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Cameo Spotlights Deployed on the NATURE ONE Mainstage

NATURE ONE, the festival for techno, house, trance, hardstyle, and all other varieties of electronic dance music, is one of the biggest open-air festivals of its kind in Europe and attracts the best DJs and live acts of the EDM scene year after year. In 2023, around 65,000 visitors partied over three days to the beats, leads, and drops of 350 acts, including Alle Farben, Moguai, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth, and many more. For Cameo, this year’s NATURE ONE marked another festival milestone: with over 450 spotlights, the lighting designers relied more than ever on the models of the German lighting technology manufacturer on the various stages. Here’s a video from Cameo on the lighting for the Mainstage at the NATURE ONE Festival:

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Last Week for Parnelli and IT Nominations, Closes Oct. 13!

Nominations are closing soon for the upcoming Parnelli Awards, so be sure to get your nominations in before the deadline, which is Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, 5 p.m. PDT. Anyone can go to the ParnelliAwards.com site and nominate live event professionals and companies who exemplify the best of the best for a Parnelli Award, the most prestigious award in our industry. Nominations for Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards also close on Oct. 13.

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Elation Professional Announces Exclusive Distribution Partnership with PANOU SA in Greece

(L to R) Vasilis Vlahos (PANOU), Jonas Stenvinkel (Elation), Michael Kontogiannis (PANOU)

Elation Professional, a leading global provider of professional lighting products and solutions, is thrilled to announce a significant expansion of its presence in Greece through an exclusive distribution partnership with PANOU SA, one of the country’s most respected entertainment technology providers. The partnership, which took effect on October 1, 2023, marks a significant milestone in Elation Professional’s commitment to delivering top-tier lighting products and services to the Greek market.Read More »Elation Professional Announces Exclusive Distribution Partnership with PANOU SA in Greece

Robe Makes Some Great Moves for 2023 World Gymnaestrada

Production and rental company For Live supplied lighting for multiple stages across five halls of Amsterdam’s RAI for the 2023 World Gymnaestrada – a quadrennial global non-competitive gymnastics extravaganza – organized by TIG Sports, with all-Robe moving lighting rigs installed in Halls 11 and 12 which were also utilized for special shows.Read More »Robe Makes Some Great Moves for 2023 World Gymnaestrada

Anolis Luminaires Deployed for Maiden’s Tower Installation in Istanbul

Istanbul’s famous Maiden’s Tower, which stands on a tiny islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 meters from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey, has recently re-opened after restoration, complete with a fabulous new permanent lighting scheme designed by Martin Kuhn and featuring over 75 Anolis LED luminaires. Kuhn was working for AV specialist ASTEL and end client, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He actually won a competition to design lighting for the newly renovated monument, also well known for its appearance in the 1998 James Bond Movie, The World Is Never Enough.Read More »Anolis Luminaires Deployed for Maiden’s Tower Installation in Istanbul

The Sphere Experience Opens, Darren Aronofsky’s Film ‘Postcard from Earth’ Debuts

 

A still from Darren Aronofsky’s film ‘Postcard from Earth’

Sphere Entertainment Co. has debuted The Sphere Experience, a signature content category featured at Sphere – the next-generation entertainment medium that opened in Las Vegas last week, capturing worldwide attention for its stunning visual displays and immersive technologies.Read More »The Sphere Experience Opens, Darren Aronofsky’s Film ‘Postcard from Earth’ Debuts

Rob Koenig Connects Metallica to Crowd with 144 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE Ms

Metallica’s ‘M72 World Tour’ at the Johan Cruijff Arena on April 27, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photo by Ashley Ooms/BSR Agency/Getty Images

Necessity is the mother of invention. The time-worn adage might sound a bit trite to modern ears, but its validity is being vividly demonstrated to sellout crowds across Europe and North America on Metallica’s M72 World Tour. The eight distinctive towers that lend a dramatic flair to the production came about when Production Designer, Dan Braun, had to find an alternative to his initial vision of creating tensegrity structures for the show. “I have been interested in tensegrity sculpture for a while and was working on this concept for an indoor show,” said Braun, who’s worked closely with Lighting Designer Rob Koenig on the production. “Our world changed, when the tour went to stadiums in the round. My first thought was ‘we can’t do that.’ But after careful consideration, I said ‘why not?’”Read More »Rob Koenig Connects Metallica to Crowd with 144 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE Ms

BALANCE – The 12th Annual Touring Career Workshop Scheduled for November 14 in Nashville

The 12th annual Touring Career Workshop (TCW) will be held Tuesday, November 14, at the Soundcheck Annex in Nashville. Free event for the touring music industry offers expert advice on topics including financial planning, mental and physical health, establishing a business, event safety, health insurance options, networking opportunities, and more. Registration for the free event is now open and can be accessed by logging onto the website, www.touringcareerworkshop.com/workshopRead More »BALANCE – The 12th Annual Touring Career Workshop Scheduled for November 14 in Nashville

Lighting Designer Jamie Roderick Used zactrack for Skylight Music Theatre’s ‘SuperYou’

New York-based Lighting Designer Jamie Roderick used the zactrack SMART automated follow system on the world premiere developmental presentation of SuperYou produced by Skylight Music Theatre at the Cabot Theatre in Milwaukee, WI. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of zactrack systems in North America. SuperYou follows the journey of a comic book artist whose superhero creations come to life, reminding her of the incredible power of her own voice.  It ran from May 26 to June 18 at the Cabot Theatre; the show had previously been staged as a concert and made its Carnegie Hall and UK debuts last year.Read More »Lighting Designer Jamie Roderick Used zactrack for Skylight Music Theatre’s ‘SuperYou’