ZURICH, Switzerland — The 22nd Street Parade drew nearly 1 million revelers into downtown Zurich on Aug. 10 with Bob Sinclar, Fedde Le Grand, Nicky Romero, Westbam, NERVO and others performing on eight large stages, 30 music trucks and additional areas next to the festival site. Laserworld added to the visuals at the event.
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DURBAN, South Africa — For a June 14 Zakes Bantwini concert at the Durban ICC commemorating the June 16 1976 Soweto Uprising, a.k.a. Youth Day, Simon Hampton from production company Black Coffee handled both the set and lighting design and included Clay Paky fixtures in the rig. Black Coffee worked with Mayonie Productions and the Ethekwini Municipality on the show.
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HERTFORDSHIRE, UK — For the Electric City portion of the Eastern Electrics Festival, staged at Knebworth Park here Aug. 2-4, Smash Productions provided technical production, stage and architectural lighting and video designs. The design objectives for Smash’s Tim Smith and his team included creativity and energy efficiency, all on a relatively tight budget. Smash worked with George Made That on the project.
Read More »MOORESTOWN, NJ — Starlite Productions announces that it will host a technology showcase at its headquarters here on Sept. 19 from 3 to 8 pm. The focus will include lighting, video, audio and control technologies and manufacturer representatives will be on hand to introduce new products and answer questions first-hand. Starlite’s facility is located at 9 Whittendale Dr., Moorestown, NJ.
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ATLANTA — PPi named Alan Kulbacki as its new manager of creative design services. Kulbacki has more than 20 years of lighting design and production experience, in recent years as a busy freelance show designer for production companies across the country.
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OXFORD, U.K. — Philips Selecon and Selecon dealer Lancelyn Theatre Supplies, with locations in Oxford and Wirral, are offering a series of hour-long Q&A sessions focusing on LED technology. Called Learn Educate Discover (LED), the Sept. 19 seminars, at 2:30, 4:30, and 6:30 pm, will explore the pros and cons of LED lighting and address the issue of using LED alongside traditional tungsten fixtures.
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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, U.K. — For this summer’s Global Gathering festival, staged at Long Marston Airfield here July 26-27, ElectricFly brought Avolites lighting consoles to the party. Among the Avo consoles provided: two Sapphire Touch desks — one each for two of the event’s main arenas.
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ChamSys’ third generation MagicQ Pro 2014 console gives users access to 64 universes direct from the console, and was recently used to control 56 universes of lighting for Mumford & Sons at Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage.
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VAN NUYS, CA — For the multi-camera TV series, The Exes, George Mooradian, ASC adopts what he calls a “European approach,” relying in part on the use of gear from Litepanels for the Emmy-nominated show, which airs on the TV Land network.
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