Havana Events · 04· London & UK

Pop-ups and brand activations, built fast — look like you took six months.

A London brand activation and pop-up production team for the work that needs to be in market in three weeks. Brand activations, supper clubs, members' events, after-parties, bar takeovers and members' nights — built quickly, finished properly.

From£3,500
How we approach it

Short timelines, sharp briefs. We hold a roster of crew, venues and suppliers who can move at our pace — which is faster than most.

Short timelines, sharp briefs. We hold a roster of crew, venues and suppliers who can move at our pace — which is faster than most. A typical pop-up brief comes in on a Monday, we have a moodboard and rough cost on Wednesday, venue locked the following week, and a built event four to six weeks later. Some have gone faster. None have gone better for being rushed.

We work for brands launching products, agencies needing production support, restaurants opening or doing one-night residencies, members' clubs running editorial events, and private hosts who want a supper club that doesn't look like every other supper club in Soho. The work crosses fashion, drinks, hospitality, tech, beauty and publishing.

Activations we've produced recently: a four-night fragrance launch with private dinners across Mayfair, a takeover of a Shoreditch warehouse for a denim brand, a residency at a Soho restaurant for a wine importer, an after-party for a Series B launch (held in the launch venue's basement that nobody knew existed), and three supper clubs that turned into recurring monthly editorials.

Planning fees start at £3,500 with most activations sitting between £7,500 and £45,000 in total spend. Content capture — photography optimised for social, short-form video for Reels and TikTok, a campaign edit within the week — is included as standard. Most brand clients book us specifically for this turnaround.

What's included

Every brief, every time.

From £3,500. Flat planning fee, suppliers at cost, no commission on supplier bookings.

Common briefs
Pop-upsActivationsAfter-parties
Questions, answered

The 6 things people ask before they call.

01How fast can you produce a pop-up?
Four to six weeks is comfortable. We've turned around full pop-ups in three weeks when the brief was tight and the venue was flexible. The brief and the venue are usually the bottleneck — never the production.
02Do you handle brand activations?
Yes — most of our pop-up work is brand-led. Launches, sampling activations, residencies, takeovers, members' nights and editorial dinners all sit with us. We work directly with in-house brand teams or alongside PR and creative agencies.
03What about content capture?
Included as standard on every pop-up. Stills optimised for social, vertical video for Reels and TikTok, and a short-form campaign edit delivered within seven days. We work with the same content team across all our brand activations.
04How much does a pop-up cost?
Planning fees from £3,500. Total spend typically £7,500–£45,000 depending on venue, scale and content production. We share a rough cost within 48 hours of the brief and a fully costed proposal within the week.
05Where do you produce pop-ups?
London-wide. Frequent venues include Shoreditch warehouses, private homes in Mayfair, members' clubs in Soho, restaurants doing one-night residencies, and unexpected spaces (a Bermondsey print works, a Hackney rooftop, a basement no one knew existed). We can also build in temporary structures — we have a marquee partner we work with regularly.
06Can you handle ongoing residencies?
Yes. Several of our activations have turned into monthly or quarterly residencies. We can run the programme on retainer or hand it back to the in-house team once the playbook is set.
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Ready to plan your
socials?

A thirty-minute call. No deck, no pitch — we'll ask better questions than you expect, and you'll know within the week whether we're the right house for your event.

Start a brief →info@havanaevents.co.uk