2016 Buku Music + Art Project in New Orleans Includes Elation Gear on Two Stages

NEW ORLEANS – Held March 11-12 at Mardi Gras World on the New Orleans Mississippi riverfront, the Buku Music + Art Project is one of the city’s most thriving music festivals, underscored with public art demonstrations from prevalent local and national artists. This year’s event featured EDM and hip-hop acts playing across four stages, two of which featured lighting gear from Elation Professional. Raven Production Management Group provided Elation Rayzor Q12 Zoom and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme fixtures for the Float Den and Ballroom Stages.

CHICAGO – JR Lighting Design, Inc. has added two grandMA2 light consoles to its production rental inventory. The company offers equipment sales, production rentals, integration and systems design to the house of worship, architainment, regional production, national touring, theatrical, live music, museum and educational markets.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Chris Maguire is not a guy who is known for going small. He has lit some of the biggest, loudest bands in the rock pantheon, including Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Foghat, Accept and Kiss frontman Paul Stanley’s Live To Win tour. But this year, he is out carrying an Avolites Tiger Touch II, plus an Avolites Quartz as a backup in his carry-on, lighting YouTube sensations 2Cellos on a tour that proves that small does not mean meek.

INDIO, CA — Major Lazer unleashed their new live show, which will be touring throughout 2016, at Coachella 2016. The EDM trio performed two sets on the main Coachella Stage, one on each weekend of the 125,000 capacity festival. The final set, on April 24, included a surprise appearance by Usher, who performed “I Would Die 4 U” and “1999” as a tribute to Prince. The rig included Robe BMFL Spots, BMFL WashBeams and ColorStrobe fixtures.

MIAMI — EDM fans came out of winter hibernation in mid-March in time for Miami Music Week. On March 17, LD Neil Marsh lit U.K.-based DJs Above & Beyond as they performed at the old RC Cola plant in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. The gig was the largest independent party during Miami Music Week. Marsh used Elation ACL 360 Bars as part of the floor package for the DJ trio.

TORONTO – The 65th NBA All-Star Game, the first held outside the U.S., took place at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Feb. 14, 2016. Along with the basketball action, attractions included an intro staged by Cirque du Soleil and a halftime show headlined by Sting. Lighting designer Otis Howard, of Otis Howard Design in St. Petersburg, FL, turned to Prelite Studios to help envision the show’s very diverse lighting needs.