As The Ohana Festival kicked off on September 26 on the California Coast, Concert Stuff Group and G2 Mobile Structures reflected on their 10 years of logistics and stage partnership in support of Eddie Vedder’s mission-driven event. “For the past decade, we’ve been honored to support the Ohana Festival alongside Live Nation, helping bring to life an event that means so much to the Dana Point community.” said G2 Mobile Managing Partner Brian Wander The Ohana Festival was founded by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder in 2016 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. The name “Ohana,” a Hawaiian word…
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Gracie Abrams hit the road on her The Secret of Us Tour, which included a well-received Lollapalooza performance with a pair of DiGiCo Quantum338 consoles, supplied by Clair Global and operated by engineers Dom Rizco at FOH and Juan Carlos Garcia-Spitz on monitors. Rizco started out with Abrams as both her front-of-house engineer and production manager, but the singer’s rapid success led him to focus solely on the mix. “With the scale of this tour, I figured, I’m just going to stick to the faders on this one,” he laughed. That still leaves him plenty to work on, though, with…
Jonathan Rikner used the CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL Bar 16 to draw on the emotional power of both perspectives when lighting Swedish hip-hop powerhouse Hov1. “The original idea for this show was to be able to build ‘rooms, of light with emotions,” explained Rikner of NCOAB Productions. “I chose the PXL bar for this reason– it has a nice uniform light output, which really can confine a space. That was in the concept phase, later when I had the rig out for the first time, I played around with different looks and expressions. That’s when I saw that it makes…
Budapest was energised into a canvas of drama, colour, excitement, and storytelling in one of Europe’s finest mixed-media spectaculars to celebrate its National Day on August 20th. The 35-minute timecoded show involved monumental projection, lasers, lighting, drone shows and a MASSIVE firework display which blew up along a 5km stretch of the Danube River. Visual Europe Group (VEG) was the event’s main technical supplier, providing sound, lighting, lasers, video walls, projection mapping, and a large-scale drone show for this extensive main city centre site along both sides of the river. Robe moving lights, iBOLTS, iFORTES and iFORTE LTXs, once again…
For her first-ever arena tour, Grammy-winning artist Kali Uchis wanted to give fans an intimate and immersive sonic experience. To meet the challenge, Sound Image, a Clair Global brand, partnered with Uchis’s touring crew to design a JBL Professional VTX loudspeaker system that delivered clarity, impact and consistency across large-scale venues. The jump to a full-scale arena tour marked a significant leap of faith for Uchis and her longtime FOH engineer Danny Muñoz, who had guided her sound since her earliest club performances. To meet the scale of these venues, Sound Image deployed a powerful JBL Professional system comprising of…
Ginger Owl Productions has shown its commitment to employee well-being by rewarding the team with a spa break after they completed an ambitious 30-week health and wellness challenge. From 1 February to 31 August, the Ginger Owl team were challenged to complete a goal every day or week to help prioritise their health and well-being during the busy period of events. Across 211 days, the team’s achievements included: 1,382,894 steps walked collectively 8,440 squats completed 4,220 minutes of meditation 7.5kg total weight lost across the team 11 laptop-free weekends 413 alcohol-free days 52 hours dedicated to creative writing 96 early nights prioritising sleep 3,660 minutes spent…
Funktion-One has officially launched in Argentina, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the loudspeaker manufacturer in South America. The launch took place at Arena Maipú in Mendoza, with more than 3,000 people gathering to experience Funktion-One’s unmistakable sound, highlighted by a headline performance from international DJ and producer Richie Hawtin. The event was hosted by key figures from Funktion-One’s global and regional network. Speakers included Andrés Zaina (Director, Funktion-One Argentina & Brazil), Joaquín Baeza (CEO, Funktion-One South America), Diego Fernández (Head of Pro Show Argentina & Operations Manager, Funktion-One Argentina), and Andrew Low (Sales Director, Funktion-One). Together,…
This summer, Hungary’s much-loved Bánkitó Festival signed off with HK Audio at its side. The alternative gathering closed its 16-year run between 9–13 July at Lake Bánk, leaving audiences with unforgettable performances powered by the COSMO line array system. Bánkitó has stood out for its eclectic lineup ever since its beginnings, with this year featuring Csaknekedkislány, Carson Coma, 30Y, Co Lee and Sisi. The main stage featured Hungary’s first and largest COSMO deployment; combining C10 and C6 modules in a mixed array, supported by HK Audio subs, to deliver clean, even coverage across the unique site. “COSMO works out of…
The new Encore DBX from ADJ is designed to create attention-grabbing visuals for concerts, events, and productions. This IP65-rated, full-colour, twin cell audience blinder features a rear reflector illuminated by secondary RGB colour-mixing LEDs, adding a distinctive background glow to the fixture’s output. Merging high-output power with creative versatility, the Encore DBX delivers lighting designers an unprecedented level of creative freedom. A pair of potent 150-watt RGBAW colour-mixing LEDs provide the Encore DBX’s main light source, capable of generating an intense output of up to 11,465 lumens in a wide spectrum of colours. Each LED offers independent dimming, colour mixing,…
Follow-Me, has played a crucial role in the lighting design for legendary performer Diana Ross’s Sacred Memories Tour with its Follow-Me 3D system. The spectacular production saw the iconic artist accompanied by a grand symphony orchestra during her summer 2025 appearances in the UK and Europe, with performances featuring classic hits across prestigious arena venues. The tour presented unique technical challenges, requiring a lighting design that could complement both the intimate connection between Diana Ross and her fans, while delivering the production values expected from such a legendary performer. The production team created a new concept for arena touring that…
In the world of live concerts, lighting goes beyond illumination and brightness — it shapes atmosphere, stirs emotion, and helps convey the artist’s story. Among the many tools available to designers, soft field lighting plays a uniquely vital role. Unlike the sharp edges of a profile or the punch of a beam, a soft wash envelops performers in flattering radiance, adding depth and creating looks that draw audiences deeper into the music. Soft field light has long been delivered through classic Fresnel fixtures, but with the industry’s shift to LED technology, designers have sometimes found themselves missing the vintage look…
Petro Iakovidis performed at the Oinoforos Estate’s music festival with an ever-changing lighting design by Konstantinos Ntovas that was run on a ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M Stadium Console. Ntovas’ show artfully blended lighting and video to change the apparent height and depth of the stage. By doing this, along with altering lighting angles and varying the levels of brightness and darkness, the longtime ChamSys-user created a variety of looks to match the mood of the music. “My intention was to enrich the overall setup by adding LED screen columns and playing with both the height and the depth of the stage,”…
RCF has announced that Extreme Lighting & Sound (ELS), a full-service production company founded by Austin Grundberg and his father in 2014, has invested in RCF’s premium brand, TT+ AUDIO, and its GTX line array system, becoming the first rental provider in Nashville to carry the GTX rig. Founded when Austin Grundberg was still in high school, ELS has evolved from a lighting-focused business into a versatile production company with three divisions: live event production, fabrication and integration. “Lighting was always my original passion, but over the years I became deeply interested in sound quality and live mixing,” said Grundberg.…
Philadelphia-based One Source Productions provided the sound for the Tipper & Friends gathering at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State over Independence Day weekend. The event brought together thousands of fans for a multi-day celebration of music at one of the United States’ most iconic outdoor venues. Known for its dramatic elevation, sweeping vistas and unpredictable winds, The Gorge challenges even the most experienced production teams. To meet those demands, One Source deployed a system comprising 24 Funktion-One Vero enclosures, 34 Funktion-One subs and the rental company’s full Evo 7 inventory. Preparations began in Funktion-One’s Projection software, which enabled the…
Volbeat recently wrapped up a North American tour, supported by Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and headed on to Europe for a run of shows that will take the group into mid-November 2025. The Danish quartet are rocking houses with their special brand of heavy rock as they support their ninth album, God Of Angels Trust, on what is being billed as “The Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide.” Production manager and FOH engineer Dennie Miller is very capably mixing the band on a DiGiCo Quantum852 console paired with Fourier Audio’s transform.engine in a control package provided by Clair Global to…
Tomorrowland’s 2025 edition saw an unexpected fire severely damage the festival’s iconic Orbyz Mainstage, raising serious concerns about whether the event could proceed. With crews already on site and attendees from around the world on the way, the challenge was immense. PIXELSCREEN.eu, Tomorrowland’s trusted production company, took the lead in on-site coordination and visual recovery. Backed by INFiLED’s technical expertise and other suppliers, the team worked efficiently to minimise visual disruption and preserve the festival’s immersive atmosphere. This story is not about one company – it’s about what happens when a production community refuses to let the music stop. From…
Spanning Mexico City, Los Angeles and Paris, and creating 30 individually unique concerts, Cercle Odysseymarked a turning point in live AV production. Combining live music with real-time visuals, spatial audio, synchronicity and rich narrative, the project demanded an unprecedented level of integration between performance, technology and environment. At the heart of this live, multisensory experience was SMODE – powering generative visuals, compositing and playback in real-time across a massive projection surface. The brainchild of French music platform Cercle, Odyssey was conceived as a new type of ‘nomadic’ concert – monumental in scale yet intimate in execution. Audience members entered a…
d&b group is reorganising its leadership: effective January 1, 2026, Amnon Harman will step down as Chief Executive Officer after more than 11 years, handing over the role to Jaakko Kaivonen, the current Chief Revenue Officer. This carefully prepared transition ensures continuity while setting the course for d&b’s next phase of growth. Since 2014, Harman has been instrumental in shaping d&b’s development. Under his leadership, both revenue and headcount have more than quadrupled, outpacing the market. The company has expanded internationally and strengthened its position as a leading provider of professional audio technologies and solutions. “It has been a great…
