EXETER, U.K. – The festival season kicked off with BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, at Exeter’s Powderham Castle from May 28-29 2016.The largest free ticketed music event in Europe is held in a different UK location each year. Artists including Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Bastille, Biffy Clyro and Jess Glynne played sets at the festival. Serious Stages was on site to provide the staging on the grounds
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SYDNEY – TDC (Technical Direction Company) impressed the crowds drawn to Vivid Sydney. The light festival, now taking place during a 23 day span, includes large format projections at nine locations, including Royal Botanic Garden and Taronga Zoo. Pictured here is TDC’s 45-by-30-meter projection on the facade of Sydney’s first brewery, Carlton & United Brewery.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – To address the increasing demand for world-class large-scale audience experiences in major entertainment venues worldwide, Christie will be previewing the new Christie Mystique suite of tools, including software, hardware and services at InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 8 – 10.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic — At the Karlovy Lázně nightclub in Prague, each of the five floors plays host to a different mix of music, from dubstep to golden oldies. Unifying these wildly diverse scenes is a powerful lighting rig comprised of fixtures from Chauvet Professional and Chauvet DJ. Prague-based AudioMaster installed the 32 fixtures made by Chauvet.
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NEWCASTLE, U.K. – For the Sunday for Sammy benefit concert, staged in memory of actor Sammy Johnson in Newcastle, England, LD and set designer Eugene O’Connor used 30 of Clay Paky’s hybrid Mythos fixtures for a variety of visual effects for apperances by British performers including Tim Healy, Denise Welch, Kevin Whately, Christopher Fairbank and Charlie Hardwick among others
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — For Mamma Mia! The Party, a themed restaurant experience staged at the 450-capacity Tyrol restaurant in central Stockholm’s Gröna Lund amusement park, Chroma-Q Inspire and Inspire Mini color-mixing LED house lights complement the Greek ambiance that production designer Bengt Fröderberg created for a dining experience inspired by the musical and movie.
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ATLANTA – Kinesys is opening their doors and welcoming guests to its dedicated training facility in Atlanta, Georgia, for an event that will run from June 22-23, 2016. The event will offer attendees a chance to test and trial some of the Kinesys product line for those who want to know more about automated rigging for the entertainment industry.
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LAS VEGAS – U.K.-based 7thSense’s technologies will be put to use at seven different stands at InfoComm 2016, including Leyard / Planar (C7736), Crestron (C7008), SiliconCore (N948), Lightware (C4819), Da-Lite (1-H120), Electrosonic (N1127) and Vivitek (C7440).
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Barco adds to its Event Master line with two additional models: the E2 Jr and S3-4K Jr. The new Jr models combine Barco’s 4K image processing with the promise of a rapid return on investment through their competitive price, easy and reliable show setup and production, high performance and their “future-proof” design
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Elation Professional’s EVHD Series of LED video displays, a new family of high-definition LED panels, is available in three different pixel pitches (2.8, 3.9 & 5.9 mm). The black-face EVHD video panels feature a lightweight, fanless and bezel-free design with a durable die-cast aluminum frame. A modular front maintenance construction means the EVHD panels can be mounted just inches off a wall for use in tight spaces and accessibility from both back and front makes for easier installation and more convenient service.
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LAS VEGAS – High End Systems will be featuring its automated LED lighting and control products at the Barco’s InfoComm 2016 Booth # C8720. Additionally, key HES personnel will be in attendance throughout the show. New fixtures in the SolaRange family will make their debut to the US market, including SolaSpot Pro 2000 and SolaWash Pro 2000.
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LAS VEGAS – ADJ will be featuring the Vizi Hybrid 16RX, Vizi Beam RXONE, Ikon Profile, Encore Profile 1000 WW and Encore Profile 1000 Color and Airstream DMX Bridge at InfoComm 2016 at InfoComm 2016 Booth #C5246.
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