MONTREAL, Canada — The ninth edition of Igloofest, a winter music festival, drew 74,261 visitors to the Old Port of Montreal for four consecutive weekends of concerts Jan. 16-Feb. 8, 2015. As the official collaborator of Igloofest since its creation, Solotech once again provided a technical assist, working with the visual design team from 4U2C led by Karl Gaudreau.
Read More »GLENDALE, CA – Kinetic Lighting will be hosting its annual open house on March 26 from 1pm to 8pm. This event has become a popular technology showcase and mixer for creative and technical, and professionals in the live-event industry.
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NASHVILLE — After dominating the country music charts with 35 number one hits, more than 60 career singles and a dedicated fan base, Alan Jackson has chosen Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP) to handle all lighting, video and LED for his 25th anniversary tour, titled “Keepin’ It Country.”
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NEW YORK, NY – For the third annual Ring in the Swing New Year’s Eve event, held in the 450+ capacity Appel Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 4Wall supplemented the moving light package that it provided for the installed rig with additional lighting fixtures specified by lighting director Zakaria Al-Alami.
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MUNICH, Germany – The new ARRI Master Anamorphic Flare Sets are designed to serve as versatile and economical accessories for the ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic lens series. Each of the seven Master Anamorphic focal lengths has its own specific flare set, comprising easily replaceable front and rear glass elements that can be used individually or in combination to provide the lens with three additional looks for enriched on-set creativity.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – Perhaps no other trade show combines business with pleasure like Nightclub & Bar. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center March 31 – April 1, what other trade show can attract the likes of Sammy Hagar, Avicii and Tiesto? Elation Professional will be there and invites lighting professionals to Booth 819 for the chance to see the latest in Elation lighting innovation for night venues.
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MILAN – XL Video returned to the gleaming modernity of the MiCo Milano Congressi conference center in downtown Milan to provide various video solutions including projection and control, cameras / multiple PPU and crew, together with general AV support for the Cisco Live! 2015 event, working for global experience marketing agency, George P. Johnson.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany – Avolites noted that its presence at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt, on stand D40, Level 0, Hall 11, will be the company’s biggest yet, promising visitors the latest in the company’s consoles, dimmers and media servers and highlighting the capabilities of Avolites Titan V9, new networking functionality, and display of the revolutionary Autoblend feature of Ai.
CELJE, Slovenia – The Slovensko Ljudsko Gledalise (The Slovenian People’s Theatre) iecently invested in five Robe’LEDWash 600 moving light for its 380-seat main auditorium. Pictured here are, from left, Slovensko Ljudsko Gledalisce technical manager Miran Pilko; Dean Karov of MK Light Sound, Robe’s Slovenian distributor; and the theatre’s head of lighting, Jernej Repinsek.
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QUEBEC CITY – A single backbone fiber ring of Luminex GigaCore Ethernet switches unifies and simplifies all the AV and lighting functions at Desjardins Hall, a performing arts venue in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, a suburb of Quebec City in Canada. Located in the Jean-Marie Roy Community Center, Desjardins Hall is part of a multi-use facility on the site of a former college. It will be used for community theatrical and musical performances as well as for visiting artists and troupes.
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NASHVILLE, TN – Concert and video production and design house 44 Designs purchased 32 6.9mm PixelFLEX FLEXLite LED video panels as an addition to their video inventory.
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LAKE ORION, MI – Once a special attraction during NBA and NHL games, projection mapping on an arena’s basketball court or ice rink has become a permanent part of the image presentation experience for fans. Quince Imaging has been a leader in making projection mapping the norm for sports fans these days, using Lightware matrix switchers to facilitate the process at arenas in the US and Canada. Lightware USA is the US distributor for Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering products.
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