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Tickets Now on Sale: 2023 Event Safety Summit

 

The wait is over! Registration is now open for the 2023 Event Safety Summit, landing in Houston, TX this November 7-9. Join the ESA in the home of NASA and some of the country’s largest entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as they explore new frontiers in safety practice and technology and broadcast their message of safety to the farthest reaches of the event world*.

Since 2014, the Event Safety Summit has brought together professionals from around the globe and across the entertainment, sports, and corporate event industries to discuss all aspects of safety, security, and health at live events. Featuring a diverse lineup of presentations, panels, workshops, and networking opportunities, the Event Safety Summit provides attendees with actionable ideas, enables collaboration with and communication among like-minded professionals, and sends attendees home with new motivation to put life safety first in their daily work.

Whether you’re a seasoned event professional or new to the industry, you’ll leave The Bayou City feeling empowered to take safety by the (long)horns and continue ESA’s mission of “Life Safety First.”

*Can’t make it to Houston? Fear not… you can join them in cyberspace as well.

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Show & Design Group (SDG) Expands Its Lighting Rental Inventory with the Acquisition of Ayrton Diablo-S Fixtures

Las Vegas-based Show & Design Group (SDG) has made its first investment in Ayrton lighting fixtures with the purchase of 24 Diablo-S units. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. SDG offers live event production and lighting rentals; a complete trucking division, SDG Logistics, Inc., is targeted at expedited entertainment logistics.Read More »Show & Design Group (SDG) Expands Its Lighting Rental Inventory with the Acquisition of Ayrton Diablo-S Fixtures

Jeff Ravitz Reflects Bond Between Bruce Springsteen and His Fans with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M

Remember the first time you saw Bruce Springsteen in concert? If you fall within a certain age group (and a very wide one at that!), there’s an excellent chance you do. Such is the depth of the personal connection, that this New Jersey born superstar has made with fans during the course of his storied career. This connectivity is wonderfully and warmly evident on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s current 2023 World Tour, not just in the legendary artist’s emotive music and stage presence, but also in a lighting design that goes more than the extra mile to join the performance and audience as one.Read More »Jeff Ravitz Reflects Bond Between Bruce Springsteen and His Fans with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M

Atlanta’s House of Music Productions Increases Claypaky Rental Inventory and Becomes a Claypaky Partner

Atlanta’s House of Music Productions, an event production services company offering lighting, staging, A/V production, broadcast streaming and product rentals to a wide array of markets, has expanded its rental inventory of Claypaky fixtures and become a Claypaky partner for resale, installation and design projects in the southeastern US.Read More »Atlanta’s House of Music Productions Increases Claypaky Rental Inventory and Becomes a Claypaky Partner

ROE Visual Launches Dubai Office and Demonstration Center To Strengthen Presence in the MEA Region

ROE Visual announces the launch of its subsidiary office in Dubai, UAE. This momentous occasion marks another milestone in the company’s ongoing international expansion and will enable ROE Visual to serve its ever-expanding customer base and further drive growth in the growing Middle East region.Read More »ROE Visual Launches Dubai Office and Demonstration Center To Strengthen Presence in the MEA Region

Gravity® VARI®-ARM Series Now Available

Gravity® announces the availability of the new VARI®-ARM series. The versatile product series includes four models (VARI®-ARM M14, VARI®-ARM M38, VARI®-ARM L38, and VARI®-ARM L TV) with different threads and brackets and enables the safe and flexible positioning of different equipment—from cameras and camera monitors to microphones and pop filters to recorders or smartphones. The special feature of the VARI®-ARM: the three joints are locked and released with only one central adjusting screw, making the VARI®-ARM a universal tool for creative applications. Here’s a video preview of the VARI-ARM:

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Roundabout’s Theatrical Workforce Development Program Received Mayoral Citation; Now Accepting Applications

Now Accepting Applications for Cohort 6, a Three-Year Initiative to Educate & Train a New Generation of Theatre Professionals

Roundabout Theatre Company and Education at Roundabout announced a Mayoral Citation honoring the Theatrical Workforce Development Program (TWDP), the theatre industry’s first workforce development program to train and place young adults in professional technical theatre careers.Read More »Roundabout’s Theatrical Workforce Development Program Received Mayoral Citation; Now Accepting Applications

Dark Ride Lab Reboot at the Attractions Technology Lab, June 13-16

Get a behind the scenes look at how the magic happens.

In case you missed it in November 2022, The Attractions Technology Dark Ride Lab will return in June. After an overwhelming response from attendees, The Attractions Technology Collaborative will reboot the Dark Ride Lab, June 13 – 16 in Orlando, FL for anyone who may have missed it or wants to experience it again. The Dark Ride Lab also offers a glimpse of what to expect during the Annual Attractions Technology Lab event in November of this year. Here’s a video from last year’s Attractions Technology Lab (ATL):

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Explore the iF Design Award Winning Pixel Reality (PR) Series from Absen

Absen is thrilled to announce that the Pixel Reality (PR) Series has been awarded the prestigious iF Design Award. This award-winning LED display technology is tailor-made for virtual production LED wall solutions and high-end rental and staging markets, making it the ideal choice for industry professionals.Read More »Explore the iF Design Award Winning Pixel Reality (PR) Series from Absen

Winnipeg Jets Score With ADJ’s Vizi Beam 12RX

The Winnipeg Jets ice hockey team is utilizing 12 of ADJ’s high output Vizi Beam 12RX moving heads to create impact as players make their entrance into the rink for home games. Arranged in a tight circle around the entrance tunnel, the fixtures generate piercing beam effects which fill the arena and help to enhance the pre-game atmosphere for fans and players alike.Read More »Winnipeg Jets Score With ADJ’s Vizi Beam 12RX

Vectorworks, Inc. Congratulates the 2023 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Winners

Region 4 winner Mari Davis, North Carolina Central University, for ‘Long Time Since Yesterday’

As a continued supporter of student designers, global design, and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. honors the winners of this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) regional awards. KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities across the United States.Read More »Vectorworks, Inc. Congratulates the 2023 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Winners