The New York Festival of Light to Debut in Brooklyn Nov. 6-8, 2014
People’s Climate March Uses Big Screens from Upstage Video
NEW YORK, NY – An estimated crowd of more than 400,000 converged in New York City for the People’s Climate March, just a few days before the United Nations’ Climate Summit. Upstage Video partnered with event organizers to be the sole provider of Mobile LED screens and live camera production for the massive march.
Read More »Sound Tribe Sector 9 Touring with Clay Paky B-Eye K10s
MORRISON, CO — Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre here with a lighting rig from Thornton, CO-based Brown Note Productions that included 22 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K10 LED-based moving lights controlled by a grandMA2 with NPU. The band’s LD, Saxton Waller, is also including the fixtures, sourced via A.C.T Lighting, in STS9’s fall touring rig.
Read More »Courteeners U.K. Festival Gigs Lit with Robe Fixtures
READING and LEEDS, U.K. — U.K.-based indie rockers The Courteeners headlined the NME and Radio One stages for this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals. Their LD, Dan Hill, specified a rig of Robe moving lights for the band, performing in support of their new studio album, Concrete Love. Siyan provided the gear for both events.
Read More »Apollo Design Technology Updates Little Focus Wrench Line
Texas Church Upgrades with Showline SL PAR 150 ZOOM Luminaires
MANSFIELD, TX – For Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, Gemini Light Sound & Video installed 74 Showline SL PAR 150 ZOOM Luminaires from Philips Entertainment to suit the tastes of congregants looking for traditional and contemporary worship experiences.
Read More »Nocturnal Wonderland Stage Lights Up with Nexus Fixtures
SAN BERNARDINO, CA — The Sunken Garden Stage at the Nocturnal Wonderland (formerly “Nocturnal Festival”) here featured a lighting design including a “wall of light” by LD Steve Lieberman. He specified 136 Nexus 4×4 panels from Chauvet Professional to create the effect. Visions Lighting provided the fixtures..
Read More »High End Systems SolaSpot Pro 1500
Bandit Creates Gig Lite Fixture for Garth Brooks Tour
NASHVILLE — For Garth Brooks’ world tour, with a lighting design from LD Dave Butzler, Bandit Lites came up with a new fixture, dubbed the “Gig Lite” — a bright single source RGBA in a small PAR 30 form factor promising a smooth dimming curve that looked good on camera.
Read More »Edinburgh Festival Crew Members Give ETC Nomad Puck a Try
Premios Juventud Awards Show Uses d3’s SockPuppet
South Arkansas Community College To Use Elation Gear for Instruction, Staged Productions
EL DORADO, AR – South Arkansas Community College purchased a variety of LED lighting fixtures from Elation Professional. The new fixtures — EPAR QA Par lights, ELED Fresnel 150s, and Cuepix Strip Tri lights – will be used for instruction along with staged productions.
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