Frame or peg-and-pole — which suits your Pretoria site?
The ground decides. A frame marquee stands on a freestanding aluminium skeleton weighted at the legs, so it rigs on the paving, tar and cobbles of Pretoria's complexes, embassy grounds and office parks where pegs are banned. A peg-and-pole marquee is the classic canvas silhouette — cheaper per seat, faster to rig — but it needs lawn or field that takes pegs, which suits smallholdings, church grounds and township yards.
| Frame marquee | Peg-and-pole marquee | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands on | Paving, tar, decking, grass | Lawn or firm soil only |
| Centre poles | None — clear interior | Yes — work around them |
| Hail behaviour | Rigid PVC roof sheds hail | Canvas handles standard hail; steep pitch helps |
| Price | From R1,850 | From R999 |
Glass marquees for capital-city functions
Glass marquees carry Pretoria's formal work — embassy receptions, government and diplomatic functions, estate weddings and corporate launches — where glazed walls hold climate control and frame the view. They price as their own class, roughly double an equivalent frame marquee. Sizes, glazing types and rates are in glass marquee hire in Pretoria.
Marquee hire prices in Pretoria — sizes and rates
Seated functions need 1.2–1.5 m² per guest: 5m × 10m carries 50 guests, 10m × 15m carries 100, 10m × 30m carries 200 and 15m × 30m carries 300.
| Marquee | Size | Seats | Typical band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peg-and-pole package | small + tables & chairs | 20–30 | R999–R1,800 |
| Peg-and-pole | 10m × 15m | 100 | R4,500–R7,500 |
| Peg-and-pole | 10m × 30m | 200 | R8,000–R13,000 |
| Dressed wedding marquee | 10m × 15m – 10m × 20m | 100 | R8,500–R18,000 |
Bands include delivery and rigging inside the metro. Frame marquees carry their own ladder from 5m × 5m to 15m × 30m on the frame tent hire price list, and glazed structures price separately under glass marquee hire in Pretoria. Dance-floor allowances are in tent hire prices in Pretoria.
What a marquee hire includes
Every marquee quote covers transport, rigging by a Pretoria crew, weighting or pegging to the site, and take-down after the function. Sidewalls ride along on every summer hire — a Highveld storm arrives in minutes and leaves in twenty, and walls keep the function dry through it. Draping, lining, flooring, stages, lighting and heaters quote as add-ons, with furniture under tables and chairs for hire in Pretoria. Wedding builds get their own guide: wedding tent hire in Pretoria.
Marquees are one part of the metro range — every tent type, area and rate sits at tent hire in Pretoria.
Common questions
How much does marquee hire cost in Pretoria?
Framed marquee packages start at R1,850 with tables and chairs in the Tshwane market. A dressed 100-guest wedding marquee runs R8,500–R18,000, and glass marquees price at roughly double an equivalent frame.
What size marquee do I need for 100 guests?
100 seated guests need about 140 m² — a 10m × 15m marquee. Add a dance floor and the working size moves to 10m × 20m.
Can a marquee stand on complex or embassy paving?
Yes — a frame marquee weighted with plates makes no holes, which is why Pretoria body corporates and secured grounds approve it. Peg-and-pole structures need lawn.