Trade show production based in Monterey, working the Peninsula full-time.
We are a Monterey trade show and exhibit team. Our crews build conferences inside the Conference Center, run sponsor programs through the Portola and the Marriott, set retreat halls at Asilomar, manage executive activations at Pebble Beach, and handle large-format builds at the County Fairgrounds. The work covers booth design, fabrication, rental displays, install and dismantle, AV, freight, and on-site show management.
How we work
One project lead carries every job from kickoff through teardown. That same person handles the design conversation, the venue submissions, the freight schedule, and the on-site call sheet, so the client never gets handed off mid-stream. It is a smaller-team model on purpose. We would rather run fewer jobs well than spread a crew across too many shows.
Our scope is end-to-end. Booth design, custom fabrication, rental displays, install and dismantle, AV and rigging, freight, and show management all live in-house. When something on a build needs to shift fast, the answer comes from the same desk that drew the booth.
We do not promise things we cannot run. If a venue, a date, or a scope is outside what we can do well, we say so on the first call. That keeps the calendar honest and keeps the projects we run on the rails.
Where we work
Most of our calendar sits inside the Monterey Conference Center, the Portola Hotel & Spa, the Monterey Marriott, the Hyatt Regency, Asilomar Conference Grounds, the Embassy Suites in Seaside, Monterey Plaza, and the Monterey County Fair & Event Center. We also run executive programs at Pebble Beach and offsite work along Cannery Row and the 17-Mile Drive.
Each property has its own freight rules, dock window, house-team rhythm, and labor reality. We plan around those. A downtown conference week wants tight dock sequencing. A resort sponsor program wants quiet load-in and respect for guest flow. A fairground build wants stage room and a realistic teardown clock. We have done all three this year.
We work the full peninsula: Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Seaside, Salinas, and the surrounding coastal markets. If your show is on the Monterey Bay side of California, we have probably already worked the building.
What we build
Booth design covers everything from a 10x10 inline to an island anchor program. We sketch in-house, fabricate in our own shop and a partner shop in San Jose, and pre-build complex elements before they ship so install day does not get stuck on a missing detail.
Rentals run the gamut: hardwall systems, modular kits, hybrid structures, signage walls, counters, lounge furniture, AV gear, and rigging. We carry inventory locally, which means a dropped truss or a last-minute add does not become a four-day FedEx problem.
Install and dismantle is our largest single service line. Most weeks the crew is somewhere between Salinas and Pebble Beach, working a conference build, a sponsor activation, or a turnkey trade show. Show management ties it together: one supervisor on the floor, one schedule, one phone number for the client.
How a project starts
A first call takes ten minutes. We ask for the venue, the date, the rough scope, and what is keeping you up about the build. From there we either send a scope and a number, or we walk the venue with you, depending on how much detail the show manual has already pinned down.
If the project is venue-led (a conference, a sponsor program, a hospitality activation), we usually start at the dock and work backwards. If it is exhibit-led (a custom booth, a trade show island), we start with the design and confirm the venue can carry it.
Either way, the first deliverable is a clean scope, a real schedule, and a number you can take to the budget owner. We do not start with mood boards.
Crew and labor
Our core crew is full-time and Monterey-based. We add experienced freelance leads for larger builds, mostly drawn from a roster we have worked with for years. The supervisor on your floor is someone who has run shows in that building before, not a name pulled off a national bench.
Labor jurisdictions on the peninsula are venue-by-venue. The Conference Center, the Portola, the County Fairgrounds, and the resort properties each handle the question differently. We read every show manual end-to-end and confirm the labor plan with the venue before the first truck rolls. That keeps the install day calm.
AV, rigging, and electrical run through the same plan. We carry the gear, but we also know when the venue wants its own house team in front of a control desk, and we plan the call sheet around it.
Why clients keep us
The reason most clients come back is unglamorous: the schedule holds, the call sheet is right, the truck shows up when we said it would, and nothing on the build day is a surprise to the venue. That sounds basic. In trade show work it is the entire job.
We also tend to be honest in the room. If a piece of scope is going to cost more than the client thinks, we say so before the budget is signed. If a venue is going to push back on a build, we say so before the floorplan is submitted. That early friction usually saves the project a much harder conversation in week-of.
If you have run shows in Monterey before and you want a local team that already knows the buildings, a single call sheet, and a project lead who answers their phone, we are probably a fit.