Custom Event Posters That Pull a Crowd
An event nobody hears about is an empty room. We print custom event posters — concerts, festivals, fundraisers, grand openings — on stocks that pop from a coffee-shop corkboard or a rain-side window, in runs from ten to ten thousand.
Everything you need to know about custom event posters
A custom event poster is still the cheapest square footage of advertising a local event can buy: a bold sheet in the right ten windows reaches the neighborhood every day for weeks. Print quality decides whether it reads as “can’t miss this” or “bake sale” — and quality is mostly size, stock and ink.
Ordering well means matching poster size to viewing distance, stock to where it hangs, and quantity to how wide you’re promoting. This guide covers all three, plus design specs, pricing tiers and turnaround. Have artwork ready? Get a custom quote and we’ll proof it today.
Ink on a wall still fills rooms
Feeds scroll past; a custom event poster stands in one place and repeats your date to everyone who walks by. For local events it outperforms its cost so reliably that promoters treat posters as fixed infrastructure, not an option.
Seen by everyone local
The people walking past a poster are exactly the people close enough to attend — zero targeting budget required.
Working 24/7 until doors
A poster promotes every hour from the day it goes up to the night of the show.
Cheap enough to blanket
At bulk pricing, covering every board and window in town costs less than a day of paid ads.
From artwork to lamppost in four steps
Send your artwork
Upload print-ready art, or send the details and we’ll set the layout for you.
We preflight and proof
We check bleed, resolution and color, then send a digital proof.
You approve
Confirm the proof, size and count. Nothing prints until you sign off.
We print and ship
Posters print, dry, and ship flat or tubed — ready to hang the day they land.
Poster sizes: how far should it shout?
Size is about where the poster lives. A bulletin board reads at arm’s length; a storefront window has to stop people across the street. Match the size to the farthest eyeball you need — here’s what each standard size covers.
Effective viewing distance by poster size (ft)
18×24 is the workhorse — big enough for a storefront, small enough for any corkboard in town.
Where event posters actually get seen
Windows do the heavy lifting — print at least half your run at window-stopping size.
| Size | Reads from | Best for | Hangs with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11×17 | ~15 ft | Corkboards, counters | Pins, tape |
| 18×24 Standard | ~30 ft | Windows, walls | Tape, easel backs |
| 24×36 | ~45 ft | Storefronts, lobbies | Frames, clips |
| 27×40 | ~60 ft | Street displays, sandwich boards | Poster cases |
Stocks that survive the sidewalk
Event posters print on 100# gloss or satin text as the standard — heavy enough to hang flat, glossy enough to make stage photos and bold color jump. For window and outdoor duty we step up to card-weight cover stock or waterproof synthetic that shrugs off condensation and drizzle.
Ink matters as much as paper: runs print with high-pigment inks that hold reds and blacks — the colors event posters lean on — without banding. Every order is color-checked against your proof before it ships.
- 100# gloss text — the concert-poster standard
- Satin option — glare-free under gallery lights
- Card-weight cover — stands stiff in windows
- Waterproof synthetic — for bus stops and patios
- High-pigment inks — reds and blacks that stay loud
- Flat or tubed shipping — no creases on arrival
Print it your way
Full-bleed color
Edge-to-edge art with no borders — the modern gig-poster look.
Mixed-size runs
Split one design across sizes: windows get 24×36, corkboards get 11×17.
Date-strip versions
Same art, multiple dates or cities — perfect for tours and series.
QR ticket links
A scannable corner that goes straight to your ticket page.
Numbered editions
Limited, numbered prints that double as merch at the show.
Lamination
Wipe-clean, tear-resistant finish for posters that need to last a season.
Color choices that stop foot traffic
A poster has about one second to earn a glance. High-contrast palettes win that second:
Promoter’s rule: one loud color, one dark, one light — and the date bigger than you think it should be.
How to choose the right event poster
Work backwards from where they’ll hang and how many doors you need to fill.
| Event | Size mix | Stock | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concert / club night | 18×24 + 11×17 | 100# gloss | QR ticket corner |
| Festival | 24×36 + 18×24 | Gloss + synthetic | Date-strip versions |
| Fundraiser / gala | 18×24 | Satin | Numbered keepsakes |
| Grand opening | 24×36 windows | Card cover | Lamination |
| Theater run | 27×40 cases | Card cover | Mixed-size run |
Tell us the event, the venue count and the date — we’ll spec sizes, stocks and quantities with your quote.
One poster, every kind of event
How event poster pricing works
Posters price per piece by size, stock and quantity — and quantity is where the math gets friendly: doubling a run raises the bill far less than double. Blanketing a neighborhood is cheaper than most promoters expect.
Event poster questions, answered
What file do you need for printing?
Can you design the poster for us?
What's the minimum order?
Which size should I pick?
Will the colors match my screen?
Can posters survive outdoors?
Do you print date or city variants?
How fast can I get them?
How do posters ship without creasing?
Can I reorder the same poster later?
Do you print numbered or limited editions?
How do I get a quote?
Ready to paper the town?
Send your artwork, sizes and quantity — we’ll send back a proof, exact pricing and a ship date that beats your event.