The Eurovision Song Contest is now one of the biggest, brightest and most colorful live productions in the world, and the 2025 edition boasted the biggest rig in Eurovision history. Ayrton fixtures played a key role in Tim Routledge’s spectacular and ever-changing, metamorphic design.
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ANSI’s Board of Standards Review has recently approved two more in ESTA’s Technical Standards Program collection of Event Safety standards. ANSI’s Board of Standards Review also approved two rigging standards.
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The Obsidian Control Systems team is excited to showcase the new NXW control wing at the InfoComm tradeshow, taking place June 11–13 at the Orange… Read More »Experience Next-Level Lighting Control with Obsidian at InfoComm 2025
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Designer, Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting, who has been lighting the Yuma Tent for years, described the setting this way: “Yuma is not a typical festival design. The approach is more immersive and follows the philosophies of nightclub design. His rig included a lot of CHAUVET Professional fixtures.
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The Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors have announced an additional award to be handed out this year, Stage Manager of the Year. The gala will be held Saturday, January 24th, and will be in the Anaheim Hilton Pacific Ballroom.
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Muziekgieterij is a lively music hub in the southern Netherlands city of Maastricht with two live performance spaces that showcase a vibrant and varied artist lineup featuring all genres of music. The 1,100-capacity large hall and 420-person small hall are both now fully equipped with Robe moving lights
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GLP fielded its largest ever deployment of fixtures at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival for the recent 2025 event – including all its latest touring products. Various stages – including the main stage and Sahara tent – were awash with GLP fixtures specified by international LDs, adding extra floor package drama to the existing generic house rigs.
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Mumford and Son’s longtime Lighting Designer, Ed Warren recently lit the band’s ‘Tour Before The Tour’, a limited run of shows at mid-sized venues before their 32-city North American arena-amphitheater tour scheduled for this summer.
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ETC has long been committed to providing charitable support to the performing arts; the education of upcoming generations of technical and design professionals; and the… Read More »ETC Philanthropy Program Gifts Lighting Packages to Four Organizations Making a Difference in the Theater Industry
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Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head light fixture and Signify entertainment lighting brand, has announced that the VLHive 151 Digital FX, the all-digital entertainment lighting fixture, is now shipping. This next-generation luminaire, designed and manufactured at Vari-Lite’s Dallas, Texas, USA factory, includes a digital light engine, with 45,000 lumens of output and innovative effects that can be controlled from a standard lighting console—no media server required.
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Green Hippo’s new Hippotizer MX Series Media Servers were out in force for this year’s WWE WrestleMania spectacular, pumping out 4K live action and pre-made content across a wealth of LED screens and strips.
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Pyrotecnico, a Live Events Company is pleased to announce that David Kennedy has joined Pyrotecnico as its newest Designer. Kennedy will lead design efforts across laser, pyrotechnics, drone, and special effects shows while driving creative innovation in their live event projects.
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