful and capable compact mixer. Other features include;

  • 48 input channels – 17 faders on 6 Layers
  • Automatic microphone mixer on all channels
  • 12 Mixes – can be 12 mono / 12 stereo configured as groups or auxes
  • 3 Matrix – can be 3 mono or 3 stereo
  • 8 Stereo FX Engines
  • Record / Playback to USB
  • Flexible routing options

To accompany this investment, Sterling have also purchased four stage boxes – the AB1608.  The AB1608 feature 16 inputs and 8 outputs. These units simply connect to the SQ via 1 Cat5/6 cable and can easily be patched to any input or mix bus via the SQ5. Multiple stage boxes can then be daisy chained for higher channel counts up to 48 inputs making this a very efficient easily configurable stage box solution.

Please contact our hire team for competitive quotations and to discuss how this equipment could benefit your next event or production. Alternatively see more info on our equipment hire page.

Sterling support Hilton Manchester Deansgate with their annual Star Ball

We were proud to support the Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel on Friday evening for their annual Star Ball! The annual event helps to raise vital funds for both the TogetherTrust and DM Thomas Foundation for young people.

Check out the Sterling team in action!

Venues & Events Live 2019 – Manchester Central

Sterling Event Group will be exhibiting at the upcoming V+E Live 2019 event exhibition due to be held on the 23rd & 24th September 2019 at Manchester Central, Manchester.

Venues + Events Live is one the UK’s favourite events show attracting hundreds of venues, restaurants, hotels, bars, blank canvas spaces and event suppliers.

With some of the industry’s best exhibitors and a variety of features including exciting sessions and hands-on masterclasses, Venues + Events Live lets you explore a world filled with unlimited creativity and ideas for planning your next event.

Venues + Events Live is free to attend and is not to be missed if you’re an event planner or organise any kind of event.

The team look forward to hosting you on our stand!

Register to attend – https://www.venuesandevents.co.uk/