About us

A family-run team
who care about the work.

Whiteley Events has supplied live sound and PA hire since 2012. We're a small, focused team.

Our story

We started in 2012 with a simple belief: great events deserve great sound, and great service. Over a decade later that belief still runs the business. We've grown our kit list, built a brilliant team, and worked with artists, festivals, schools, charities and corporates across the UK. The approach hasn't changed. Care about the detail. Turn up prepared. Leave the venue better than you found it.

What that looks like in practice: a single point of contact from first call to final pack-down, professional kit that's properly maintained, and a team who enjoy their work and treat every event, big or small, as one that matters.

What matters to us

Our values.

Quality over scale

We stay small on purpose. It lets us care about every event, not just the big ones, and gives you the same people from enquiry to encore.

Show up prepared

Kit tested, cables coiled, plans double-checked. The difference between a good event and a great one is often made before the audience arrives.

Treat people well

Clients, artists, venues, audiences, each other. A good day on site starts with how we turn up and talk to people.

Our team

Friendly experts who love what they do.

Our sound team are not only highly skilled; they're passionate about great sound and great service.

Bernie

Director · Sound Engineer

Leads the business alongside Samuel. Usually on monitors, keeping the artists happy. Over 20 years behind the desk at festivals, conferences and live gigs.

Samuel

Director · Sound Engineer

Leads the business alongside Bernie. Usually on FOH, mixing for the crowd. Brings calm, precision, and great ears to every event.

The Crew

Engineers & Technicians

A trusted network of trained engineers and technicians who help us deliver sound systems for events at every scale.

Our journey

A few milestones.

2003

It starts as a hobby

Bernie begins gigging on the side with other PA companies across Hampshire and the south, cutting his teeth on live sound before it becomes the day job.

2012

Whiteley Events is born & first festivals

Started as a family-run PA hire business in Hampshire, and delivered our first festivals that same year.

2013

First corporate work

Wireless mics, clean audio and recording for our first corporate conferences, panels and award events.

2019

Line array investment

Invested in Martin Audio line array systems, opening up larger festivals and bigger-audience shows.

2023

Swanfest, Victorious & more

Working with artists including Toyah Wilcox, Scouting for Girls, Reef, Martin Kemp and The Tremeloes.

2026

Still family-run

Same ethos, same team ethic, same care on every event. That's the whole point.

Let's chat

Your event in the right hands.

Tell us what you've got coming up. We'll come back quickly with options and pricing.