Trade Show Displays
Our Trade Show Display Range
Custom Trade Show Booths
A fully built environment rather than a display. For larger footprints and brands that need the space designed around them.
Pop Up Displays
The fastest back wall there is. The graphic stays on the frame, so it goes up in one motion without tools.
Tension Fabric Displays
The cleanest finish. Silicone edge graphics sit flush in the frame, and the system reconfigures for different booth sizes.
Expanding Display Kits
Adjustable in width and height, so one frame covers whichever booth size the organiser gives you.
Backlit Displays and Lightboxes
Lit from within on backlit rated fabric. The answer for dim halls and shop windows after dark.
Counters and Podiums
Somewhere to stand, demo, and store the boxes. Locking storage inside and your logo at waist height.
Table Covers and Runners
The largest branded surface in most booths. Fitted, stretch, draped, and round, sized to your table.
Custom Backdrops
Step and repeat and media walls for photo points, press, and interview backgrounds.
Custom Canopy Tents
For everything that happens outdoors. Printed canopies, walls, and frames built for BC weather.
Custom Feather Flags
Height and movement. The piece that gets noticed from the far end of a hall or a parking lot.
Everything a Booth Needs, Printed in Vancouver
Firebird Prints supplies and prints trade show displays in Vancouver for exhibitors across British Columbia and Canada. Back walls, counters, table covers, lit displays, outdoor tents, and full custom booths, all produced at our shop on Victoria Drive in East Vancouver.
Most people arrive here knowing they need a display and not much else. So rather than list features, this page is built to help you work out what to actually order.
A Booth Is Four Layers, Not One Product
Almost every booth that works is made of the same four layers. Getting them in the right order is most of the job.
1. The back wall. What people see from the aisle. This is where the budget should go first, because it does the work of getting someone to stop walking.
2. The table. Almost always supplied bare by the venue. A printed table cover is the cheapest thing on this page and the one that changes the look of a booth the most.
3. Somewhere to stand. A counter or podium gives your team a working surface, hides the boxes, and gives visitors a natural place to stop.
4. The aisle marker. Something at the edge of your space that catches people before they reach you. A retractable banner indoors, or a feather flag where there is height to use.
If the budget only stretches to two of these, take the back wall and the table cover.
Which Back Wall System Should You Buy?
Four systems cover the same wall. They are genuinely different, and each product page will tell you its own is best, so here is the honest comparison.
Pop up displays if setup speed matters most. The graphic stays attached to a collapsible frame, so one person has it standing in a few minutes. Fixed size, and the frame edge is visible up close.
Tension fabric displays if the finish matters most. Silicone edge graphics sit flush in an extruded frame with no hardware showing, and the system is modular, so a 20ft wall can split into two 10ft walls later. Slowest to assemble and the most expensive.
Expanding display kits if your booth size keeps changing. Telescopic poles adjust in width and height, so one frame handles whatever the organiser allocates. Also the lowest cost route to a full width wall.
Backlit displays if the venue lighting is poor. A lit graphic is the only surface in the hall producing its own light. Needs a floor outlet, so check your electrical order before committing.
And if none of those are enough, a custom trade show booth is a built environment rather than a wall, planned around your footprint, with structure, storage, and visitor flow designed in.
What Fits Your Booth Size
10×10. A 10ft back wall, a 6ft table cover, one counter, and a banner at the aisle edge. Resist the urge to fill it. A 6ft counter across the front of a 10×10 walls off your own booth.
10×20. A 20ft wall or two 10ft walls, two counters, and room to separate a demo area from a conversation area. This is where modular systems start paying off.
20×20 and island spaces. Open on multiple sides, so everything needs to read from every angle. Double sided graphics, towers for height, and usually a custom build rather than a kit.
Tabletop and hallway spaces. Career fairs, conference foyers, and hotel ballrooms. A tabletop display, a table cover, and a banner stand cover it.
For layout ideas before you commit, see our guide to 10×10 and 10×20 booth layouts.
Indoors or Outdoors
This changes the answer completely. Indoor systems are built for carpet, controlled lighting, and no wind. Take any of them outside and you will be chasing them across a field.
For markets, festivals, sports events, and parking lot activations, start with a custom canopy tent and add feather flags for visibility. Both are built and weighted for open air.
What It Costs to Kit Out a Booth
Roughly three levels, depending on how often you exhibit.
First show, one off. A fabric back wall, a printed table cover, and a banner stand. Under a few thousand, and it beats an expensive booth with cluttered messaging.
Regular exhibitor. A modular wall system, a counter, matching table covers, and reprintable graphics. Higher upfront, far cheaper per show across a season.
Major presence. A custom built booth with lighting, storage, and integrated counters, designed for your footprint.
For actual numbers by booth size, including the show floor charges most first time exhibitors miss, see our trade show booth cost breakdown.
Ordering Everything From One Place
The reason booths look mismatched is usually that the pieces came from different suppliers. Two printers producing the same brand red on two different fabrics will not land in the same place, and on a show floor that gap is obvious.
Printing the wall, the counter wrap, and the table cover together means one colour reference across every surface. It also means one contact when a date moves.
Teams running several shows a year often set up a trade show essentials collection so repeat orders stay consistent.
First Time Exhibiting?
Three things worth reading before you spend anything. Our trade show booth checklist covers what to have ready and by when. Designing a booth that attracts visitors covers the layout and messaging mistakes that cost people conversations. And what to print for a trade show booth covers the pieces beyond the display itself.
Printed and Supplied in Vancouver
We produce locally, which matters more than it sounds when a show date is close. You can see graphics before they leave, collect the same day, and get a reprint handled in hours rather than shipping days.
For exhibitors at the Vancouver Convention Centre, BC Place, the PNE, Tradex in Abbotsford, or Anvil Centre in New Westminster, collecting locally also means your display arrives in your own vehicle rather than through the freight dock, which usually avoids material handling charges entirely.
We supply across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley and ship nationally for shows outside BC.
Start Your Booth Setup
Tell us your booth size, your event date, the venue, and whether you are indoors or outdoors. That is enough for us to recommend a complete setup and quote it as one order rather than piece by piece.
Trade Show Display FAQ
What should I buy first for a trade show booth?
A back wall and a printed table cover. Those two do most of the visual work. Counters, banners, and flags come after, once the basics are covered.
What do I need for a 10x10 booth?
A 10ft back wall, a 6ft table cover, one counter, and something at the aisle edge. Anything more tends to crowd the space and stop people stepping in.
How do I keep colours consistent across all the pieces?
Order them together. Different suppliers and different fabrics produce different results from the same brand colour, and mismatched surfaces are obvious under hall lighting.
Should I buy displays or rent them?
For a single show, renting can work out cheaper. Past two or three shows a year, buying is normally less expensive, because rental fees repeat and ownership does not.
Can I use indoor displays outside?
No. Indoor systems have no wind resistance and no weather protection. Outdoor events need tents and flags built and weighted for open air.
What is the difference between a trade show display and a custom booth?
A display is an individual element such as a wall, counter, or banner. A custom booth is a built environment planned around your footprint, with structure, storage, and visitor flow designed together.
Can I order a complete booth setup as one package?
Yes. Send your booth size and event details and we will spec the whole setup, quote it as one order, and produce it together so everything matches.