News

WorldStage provides AV support for Adobe DMS for the third year in a row, focusing on a giant panoramic canvas in the Keynote Room at Salt Lake City’s Palace Convention.

PALM SPRINGS, CA – Event Safety Alliance is pleased to announce the official launch of our Event Safety Access Training (ESAT) in conjunction with the 2016 Tour Link Conference. The first delivery of this one-day program will take place Monday, January 11, 2016 at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, California. 

Broadway’s newest production, Doctor Zhivago, opens with lighting arrays controlled by MA Lighting’s grandMA2 light consoles, supplied by exclusive North American distributor, A.C.T Lighting, Inc.

REDDING, CA – The Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay beckons pedestrians and bicyclists with an aesthetically pleasing journey across the Sacramento River. Unfortunately the metal halide fixtures lighting the structure at night also posed a threat by making salmon easier for predators to find and eat. Multi-Lite USA installed Iluminarc Ilumipanel 180 IP with a lighting solution that limits the consumption of both energy and vulnerable wild salmon.

Illuminate Production Services outfits Destiny Christian Church with Elation Professional Lighting array.

Bandit Lites announces it will serve as even producer for all events at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee.

ST. PAUL, MN — For Red Bull’s Crashed Ice event in St. Paul, MN in January, LD Paul Guthrie included Martin MAC Quantum Wash fixtures in the rig.

MIAMI, FL – Paradigm Lighting provided production, lighting design and gear for the Live Stage at this year’s Ultra Music Festival. The setup for the Live stage, located at the 7,500 seat outdoor Klipsch Amphitheatre at Bayfront Park, included Robe Pointes and MMX Spot fixtures.

BUENA PARK, CA — Joey Gallagher, CEO of TourReady, noted the imminent availability of a new online database for concert-touring professionals to find work and crew for concerts, tours, and festivals around the world. Called TourReady, the service is still in beta release, “but we’re ready for an expanded audience to use it,” Gallagher said. Also coming soon: access to the service via an iOS app.

LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announced that production/tour manager Chris Lamb will be the 2015 recipient of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award. “I’m very honored by this award, and honored to join the list of previous winners, all of whom have in some way mentored my life,” Lamb said, “especially my retired partner, Gerry Stickells.”