Event Hire Armagh

Event Hire Services  Co Armagh

G Force Amusements supplies a full range of event hire services throughout Co Armagh, including Armagh city, Portadown, Lurgan, Craigavon and surrounding towns. Whether you’re planning a council fun day, youth group activity, school event or a large public festival, we bring the fun to your doorstep with high-quality attractions, professional staff and complete event solutions.

We’re one of Northern Ireland’s leading event hire companies, trusted by councils, businesses and schools to deliver safe, well-organised entertainment for every occasion.

Funfair Rides & Kiddie Attractions

Our funfair attractions are always a hit. Popular with both children and families are the Safari Train Ride , Spinning Teacups , and the adorable Toyset Carousel . For larger events, the Panoramic Viewing Wheel or Sea Storm Pirate Ship make excellent centrepieces.

Inflatable Slides, Obstacle Courses & Games

Choose from a huge selection of inflatables and bouncy castles for events across Co Armagh. We supply obstacle courses like the Xtreme Demolition Zone , creative games such as Foot Pool , and themed bouncy castles including Spiderman and Disney .

All inflatables are tested, insured and come with full supervision where needed.

Catering & Event Food in Armagh

Nothing keeps guests happy like good food. Our event food options include popcorn, candy floss, slush drinks, and our signature Toast Your Own Marshmallows setups – a brilliant interactive food attraction ideal for family events and social media moments.

We also have trailer setups and trained staff ready to manage catering for events big and small.

Why G Force Amusements?

• All rides ADIPS-certified
• HSENI-compliant safety procedures
• £10 million public liability insurance
• Access NI-checked, uniformed staff
• Trusted across Northern Ireland for over a decade

We also serve Co Tyrone , Co Down , Co Antrim , Co Fermanagh , Derry , and Belfast .

To see what we can bring to your next event, check our Gallery and Testimonials , or contact us today through our Contact Us form.

County Armagh hosts a variety of events throughout the year, from orchard festivals and town celebrations to school fun days and community gatherings. With a mix of indoor venues, outdoor fields and town centre locations, organisers often look for entertainment that is adaptable and easy to manage. Below are some useful questions for planning event hire in Armagh.

FAQs – Event Hire Equipment in Co Armagh

What attractions help create a strong focal point at an event?

Larger funfair rides and feature inflatables can act as centrepieces, drawing attention and encouraging visitors to explore the rest of the event.

Can you provide equipment for events in both urban and rural parts of Armagh?

Yes, we work across towns, villages and rural areas, adapting each setup to suit the specific venue and access available.

What are suitable options for events aimed at families?

Family events typically include a mix of bouncy castles, interactive inflatables and food stalls, providing something for all age groups.

Do you offer equipment that can be used indoors?

Many of our smaller inflatables and games are suitable for indoor venues such as halls and sports centres, depending on ceiling height and available space.

How do you manage events where space is spread across multiple areas?

We can help position attractions across different zones to create a balanced layout, making it easier for visitors to move around and access each activity.

Are there attractions that encourage group interaction?

Yes, many of our inflatables are designed for multiple participants at once, making them ideal for group activities, competitions and team-based events.

Can catering be included as part of the overall setup?

We supply a range of event catering options that complement the entertainment and provide a central gathering point for guests.

What is involved in preparing the site for installation?

We assess the area, check access routes and ensure the ground is suitable before installing equipment. This helps guarantee safe and efficient setup.

Do you provide staff to operate the attractions?

Our trained team can operate and supervise equipment throughout the event, ensuring everything runs safely and smoothly.

When should I confirm my booking for an event in Armagh?

Booking in advance is recommended, particularly for busy times of year, to ensure availability of your preferred attractions.

Event Hire in Co Armagh: What Will Visitors Find Around the Next Corner?

The best event sites give people reasons to keep moving. One part might contain a major fairground ride, another could be filled with competitive games, while somewhere else younger children have their own attractions and the smell of fresh donuts is persuading everyone that lunch can wait.

G Force Amusements provides event hire throughout Co Armagh, bringing rides, bouncy castles, inflatable games, children’s attractions, trampolines, traditional fairground games and catering to suitable venues throughout the county.

For a small event, you might only need one or two of those things. For a large festival or family fun day, different parts of the range can occupy completely separate sections of the venue.

First Stop: The Fairground Games

Let’s begin without a bouncy castle or Ferris Wheel.

The Kentucky Derby Racer brings traditional fairground competition to an event, with up to eight people able to race simultaneously.

Players roll balls towards coloured scoring holes, with successful shots moving their horses further along the track. The first horse to reach the end wins.

It is simple enough for visitors to understand almost immediately, provides a clear result and can continually restart with new competitors throughout an Armagh festival, fundraiser, school event or company fun day.

For commercial events and promotional campaigns, our Custom Branded Kentucky Derby can incorporate suitable company or sponsor branding.

A Little Further Along: Somebody Is Climbing a Wall

The Warrior Wall gives participants three levels of climbing challenge before an inflatable slide brings them back down again.

It can be approached as a race, an individual challenge or one part of a larger programme of activities.

That makes it particularly useful for secondary schools, sports clubs, youth organisations and company events where participants are expected to do more than simply watch.

Next Door: Four People Are Trying to Knock Each Other Over

That’s probably the Xtreme Demolition Zone.

Four participants stand on separate inflatable podiums surrounding a suspended demolition ball. The challenge is to use the ball against the other competitors without losing your own balance.

It creates short contests that can be repeated throughout an event and tends to provide almost as much entertainment for spectators as it does for the people inside.

And the Giant Moles?

Those belong to Holey Moley Human Whack A Mole.

Seven people can participate, with competitors emerging from their inflatable mole positions to collect balls while another player occupies the centre with the inflatable hammer.

It’s unusual, instantly understandable once the game begins and very different from the more familiar activities elsewhere on the site.

For organisers looking for interactive entertainment, our broader inflatable games range contains plenty of options for creating this kind of competitive section.

Then You Reach 150ft of Toxic Bootcamp

This part requires rather more space.

The complete Toxic Bootcamp Challenge Assault Course can extend to approximately 150ft x 15ft, creating a substantial head-to-head inflatable course for two competitors.

The route includes tangled mangles, crawl tunnels, Bish Bash obstacles, climbing sections, a demolition ball and dual freefall slides.

At a Co Armagh school event, corporate challenge, sports day or large public fun day, it can become one of the principal participatory attractions rather than simply another inflatable in the lineup.

Toxic Bootcamp is modular too, allowing shorter configurations to be considered when the full course isn’t appropriate for the available venue.

Turn Another Corner and Everything Is Football

A dedicated sports section can work particularly well for schools, clubs and youth events.

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

Next to it, Foot Pool replaces the pool table with an oversized playing surface and the cue with your feet.

The 3 in 1 Sports Inflatable moves beyond football altogether, incorporating basketball, baseball and Velcro darts.

They can operate as individual attractions or be combined into a broader sports challenge area.

Now the Event Suddenly Gets Much Younger

Large family events need to work for visitors who aren’t remotely interested in scaling Warrior Wall or completing an assault course.

The Paw Patrol Play Zone gives younger children their own colourful inflatable environment, combining a bouncing area, ball pool, slide and interactive features.

Our bouncy castle hire range provides further options for children’s entertainment, including the Spiderman Bouncy Castle, Ice Kingdom Bouncy Castle and Disney Bouncy Castle.

Several children’s attractions can be combined where organisers expect a large family audience.

Some Children Would Rather Go for a Ride

That’s where the Safari Train Ride comes in.

The colourful electric train travels around its own configurable track and seats up to 14 children. Its layout can be adjusted for different suitable indoor and outdoor venues.

The Toyset Carousel provides another attraction aimed particularly towards younger riders, while the Spinning Teacups Carousel introduces a familiar family fairground experience.

Together, rides and play equipment can give younger visitors a substantial event section of their own.

Over There: Six Trampolines

The 6 Bed Trailer Trampolines introduce another type of activity altogether.

Six trampoline beds allow several participants to enjoy the attraction, with padded flooring and high safety walls forming part of the setup.

For something with considerably more vertical movement, our Bungee Trampolines combine trampoline bouncing with a bungee-assisted system.

Using trampolines alongside rides and inflatable attractions helps prevent a large event from feeling like variations on one type of entertainment.

Look Up and You’ll Probably Find the Slides

Some inflatables are difficult to miss.

The Minions Mega Slide measures approximately 25ft x 12ft and incorporates an approximately 18ft platform, providing children with a much larger climbing and sliding attraction.

The Inflatable Helter Skelter Slide uses the familiar shape of a traditional fairground Helter Skelter to create another visually distinctive option.

Either can provide height within an Armagh school fun day, festival or community event without moving into the mechanical ride range.

Keep Walking and You Might Find a Two-Storey Fun House

The Fire Department Fun House gives children a completely different experience from bouncing or sliding.

Measuring approximately 50ft x 18ft, the two-storey attraction contains features including crazy bridges, hamster wheels, spinning discs, stepping stones, rolling walkways and a slippery slide.

Children move through the attraction rather than remaining in one play area, making it particularly useful for larger events where organisers want several genuinely different forms of entertainment.

Eventually You Reach the Big Rides

For substantial Co Armagh festivals and public celebrations, the scale can increase considerably.

The Panoramic Wheel stands approximately 38 metres high, providing both a ride and a major visual landmark within a large event site.

The Sea Storm Pirate Ship adds movement and a more energetic family ride experience.

These can form part of a wider funfair hire setup incorporating rides for different age groups, games, catering and other attractions.

Somewhere Nearby, Bumper Carz Are Causing Trouble

Bumper Carz provide another traditional fairground attraction for suitable events.

They also introduce something different to a ride lineup because visitors have control over their own cars. That naturally leads to a great deal of entirely accidental driving directly into friends and relatives.

Alongside a Ferris Wheel, Pirate Ship and children’s rides, Bumper Carz can help create a varied fairground rather than a collection of attractions offering similar experiences.

Follow the Smell of Donuts

At some point, most visitors are going to stop moving around the attractions.

Our event food range includes freshly prepared Dinky Donuts, traditional Candy Floss and Popcorn.

For suitable autumn, winter and evening events, Toast Your Own Marshmallows can add another food-based activity.

Our broader outside catering options can also be discussed for events requiring more extensive food provision.

And If You Hear Music, Find the Stage

A larger event programme may include live entertainment as well as amusement equipment.

Stage Truck NI provides a truck-mounted stage for suitable performances, DJs, presentations and announcements.

That allows organisers to schedule moments when attention moves towards the stage without removing the rides, games and other activities operating elsewhere around the event.

G Force Amusements can also assist with event crew, medics, SIA security, drivers and entertainment sourcing where appropriate.

Co Armagh School Grounds Can Look Very Different for a Day

School events don’t need every section described above, but the breadth of the range allows equipment to be matched to pupil ages.

A primary-school event might concentrate on the Safari Train, Paw Patrol Play Zone, bouncy castles, Toyset Carousel and slides.

A secondary-school programme could be dominated by Toxic Bootcamp, Warrior Wall, Demolition Zone, Holey Moley and sports challenges instead.

For larger school fun days, different activity areas can operate simultaneously with groups rotating between them.

Co Armagh Corporate Events Can Lose the Children’s Section Entirely

A staff event can be built almost exclusively from competitive attractions.

Kentucky Derby racing, Warrior Wall, Toxic Bootcamp, Demolition Zone, Foot Pool and Holey Moley can provide a series of challenges for individuals and teams.

If employees are bringing their families, the event can then expand in the opposite direction with children’s rides, bouncy castles, food and gentler attractions.

Community Events Can Use a Little Bit of Everything

Community fun days, charity fundraisers and local festivals frequently have the broadest audience of all.

That makes variety particularly useful. Small children can have their own section, older children can use the larger inflatables, adults can join competitive games, families can ride together and spectators can stop for food.

For bigger public programmes, major fairground rides can increase capacity and give the event a much stronger visual presence.

Event Hire for Armagh’s Autumn and Christmas Calendar

Summer isn’t the only time the range can be used.

Racing Reindeers brings a Christmas theme to our racing-game format, while Toast Your Own Marshmallows can suit selected colder-weather programmes.

Arcade games and suitable indoor inflatables can provide further possibilities for school, community and corporate events held inside appropriate venues.

Halloween programmes can also draw on competitive games, inflatables and catering to create a different type of seasonal event.

Event Hire Throughout County Armagh

From our Belfast base, G Force Amusements can provide event hire for suitable venues throughout Co Armagh, including Armagh City, Portadown, Lurgan, Craigavon, Banbridge, Tandragee, Markethill, Richhill, Keady and surrounding communities.

Schools, sports grounds, community facilities, corporate venues and suitable outdoor event sites can all be considered, subject to access, available space, ground conditions and the individual requirements of the selected equipment.

We also provide event services throughout neighbouring Co Down, as well as Belfast and the rest of Northern Ireland.

Behind Every Part of the Event

Visitors might experience each attraction separately, but the operational standards behind them remain consistent.

G Force Amusements carries £10 million public liability insurance. Relevant rides and equipment are tested and inspected as required, including inspection by an ADIPS practitioner where applicable, and our operation meets applicable HSENI requirements.

We provide professional delivery and setup, with trained personnel operating or supervising attractions where required. Our uniformed staff are Access NI checked, and risk assessments and relevant certification can be provided for organised events.

Further details are available on our Health & Safety page.

What Will People Find at Your Co Armagh Event?

Perhaps it’s three competitive games on a school field. Maybe it’s a bouncy castle and children’s ride at a local fundraiser. It could be an entire family section, a corporate challenge programme or a substantial funfair with rides, games, food and live entertainment.

You don’t need to use everything. The advantage of having a large range is being able to choose the attractions that give your particular audience enough reasons to explore the event.

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