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LITITZ, PA – Event Safety Alliance (ESA) note that its annual Event Safety Summit will take place from Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2016. Those registering early (before June 30) get the best discount.

TAMPA, FL – Sunset Music Festival took over the grounds of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stadium for the fifth time May 28-29, 2016 and continues to break records.  Since the festival’s inception in 2011, attendance has increased with ticket sales surpassing 30,000 for 2016.  Sunset Music Festival has become the destination electronic dance music festival for central Florida, featuring more than 60 artists across three stages during the Memorial Day weekend event.  This year’s event marks the second year that AG Production Services has been relied upon to provide production support for the festival.

LAS VEGAS – Trade Show Internet (TSI) has launched its proprietary 4G Mega Internet Kit, the world’s first multi-carrier 4G-to-WiFi hotspot, giving event organizers and technical producers the ability to connect 100 WiFi users in a hotel ballroom without having to purchase any corresponding services from the hotel. TSI will debut its Mega Kit in the Innovations Showcase at the InfoComm trade show June 8-10, 2016, demoing it for event industry pros looking for a more stable and affordable solution for their clients.

INDIANAPOLIS – The “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” celebrated its 100th anniversary in dramatic fashion as rookie driver Alexander Rossi coasted to a victory after his car ran out of gas near the end of the race. Rossi may have been running on empty when he crossed the finish line, but there was plenty of fuel left in the tanks of the high octane lightshows that Collyns Stenzel created for the three concerts that took place in conjunction with the race.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL — Morris provided a range of services, including lighting design, audio and lighting gear, across the Southeast over Memorial Day weekend. Events included the Bayou Country Superfest in Baton Rouge, LA; the Kenny Chesney ‘Spread the Love’ tour stop in Louisville, KY and the Country 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida (pictured here).

LONDON  – Kave Theatre supported the University of West London’s Student Union’s “Love Your Union” campaign with gobo projections using fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The project, which included a giant heart projected on the side of a five story building for 12 hours a day over a three week span, included eight Rogue RH1 Hybrids, eight COLORdash Par-Quad 18 style fixtures, eight COLORado Batten 72 Tour linear washes and eight COLORado Batten 144 Tours.

MARYSVILLE, WA – Providing luxury accommodations for their guests is what Tulalip Resort Casino is all about. So adding a 4K atmosphere system to their Cascade Suite was the next logical step to enhance the discriminating guest experience. Designed to be a “living art” piece, the atmosphere system allows the guest the option of traveling around the world from the comfort of their resort accommodations when not gazing out on local Mount Pilchuck.

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.