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Pop Rock Festival Slovenia

Pop Rock Festival Slovenia

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SLOVENIA – Teamwork is a great thing, and this was clearly evident for Slovenia’s 2017 PopRock Festival, a high profile national TV live event broadcast from Ljubljana, where lighting designer Crt Birsa and set designer Greta Godnic worked their creative magic in a special collaboration … with the help of 200 plus Robe lighting fixtures! The PopRock Festival, now in its second year, was staged at the Gospodarsko Razstavisce exhibition centre for the first time, bringing an interesting mix of pop and rock artists and bands who had battled it out to reach the final twelve.

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Rogues Rock Ribfest For 7th Heaven

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ELGIN, IL – Every Father’s Day, thousands of dads in the Chicago area are setting aside their backyard grills and heading out to the city’s western most exurb to sink their teeth into a mind boggling variety of real barbequed delights at the Elgin Ribfest. A true hog heaven for rib lovers, the two day event, which is held in downtown Elgin’s Festival Park, has become an annual tradition in the Windy City.

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Pole Kits Extend Enclosure Mounting Options

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CHEEKTOWAGA, NY – Sealed enclosures are designed for indoor or outdoor installation, and they will normally have holes positioned outside the sealed area to enable the enclosure to be attached directly to flat surfaces without compromising the environmental protection. In response to the need for small electronic monitoring and control systems to be installed in an increasingly wide variety of locations, Hammond Manufacturing has introduced an initial five sizes of Pole Mounting Kit, which enable three sealed enclosure families to be attached to round, square or rectangular poles with diameters from 38 to 381 mm. 

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Winkler Multi Media Events Expand The Potential Of GLP X4 Atoms

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SWITZERLAN  – Since investing in more 300 GLP X4 atoms at the end of last year, Swiss company Winkler Multi Media Events, has found that this small lamp from Karlsbad has developed into a versatile contender. The wide application possibilities range from small to large events as well as popular TV shows. Back in February this year, lighting designer Matthias Kern from broadcast service provider tpc switzerland ag used multiples of the X4 atom in gigantic matrix displays at the Swiss ESC (European Song Contest) preliminary voting round. Further assignments followed, most recently the SRF show “I’ll sing you a song” which is running for several weeks.

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Bobby "Boomer" Thrasher

Bobby Thrasher Named 2018 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Honoree

ANAHEIM, CA – The Parnelli board of advisors announced that Bobby “Boomer” Thrasher, longtime production manager for Billy Joel and other top artists, will be honored with the 2018 Parnelli Audio Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony will take place Jan. 26, 2018 at the Hilton Hotel near the Anaheim Convention Center during Winter NAMM 2018.

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German EDM Festival “Tante Mia tanzt” Shines with Elation

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VECHTA, GERMANY – As Ascension Day is a traditional day off for Germans, what better way to spend it then at “Tanta Mia tanzt,” a one-day electro dance music festival with international and regional DJs. Held in the town of Vechta in northwest Germany, Tanta Mia tanzt debuted in 2016 and was back in 2017 with a lineup of EDM and house beat artists playing across multiple stages. The all-day EDM party with its unusual name (“Aunt Mia is dancing”) attracted more than 16,000 visitors this year.

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Holstebro Musikteatret Scores a Plus

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DENMARK – Holstebro Musikteatret in Denmark has invested in 24 new Robe LEDWash 600+’s which will be used throughout their facility, making the production lighting options more dynamic and flexible and saving valuable time during changeovers and technical time. The Musikteatret includes three main venues: a 1200 seater Main auditorium; the Black Box, a flexible space which can accommodate up to 1700 people standing and is where the fixtures will primarily be deployed … and The Hall of Fame bar which is also used for concerts, comedy, dining and events.

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Poster promoting the June 30 event in Little Rock, AR

Shootout in Arkansas Nightclub Injures 28

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Twenty-eight people were injured after a dispute escalated into gunfire within the Power Ultra Lounge at about 2:30 a.m. on July 1, according to reports. Police noted that 25 people were shot and three others sustained other injuries. Two were listed in critical condition but all were expected to survive.

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Fyre Festival stage. Photo by Crystal Bleecher

Fyre Festival Organizer Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges

NEW YORK – Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland was arrested June 30 on federal charges of wire fraud in connection with what would have been the inaugural two-weekend Fyre Festival, originally slated for April 28-30 and May 5-7 2017 on Grand Exuma Island in the Bahamas. In a statement, federal prosecutors alleged that McFarland “presented fake documents to induce investors to put over a million dollars into his company,” Fyre Media, a company McFarland set up for a talent-booking app along with festival promotion.

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ShowTech AVL – A “New/Old” Player in the West

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VANCOUVER – Industry veterans Brian Konechny and Larry Darling have opened ShowTech AVL.  Both Konechny & Darling worked at Q1 & Epic Productions Technologies then a few years at Solotech Vancouver.  On Oct 29th, becoming business partners, they took over operations at the same location and same phone number, servicing both their local and international clients as AEG Worldwide, Vancouver Canucks, Microsoft Theatre, Civic Theatres, STAPLES Center, City of Burnaby, Centennial Theatre, Grammy Museum, The Novo LA and more.

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