Networking and conference entertainment in Toronto
Ice breakers and games that get people talking, for networking nights, conferences, seminars and product launches across Toronto and the GTA. Something in the room that gives two strangers a reason to start a conversation.
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Business Events: Toronto & the GTA
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We’ve put together a page just for events like yours, full of ideas, inspiration and the rentals that make them unforgettable. Take a look.
Everything below is something we own, deliver and set up ourselves, for business events across Toronto and the GTA, and beyond.
However you like to work
Two ways to get a quote
Some people want to see every option first. Others would rather hand it over. Both routes end in the same place, a written quote for your business events, with no obligation.
Route one: browse
You pick, we price it
Best if you already have a sense of what you want, or you just enjoy looking. Everything we own is on the site with photos, detail and sizes.
- Shortlist anything you like as you go
- Send the list over when you’re ready
- We price it and confirm what’s free on your date
Route two: we plan it
You brief us, we propose
Best if you’d rather not start from a blank page. Tell us the basics and an event specialist builds the recommendation around them.
- Budget, date, venue and the theme you’re after
- We come back with a plan built for your space and crowd
- Change anything you like before you commit
Before you ask
Good to know
The things people usually check first, answered up front, so you can get on with planning.
- 01Minimum order
- Full-service bookings start at $1,500 + HST. Final pricing scales with your guest count and the services you choose.
- 02Delivery, setup & strike
- We deliver, set up and take everything away again. Delivery is quoted by distance: Toronto and the GTA, the Golden Horseshoe, and Canada-wide when needed.
- 03Staffing
- Games attendants, casino dealers, game-show hosts, bartenders and performers can be added to any booking, as a paid add-on quoted with your package.
- 04Insurance
- We carry a $5,000,000 liability policy and provide certificates of insurance to your venue or building at no cost.
- 05Custom branding
- Our in-house design and print team can add your logo, colours or a full wrap to photo booths, backdrops, casino felts and many of our games. Custom branding is a separate service and carries an additional fee, quoted per item.
- 06One supplier
- Over 350 rentals and services across 18 categories, so the games, décor, AV, staff and talent all arrive from one team on one invoice.
What Abbey Road brings to your business events
The experience
- Over 8,000 events executed since 2008. Most of them corporate and business events.
- Regulars at Toronto’s major venues, including the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the Enercare Centre and the major hotel chains, so we know the loading docks, the union rules and the move-in windows.
- AV and interactive programming from one supplier: projection and screens, PA systems, uplighting, branded games, photo activations and full game-show productions.
- Any one of our over 350 rentals can be custom-branded by our in-house design and print team: wraps, felts, backdrops, signage and screen content.
The equipment
We own what we rent. Over 500 rentals and services across 18 categories live in our own warehouse, which is why one phone call covers the games, the décor, the AV, the staff and the talent, and why we can tell you on the spot what is available for your date. For business events, these are the categories we pull from most:
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How it works
From first call to final pack-out
Tell us about your event
Date, venue, headcount and what you want guests to walk away with. A quick call or the quote form is enough to start.
We build the plan
An event specialist recommends a mix that suits the space, the crowd and the budget, then sends you a written quote.
We deliver and set up
Our own crew brings everything in, installs it and tests it before your doors open.
We run it, then strike it
Attendants, dealers and hosts on request. When it’s over, we pack it all out.
Pathway 02: have us plan it
Tell us four things and we’ll design your business events for you
You don’t have to browse 500 rentals or build your own quote to get started. Send us your budget, your venue, your guest count and the kind of event you’re picturing, and one of our event specialists will come back with a recommended plan built around all four, with pricing.
It is the fastest way to get a real answer, and there is no obligation. Prefer to pick everything yourself? The full collection is always there to browse.
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Your budget A range is plenty. It lets us put forward a mix that is actually realistic instead of wasting your time.
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Your venue The name or address, indoors or out, and anything awkward about the load-in, ceiling height or power.
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Your guest count Roughly how many people, and whether that includes partners, clients or kids.
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Theme or vibe A theme you have already settled on, or just the feeling you are after: relaxed, competitive, upscale, nostalgic, branded.
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Brands we've worked with
What people book for business events
Six of the most-requested categories for this kind of event. Everything below is delivered, set up and taken away by our own crew.
Casino Rentals
The single best ice breaker we supply. Six strangers sit down at a blackjack or roulette table, the dealer carries the conversation, and people rotate through all evening. Guests play with funny money, so there is no gambling and no barrier to joining in. Tables can be branded with your logo on the felts. If your networking night needs one thing in the room to make people mix, make it this.
See casino rentals → 02Game Show Rentals
Nothing mixes a room faster than teams. Our hosted game shows (The Challenge and Fabulous Feud) split delegates into groups that were not sitting together, and by the second round people are shouting answers at colleagues from other departments. Questions can be written around your company, your product or the content of the conference itself, which makes it a genuine closing session rather than a filler.
See game show rentals → 03Arcade Game Rentals
Set to free play and put near the bar or the registration desk, an arcade cabinet is a conversation starter that needs no explanation. Two-player games work best (Pac-Man, air hockey, basketball, Roll-A-Ball) because they turn a queue into a pairing. Ideal for the coffee break and the awkward first twenty minutes of a reception, when nobody has anything to do with their hands.
See arcade game rentals → 04Giant Game Rentals
Giant Jenga, connect four and lawn games are the quiet ice breaker: a two-minute commitment, no rules to learn, and a natural excuse to talk to whoever is standing next to you. They work in a corner of a reception without dominating the room, indoors or out, and they need no power at all: useful when the venue has already run out of outlets.
See giant game rentals → 05Photo Booth Rentals
A branded photo activation does two jobs at a business event: guests leave with a keepsake, and your logo goes home in every picture. The queue is often where the real networking happens. Choose from enclosed booths, 360 spin, roaming photographers, mirror booths and AI portraits, with custom overlays and instant sharing to email or text.
See photo booth rentals → 06Promotional & Trade Show Rentals
Prize wheels, money machines and branded attractions for product launches, exhibitor booths and registration areas. These are the pieces that create a small huddle in a corridor: under three minutes to play, nothing to explain, and a result worth commenting on. Everything here can be wrapped in your campaign by our in-house design and print team.
See promotional & trade show rentals →Browse all business events rentals → Not sure what you need? Tell us about your event and we’ll recommend a package
Frequently asked questions
What are the best ice breaker games for corporate events?
What is a good conversation starter for a networking night?
Do you provide entertainment for conferences and seminars?
Can you brand everything for a product launch?
Do you do AV for conferences?
Which venues do you work in?
What does entertainment for a business event cost?
Are you insured, and can you provide a certificate?
How much space does an ice breaker activity need?
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Reviews
What our clients say
One comment on our conference survey was “Casino night was fabulous!” 100% rated casino night as either “satisfied” or “very satisfied”.
I was looking for a specific theme and Abbey Road Ent. fit the bill. Plus, they were responsive, and affordable. The customer services has been impeccable, and I will be using Abbey Road’s services for future corporate events.
This is an exceptional company to do business with! Our company booked them last year for an annual corporate event, and we were so pleased that we booked them again this year. We will continue this tradition! As someone that has a lot of planning to do for this important event, it can be a very stressful process. Many companies do not respond or communicate, so you know for sure that you don't want to take a chance on them dropping the ball on event day. Abbey Road is not only quick to respond to all of the inquiries, they are happy to make changes to things and do so with a smile. Such friendly and professional service, I really cannot say enough. They took so many of my worries away. Our customers loved the decor too.
We were extremely pleased at the professionalism and great attitude of the staff that attended our conference. They did an excellent job
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Business Events in Toronto & the GTA
Ice breakers and conversation starters for business events
- ★ Trusted since 2008
- ★ 1,200+ events a year
- ★ Delivered, set up & staffed
- ★ Leading brands, agencies & Fortune 500
- ★ In-house custom branding
- ★ $5M insured
Networking is the only part of a business event that cannot be scheduled. Abbey Road Entertainment supplies the ice breakers that make it happen anyway,Casino Rentals, Game Show Rentals, Arcade Game Rentals, Giant Game Rentals and branded photo activations that give two people who have never met something to do together for four minutes. We have supported conferences, seminars, product launches, AGMs and networking nights across Toronto and the GTA since 2008.
Everything is turnkey: we deliver, set up, staff and strike, and we can brand any of it to keep the room on message. We are an equipment supplier, not an AV production house and not a conference organiser: if you need staging, rigging and a show caller, we will tell you so and stay in our lane.
Read the full guide to business events in Toronto
Business events fail at the networking, not at the agenda. People arrive, take a drink, find the one colleague they already know and talk to them for two hours. Everything on this page exists to interrupt that.
Networking event ideas in Toronto that get strangers talking
Most networking event ideas fall into two groups: things that make people queue together, and things that put them on the same team. Both work. Anything that asks someone to stand up and introduce themselves does not.
Ice breaker games for corporate events
The best ice breakers are the ones nobody realises are ice breakers. A blackjack table gets six strangers sitting shoulder to shoulder with a shared reason to talk. Ice breaker games for corporate events do not get more reliable than this: Casino Rentals is the most effective networking tool we supply, and it is not close: guests play with funny money, the dealer carries the conversation, and people rotate naturally.
A hosted game show does the same thing louder: Game Show Rentals split the room into teams that were not sitting together, and by the second round people are shouting answers at colleagues from other departments. Giant Game Rentals work quietly in a corner of a reception: giant Jenga is a two-minute commitment, which is exactly the right length for a first conversation.
Conversation starters for a networking event
If a full activity is too much, a conversation starter is a single object placed where people queue. A claw machine near the bar, a prize wheel by the registration desk, an Arcade Game Rentals cabinet on free play, anything that creates a small huddle. The rule we use is that a conversation starter should take under three minutes, need no explanation and produce a result worth commenting on.
Branded photo activations do double duty here: guests get a keepsake, you get your logo in every photo that leaves the room, and the queue is itself a place people talk.
Conference and seminar entertainment
For conferences and seminars, the entertainment goes in the gaps: registration, the coffee break, the transition between sessions, the evening reception. A game show can also be used as a closing session to recap the day's content with the delegates' own answers.
Product launches
A product launch needs the room to remember one thing. Custom branding is the lever: our in-house design team can wrap games, backdrops, photo booths and casino felts in your campaign, so people handle the brand rather than watch it.
What do you supply, and what do you not?
We supply and operate the interactive equipment: casino tables and dealers, game shows and hosts, arcade and giant games, photo activations, prize wheels and branded rentals. We do not do full AV production (no staging, rigging or show calling) and we do not organise conferences. We own everything we rent, so you deal with the source.
Which Toronto venues do you work in?
The MTCC, the Enercare Centre and the major hotel chains regularly, plus offices, event spaces and warehouses across the GTA. Tight schedules, freight elevators and short load-in windows are normal for us.
Let’s plan your business events
Tell us what you’re imagining for your business events and we’ll handle the rest, delivered, set up, staffed and struck.
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