New Orleans live printing,
made in front of the crowd
From New Orleans convention-center expos to courtyard parties in the Quarter, our crew brings live printing to the room: DTF, a hat bar, embroidery and a screen press, with shirts and caps made on site while the band plays.
This is a city that turns everything into a parade, and the merch should keep up. We set up a working print line wherever the celebration lands, whether that's an expo hall at the Morial, a Warehouse District loft or a courtyard off Royal Street, and hand guests shirts, hats and embroidery about two minutes after they order. The presses ship down from Fullerton and the crew lands the day before. Summer humidity and afternoon storms just mean the station goes under cover.
How it works
Four steps from booking
to fresh prints
Tell us about it
Send the date, the venue and a rough headcount. An itemized New Orleans quote, travel included, comes back within 24 hours.
We dial in the art
We proof the designs with you. About a week out, art and the blank sizes lock and the crates are packed in Fullerton.
We roll in & set up
The gear arrives by freight and our printers fly in the day before, so the station is built and tested before doors.
We print it live
Guests pick a design and a size, watch it go down on the press, and walk off wearing it about two minutes later.
Live stations
Ways we print
live in New Orleans
Live Screen Printing
A hand-pulled press for one bold design, fast enough for a Morial show day.
ExploreLive DTF Printing
Full color with no palette limit. Carnival purple, green and gold print clean.
ExploreLive Hat Bar
Guests pick a cap and a patch. A good fit for a hot afternoon on the street.
ExploreLive Embroidery
Monograms and logos stitched on site for ball nights and client suites.
ExplorePromo & Hard Goods
Totes and tumblers for convention guests who already have enough shirts.
ExploreOccasions
New Orleans events we
print live for
Why live
Merch is forgettable.
Watching it get made isn't.
New Orleans guests have a drawer full of free shirts from last year's conventions and parades. What they don't have is one they picked, watched come off a press and carried out still warm. That's the one that gets worn to brunch the next morning, and the line to get it keeps people at your booth or your party.
Plan your New Orleans activationAcross New Orleans
We print where
New Orleans gathers
Quarter courtyards, CBD hotel ballrooms, storefronts along Magazine and office parks out in Metairie. Wherever the party is, the print line can fit.
- Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
- Caesars Superdome
- Smoothie King Center
- Mardi Gras World
- The Sugar Mill
- House of Blues New Orleans
Questions
Good to know
Plan on $5K to $15K for most New Orleans events, depending on guest count, hours and what you're printing on. Travel is one fixed line, so a bigger crowd brings the per-shirt cost down. The itemized quote comes back within 24 hours.
Each guest waits about two minutes for a shirt. One press prints up to 60 an hour, and the standard station of two presses and two printers moves 100+ an hour, even when the line wraps around the booth. Here's how we size a live printing station for a New Orleans crowd.
Each station needs a 10×10 ft footprint and a pair of standard 120V circuits for flash dryers. Presses, ink, garments, tables, and crew all come with us; courtyards and ballrooms both work.
Six to ten weeks. Our gear ships freight from Fullerton and the crew flies in a day early, so shipping sets the pace. Aim for the long end during Carnival season or a big Morial show week. A closer date is still worth a call, and we'll tell you straight if it can't work.
No. Live t-shirt printing is the core of most setups, but we also press patches onto caps at a hat bar, stitch embroidery on site, and print totes and drinkware. Most New Orleans events run one main station plus one extra.
Yes, across the Gulf South: Metairie and Kenner, out to Slidell and Baton Rouge. We're based in Fullerton, CA, so the presses ship freight and the crew flies in the day before. Travel and lodging are one line on your quote.
Yes. We build the station into your Ernest N. Morial Convention Center booth, a sponsor lounge or a hotel ballroom and hand attendees merch made on the spot, all day. Show power orders and move-in times are part of the plan from the day you book.
The quote covers the full operation: crew, presses, garments, art prep, setup, teardown, and every print pulled during your event window.
Any size of room: Morial Convention Center halls, Superdome and Smoothie King Center event spaces, Mardi Gras World, hotel ballrooms and Quarter courtyards. We set up for Carnival parties and weddings across the French Quarter, Warehouse District and Garden District, handle live printing for New Orleans corporate events in convention halls and hotel ballrooms, and we run live printing for New Orleans festivals on open grounds too.
Merch Troop overview
See the live-printing setup before it hits your event.
A two-minute look at the presses, the crew and the line. The same kit ships freight from Fullerton to your New Orleans venue.
Start your New Orleans quote
Tell us about
your New Orleans event
Date, venue and headcount are enough to start. We'll match the station to your space and send an itemized New Orleans quote within 24 hours.
- Gear ships freight from Fullerton and the crew lands in New Orleans a day before load-in
- Blanks in XS–4XL, ordered to your headcount
- Crew, gear, garments and travel itemized in one quote, anywhere in the Gulf South