Event Signage Checklist: What You Need and When to Order

People should know where to go before they reach the door.

• Pavement A-boards for the entrance, with a poster you can change for each day of the event.
• PVC banners on fences and railings, so the event name can be seen from the road. See our guide to PVC banner sizes.
• Flat Foamex signs for arrows and directions around the site.
• Freestanding directional signs where nothing is there to fix a sign to.

This is where people stop, so it carries your biggest branding.

• Roller banners at 850 × 2000mm. They stand on their own base and set up in minutes.
• Fabric display stand for a straight backdrop. It is quoted per job and is made of seamless stretch fabric over a lightweight aluminium frame, with replacement graphics available.
• PVC banners behind or beside the stage, at a size made to fit.

Our exhibition signage page has more ideas for stands.

Sponsors expect to be seen, so give them a clear position.

• Football toblerones are triangular pitch-side advertising units with a 300mm face, in a single 1200mm unit, a pair, or sets of four at 1200mm or 2000mm.
• PVC banners along barriers and railings, printed to your size.
• Roller banners for a sponsor's own stand area.

Check each sponsor's artwork early, because it is often the slowest part of the job.

Small signs do a lot of work at the point where people talk to you.

• Table-top signs in A6, A5 and A4, single or double-sided.
• Strut cards for offers and information on a counter or table. They take 1 to 2 working days to make.
• Posters in A5 to A0 for walls and windows, made in 2 working days.
• Acrylic card holders in A6, A5 and A4, with an optional printed insert.

Plan the end of the event when you order, not after it.

• A roller banner retracts into its base, so it packs away and travels easily.
• A fabric display stand can be reused with replacement graphics.
• A-board posters slot into a frame, so you can swap the message for your next date.
• Avoid putting a date on a sign you want to use again.

Our event signage page has more on planning for a series of events.

Count back from the day you need everything in place. For each sign, add:

• time to finish and approve artwork, because production starts when you approve your proof;
• production, which is 1 to 2 working days for PVC banners, 1 to 2 working days for roller banners, 1 to 2 working days for strut cards, 2 working days for posters and 3 working days for A-boards;
• delivery, which is 3 to 5 working days as standard or 1 working day with next day delivery at checkout.

Leave a few spare days in case a proof needs a change. Many products offer priority or express production for an extra charge, and large items need large-item delivery. Our guide to how long a sign takes has the full timings.