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CHAUVET Professional Fixtures from Air Light Holland Help PAARD Continue Tradition of Intensity

CHAUVET Professional Fixtures from Air Light Holland Help PAARD Continue Tradition of Intensity

When it opened in June 1972 it was called Paard van Troje [Dutch for Trojan Horse], perhaps a reference to its underground vibe, its tendency to host counterculture bands that weren’t always welcomed in mainstream circles, and its previous life as a squatter’s house. By 2016, however, this red-hot live music venue in the Prinsegracht had long since become so famous that the clandestine label no longer seemed to fit, so its name was changed simply to PAARD.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Fixtures from Air Light Holland Help PAARD Continue Tradition of Intensity

4Wall Provides Lighting, Rigging, & Video Package for the 2023 DanceMakers Inc. Nationals

This summer, dance convention & competition company DanceMakers Inc. hosted their annual Nationals competition at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. The six-day event, filled with dance classes, performances, competitions, and more, completely transformed the convention center into a lively hub for dance. PM Austin Brady Henderson utilized a lighting, rigging, and video rental package from 4Wall Entertainment to build a fantastic stage that was the centerpiece of the entire competition.Read More »4Wall Provides Lighting, Rigging, & Video Package for the 2023 DanceMakers Inc. Nationals

IPS Adds First 100 GLP impression X5 IP Bars to Hire Stock

Karl Saunders (IPS Managing Director), Dave Jackson (Head of Department, lighting, sound & video) and Davis Cmoch (Senior Lighting Technician) with the new X5 IP Bars. Photo: © Tom Warden

Impact Production Services (IPS) has bolstered its vast inventory of stage structures and lighting fixtures with the first 100 new impression X5 IP Bars from GLP, available for hire. Large quantities of these were immediately dry hired to two high profile events, the Glastonbury Festival and the Oppenheimer film premiere at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, as well as making a high-profile appearance with Afrobeats star Wizkid at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (with inventory provided by Entec Live).Read More »IPS Adds First 100 GLP impression X5 IP Bars to Hire Stock

SGPS/ShowRig Names Industry Veteran Ned Collett as President

Ned Collett

SGPS/ShowRig, Inc., have announced the appointment of concert and venue industry veteran Ned Collett to the position of President. In this newly created position, Collett, who will be based at the company’s Las Vegas headquarters, will oversee and direct all activities for the company’s worldwide operations. Read More »SGPS/ShowRig Names Industry Veteran Ned Collett as President

Applications Extended for The 4th International Drone Show Competition Until Oct. 30th

Due to overwhelming demand and numerous requests from participants, SPH Engineering, the organizers for the 4th International Drone Show Competition, have decided to extend the application deadline until October 30, 2023. Participants from all over the world, including drone show providers, tech teams, designers, vendors, event and marketing agencies, light and integrated show organizers, and drone show fans, can still submit their projects for a chance to win special recognition for innovation in the drone show world and a number of special prizes for the 4th International Drone Show Competition. This annual celebration of innovation in drone shows are now accepting applications, which must be submitted by October 30, 2023.

Organized by SPH Engineering, the 4th International Drone Show Competition offers a platform for drone professionals and enthusiasts to showcase their creativity, technical prowess, and the ability to captivate audiences through mesmerizing drone shows.

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LUMA 2023 Transforms Binghamton

LUMA, founded in 2015 by a street photographer, a film editor and an event planner, expected a crowd of 3,000. Then 30,000 showed up. Every year the crowds have grown as the LUMA festival transforms the New York State city of Binghamton’s buildings into projection mapped art installations.  This giant outdoor vibrant and dynamic art gallery includes not only projection mapping but also light installations, and immersive live performance. The 2023 event once more amazed and engaged visitors. 

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Odyssey on the Danube: GLP Lights Up Linzer Klangwolke 2023

Ever since 1979, international artists have been pouring their magic over the Upper Austrian city of Linz for the annual Linzer Klangwolke. This is when the Donaupark, situated between the Lentos and the Brucknerhaus, is transformed into a gigantic performance area for what has become the city’s flagship event. The week-long festival always begins with the so-called ‘Visualized Sound Cloud’ (Visualisierte Klangwolke), which attracts around 100,000 spectators and is therefore the largest staged open-air event in Europe with free admission.Read More »Odyssey on the Danube: GLP Lights Up Linzer Klangwolke 2023

Immersing Shania in Twain Town

For Shania Twain’s ‘Queen of Me’ tour, Lighting Designer André Petrus worked with Production Designer Cory FitzGerald to carefully highlight the artist as she performs in an immersive environment packed with 3D animations. “She wanted to feel immersed in the content, so we carry an LED floor and LED I-Mag screens; the entire show feels totally enveloping,” Petrus says.

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2023 Jazz Festival Shines with High End Systems Lighting

A beloved Michigan tradition for over 40 years, the 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival featured over 60 performers, spontaneous late night jam sessions, and 350,000 attendees; online viewership of the festival topped 2.5 million live views. Now a division of Display Group, Fantasee Lighting has been providing lights and design to the festival for over twenty years. Celebrating his tenth year as Jazz Fest Lighting Director, Jon Weaver specified High End Systems SolaPix and Lonestar fixtures for this year’s event.Read More »2023 Jazz Festival Shines with High End Systems Lighting

Robe LEDBeam 350s Assist with Transformation

Transformation Church in Tulsa, OK, has recently had a complete redesign of the lighting rig in its 4,000-seat main auditorium, which was created and delivered by 46 Entertainment of Nashville, TN, a team of engineers and technical creatives specializing in event production, design and management. At the center of the current production lighting design is a 40ft diameter circular truss on a six-axis Kinesys automation system, which is rigged with 64 equidistantly spaced Robe LEDBeam 350s.Read More »Robe LEDBeam 350s Assist with Transformation