We worked with PicBooth at the JUNO Awards Official After Party in support of MusiCounts and the experience was nothing short of AMAZING. The guests were so happy. We had one photo booth and some AI bots for caricatures. Thank you to Rick and the whole team who made this happen for us. They were kind, professional, resourceful, and understanding. MusiCounts would 10000000% work with them again. Can't say more positive things!
Case Study · JUNO Week, Hamilton
The photo booth at the JUNO Awards Official After Party
That one's not a joke.
March 2026. The 55th JUNO Awards came to Hamilton's TD Coliseum, and the Official After Party at The Music Hall in support of MusiCounts needed a photo activation that could take 1,000+ guests in 3.5 hours without becoming a lineup. CARAS called a company in St. Catharines. Rick Taylor ran the room.
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The Brief
What a room like that actually asks for
The JUNO Awards are Canada's highest honour in music. The Official After Party closes out JUNO Week and fills a room with artists, nominees, industry, media and supporters of MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity. CARAS had a short list of requirements.
- Absorb continuous flow from 1,000+ guests across 3.5 hours
- Carry both the JUNO and MusiCounts marks on every print
- Send guests a digital copy in real time, for posting that night
- Hand over a keepsake people would actually take home
- Run alongside live music without competing with it
- Work in a packed venue with a professional production crew already in it
Station One
The Magic Mirror, running custom overlays
A full-length interactive mirror with JUNO and MusiCounts artwork on every print. Guests walked up, posed, took a strip out of the slot, and had the digital copy on their phone before they got back to the bar.
Why it suited the night
- Full-length — it captures what people wore to a JUNOs party
- Fast cycle, so the line kept moving through peak
- Print and digital together, no app and no guest logins
- Staffed by a trained photographer for the whole event
Station Two
The Draw Bots, drawing guests live
A robot arm turned guest photos into hand-drawn portraits on the spot — music-themed to match the event, JUNO branding on every sheet. People stood and watched theirs get drawn, which is the part a screen can't do.
What it produced
- A portrait per guest, drawn during the party rather than emailed after
- Music-themed line art matched to the occasion
- A takeaway that survives the cab ride home
- A crowd of people watching, which is its own activation
The Output
What guests carried out of the room
Branded prints from the Mirror, and Draw Bot portraits finished with the JUNO and MusiCounts marks. These are real outputs from the night.
Were You There?
Looking for your strip from the After Party?
Every strip printed at the booth that night, and the mirror texted or emailed you a copy on the spot.
Lost the copy? Email hello@picbooth.ca with the night you attended and we'll look it up — we keep the event galleries.
What the Client Said
The review from the people who booked us
Why It Matters to Your Event
A night like that is a rehearsal for yours
Throughput
1,000+ guests, no bottleneck
Two stations running in parallel, sized to the headcount before the doors opened. A 150-guest wedding is a quieter version of the same arithmetic.
Branding
Two logos, proofed in advance
Every print carried both the JUNO and MusiCounts marks. Co-branded layouts get designed and approved before the event, not improvised at load-in.
The Crew
Photographers, not operators
Rick Taylor has 25+ years behind cameras and at trade shows. Every staffed booth carries a trained photographer for the full rental.
Questions
About the JUNOs, and about your event
Was Pic Booth really the JUNO Awards After Party photo booth?
Yes. The 55th JUNO Awards came to Hamilton's TD Coliseum in March 2026, and we ran the official After Party booth at The Music Hall in support of MusiCounts — two activations, 1,000+ guests, 3.5 hours. The review above is from the CARAS coordinator who booked us, and it's on Google too.
How many guests can one photo booth handle?
One staffed booth covers a typical 150-guest wedding comfortably. Past roughly 400 guests, a second station is what stops the line from becoming the story — which is exactly why the After Party ran two. Tell us your headcount and we'll tell you what it needs.
Can prints carry our logo and a partner's logo?
Yes. The After Party prints carried both the JUNO and MusiCounts marks, designed ahead of the event and proofed before doors. Co-branding is standard on corporate activations — not a surprise line on the invoice.
What does a Draw Bot activation cost?
Draw Bots start at $1,000. Above that the price depends on guest count, hours, how many bots and the branding work — tell us the room and the headcount and you'll have a real number.
Same crew, your room.
The booths that ran the JUNO After Party work galas, launches, arenas and weddings across Niagara and the GTA.
Check Your Date
Big room? Tell us the headcount.
Send your date, venue and guest count — we'll tell you what's open, what it costs, and how many stations the room actually needs. If one booth is enough, we'll say so.
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