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phase7 Stages Main Show of Hans Christian Andersen Festival with Elation Proteus Hybrid™

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ODENSE, DENMARK – For the past five years, the Danish city of Odense has honored its most famous son, Hans Christian Andersen, with a festival to call his own. With a long list of fairy tales that continue to find their place in the hearts of readers of all ages, it isn’t surprising that the H.C. Andersen Festival enjoys a growing popularity. This year’s festival, held from August 19-26, included over 700 events with the city’s main square the scene of the festival’s nightly show.

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Avolites Proud To Be Part of Brighton Pride

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BRIGHTON, UK – An Avolites Tiger Touch II console was used to program and control the high-octane lighting design for the renowned Wild Fruit ‘Summer of Love’ dance tent at the famous annual LGBTQ equality and diversity festival, Brighton Pride. The ‘Summer of Love’ tent hosted headline act DJ David Morales and featured sets from Jocelyn Brown, Angie Brown, Rozalla and Prok & Fitch. Providing the venue with a series of intense lighting looks was lighting designer Paul de Villiers who worked closely with Dean Parker of Wilde Ones Event Services who supplied and managed the event.

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Music City Food + Wine Festival Grows With Bandit Lites

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – The Music City Food + Wine Festival returned to Bicentennial Park for another weekend that celebrated the culinary crafting of world renowned chefs, mixologists, sommeliers and self-proclaimed foodies. Bandit Lites joined forces with C3 Presents and Jeff Wendt to create a lighting package that would add to the ambiance, energize the space and bring color and light to more than twenty tents, a DJ booth, and the Grand Pavilion Taste tent.

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Printhead Studio Shakes Up Digital Printing Industry With New Technology

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SECAUCUS, NJ -. Printhead StudioTM, the newly rebranded digital printing division of Rose Brand Inc., introduces its new direct dye digital printer and expanded capabilities.  Executive Vice President Josh Jacobstein says that “Our new state-of-the-art technology, combined with our digital printing experience in theatre and events, is a huge differentiator. We can now provide customers with incredible color accuracy in large format, 16 foot seamless, soft fabric drops.”

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Nationwide Video Opens New Location in Orlando

DETROIT, MICH. — Nationwide Video, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest major market location. Today, Nationwide Video’s Orlando location will be up and running, taking orders and shipping the highest level of quality controlled subrental gear to clients.  This expansion will offer event stagers working in the Florida area faster and more convenient access to Nationwide Video’s diverse inventory of Pro AV subrental equipment.

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Leprecon Releases XC 350 Lighting Console

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Leprecon’s XC 350 lighting console is designed to provide a variety of playback options for events ranging from improvised performance to tightly scripted shows. Large edge wheel encoders and direct access Color, Beam, and Position label keys simplify programming LED and automated fixtures. The LPC software base provides an easy to use interface, and new XC features make this desk an ideal theatrical lighting control console to control intelligent, LED and conventional fixtures.

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Muztorg.PRO Creates Multi-Faceted Looks at Loft With CHAUVET Professional

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DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN – In the downtown area of Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, a new venue is redefining standards of clubbing and evening entertainment. Loft is a “club,” if you can describe it as such, that combines a bar, restaurant, cafe and dancefloor over two stories.  Russian installation specialist Muztorg.PRO has provided Loft with a light system that’s as versatile and exciting as its entertainment options with a package that features 16 Rogue R2 Spot, 16 Rogue R2 Wash and 8 ÉPIX Bar Tour fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

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PixelFLEX Heads Downtown to Macy’s Brooklyn with Reflect

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NASHVILLE,– In recent years, few cities across the United States have seen the type of revitalization that has occurred in Brooklyn, New York. Included in this revitalization, retailers located in the New York City borough have also begun to undergo renovation projects of their own expanding the attention of their retail environments. As Macy’s Brooklyn Downtown began their renovation journey, they wanted to expand their digital media to enhance the consumer experience, so they called up longtime partner Reflect who installed a new FLEXLite NXG 3.9mm LED video display from PixelFLEX.

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Safety and Comfort for Both Sides of the Barrier

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KNOXVILLE – The wide range of high quality aluminum (EN AW-6082 T6) crowd barriers from LITEC provides safety and comfort for both sides of the dividing line. They allow you to firmly secure boundaries and restrict access for all types of public events, while providing complete safety and comfort for your visitors and staff. Their folding design, modularity and lightweight construction make them easy to move, store, transport, install and disassemble. An extended, inclined footstep with non-slip surface ensures stability and prevention of accidental tripping. Their all-aluminum construction contributes to extreme durability during all seasons, as well resistance to aging and corrosion.

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World Premiere of Mercedes-AMG Project ONE

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EUROPE- Lewis Hamilton recently unveiled the new 217mph Mercedes – and the $2.72 million road car is already sold out. A total of 6 full-color 25watts PHAENON X AT laser, 5 full-color 12watts PHAENON X Mini laser and lots of mirrors with different shapes and customized mounts formed an imposing laser grid, effectively showcasing the new features of the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE.

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David Guetta Shines With Claypaky At New Romanian Dance Festival

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ROMANIA – Internationally acclaimed DJ David Guetta used the Claypaky Scenius Spot as the exclusive lighting fixture in his bespoke diamond-shaped festival rig at the launch of Romania’s inaugural TimeShift festival. The large-scale dance festival was held at Bucharest’s Romexpo arena.Spanning four days in July with acts across four themed stages, TimeShift hosted over 100 electronic and alternative musical artists, including Faithless, DJ Snake, Orbital and David Guetta.

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Ghost Rockers in the House Tonight

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BELGIUM – The band at the heart of popular Belgian TV series Ghost Rockers – produced by Studio 100  and syndicated throughout Europe – hits the road for a series of gigs around Belgium this autumn … complete with a fresh rock-tastic lighting design by Belgian design studio Painting with Light’s Paco Mispelters. One of Paco’s starting points was the practical consideration of different sized venues on the tour, so from the outset, the look and the lighting rig had to be scalable.

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