Vintage canvas marquees
Traditional pole marquees in natural canvas - elegant sweeping roofs, open sides for summer days and a warm glow after dark.
Weddings · Festivals · Parties · Events
Magic, under canvas.
Bespoke marquees and spectacular events, created with care for more than twenty years - from Suffolk, across the UK and further afield.
Welcome to Magic Marquees
The real pleasure of entertaining is being free to enjoy it.
We have been creating bespoke events and parties for over twenty years. Our legendary attention to detail means you can relax and actually enjoy your own celebration, safe in the hands of an exceptionally well organised and good humoured team.
We can organise everything from start to finish, or simply take care of one particular area. Simple and rustic, or something a little out of the ordinary - from a magical woodland to a Caribbean island, virtually any setting can be created.
20+years of events
UK&further afield
1stcanvas to last dance, one team
What we create
Whatever the occasion, we make it a resounding success.
Weddings
Your day, handled with great care - and a marquee glowing like a lantern as the light fades.
Boutique festivals
Big tops, stages, flags and bunting - festival sites that feel like small worlds of their own.
Private parties
Birthdays, anniversaries and any excuse for a proper celebration, built around you.
Corporate & shows
Launches, dinners and spectaculars with production values that stop conversations.
The canvas
Beautiful structures, raised anywhere.
Circus style & big tops
Show-stopping big tops that turn any field into a festival. Room for stages, dance floors and a few hundred of your favourite people.
Canvas domes
Distinctive dome marquees with real presence - a beautiful centrepiece for lawns, courtyards and country houses.
Bespoke linings & styling
Interiors finished to the last detail - linings, lighting, planting and furniture that make the space unmistakably yours.
Make it a show
Let your imagination go. We will build it.
Utilising the latest technology, your party can have fantastic lighting, superb sound, fabulous food and entertainment that people talk about for years.
Lighting
Festoon canopies, projection, uplighting and fireworks-grade drama.
Sound
Concert-quality systems, tuned for speeches and for dancing.
Food & drink
Fabulous food and well-stocked bars, from feast to festival street food.
Entertainment
Bands, DJs, performers and special effects - up to and including fireworks.
A few of our favourites
Twenty years of good nights.
How it works
Three steps to an unforgettable day.
- 01
Tell us your idea
A call or a visit - tell us the date, the place and the dream, however unformed.
- 02
We design it together
Structures, layouts, styling and the running order - as much or as little as you need.
- 03
We build the magic
Our team raises the canvas, runs the show and quietly takes it all away afterwards.
Let's talk
Planning something special?
Tell us what you have in mind and we will come back to you with ideas, honest advice and a plan. No obligation, no hard sell - just twenty years of knowing what works.