In 2019, Kevin Lyman dissolved The Vans Warped Tour after 24 years, and headed into the halls of University of Southern California, where he became a Professor for the Thornton School of Music’s music industry program. Turns out his inspiration to fire Warped back up again came from those classes. Lyman shares some thoughts on the return of the tour.
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Ultra Music Festival returned to Miami’s Bayfront Park for its 25th anniversary, kicking off the spring festival season. We speak with Patrick Dierson, of The Activity, who served as Artist Technical Liaison, and Russell Felton, the Lighting Crew Chief, as well as with Ben Dalgleish of Human Person, who designed the bespoke set for Everything Always.
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After two summers of waiting, festivals are once again flourishing, bringing musicians, fans and production partners together. But while their sudden return is a welcome development for the live event production industry, the festival landscape in 2022 is not without its challenges. PLSN shares current perspectives from designers Chris Lisle and Patrick Dierson and vendors including 3G Productions, 4Wall Entertainment, Bandit Lites, Brown Note Productions and Music Matters Productions.
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On the Road to 2022: Bigger, Brighter, Better With the recent formation of 360Festivals, Aaron Soriero of Music Matters Productions (MMP), a division of Atlanta-based… Read More »360Festivals
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Performance Lighting Chicago Delivers the Goods for the Annual Event Since the first Beale Street Music Festival at the corner of Beale and Third in… Read More »The Historic Beale Street Music Festival
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An EDM festival that takes place in the water, where fans splash around in a 2.5 million gallon wave pool? Welcome to Wet Electric, a… Read More »Wet Electric Festival Celebrates 10 Years
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Festival Organizers Support Island Festival with Meticulous Planning; Kaaboo Texas is Next as Quality-Focused Franchise Expands Legend has it that the KAABOO Festival was named… Read More »KAABOO Cayman Makes its Debut
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The 94th Annual Effigy Burning Event Lights Up Santa Fe The citizens of Santa Fe owe a debt of gratitude to Gustave Baumann. In 1924,… Read More »Zozobra Burning Ceremony
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Annual Event Expands from its Red Rock Roots with Move to Mile High Stadium, Assist from Brown Note and ESP The Global Dance Festival is… Read More »Global Dance Festival
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Founder Kevin Lyman Makes His Move from the Tour Bus to the Classroom It’s noon on a sweltering July Tuesday in St. Louis, so I’m… Read More »Victory Lap: The Last Vans Warped Tour
Read More »New Festival in Arizona Offered by C3 Presents with Support from Clearwing Productions Arizona, home to music festivals like McDowell Mountain Music Fest, Wet Electric,… Read More »The Innings Festival
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