LITITZ, PA – Elephants, costumes, hot air balloons, hula-hoops, art, sculptures and The Forest. Each year the Electric Forest Festival gets bigger and better, held at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, MI June 25-28, 2015. ATOMIC, a creative company providing set construction, rental solutions, lighting, design and production services for the live event industry, has designed and built the main festival stages for the past three years. New to the roster this year was a semi-permanent Electric Forest entrance sign and the festival stages The Hangar and Jubilee.
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This EDM and Jam-Band packed festival is over-stimulation for the senses, to say the least. This year the festival featured headlining acts like The String Cheese Incident, BASSNECTAR, Skrillex, Kaskade, Flume, and Big Gigantic Featuring The Motet. The Electric Forest Festival stages have to be high-energy, electric and inspiring, just like the artists on stage.
This year Tom McPhillips’ previously designed Ranch Arena and Sherwood Court stages returned to the festival. Working closely with Executive Producer Jeremy Stein, McPhillips and the design team came up with the look for the two new stages, which were both enormous tented areas for festival goers. The Jubilee stage, housed under a six tower pink and blue tent, was a 30s art deco themed space. From the marquee light bulbs in the retro outdoor sign to the PVC balloons augmented with gold ribbon fringe, this stage was 30s all the way.
McPhillips designed the Jubilee stage to look as wide as possible, utilizing ATOMIC’s new FASTwall rental product line, the design fit to the contour of the tent and the rental products allowed for adaptability on site. Staying with the Deco theme, OM SuperColumns and Diamond Chandeliers were used along side the Knot FASTwall. The aesthetic was complete with printed Gatsby-esque scrims that were used to frame the stage.
It takes a village to make Electric Forest Festival happen and ATOMIC is privileged to work with Jeremy Stein and Michael Sampliner of Madison House, LAMBDA Productions, lead by Hadden Hippsley, EF Production Manager, and Lighting Designer Travis Shirley, who makes the stages look amazing. Video for the festival was provided by Reel Video Systems, LLC. Lighting for the festival provided by Christie Lites (for Ranch Arena and Sherwood Court Stages), Felix (for Hangar and Observatory stages and Sherwood Forest) and Premier Global Presents (for the Jubilee and Tripolee stages). Audio for the festival was provided by Eighth Day Sound (for Ranch Arena Stage), Thunder Audio (for Sherwood Court and Tripolee stages) and Burst Audio (for Jubilee, Hanger, and Observatory stages and Sherwood Forest). Staging was provided by Premier Global Staging (for Ranch Arena and Jubilee stages) and Mountain Staging (for Sherwood Court). Props to all the other great partners and vendors that make the festival happen!
