Avalon Bars and Events and Bar Live operate high-volume temporary bars at some of the UK’s most demanding live events, where uptime is critical and tolerance for failure is effectively zero. From large high-volume arena bars to smaller intimate backstage guest bars they have over a decade of experience in event excellence.
Objectives
Across major and smaller events, both arms of the business required a technology partner capable of delivering fast-deployable, highly resilient network infrastructure that could scale up or down depending on the event, while maintaining seamless payment processing even in the event of network failures. Card payments, EPOS systems and operational communications needed to remain live throughout peak trading periods, often in challenging outdoor environments with limited fixed connectivity.
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Nick Crow
Event Production & Operations Manager
The Project
Project Type: Wifi & Networking
Design, deploy and operate resilient temporary connectivity and Wi-Fi solutions across multiple events, including:
- Glastonbury Festival (large-scale deployment) Avalon Bars and Events
- Glastonbury Extravaganza Avalon Bars and Events
- Queens Park Disco Sessions Bar Live
- Riverside Festival Bar Live
- A Night at the Museum (Riverside Museum, Glasgow) Bar Live
Glastonbury represents the most demanding environment, with infrastructure deployed across approximately 20 bars. Other events typically operate between two and three bars, each with the same requirement for reliability and rapid deployment.
The technical solution includes:
- Bonded multi-path connectivity with seamless failover
- Dual 4G/5G mobile connectivity
- Starlink satellite internet for additional resilience
- Purpose-designed, resilient Wi-Fi architectures for high-density payment terminals
- Rapid deployment equipment designed for temporary environments
All solutions are engineered to continue operating even if individual connectivity methods fail.
Why Corona IT Solutions?
Avalon Bars & Events and Bar Live require more than internet access. They need absolute confidence that payments will continue to flow during peak trading, regardless of environmental conditions, congestion or infrastructure limitations.
Corona IT Solutions provides event-ready infrastructure designed specifically for resilience, with hands-on experience supporting high-pressure, high-throughput environments. The focus is always on uptime, seamless failover and systems that continue working without manual intervention. They now operate with confidence that their payment and network infrastructure is built to perform under the most demanding conditions, enabling them to focus on delivering successful events rather than managing technical risk.
