This Christmas and New Year, Pearce Hire provided the power required for Birmingham’s festive celebrations.

The city’s Centenary Square was the focal point of the Christmas excitement, hosting two events for the winter season. Diawali celebrations brought crowds to the square on Saturday 15th November followed on the Sunday 16th November by the Christmas light switch on. Birmingham based radio station, BRMB hosted the event, with performances from Rachel Stevens, Jamelia and The Blazin’ Squad on stage and local favourite Jasper Carrott performed the official lights switch on.

Event production professionals Pearce Hire were contracted by Birmingham City Council to manage the temporary power requirements of the event, supplying generators, distro and cabling for the occasion. This year’s event required additional power due to a modified event site from previous years, when the stage had been set up at the opposite end of the square. These changes to the site were a result of Birmingham’s recently built Ferris wheel and meant power had to be fed to the event site using an alternative method. Pearce Hire supplied two 200KvA generators across the weekend and added a further two 45KvA to the set up which were required to power the screens for Sunday’s show.