On Monday 6 July – in collaboration with Brighton and Hove Council and many of the city’s event venues – The Brighton Event Professionals Independent Committee (EPIC) joined the Light It In Red Campaign, an initiative aimed at bring attention on the crisis within the events industry during the COVID-19 lockdown. At 9pm on this day, many of the city’s venues and outdoor event spaces has been turned red, just like The Old Market Theatre in Hove lit up by 96 PROLIGHTS Smart Bat. Reveries Events, the audio-visual company based in Brighton took charge of the installation. John Wallis, Company…
Author: Jacob Waite
Operating as a weekend-only event for its first decade—in the Kirchplatz, a square in the centre of town—this year the Summer In The City festival managed to get permission to run through until the end of August. This was on the proviso that the event was restricted to 300 seated and socially distanced seated guests, part of a maximum capacity of 350 – including artists, technical crews and staff. The sound system that will take it right through the summer season is a Martin Audio WPC, acquired by Michael Enchelmaier’s rental company, Event & Veranstaltungstechnik Enchelmaier (EVE). This is the centrepiece of…
Welcome to Live From The Drive-In, a three night, three-artists series of shows that marked Live Nation’s first foray into the world of drive-in concerts. Navigating his way through this uncharted territory was Chip Self, owner of Logic Systems, which provided audio, video and CHAUVET Professional lighting fixtures for the three-night series of shows in St. Louis, Missouri. “This was a ‘first’ for me, to be sure,” said Self. “The biggest challenge in terms of lighting was that the shows were early, which meant dealing with the sun for half of the show, but you get that at outdoor festivals too–…
The events industry landscape has transformed to an online environment overnight with event organisers looking at ways to retain business and engage with prospective clients to avoid cancellation or postponements of events. During this time, EventsAIR launched its OnAIR virtual and hybrid event solution in May 2020, which gave event organisers a way to curate content in an interactive environment. Since then, OnAIR has enabled a multitude of events by a range of clients to be presented virtually, fulfilling both the event objective and increasing the reach to more potential participants. Now in July, EventsAIR has released Version 2 of…
AV Stumpfl recently welcomed the AV integration specialist Conor McGill to its growing team of business development experts in the USA. McGill, the former Director of Strategic Partnerships at Float4 in Montreal, will focus on growing the customer base of the multi award winning media server system PIXERA as a Global Business Development Manager. “I first used an AV Stumpfl product for a projection mapping project at a NFL football stadium in the USA 4 years ago. That project was a smashing success and every interaction I’ve had with the company since has been stellar. I feel very fortunate to…
The Sustainability in Production Alliance (SiPA), is joining forces with the Association of British Technicians (ABTT) and The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), to stage a free webinar on Wednesday 29 July, where a panel of experts will discuss how the industry can use the current hiatus to create a more sustainable approach to its work. SiPA’s Carol Scott, Principal Advocate for Sustainability at TAIT and SiPA, will be joined by a host of respected live production industry and environment leaders to discuss how we shape the future of touring and performance to reflect the climate emergency the world is facing.…
Green Hippo has opened up new a new world of options for its users with the addition of a small-yet-powerful Media Server to its range, the Hippotizer Nevis+. Featuring all of the creative power of its well-known bigger brothers, Hippotizer Nevis+ is designed to provide a smaller, inexpensive solution for video creation, visualisation and playback, with all of Hippotizer’s software features as standard. The Nevis+ is a half-rack or wall-mount unit offering one display port 1.2 output with software-based EDID management, two network ports and the latest versions of Hippotizer’s user-friendly tools including SHAPE 3D Mapping, PixelMapper and the multipurpose…
With the lockdown of live events and shows in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacky Fregonese, who heads French lighting and visual rental and production company, Loctambule, along with his wife Catherine Saint-Georges, wanted to do something creative to boost morale while production companies and personnel push through the uncertainty. Fregonese was inspired to start filming funny Loctambule product tutorials based on the company’s rental stock, which includes Robe MegaPointes, ESPRITES, BMFL Blades and PixelPATTs. In addition to lighting, the company provides LED screens and related infrastructure and works across several sectors, from corporate presentations to music events and…
GLP (German Light Products) has taken an unprecedented step in its determination to support customers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The company announced an automatic 12-month product warranty extension for any GLP product whose original warranty was due to expire between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021. The company has been using the hashtag #KeepTheLightOn (and #KTLO) since the beginning of the pandemic and is living up to this motto by taking this important decision. “GLP recognises and understands that the vast majority of our products have been sitting idle for many months and will continue to do so…
Marking the country’s much anticipated return to live music events, chart-topping band L.A.B. played a sold-out show for 6,000 fans at Spark Arena in Auckland. Moved from its originally scheduled theatre venue, such was demand, this was the first major concert since lockdown. College Hill Productions supplied an L-Acoustics K1 system, bringing an energy to the group’s audio that offered the enthusiastic crowd a celebratory performance. L.A.B.’s label and management, Loop Media, is a long-time client of College Hill Productions, its preferred supplier for all things audio. Loop is headed by Michael ‘Mikee’ Tucker, with Dan Clist and Scott Tindale…
MA Lighting has introduced the grandMA3 onPC command wing XT, the third member of its onPC solutions range, which offers a new flexibility for uncompromising lighting control. ACT Lighting Inc., the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America, is taking orders for the grandMA3 onPC command wing XT, which begins shipping in August. “We’re very excited to offer this new addition to the onPC family,” said Ryan Hindinger of ACT Lighting. “It’s a real Goldilocks product: Not too big, not too small, just right. It’s an ideal fit for a lot of different scenarios.” He pointed out that…
Due to the ongoing situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the decision has been taken by BPM organisers to postpone the 2020 version of the BPM DJ show. Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the BPM team has continued to monitor guidance and advice from the government while remaining optimistic that it would be able to safely deliver the BPM show this year. However, due to the restrictions that would need to be implemented, the company felt that in the interest of safety to both its staff and visiting customers, it was the best move to postpone the show until…
The M4 motorway might cut a swathe through the centre of Boston Manor Park in Brentford, London, but where the Junction 2 Festival is concerned it is anything but a dividing presence. In fact since 2016, discerning fans of electronic music have gathered together between its pillars and beneath its road-deck to witness sets by some of the very best DJs in the world. Junction 2’s mission was always to concentrate on delivering the best production values. The focus lies away from VIPs and plastic tents, preferring to concentrate resources on delivering incredible sound and high production values against this…
Techs on the Decks saw 24 artists – also talented technicians – and 24 equally amazing techs – running lighting, cameras, visuals and sound – united and unleashed to present a 24-hour non-stop electronic music live stream broadcast on Facebook Live, YouTube and Twitch. The event viewed by 37,000 people – which fundraised over £4,000 for technical entertainment charity, Backup – was the brainchild of Gordon Torrington from Hampshire-based rental company Liteup. The idea was spawned from a conversation with Liteup’s MD Marc Callaghan and freelance LD Warren Hutchison about the great work of the charity in supporting many industry…
Embarking on live music performances during the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled live sound companies to use every resource in their arsenal to ensure that shows sound and feel authentic, even when performances have to take place without a live audience. That was recently the case at the City of Houston’s Shell Freedom Over Texas 4 July celebration, a live broadcast that paired artists including headliner Pat Green, Trae tha Truth, Bun B, Los Luzeros De Rioverde, Mariachi Imperial, and virtual performances from Lyle Lovett and La Mafia with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in its Jones Hall venue. The three-hour-long music…
Designers now have more freedom to create video displays in a wider variety of configurations, thanks to the introduction of the CHAUVET Professional F6 Strip IP linear video panel. Measuring 1000 by 34.5 by 68.2 mm, the new outdoor-ready product can fit in tight spaces, add an extra dimension to set pieces, and be arranged in unique patterns, making it well-suited for a wide variety of applications, including drive-in shows and livestream productions. A high resolution 6.9 mm pitch strip, the F6 Strip IP is compatible with all CHAUVET Professional F series panels, allowing it to display the same images…
Two of the six VMS Live companies have entered administration, with the likely loss of 20 full-time jobs, with the remaining four VMS Live companies remaining solvent, and active within the current COVID-19 restrictions. Kate Forster and Bert van Horck transferred their authority as Directors for VMS Live (2011) Ltd and VMS Live (Venues) Ltd on 15 July 2020. The remaining four companies will continue to operate, as before, under Kate Forster and Bert Van Horck’s Directorship. CEO Bert Van Horck stated: “I am deeply saddened that we had to make this decision, following the completion of the yearly accounts,…
HK Audio has introduced the PREMIUM PR:O D2, the next step in the evolution of Germany-manufactured PREMIUM PR:O family of loudspeakers. The PREMIUM PR:O D2 series consists of five DSP-controlled full-range and multifunctional speakers (the PR:O 110 XD2, PR:O 112 FD2, PR:O 112 XD2, PR:O 115 FD2 and PR:O 115 XD2), as well as the PR:O 210 Sub D2 and PR:O 118 Sub D2 subwoofers. The PR:O D2 series uses premium components and state-of-the-art DSP electronics with advanced FIR filtering for intuitive and practical operation, and their low-resonance wooden cabinets for powerful bass reproduction offer a maximum sound pressure of…
