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Creating Candy at Coachella for Jon Batiste with Shepherd Lowrey & CHAUVET Professional

Creating Candy at Coachella for Jon Batiste with Shepherd Lowrey & CHAUVET Professional

Describing Jon Batiste’s uplifting appearance at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre in a few words is as impossible as applying a single label to the festival itself. Even by the standards of an event famous for its soaring diversity and originality, the multi-Grammy winning artist stood out for the sheer breadth of his brilliantly nuanced performance. Starting off with “Tell The Truth,” a lively R&B classic and moving on to funky songs like “Freedom,” and the spiritually tinged hit “Butterfly,” Batiste, his band, and a variety of special guests took fans on a musical odyssey that included everything from covers of Beatles songs, to the classic from his hometown, New Orleans “When The Saints Go Marching In.”Read More »Creating Candy at Coachella for Jon Batiste with Shepherd Lowrey & CHAUVET Professional

Brown Note Productions Expands Inventory with Ayrton Rivale and Debuts Them at Red Rocks

Brown Note Productions, the Denver-area company specializing in 360º full-service production for concerts, tours, music festivals, and special events, has invested in 150 Ayrton Rivale Profiles. The new fixtures were quickly dispatched for two back-to-back dates at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison for dance music star Black Coffee and artist Illenium. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.Read More »Brown Note Productions Expands Inventory with Ayrton Rivale and Debuts Them at Red Rocks

Paragon 360 Welcomes Stu Pribil

Stu Pribil

Stu Pribil, an industry veteran, comes to Paragon 360 with over 30 years of industry knowledge. Coming out of UNLV, he started working in Las Vegas as a neon and special effects lighting installer for many of the theaters and clubs, such as The Stardust, Caesars Palace, The Luxor, and many more. He was later recruited to the Shoji Tabuchi Theater in Branson, MO, to be part of the stage crew.Read More »Paragon 360 Welcomes Stu Pribil

Milton De La Cruz Makes Light Waves at Petronio Alvarez Festival with CHAUVET Professional

The Petronio Alvarez festival, affectionately called “El Petronio,” has no trouble making news. A signature event in Cali, the six-day celebration of music, food, and culture, draws over a half-million people to the city’s la Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo sports complex. It’s been that way for 27 years, but last summer the festival made news of a different kind when local news outlets were buzzing with reports of UFO sightings.Read More »Milton De La Cruz Makes Light Waves at Petronio Alvarez Festival with CHAUVET Professional

1,300+ Elation Lights Dazzle Coachella 2024

A revamped Sahara Tent featured over 950 Elation luminaires with Production and Lighting Design by Production Design Works

Elation lighting has long been a staple of Coachella shows, and this year’s edition of Southern California’s premier music festival was no exception, with the event awash in cutting-edge Elation lighting technology. The newly revamped Sahara Tent, an iconic anchor of the festival’s electrifying atmosphere, was adorned with over 950 Elation lights, while Elation gear also graced the Main Stage, Quasar Stage, and Outdoor Theatre. Coachella delivered yet another diverse and eclectic experience across two weekends in April, featuring 147 acts across eight stages. Todd Roberts, of Production Design Works, spearheaded the production and lighting design for the Sahara Tent, incorporating a myriad of Elation lighting fixtures supplied by Aspect Lighting.Read More »1,300+ Elation Lights Dazzle Coachella 2024

MSA Makes Substantial Investment in Moveket

(L to R) Daniel Klausen (MSA Operations Manager), Jimmy Johnson (MSA Technical Sales) and Aske Skovsted (Production Technichian)

Denmark-based entertainment automation specialist, Motor Stage Automation (MSA), has made a substantial investment – over 100 pieces – in equipment from Moveket, comprising 125 Kg and 500 Kg Moveket VMK-S C1 variable speed silent hoists, 125 Kilo Moveket VMW-S high speed winches, Moveket I-Motion Expert-T III and I-Motion Basic control consoles, together with Moveket V-Motion Drives – both E40 and E75 units. This was supplied to MSA via Danish distributor Matrix Sales and has been added to MSA’s rental stock to help meet current trends and demands in the busy and wonderful world of performance automation.Read More »MSA Makes Substantial Investment in Moveket

Arena Cob4FC Lights Up Christina Stürmer MTV Unplugged Concert

PROLIGHTS Arena Cob4FC lit up Christina Stürmer’s MTV Unplugged concert, an event celebrating the 20-year career of the Austrian pop-rock singer. The live broadcast from the Volkstheater in Vienna was produced by Das Rund GmbH, set in an environment evoking the intimate atmosphere of a rehearsal room, creating a welcoming and relaxed ambiance. Under the artistic direction of Thomas W. Kiennast from Das Rund, Lighting Designer Manfred Nikister designed a lighting setup that included 29 Arena Cob4FC units from PROLIGHTS, strategically positioned to maximize visual impact both on stage and in the surrounding scenery.

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Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors Shine Bright with Bandit Lites

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors recently wrapped a run promoting their latest album, Strangers No More. Known for their heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies, the band has established themselves as a beloved staple in the Americana scene. With deep Tennessee roots, the critically acclaimed band is now no stranger to working with neighbors Bandit Lites, who provided Lighting Designer Dominic Hickman a package consisting of Elation Smarty Hybrids, Martin VDO Atomic Bolds, and Robe Spikie fixtures.Read More »Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors Shine Bright with Bandit Lites

Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela Invests in Robert Juliat Dalis 860 Cyclorama Lights

Home of Zarzuela – a form of Spanish traditional musical comedy – central Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela was restored to its historic beauty in 1913 after a fire destroyed the original 1856 building. Now owned by the Ministry of Culture and a designated Asset of General Interest with Monument status since 1994, the Teatro is Spain’s first and only Spanish lyric theatre. The most famous Zarzuela performances have premiered here, and the best works of its repertoire are still sung and heard here to this day to audiences in excess of 1,200.Read More »Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela Invests in Robert Juliat Dalis 860 Cyclorama Lights

ADJ’S New LED Strobe/Wash Fixtures Offer a Jolt of Creativity in Any Weather

Taking ADJ’s best-selling Jolt Series of multifunctional strobe/wash fixtures to the next level, the new Jolt Panel FXIP and Jolt Bar FXIP feature IP65-rated weatherproof casing designs that allow the fixtures to be used safely outdoors in any weather. Delivering lighting designers the creative potential of dazzlingly bright white strobe/blinder LEDs combined with zone-controllable RGB color mixing LEDs in the same versatile fixture, these new Jolt Series luminaires also offer a variety of other improvements and upgrades over the original models. Here’s a video preview of the Jolt Bar FXIP:

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Marina Di Pancrazio joins Solotech as Vice President, Business Development and Global Media and Entertainment Technologies

Marina Di Pancrazio

Solotech, a world leader in audiovisual entertainment and technology, announces the appointment of Marina Di Pancrazio as Vice President, Business Development and Global Media and Entertainment Technologies, starting May 21, 2024.Read More »Marina Di Pancrazio joins Solotech as Vice President, Business Development and Global Media and Entertainment Technologies