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French Rapper SDM Plays the Olympia with Claypaky Fixtures

A wide array of Claypaky fixtures were selected for French rapper SDM’s recent performance at the famed Olympia concert hall in Paris. Lighting Designer Guillaume Dubot of Lumiverse Design chose 32 Claypaky Sharpy X Frames, 16 HY B-EYE K10s and 12 Mythos2 for the show. SDM is currently on the road in France and Switzerland for his Liens du 100 tour in support of his eponymous album released late last year.  It is the rapper’s second studio album. Read More »French Rapper SDM Plays the Olympia with Claypaky Fixtures

Tom Kenny Balances Looks at iHeart Country Music Festival with CHAUVET Professional

How can I balance my lighting with a massive video structure so the two work together in harmony? Virtually all lighting designers have asked themselves this question—and with good reason. Like some giant planetary object that bends spacetime and pulls everything around it into its gravitational orbit, big video walls have a way of changing everything on stage. Figuring out how to work lights with them is the key to creating a harmonious design.Read More »Tom Kenny Balances Looks at iHeart Country Music Festival with CHAUVET Professional

LAMPRO’s Brand New Debut at InfoComm 2023

InfoComm 2023, held from June 14 to 16, came to a close at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. This is the largest professional audiovisual trade show in North America. Also, this was LAMPRO’s brand new debut in North America, which continued to attract visitors’ attention and discussion on site. The entire LAMPRO booth demonstrated the positioning of LAMPRO energy-saving products and its development of green technology and environmental protection.Read More »LAMPRO’s Brand New Debut at InfoComm 2023

Robe at ABTT 2023

The Robe UK team report a busy, successful, and very positive ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) expo staged at Alexandra Palace in London, UK. The company had two exhibition areas, with a stand upstairs in the main hall and a large demo area downstairs in the Palace suite – both showcasing a range of its latest lighting technologies for theatre, performance, TV, and broadcast scenarios.Read More »Robe at ABTT 2023

Maxi Gilbert and ChamSys Soar for Manuel Carrasco

Maxi Gilbert says that he draws inspiration for his designs from opera sets. At first that may seem a bit surprising, since the Madrid-based designer has created lightshows for stars like multi-Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz, and chart-topping Manuel Carrasco. But anyone who sees his work on Carrasco’s current Corazón y Flecha tour will readily appreciate the connection.Read More »Maxi Gilbert and ChamSys Soar for Manuel Carrasco

Touring Career Workshop Provided Free Onsite Mental Health Counseling at Bonnaroo

TCW’s registration tent in Bonnaroo’s Artist Village. Counseling sessions were held in the trailer on the right.

Touring Career Workshop (TCW), a Nashville-based nonprofit designed to serve the touring music industry, provided confidential mental health counseling sessions free of charge to all artists, bands, crews, and staffs at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN, as part of their All Access program. Counselors were available from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each of the festival’s four show days, allowing folks to check in on topics including work, relationships, and family issues.Read More »Touring Career Workshop Provided Free Onsite Mental Health Counseling at Bonnaroo

DWP Live Provides Projection and Technical Support for the National WWI Museum and Memorial

Event production company DWP Live recently provided projection support for a veterans tribute at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO. The installation was illuminated over five nights and included a veteran-honoring artwork projection titled Horizons that visitors experienced while they gathered on the grounds for the 2023 NFL Draft. Here’s a video overview of the Horizons projection installation:

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CTM Sound and CHAUVET Professional Enliven The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino

What’s in a name? In the case of The Venue at Thunder Valley, the answer is “everything you need to know about its vision for the future.” By calling their facility The Venue, the United Auburn Indian Community and Thunder Valley Casino Resort left no doubt about the goal they set for this 4,500 seat indoor theatre located outside Sacramento. Their new attraction was designed to stand out from the pack and define its own category. This would not be “a” venue, but “The Venue,” the one people went to for an entertainment experience like no other.Read More »CTM Sound and CHAUVET Professional Enliven The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino