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ONTARIO CANADA – Ontario’s Canada Day celebration at Queen’s Park has been a tradition since 1967 and commemorates the formation of Canada as one country on July 1 1867. The event draws audiences in their thousands, offering music and dance performances, roaming performers, games and children’s activities. This year, the festivities extended into the evening, with musical performances to celebrate Ontario and Canada’s 150th anniversary. Bespoke Audio Visual was brought on board to provide all the audio/ visual/ lighting/ staging and technical support for the event. 

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RENO, NV – The Tonic Lounge, dubbed by some as the “biggest little club” in Reno, widely known as the “biggest little city in the world,” is an “after hours” bar and dance club that recently revamped its lighting rig with ADJ fixtures.

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BOND, CO– When Tim Farquhar took his first look at the site of the Beanstalk Music and Arts Festival, he described it as “a lighting designer’s dream.” Not only was the setting breathtakingly beautiful with its panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains and the Upper Colorado River, but at 6,600’ above sea level and miles from the nearest city there was virtually no ambient light, save the stars in the summer sky, to distract from a lightshow.

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[caption id="attachment_278291" align="alignnone" width="800"]A pair of Sapphire Touches provide the tour’s lighting control[/caption]

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Baltimore-based rock band All Time Low is currently out on a US tour in support of it newest album, Last Young Renegade, which just dropped on June 2. For lighting control on the road, LD Jeff Maker is running his design on a pair of Avolites Sapphire Touch consoles supplied by JR Lighting Design of Tinley Park, IL, which also furnished the tour’s lighting fixtures, video package and rigging.

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[caption id="attachment_278288" align="alignnone" width="800"]BangON! NYC gets some help from Chauvet fixtures[/caption]

LAKEWOOD, PA – BangOn! NYC threw an EDM party in the woods with the Elements Lakewood Camping Festival May 26-28. Spencer Lavoie of 4 Life Entertainment helped ensure that the DJs wouldn’t be spinning in the dark, deploying a range of Chauvet Professional fixtures and LED video panels.

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NEW YORK – 4Wall is no stranger to the electropop phenom that is Halsey. 4Wall locations around the U.S. have provided the lighting for her many events throughout the country, from her last Badlands tour to a promotional radio event in Los Angeles. And for her secret show at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on the Lower East Side, LD Craig Rutherford turned once again to 4Wall for the lighting gear.

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NASHVILLE  — Halestorm has been a stalwart of the rock touring scene since their self-titled debut album rocketed up the charts in 2009. The Grammy-Award winning band, featuring the striking vocals of Lzzy Hale, with three studio albums and multiple EPs (including a recent release of cover songs) has built up a loyal fan base who knows that the band’s live performances are not to be missed. As to be expected, their current tour, featuring a lighting package from Bandit Lites, is no different.

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NEW YORK – In a newspaper interview, Derek Hough described the recently concluded “Move Beyond – Live On Tour” as a “rock concert for dance.” Hough, who with sister Julianne, danced their way into the hearts of Americans on the mega TV hit Dancing With The Stars, was as spot on with that description as he’s been with his tango sidesteps.  The dancing siblings coast-to-coast tour featured all of the fast paced intensity of a rock concert, including flashy costume changes, stunning scenic elements, non-stop energy and an immersive, colorful lightshow that utilized a collection of CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK2 Washes supplied by RKDE Lighting.

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BOSTON – The Boston Pops Spectacular is a cherished tradition in Massachusetts that spans over 40 years. Thousands gather to watch the stunning fireworks display while the orchestra plays the “1812 Overture” at the historic DCR Hatch Shell. Lighting Designer Mike Berger, of Full Flood Inc., utilized 4Wall’s coast to coast capabilities working with 4Wall New York and 4Wall Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers celebrates its 40th anniversary and 13 studio albums with their current five month tour of the US and Canada, with an additional date in London in July. LD/lighting director Stanley A Green chose Ayrton LED fixtures as the backbone of his lighting design.

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MANCHESTER, NH – Million Dollar Quartet takes audiences back to December 4, 1956, a day when budding stars Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley got together for a jam session at Sun Records Memphis studio. A recent revival of the musical at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, New Hampshire captures the magic of that long ago moment, thanks in part to a transformative lightshow designed by Carl Rajotte, who also served as artistic director and choreographer.

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