Fairy Lights, 30 m strand
30 m (100 ft) of small lights
KSh 3,500
per strand
Fairy lights · Nairobi & Kiambu · 1 strand
Fairy Lights for Hire in Nairobi
Fairy lights for hire in Nairobi and Kiambu, by the 30 m strand at KSh 3,500 per strand: fine wire set with small points of light, for a tent roof, a garden dinner or the wall behind a top table. Our crew hangs them and takes them down.
From KSh 3,500a strand, 24-hour hire
1strand in this range
50%deposit holds your date
Lights by the strand
Hung by our crew and taken down after the hire. Transport for your area goes on the quote.
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Transport is added for your area on your quote: see it for your venue.
Guide
Fairy light hire in Nairobi, explained
Each strand is hired for 24 hours, counted from when they are hung. Hanging and taking down are in the price; transport is added for the distance from Waiyaki Way, Uthiru.
Fairy lights, string lights, curtain lights: one product, many shapes
Fairy lights and string lights are the same thing: a long, thin cable carrying many small lights. Only the hanging changes. Run it back and forth under a tent roof and it becomes a canopy of points of light. Drop lengths of it from a frame and it reads as a curtain. Wind it round a pole, a tree trunk or a pergola and it outlines the shape. Our 30 m fairy light strand is the one piece behind all of those looks; tell us the look you want and we confirm how we can rig it at your venue.
Makers sell the same idea in fixed shapes too. Festive Lights, a UK maker, lists a connectable curtain light 2 m wide with a 1 m drop and 200 LEDs, and string lights sold from 5 m up to 200 m in 5 m steps. Those are their figures, not a description of ours, but they show the range of what the name can cover when you compare quotes.
How many 30 m strands for your tent?
Work it out from the width of the roof. A 17 × 17 ft tent for 50 is about 5.2 m across, so one 30 m strand gives five or so passes from side to side once the ends are tied off. A 17 × 34 ft tent for 100 is the same width and twice as long; passes about a metre apart along its 10.4 m length come to roughly 55 m of light, which is two strands. That is our own arithmetic, not a rule, and curtains or drops at the sides add more. Share your tent size, or a phone picture of the room, and we work out the number of strands together before any money changes hands.
What the strands cost in Nairobi
One strand is KSh 3,500 for the 24-hour hire. Two strands for a 100-seater roof come to KSh 7,000; four, for a roof plus curtains down both sides, come to KSh 14,000. Both prices include our crew putting them up and taking them down; transport is the separate line on your quote, priced by distance.
Outdoors, rain and power
These lights are at their best outdoors after dark. So the electrics matter. Power is on your side unless the quote names a generator, so point us to the closest plug and say how many metres it is from where the lights go. Weather ratings vary by maker: Festive Lights rates its strings IP65 and still says the transformer must be kept indoors or in a weatherproof box. Under a tent roof the lights stay dry; strands in open trees or across a lawn are worth planning with us, and if the weather turns, safety decides what stays lit.
Fairy lights, festoons or colour?
A strand gives many small, soft points. If you want fewer, bigger round bulbs strung between poles or trees over a dinner table, choose festoon light hire (KSh 4,500 per strand) instead, or mix the two: the fine strands in the tent roof, festoons outside along the path. For colour washed up the tent walls or behind a stage, see pacan uplighting, and a hanging chandelier gives a dance floor a centre. The whole range is under event lighting and sound.
Sources: Festive Lights (UK maker), ConnectPro outdoor string lights MV001, product page, read 2026-10-24; Festive Lights (UK maker), connectable curtain light, product page, read 2026-10-24.
How it works
From your cart to a set-out room
Add to cart
Pick your strands and how many, or send us your list on WhatsApp.
Get your quote
Send your cart with the date and venue. Transport for your area is added and you see the full price.
Hold the date
A 50% deposit confirms it. The balance is paid before set-up begins.
We set up and collect
Our crew sets them out in your layout and collects them after the hire.
Fairy light questions
How much are fairy lights to hire in Kenya?
KSh 3,500 per strand for a 30 m strand, hung and taken down by our crew in Nairobi and Kiambu. Transport is added by distance.
How many strands do I need?
For a 17 × 34 ft tent roof, about two 30 m strands by our arithmetic; more for curtains at the sides. Send the size or a photo and we count them with you.
What types of fairy lights can I hire?
We hire the 30 m strand. Tell us whether you want a canopy, curtains or wrapped poles, and we confirm what we can rig at your venue.
Warm white or cool white?
Give us your date and colour scheme; we check which white we can send.
Do you deliver near me?
Across Nairobi and Kiambu, from our yard on Waiyaki Way, Uthiru.
Who arranges venue permission and permits?
You do, unless your quotation says otherwise. That covers venue permission, estate access, parking approval, county or event permits, noise permission, power supply, generator requirements, water supply and security arrangements. Do check that the venue actually permits the tents, décor, entertainment or equipment you have ordered — it is worth a phone call, and we have seen bookings fall over on estate rules nobody checked. Any charges the venue, estate, parking facility or authority imposes directly are yours unless we included them in the quote. We will give you truck registration numbers for gate entry.
What happens if it rains on the day?
Our canvas is heavy-duty and waterproof, and an ordinary Nairobi downpour is not a problem. What we will not pretend is that a tent is a guarantee against flooding, severe wind, storms or genuinely hazardous conditions. Where conditions become unsafe we may delay installation, change how we install, recommend an alternative location, suspend use of equipment or remove it. Safety decisions take priority over aesthetics and over the planned layout — that is not us being difficult, it is the one call we will always make the same way. Where weather prevents performance we work through the options with you first: delayed performance, alternative setup, substitution or rescheduling.
What happens if something gets damaged or goes missing?
Tell us straight away — do not try to fix it or set it aside quietly, because that usually makes it worse. Ordinary wear and tear is expected and is never charged. Beyond that, you are responsible for loss or damage while items are in your care: broken chairs, tables or glassware, damaged décor, burns, torn fabric, permanent staining, lost cushions, missing tent components, and damage caused by guests or by moving things without permission. Where something is repairable we charge the reasonable repair cost; where it is lost or beyond economical repair, the reasonable replacement cost. We can provide photographic or inventory evidence where it is needed.
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