AOL Block Party Light Show in NYC Includes LED Fixtures from Chauvet Professional

NEW YORK – For AOL’s entry into the new media fray of Manhattan upfronts, dubbed Digital Content NewFronts, the Internet pioneer hosted an interactive party in the city’s Seaport district that included performances by Snoop Dogg, Demi Lovato, and Years and Years. WorldStage provided Nexus 4×4 and Next NXT-1 fixtures from Chauvet Professional on behalf of Barkley Kalpak Agency, which produced the AOL event.

BURBANK, CA – LiteGear, designers and builders of LED lighting gear for professionals in Cinema, TV, and HD Video industries has become a Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product Partner. LiteGear, which helped introduce LED lighting for use in Cinema and TV lighting applications, has pledged a percentage of the profits from sales of their new flagship fixtures, LiteMat+ Plus, to support the charity.

HASSELT, Belgium – Creative visual design practice Painting with Light helped take Belgium’s 2016 Schlagerfestival to a new level of presentational excellence with an impressive multi-dimensional stage, set, video and lighting design. The event, which sold out so quickly that a new date was added to make it a run of six shows, was staged at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, which has a capacity of over 21,000.

GULF SHORES, AL – At the Hangout Music Festival, Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the main Hangout Stage, the Surf Stage positioned at the opposite end of the beach and the AXS TV Stage.  Major acts this year included Jason Isbell, The Weeknd, Alabama Shakes, Cage the Elephant, Panic! at the Disco, Ellie Goulding, Florence + The Machine and Lenny Kravitz. In addition to the nearly 90 musical acts, those who attended Hangout could enjoy poolside seats, a Ferris wheel, volleyball courts, gulf seafood, waterslides, or get married by the ocean under a seaside gazebo.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – For a high-tech business conference called Domopalooza, Webb AV used 4Wall supplied lighting for keynote speakers including Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Josh James, and Steve Eisman, along with entertainment provided by Nelly and T.I. Staged by computer software company Domo, which was also making a major announcement during the March 21-25, 2016 event at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Webb AV also worked with design firm UVLD on the project.

LADSON, SC – When LD Freddy Thompson of JDI Productions put together the rig for the recent national tour for heavy metal band Killswitch Engage, he chose Rogue moving fixtures, Nexus panels, Legend 230SR Beams and Vesuvio foggers from Chauvet Professional. Killswitch Engage completed their North American tour in late April and will be heading to Europe this summer.