Event Hire Co Down

Planning an event in Bangor, Newry, Holywood, Downpatrick, or anywhere else in Co Down? G Force Amusements has everything you need to make your celebration, fun day, or festival a hit. We provide thrilling fairground rides, colourful inflatables, exciting games, and delicious catering for all types of events across County Down and beyond.

With over a decade of experience and a reputation for reliability, we help schools, councils, businesses, and community groups put on safe and exciting events that people remember.

Full Event Support & Equipment Hire

At G Force Amusements, we don’t just hire out equipment — we help run your entire event. From delivery and setup to operation and supervision, we take care of it all. Our event management service is perfect for large-scale public events, while our friendly team can also assist with smaller school fêtes and private parties.

We work across all of Co Down and also cover Co Antrim , Co Armagh , Co Tyrone , Co Fermanagh , Derry , and Belfast .

Inflatables & Obstacle Courses

Our huge range of inflatables means there’s something for every type of event in Co Down – from community fun days to summer schemes. Highlights include the 150ft Toxic Bootcamp Challenge , Warrior Wall , and the hilarious Human Whack-a-Mole .

We also supply themed bouncy castles like the Spiderman Castle , Disney Bouncy Castle , and Ice Kingdom , all suitable for both indoor and outdoor venues.

Fairground Rides & Attractions

No fair or fun day is complete without rides – and we’ve got some of the best in Northern Ireland. Co Down organisers can choose from timeless family favourites like the Safari Train Ride , Spinning Teacups , and Toyset Carousel , all perfect for children.

Need something bigger? Our Giant Ferris Wheel and Panoramic Viewing Wheel add instant wow-factor to any public event or town centre attraction.

We even offer the mighty Sea Storm Pirate Ship – a fantastic swinging ride that’s as impressive in size as it is in fun.

Food & Catering Options

We make sure your guests are well-fed and smiling with our range of event food , from fresh candy floss and popcorn to tasty dinky donuts and slush drinks. Our Toast Your Own Marshmallows setup is a big hit with both kids and adults and is perfect for winter events or evening gatherings.

Everything is professionally staffed and managed by our friendly team, all Access NI-checked and fully trained.

Safe, Reliable & Fully Insured

Every item we provide is ADIPS-tested and meets HSENI regulations. We carry £10 million public liability insurance for complete peace of mind, and every attraction is delivered and managed by experienced, uniformed staff.

Want to see what we’ve done in the past? Take a look at our Gallery or browse our Testimonials . If you have questions about safety or insurance, our Health & Safety page has all the details.

Ready to book? Use our Contact Us form to get started — we’re always happy to help bring your Co Down event to life.

County Down hosts a wide mix of events throughout the year, from seaside festivals and town celebrations to school fun days and private gatherings. With venues ranging from coastal locations to indoor halls and open fields, organisers often need entertainment that is flexible and easy to manage. Below are some commonly asked questions for event hire in Co Down.

FAQs – Event Hire Equipment in Co Down

What types of attractions are suitable for coastal or seaside events?

Seaside events often benefit from a mix of visually engaging funfair rides and durable inflatable attractions. These help create a strong presence while providing activities for a wide range of visitors.

Can you supply entertainment for indoor venues in Down?

Yes, many of our smaller inflatables and games can be used indoors, making them suitable for sports halls, community centres and school buildings.

What are good options for events with limited space?

For smaller venues, we can recommend compact bouncy castles and interactive games that still offer strong engagement without requiring large areas.

Do you cater for events in both towns and rural areas?

We regularly supply events across the county, including towns, villages and more remote locations. Each setup is adapted to suit the site and access available.

What entertainment works well for mixed family audiences?

A combination of inflatables, rides and food stalls provides a balanced event where children, teenagers and adults can all take part.

Can your attractions be used for school and youth events?

Yes, our equipment is well suited to school fun days and youth group activities, offering safe and engaging options for large numbers of participants.

How do you ensure equipment is installed safely?

We carry out a full setup process, checking ground conditions, securing equipment and ensuring safe spacing between attractions before the event begins.

Do you provide staff during the event?

Our trained team can remain on site to operate and supervise equipment, helping everything run smoothly and safely throughout the day.

Are your services suitable for large public events?

Yes, we can supply multiple attractions and help structure larger event layouts to manage crowd flow and maintain steady activity across the site.

When should I arrange event hire in Co Down?

It is best to book early, particularly for busy seasons and weekends, to ensure availability of the attractions best suited to your event.

Event Hire in Co Down: What Does Your Event Actually Need?

Choosing event entertainment gets much easier when you stop asking “what equipment can we hire?” and start with “what do we need the entertainment to achieve?”

A school celebration in Newry has different requirements from a festival in Bangor, a company family day near Lisburn or a community gathering in Downpatrick. Some events need a major attraction that gets noticed immediately. Others need lots of activities running simultaneously. Younger children may require their own section, while teenagers and adults usually respond better to competition and challenges.

G Force Amusements provides event hire throughout Co Down, with a range broad enough to approach those requirements in very different ways.

Do You Need One Attraction That Immediately Gets Attention?

If the venue is large or the event is expected to attract a substantial crowd, it can make sense to begin with a headline ride.

The Panoramic Ferris Wheel provides the sort of height that can establish a visible focal point within a large event site. It works particularly well where the entertainment needs a centrepiece rather than simply another activity among many.

The Sea Storm Pirate Ship takes the experience in a more energetic direction, introducing a substantial moving attraction for suitable festivals, public events and larger family celebrations.

Where a full selection is required, these can be combined with other funfair rides and attractions.

Do You Need Plenty of Children to Take Part?

Capacity can matter just as much as visual impact.

For events with large numbers of children moving through the entertainment during the day, having several different activities available helps avoid relying on a single attraction.

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

These can be mixed with slides, play equipment and suitable rides, giving organisers several separate attractions rather than creating one long queue.

Are Toddlers and Younger Children Part of the Audience?

Then it’s worth giving them something designed around their size and age rather than expecting them to fit into entertainment intended for older children.

The Paw Patrol Play Zone combines a bouncing area, ball pool, slide and interactive features within one themed inflatable.

The Toyset Carousel provides another option specifically suited to younger riders, while the Safari Train Ride can add a completely different family attraction with its own configurable track.

For a mixed-age fun day, these can form a dedicated younger children’s section away from the more demanding games.

Do You Want People Racing Against Each Other?

That opens up a rather larger section of the G Force Amusements collection.

The most substantial example is the Toxic Bootcamp Challenge Assault Course. In its complete configuration it can stretch to approximately 150ft, giving two competitors a long head-to-head race through tunnels, Bish Bash sections, tangled mangles, climbing elements, a demolition ball and dual freefall slides.

It is particularly useful for secondary schools, youth groups, corporate events and sports organisations looking for something with a clear start, finish and competitive purpose.

Because the course is modular, selected sections can also be used when the full length isn’t practical.

Would You Rather Have Short, Repeatable Challenges?

Not every competition needs to occupy 150ft.

The Warrior Wall provides climbing challenges that participants can attempt repeatedly throughout an event.

The Xtreme Demolition Zone gives four players their own inflatable podiums with a giant demolition ball suspended between them. Remaining on the podium while the other three competitors are trying to prevent exactly that is the central challenge.

Then there’s Holey Moley Human Whack A Mole, where competitors collect balls from inflatable mole positions while another player operates the inflatable hammer from the middle.

These games are well suited to rotating groups because each contest can finish and restart without taking over the entire event programme.

Is Co Down Football Territory for the Day?

Our sports equipment can create its own activity programme.

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

Foot Pool uses footballs on an oversized pool-style playing surface, while the 3 in 1 Sports Inflatable moves beyond football with basketball, baseball and Velcro darts.

They work naturally at sports-club events and school activity days, but there’s no requirement for the main event itself to be sports related.

Do You Need Something Tall Without Hiring a Major Ride?

A sizeable inflatable slide can provide a strong visual feature while remaining within the inflatable side of the range.

The Minions Mega Slide measures approximately 25ft x 12ft and incorporates an approximately 18ft platform.

The Inflatable Helter Skelter Slide creates a completely different shape, using the distinctive appearance associated with a traditional fairground Helter Skelter.

Either can complement smaller inflatable attractions without every piece of equipment looking broadly alike.

Would a Traditional Funfair Game Work Better Than Another Inflatable?

Sometimes the answer is yes.

The Kentucky Derby Racer lets up to eight people compete simultaneously, rolling balls into scoring holes to move their individual horses towards the finishing line.

The attraction has a different rhythm from physical games. Players can race, spectators can follow the action and another group can take over when the race finishes.

Corporate organisers and sponsors can also consider the Custom Branded Kentucky Derby for suitable promotional activity, while Racing Reindeers offers a seasonal variation for Christmas events.

Do You Need an Attraction People Can Bounce Higher On?

Our range isn’t limited to inflatable bouncing beds.

The Bungee Trampolines give participants a bungee-assisted trampoline experience that provides considerably more vertical movement than conventional bouncing.

We can also supply the 6 Bed Trailer Trampolines, giving organisers another attraction capable of operating continuously during busy family events.

These are particularly useful when the aim is to build variety into a larger outdoor programme.

Would a Fun House Add More Variety?

The Fire Department Fun House gives children something different from a conventional bouncy castle or slide.

Rather than remaining in one open bouncing space, children move through the attraction and its features. That makes it useful within a larger family section where organisers want several different types of activity rather than several versions of the same one.

Do You Actually Need a Whole Funfair?

For larger Co Down festivals, council events and public celebrations, hiring individual attractions one at a time may not be the most useful way to think about the requirement.

Our funfair hire service can bring together major rides, family attractions, children’s equipment, games and catering as part of a broader installation.

A programme might include the Panoramic Wheel as the visual centrepiece, Teacups and Toyset Carousel for families, competitive games elsewhere and food positioned around the site.

Another event might use a completely different mixture. The available footprint, audience, duration and expected attendance all influence what makes sense.

Will People Be Staying for Several Hours?

Then food becomes part of the event rather than an afterthought.

G Force Amusements can provide event catering alongside the attractions, including freshly prepared Dinky Donuts, Candy Floss and Popcorn.

Toast Your Own Marshmallows offers another possibility for appropriate autumn, winter and evening events.

For organisers requiring a broader food service, our outside catering options can also be discussed.

Does the Co Down Event Need Live Entertainment Too?

If the programme includes performers, DJs, presentations or announcements, staging can be incorporated alongside the amusement equipment.

Stage Truck NI provides a mobile stage solution for suitable events, helping create a central performance point while other entertainment operates elsewhere.

We can also assist with event crew, medics, SIA security, drivers and entertainment sourcing where appropriate, giving larger organisers access to services beyond rides and inflatables.

Is the Event Indoors?

That doesn’t necessarily remove inflatables and games from consideration.

Selected equipment can be installed inside appropriate leisure centres, sports halls, school halls and other event venues. The important factors include ceiling height, usable floor area, entrance dimensions, access and the operating space required around the equipment.

Indoor options can be particularly useful for autumn and winter school events, youth activities, company functions and community programmes in Co Down.

Are You Organising a School Event in Co Down?

The equipment can be selected around the pupils rather than using the same setup for every school.

Younger children might get more from the Paw Patrol Play Zone, themed bouncy castles, Safari Train, Toyset Carousel and inflatable slides.

For older pupils, a programme built around Toxic Bootcamp, Warrior Wall, Demolition Zone, football games and other competitive inflatables can create a much more demanding activity day.

For large school fun days, several attractions can operate at once with pupils moving between different stations.

Is It a Corporate or Team Event?

Then there’s no particular reason to choose children’s entertainment at all.

Teams can race through assault-course sections, climb Warrior Wall, compete in Kentucky Derby races, play Foot Pool or find out which colleagues have been concealing an unexpectedly strong desire to knock them off an inflatable podium.

For company family days, rides, children’s equipment and catering can then be added around the adult activities.

Is It a Community, Charity or Council Event?

These events often need the widest age range.

A family ride can serve younger visitors, large slides and bouncy castles provide children’s entertainment, games give teenagers and adults something to do, and catering helps support a longer programme.

For bigger public occasions, major rides can increase both capacity and visual impact.

The result can range from a modest local fun day to a substantial fairground-style entertainment area.

What About Halloween and Christmas in Co Down?

Our event range remains useful beyond the summer months.

Halloween events can combine games, indoor attractions, suitable inflatables and catering. Christmas programmes can add Racing Reindeers and Toast Your Own Marshmallows, together with other appropriate family entertainment.

That means school, community and company organisers can continue using different parts of the range throughout the autumn and festive event calendar.

Event Hire Throughout County Down

Being based in Belfast puts many Co Down event locations within practical reach, and our service extends throughout the county.

We can provide equipment for suitable venues in and around Newry, Bangor, Newtownards, Downpatrick, Holywood, Comber, Carryduff, Ballynahinch, Newcastle, Castlewellan, Banbridge, Dromore, Warrenpoint, Kilkeel and surrounding areas.

We also work with suitable rural sites, school grounds, sports facilities and other venues where access and operating conditions allow.

For organisers working beyond the county, our wider Northern Ireland event hire service covers Belfast, Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Derry / Londonderry and other locations.

One Final Question: Will the Equipment Be Properly Managed?

Yes. The practical side of amusement hire matters every bit as much as choosing what looks good on the event poster.

G Force Amusements handles transportation, setup and positioning of the equipment we provide, with attractions operated or supervised by trained personnel where appropriate.

We carry £10 million public liability insurance. Relevant equipment is inspected and tested as required, risk assessments and supporting certification are available for organised events, and our uniformed staff are Access NI checked.

G Force Amusements is also a member of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. More information about equipment testing and event operation is available on our Health & Safety page.

Start With the Requirement, Not the Equipment List

You don’t need to know which ten products you want before contacting us.

Tell us that you’re organising a school event for 300 pupils. Tell us you’ve got a large field and need attractions for families. Tell us you’re arranging a company day and want everyone competing. Or tell us you’re running a public event and need enough entertainment to occupy a substantial crowd.

Those details are often more useful at the beginning than a shopping list.

Browse our complete event hire range or contact G Force Amusements on 07702 754 542 to discuss event hire anywhere in County Down.