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Valentin Lemarquier Adds to Nuit du BAL’s Electric Mood with CHAUVET Professional

Wine is king in France…unless one happens to find oneself in beautiful Hauts-de-France near the border with Belgium. Thanks to its Flemish roots, the region has a strong beer culture, as evidenced by its myriad local microbreweries. Bière à Lille, a week-long festival in Lille, France celebrates this tradition with dozens of special events and samplings from over 80 different breweries. Among the highlights off the festival this year was Nuit du BAL, an electro pop show headlined by Martin Solveig, listed by the UK’s DJ Magazine as one of the Top 100 DJs, along with Upsilone, Miel de Montagne, and Victor Flash.Read More »Valentin Lemarquier Adds to Nuit du BAL’s Electric Mood with CHAUVET Professional

Mexican Eco Theme Park Xcaret Invests In 500 ADJ LED Video Panels

Offering a unique mix of stunning natural scenery, exciting activities and cultural displays, Xcaret is one of Mexico’s leading tourist attractions. At the end of 2021, the park’s technical team upgraded a problematic projector-based video system in its main Tlachco Theater with ADJ LED video panels. The new setup not only improved the clarity of the video content shown as part of the venue’s resident production but has also proven to be far more reliable than the previous system, following over a year of continuous use across daily shows. Here’s a video overview of this project:

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Martin MAC Aura XIP Plays a Starring Role in Hopewell Valley Central High School’s ‘The Wedding Singer’

Lighting Designer Jack Creegan and Technical Director Jeffrey Kelly recently utilized Martin MAC Aura XIP fixtures in a high-profile role in the recent Hopewell Valley Central High School musical production of The Wedding Singer, located in Pennington, NJ.Read More »Martin MAC Aura XIP Plays a Starring Role in Hopewell Valley Central High School’s ‘The Wedding Singer’

Photos from the 12th Annual Touring Career Workshop

Four hundred members of the live music touring industry attended the 12th Annual Touring Career Workshop Tuesday evening (11/14) at Soundcheck Annex in Nashville. Established to provide support, education, resources, and networking opportunities to the men and women who make live music events possible, this year’s event featured breakout sessions on topics including mental health self-care, financial planning, health insurance options, event safety, job hunting and more.Read More »Photos from the 12th Annual Touring Career Workshop

Royal Danish Opera Invests in Robe FORTES

Royal Danish Opera’s Chief LX Sune Schou on the left with Martin Braad from Light Partner

The Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen has invested in 80 new Robe FORTE luminaires in a package featuring 32 FORTE Profiles, 34 FORTE Fresnels, 4 FORTE FollowSpots and 10 iFORTE (IP65 rated) moving lights, as part of a technical upgrade to ensure that this high- profile venue can offer its productions and creative teams the most appropriate and sustainable technologies to create and craft their art.Read More »Royal Danish Opera Invests in Robe FORTES

CHAUVET Professional Channels Intensity on Nothing More’s Spirits Tour

Seeing Nothing More live is “an experience that is hard to put into words,” one music critic wrote after going to the St. Petersburg show on the Grammy nominated band’s recently concluded Spirits Tour. That’s true, but terms like in your face, riveting, adrenaline-pumping, and emotionally transformative, do come pretty close to capturing the onslaught of sensations that rush through the heart and brain at one of this uber-talented quartet’s multi-faceted concerts.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Channels Intensity on Nothing More’s Spirits Tour

PTP Live Grows Its Ayrton Lighting Inventory with Argo 6 FX Fixtures

Nashville-based PTP Live has invested in 60 Ayrton Argo 6 FX lights for its live production work for music, festival and corporate clients and to bolster its rental inventory of lighting and video equipment. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton fixtures in North America. The new Argo 6 FX lights expand PTP Live’s roster of Ayrton fixtures, which already includes Khamsin S and MagicPanel 602 units.Read More »PTP Live Grows Its Ayrton Lighting Inventory with Argo 6 FX Fixtures

Bandit Lites Nominated for Pollstar Awards Concert Visuals Company of the Year

Shinedown. Photo by SP Media

Bandit Lites is finishing 2023 with yet another nomination for Concert Visuals Company of the Year at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards where the industry gathers to honor the top tours, venues, live music executives, agencies, production companies, and more in over 40 categories.Read More »Bandit Lites Nominated for Pollstar Awards Concert Visuals Company of the Year

Vectorworks, Inc., MA Lighting, and Robe Lighting Announce DIN SPEC 15801 Recognition for MVR

With fellow General Device Type Format (GDTF) and My Virtual Rig (MVR) founders MA Lighting and Robe Lighting, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces that DIN SPEC 15801 officially recognizes MVR as an open standard for the entertainment industry worldwide. This groundbreaking development unlocks a new world of limitless opportunities for entertainment industry professionals to collaborate and efficiently bring their creative visions to life.Read More »Vectorworks, Inc., MA Lighting, and Robe Lighting Announce DIN SPEC 15801 Recognition for MVR

Solotech Lights up the Stars at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards

Solotech’s long history of collaboration with the manufacturers and designers who produce and use the most innovative technology continues with ACME lighting, the ACME Pixel Line IP strip light, and DX7 Design. The innovative lighting fixtures tapped by the creative team at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have gained popularity in the entertainment tech space and are part of a growing trend toward LED-based solutions due to their energy efficiency, flexibility, and vibrant color output.Read More »Solotech Lights up the Stars at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards

Robe Lights up Sentech Tower for Brixton Light Festival

The fabulous 2023 Brixton Light Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivered its third – and largest to date – event filled with the magic, mystery and imagination evoked by light. It started during the covid lockdowns as a community-led and driven art-based lighting experience to unite the already tight-knit, lively and diverse neighborhood of Brixton. The goal is to celebrate the spirit and importance of community, and the power of art and empathy.Read More »Robe Lights up Sentech Tower for Brixton Light Festival