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LD Vince de Schinckel Uses Chauvet Fixtures for Festival Stage in Ghent, Belgium

Gentse Feesten Stage

LD Vince de Schinckel Uses Chauvet Fixtures for Festival Stage in Ghent, Belgium

GHENT, Belgium  – At the end of July every year, two million visitors gather on the medieval streets and market squares of Ghent, Belgium, for the annual 10-day Gentse Feesten, a music and arts festival with a 160-year pedigree. One of the more prominent stages is at the historic Sint-Baafsplein square. For that stage, LD Vince de Schinckel specified 16 Chauvet Professional Maverick MK2 Washes, 16 Maverick MK2 Spots, six Strike 4s and two Atmos smoke machines from Belgian rental specialists Euro PAl.

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ZCL 360 Bar

Elation ZCL Series LED Effect Lights

Elation Professional’s new ZCL Series fixtures are designed to serve as high-output ACL-type LED effect lights with zoom.  ZCL Series fixtures combine RGBW multi-chip light sources with a 4° to 44° zoom, giving these dynamic effect lighting fixtures an added degree of flexibility. The Zooming Collimator Lens system is designed to produce a homogenized 4° color-changing beam from each lens. Strobe effects and full-range electronic dimming with dimming curve effects add to the design possibilities. The ZCL Series includes the ZCL 360 Bar, a versatile continuous rotation moving bar effect luminaire with zoom; the ZCL 360i, a single-beam continuous rotation moving effect luminaire with zoom; and the ZCL BAR Z300 IP, a versatile IP65-rated bar effect luminaire with zoom.  The fixtures, first shown at the Prolight + Sound trade show in Frankfurt, Germany in April, are now available.

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ABZU

WorldStage Supports ABZU Booth at E3 2016 with Blackbird 55 Transparent HD Displays

LOS ANGELES – In a convention packed with game titles highlighting combat, warfare and action sports, ABZU’s booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016 (E3) was a sea of calm.  The blue-toned booth, in the lobby of the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, had a sublime underwater aesthetic.  At the forefront, a tower of transparent Blackbird 55 displays, provided by WorldStage, captured visitors’ attention with its underwater imagery.

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The 20-foot diameter LED floor supplied by PBTV for the circular performance stage was made up of digiLED DLP 5.9mm LED modules.

Samsung’s Live @ 837 Concert Series Kicks Off with Pete’s Big TVs

NEW CASTLE, DE – Pete’s Big TVs (PBTV) got the outdoor summer fun off to a big start in New York City at the kick off concert of Samsung’s Live @ 837 series. Having opened Samsung 837 this past spring, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. surprised the neighborhood with an early summer street concert featuring Gwen Stefani and Diplo. PBTV mounted LED screens on the façade of the building and awning and topped the performance stage with a LED dance floor.

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Lollapalooza Crowd

Pirtek Answers Emergency Call to Fix Hydraulic Loading Dock Issue at Lollapalooza

CHICAGO, IL.  – The show must go on. And in Chicago recently, Pirtek was working behind the scenes to ensure it would.  Pirtek’s work for Stageline helped Lollapalooza run without a hitch from July 28-31. Lollapalooza is an annual music festival that goes on world wide with acts that include alternative rock, punk, metal and comedy. The Chicago event featured more than 170 bands, including Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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MSI Productions provided PixelFLEX FLEXLite Plus 3.9mm LED video displays near the entrance.

2016 MLB FanFest in San Diego Features Video Entrance Using PixelFLEX Gear

SAN DIEGO – The 2016 Major League Baseball FanFest was held July 8-12 in conjunction with MLB’s All Star Game at Petco Park, home of the MLB San Diego Padres. Held within the San Diego Convention Center, the 2016 FanFest event was overseen by BaAM Productions. BaAM turned to MSI Productions tech director Tom Bollard, who used FLEXLite Plus 3.9mm LED video technology from Nashville-based PixelFLEX to create an immersive LED video entrance for the five-day event.

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FABlok Modular Units from Atomic

FABlok Modular Units from Atomic

Atomic, the Lititz, PA-based creative company providing rental solutions, set construction, design and production services for the live event industry, is offering a new modular product line: FABlok. Joining the company’s FASTwall and SuperWall systems, the FABlok system consists of panels built with expanding fabric and tabbed inserts that pack small but play big when assembled to create  3D panels.

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