Pacan Lights
LED par cans, RGBW
KSh 4,500
per setup
Stage & area lights · Nairobi & Kiambu · 3 lights
Stage Lighting for Hire in Nairobi: Pacan, Flood and Chandelier
Stage lighting for hire in Nairobi and Kiambu, in three kinds: LED pacan uplights that wash a stage or tent wall in colour (KSh 4,500 per setup), flood lights that make a dark site safe to walk (KSh 3,000 each), and a chandelier that gives a marquee its centre (KSh 22,000 each).
From KSh 3,000a light, 24-hour hire
3lights, side by side
50%deposit holds your date
Lights, priced
Pacan Lights
KSh 4,500
Colour wash, per set-up
KSh 4,500 per setup
Flood Lights
KSh 3,000
Paths and parking, each
KSh 3,000 each
Chandelier Light
KSh 22,000
Over a dance floor, each
KSh 22,000 each
We hang and aim them, then take them down when the hire ends. Your distance sets the transport line.
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The 3 lights
Pacan, flood and chandelier lights
Flood Lights
Bright light for paths and parking
KSh 3,000
each
Chandelier Light
Hangs over a dance floor
KSh 22,000
each
Transport is added for your area on your quote: see it for your venue.
Guide
Stage and event lights, explained
The hire runs 24 hours from rigging. Pacan lights are priced per set-up; flood lights and the chandelier one by one. Rigging and taking down are covered, and transport is added for your distance.
What "pacan" means
Pacan is how a PAR can is said and spelled in Kenya: a round, short-barrelled light that throws a wide, even beam. Older ones held a single hot lamp behind a coloured gel. Modern ones, like ours, carry a cluster of LEDs in red, green, blue and white that mix to almost any shade, so one fitting can turn a tent wall blush pink for the first dance and deep blue for the after-party. Set on the floor, it points up or across.
How an LED par compares, by one maker's numbers
We do not publish a model for ours, so here is one maker's, for scale. Chauvet DJ lists its SlimPAR Q12 ILS, a common LED par, at twelve 6 W four-colour LEDs, a 17-degree beam, 1.6 kg, and 54 W from a 230 V supply, with up to 18 of them able to share one power line. Do the sum: eighteen of them on one line come to 972 W, under one kilowatt. Those are Chauvet's figures, not a measurement of ours, but they explain why a set-up runs from ordinary sockets as long as the cable runs are planned.
Stage lights for hire: where pacan lights go
Our listing names three jobs. Uplighting: cans on the floor along a tent's inside walls, so the canvas glows in your colour. A stage background: cans behind or under a stage, washing the backdrop so the people on it stand out; pair them with stage and lighting hire and a sound system. Foliage: cans at the foot of the garden's trees, which carries the scheme outside the tent after dark. A set-up is KSh 4,500 per setup; send the size of your tent or stage and we confirm how many pacan lights your set-up holds before you pay.
Flood lights: the plain light that keeps people safe
Colour sets the mood. On a site with no lighting of its own, our listing puts flood lights for paths and parking (KSh 3,000 each each) ahead of anything decorative: the car park, the service route to the kitchen tent and the walk from the tent to the gate. Our crew aims them at the ground, not into faces. Three, one for each of those places, come to KSh 9,000.
A chandelier for the dance floor
The chandelier light (KSh 22,000 each) hangs over the dance floor or the top table in a marquee. It lights what is under it and fills the empty height of a tall tent. It is rigged during set-up, so the fixing point has to be agreed with the venue beforehand. Under it, an LED dance floor lights the dancing from below.
Power and booking
Every light here needs power where it stands. Unless your quote says otherwise, the supply and any generator are yours to arrange, so tell us where the sockets are. A marquee evening with two pacan set-ups, the chandelier and three flood lights outside comes to KSh 40,000 before transport. A 50% deposit holds the date. Strands of small lights and round bulbs are under event lighting and sound.
Sources: Chauvet DJ (maker), SlimPAR Q12 ILS, product specifications, read 2026-10-24.
How it works
From your cart to a set-out room
Add to cart
Pick your lights 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.
Stage lighting questions
What are your stage lighting prices?
Pacan lights are KSh 4,500 per setup, flood lights KSh 3,000 each and the chandelier KSh 22,000 each, rigged and collected by our crew. Transport is added by distance.
What is a pacan light?
An LED PAR can: a round light that washes a wall, a stage or trees in colour. Ours mix red, green, blue and white.
How many lights are in one pacan set-up?
Tell us the size of the tent or stage and we confirm the number for your set-up on the quote.
Can a chandelier hang in a tent?
Yes, over the dance floor or top table, once the fixing point is agreed with the venue.
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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