Event Hire Sligo

Sligo’s coastal towns, lively festivals and strong community events make it an ideal location for the entertainment provided by G Force Amusements. We deliver a full range of rides, inflatables, games and food stalls throughout County Sligo, supporting organisers who need safe, high-quality attractions for public and private events of all sizes.

Whether your event is taking place along the seafront in Enniscrone, at a community field in Ballymote or in the heart of Sligo Town, our team manages delivery, setup, supervision and pack-down. All attractions are ADIPS tested and backed by £10 million public liability insurance, ensuring complete peace of mind for organisers.

Entertainment Options for Sligo Events

We offer a wide variety of attractions suitable for family events, youth groups, festivals and corporate gatherings:

Areas We Cover in Sligo

  • Sligo Town
  • Enniscrone
  • Ballymote
  • Tubbercurry
  • Collooney
  • Ballisodare
  • Strandhill

We also provide event hire across neighbouring counties including Leitrim, Mayo and Roscommon.

Events We Support in Sligo

Our attractions suit coastal festivals, community fairs, school fun days, GAA events, agricultural shows, corporate gatherings, tourism programmes, charity fundraisers and seasonal celebrations.

Book Event Hire in Sligo

To arrange a custom event hire package in County Sligo, contact us through the Contact Us page. Let us know your location and event date and we’ll take care of the rest.

County Sligo hosts a variety of events throughout the year, from coastal festivals and town celebrations to school fun days and local community gatherings. With venues ranging from seafront locations to inland parks and sports grounds, organisers often need entertainment that can adapt to different environments. Below are some useful questions for planning event hire in Sligo.

FAQs – Event Hire Equipment in Co Sligo

What types of attractions work well for scenic outdoor locations?

Open and scenic venues are well suited to visually striking funfair rides and larger inflatable attractions, helping create a focal point within the event space.

Do you provide options for events with a mix of visitors and tourists?

Yes, our attractions are suitable for both local attendees and visitors, offering a range of activities that appeal to different age groups and interests.

What are good choices for keeping children entertained throughout the day?

For younger guests, bouncy castles and play-based inflatables provide consistent, easy-to-use entertainment.

Can your equipment be used at community events and local festivals?

We regularly supply equipment for community celebrations, providing flexible setups that can be tailored to suit smaller or larger gatherings.

Do you offer attractions that encourage active participation?

Many of our inflatable games are designed for interactive use, encouraging guests to take part rather than simply watch.

Is catering available alongside entertainment?

We supply a range of event food options, helping create a social space where visitors can relax and enjoy the event.

How do you handle installation at different venues?

Our team assesses each site in advance, ensuring there is adequate space and suitable ground conditions for safe setup and operation.

Are your services suitable for both public and private events?

Yes, we provide equipment for public festivals, private parties and everything in between, adapting each setup to the event type.

Do you provide staff to operate the attractions?

We can supply trained staff to manage equipment during the event, ensuring safe use and helping everything run efficiently.

When should I book event hire in Sligo?

We recommend confirming your booking early, particularly for busy times of year, to secure the best selection of attractions.

Event Hire Range in Co Sligo

Choosing entertainment for an event isn’t necessarily about finding the single biggest attraction. A good range gives people different reasons to join in: something energetic, something competitive, something for younger children, something families can enjoy together and, for larger events, attractions that give the site a genuine funfair feel.

That is where the G Force Amusements range gives Co Sligo organisers plenty of flexibility. We provide funfair rides and attractions, inflatables, bouncy castles, interactive games, sports challenges, trampolines, food and event support for everything from school and club events to corporate days, community celebrations and major public programmes.

Build Around One Headline Attraction

For a large outdoor event, one substantial attraction can establish the scale of the entertainment before the rest of the programme is added around it.

The Panoramic Wheel stands approximately 38 metres high, making it one of the largest attractions within our range. It offers riders views from above the event while its sheer height makes it a prominent feature at ground level too.

Another option is the Sea Storm Pirate Ship, measuring approximately 55ft x 24ft. Instead of the gentler journey of the Wheel, the Pirate Ship delivers the familiar back-and-forth swinging funfair experience.

For suitable major events, additional attractions can also be sourced through our established trading partners as part of our wider funfair hire service.

Give Families Rides They Can Recognise Straight Away

A funfair section doesn’t have to consist entirely of large thrill rides.

The Spinning Teacups Carousel provides a familiar family attraction with six colourful cups, each capable of carrying up to four riders. The Toyset Carousel is aimed towards younger riders, with a selection of colourful vehicles and characters.

Then there is the Safari Train Ride. Carrying up to 14 children, it travels around a configurable track and combines the ride itself with safari theming and animal sound effects.

For something children can control themselves, Bumper Carz operate within an approximately 8m x 12m inflatable arena.

These attractions can be mixed to create a children’s and family ride section without requiring every visitor to meet the requirements of a larger fairground ride.

Put a Serious Challenge in the Middle of the Event

If the audience includes older children, teenagers or adults, the Toxic Bootcamp Challenge Assault Course provides something considerably more demanding.

In its complete three-section configuration, the course extends to approximately 150ft x 15ft. Two competitors can race side by side through a succession of obstacles including crawl sections, Bish Bash barriers, tangled mangles, climbing elements, a demolition ball and dual freefall slides.

The modular course can also be configured at approximately 129ft using two sections or around 65ft using a single section. This gives organisers options when the complete 150ft course is too large for the usable area.

For a challenge based more on climbing than racing distance, the Warrior Wall provides three routes at different difficulty levels.

Create a Competition Area Without Needing a Huge Footprint

Not every competitive attraction needs to stretch the length of an event field.

The Xtreme Demolition Zone measures approximately 27ft x 27ft and puts four players on separate inflatable podiums. A suspended demolition ball becomes both weapon and hazard as competitors attempt to knock each other from their positions.

Holey Moley Human Whack A Mole brings seven participants into one game, with players attempting to collect balls while avoiding the person controlling the inflatable hammer from the middle.

Our Rodeo Bull provides another format entirely. Riders compete against the movement of the bull while a digital timer records how long they manage to remain aboard.

These attractions can work individually, but combining several creates an area where visitors can move from one challenge to the next and compare results with friends, classmates, teammates or colleagues.

Give Sligo Sports Events Their Own Set of Activities

Sports-themed entertainment can be useful for club fundraisers, presentation days, school sports events and public programmes where active participation is important.

The Wall 2 Wall Inflatable Football Arena provides an enclosed 50ft x 20ft playing area suitable for games of up to five-a-side.

Foot Pool takes football in a different direction, with participants using their feet to play an oversized version of pool.

For organisers who don’t want the whole sports section centred on football, the 3 in 1 Sports Inflatable incorporates basketball, baseball and Velcro darts.

These can be combined with the Warrior Wall or Toxic Bootcamp to produce a broader activity programme rather than simply providing one sports game.

Add Something Traditional to All the Modern Games

Interactive inflatables aren’t the only way to create competition.

Our Kentucky Derby Racer brings a traditional fairground side-stall game to Co Sligo events. Up to eight competitors roll balls towards coloured scoring holes, with successful shots advancing their horses towards the finish line.

The rules are simple enough to understand almost immediately, races are short, and a fresh group can take over once a winner has been found.

Businesses planning promotional or corporate events can also ask about our Custom Branded Kentucky Derby, which provides opportunities to incorporate suitable branding into the attraction.

Keep a Proper Children’s Section in the Plan

A large attraction doesn’t automatically make an event suitable for every age group. If families with young children are expected, it is worth giving them equipment chosen specifically with them in mind.

Our bouncy castle range includes themed choices such as the Spiderman Bouncy Castle, Disney Bouncy Castle and Ice Kingdom Bouncy Castle.

The Paw Patrol Play Zone adds more variety for younger children by combining bouncing with a ball pool, slide and interactive play features.

These attractions can give younger visitors their own part of a family day while older participants head towards the obstacle courses, competitive games and larger rides.

Use Slides and Trampolines to Fill the Gap Between Them

There are also attractions that sit neatly between the children’s play equipment and the competitive challenges.

The Minions Mega Slide measures approximately 25ft x 12ft and has a platform around 18ft high. The Inflatable Helter Skelter Slide offers another sliding attraction with styling based on the traditional fairground Helter Skelter.

Our Bungee Trampolines use four individual trampoline beds with a bungee-assisted system, while the 6 Bed Trailer Trampolines provide six separate bouncing positions.

For a busy family event, this part of the range can be particularly useful because it gives visitors alternatives to queuing repeatedly for the same type of activity.

Make Exploration an Attraction in Its Own Right

The Fire Department Fun House doesn’t fit neatly into the category of a bouncy castle, slide or obstacle course.

At approximately 50ft x 18ft, the two-floor attraction gives children a route through different features including crazy bridges, hamster wheels, stepping stones, spinning discs, rolling walkways and a slide.

It can therefore bring a different style of activity to an event already containing conventional inflatables and rides.

Don’t Forget the People Who Came to Eat

For some visitors, the smell of freshly prepared event food is as much a part of the day as the rides.

G Force Amusements can provide Dinky Donuts, Candy Floss and Popcorn alongside the entertainment.

Toast Your Own Marshmallows can provide both an activity and a treat for suitable evening and colder-weather events, while our wider outside catering service can help where more substantial catering is required.

Organisers can view further options within our event food range.

A Stage Can Give the Whole Event a Programme

Rides and games allow visitors to choose what they want to do. A stage gives organisers somewhere to schedule the parts of the event they want everybody to see or hear.

Stage Truck NI provides a 30ft truck-mounted stage that can be used for suitable live performances, DJs, presentations, announcements and other programmed entertainment.

At larger events, this creates the option of combining continuous attractions with scheduled entertainment rather than relying on one format throughout the day.

There Is a Different Range for Christmas

Our equipment can also be used to create a more seasonal entertainment selection.

The Racing Reindeers transform the Kentucky Derby format into a Christmas-themed race, while marshmallow toasting can suit winter markets, festive family events and suitable evening programmes.

Selected inflatables, rides and arcade games may also be suitable for indoor events, depending on access, floor space, ceiling height and the requirements of the individual attraction.

The Range Can Be Mixed Very Differently for Every Sligo Event

There is no standard combination that every organiser needs to hire.

A school event could concentrate on the Toxic Bootcamp, Warrior Wall and sports games. A community family day might place bouncy castles, a carousel, Safari Train, trampolines and event food together. A company could choose the Rodeo Bull, Kentucky Derby and competitive inflatables, while a major public event may require funfair rides, children’s attractions, games, food and staging.

That flexibility also makes it possible to plan around the available site. A venue with a large outdoor area can consider substantial rides and long inflatable courses, while a more restricted location may be better served by a carefully selected group of smaller attractions.

Event Entertainment Throughout County Sligo

Our event hire service is available for suitable venues in Sligo Town, Ballymote, Tubbercurry, Strandhill, Collooney, Ballisodare, Enniscrone, Grange and other parts of County Sligo.

We supply schools, sports clubs, community groups, charities, businesses and organisers of public events, with service available throughout the wider Republic of Ireland.

For larger programmes, G Force Amusements can also assist with event crew, medics, SIA security, drivers, children’s entertainers and the sourcing of additional specialist entertainment through trusted trading partners.

Safety Behind a Large Event Hire Range

Having a broad selection of equipment also means understanding the different operating requirements of individual attractions.

G Force Amusements carries £10 million public liability insurance. Relevant rides and equipment are inspected and tested as required, with trained personnel providing setup, operation and supervision where appropriate. Our uniformed staff are Access NI checked, and risk assessments and relevant certification can be provided for organised events.

More information is available on our Health & Safety page.

What Could Work at Your Co Sligo Event?

You can start with the audience, the available space and the type of event rather than trying to choose from every attraction at once. Tell us whether you’re planning a school activity day, company event, sports fundraiser, family fun day, community festival or a larger public programme, and we can discuss suitable options from the range.

Browse our full party and event hire range or contact G Force Amusements on 07702 754 542 to discuss event entertainment in County Sligo.