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ROE Visual Prepares New Technology for a Dazzling LDI 2023

ROE Visual is headed to Las Vegas this December for the LD) show, taking place December 3-5, 2023. This year, the ROE team is thrilled to promote the fine-pitch rental solution, Topaz, among other eye-catching products for the live events market. The ROE booth for the 2023 show focuses on the touring side of the live events space, with a comprehensive stage setup reminiscent of the many stage designs involving ROE Visual panels over the years. Attendees will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the panels, with a multitude of configurations at their fingertips.Read More »ROE Visual Prepares New Technology for a Dazzling LDI 2023

Over 100 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures Shine on Junior H Sad Boys USA Tour

A lot can happen in a month. Just ask Antonio Herrera Pérez, better known to the world as Mexican music superstar Junior H. A few short years ago, as a high school student in Utah, the Guanajuato-born musician-singer uploaded some of his work on YouTube as “a hobby.” The daily flow of life then caused the teenager to step away from social media for one month. When he returned, his song “No He Cambiado,” had more than two million views!Read More »Over 100 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures Shine on Junior H Sad Boys USA Tour

Robe for St Stephen’s Day Spectacle in Budapest

Robe moving lights were used in three major locations for the massive 2023 St. Stephen’s Day celebrations in Budapest, Hungary, a public holiday celebrating the foundation of the Hungarian state more than 1000 years ago, which this year attracted over 1.5 million spectators to the banks of the Danube River watch the main large format projection and drone show. Multiple events were staged throughout the country’s vibrant and beautiful capital city on the day, with technical production – lighting sound, visuals, staging – for the 2023 event coordinated and delivered by the Visual Europe Group (VEG), working with 12 sub-companies.Read More »Robe for St Stephen’s Day Spectacle in Budapest

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