Skip to content

Featured

Calling All Drone Show Innovators: The 4th International Drone Show Competition is Open for Applications

The 4th International Drone Show Competition, an annual celebration of innovation in drone shows, is now open for participants from all over the world, including drone show providers, tech teams, designers, vendors, event and marketing agencies, light and integrated show organizers, and drone show fans. Organized by SPH Engineering, this competition showcases exceptional talent in the world of drone shows and welcomes participants from across the globe.

Read More »Calling All Drone Show Innovators: The 4th International Drone Show Competition is Open for Applications

ADJ Lighting Chosen For California’s Legendary Ice House Comedy Club

America’s longest-running comedy club, The Ice House in Pasadena, CA has seen performances from thousands of comics, including many household names. The venue recently underwent an extensive renovation, preparing the club for many more years of high-quality comedy shows. As part of this, a complete new lighting system was installed, comprising exclusively LED-powered ADJ fixtures.

Robe Colours It Up in Ostrava

Colours of Ostrava is the Czech Republic’s largest and most eclectic music festival, currently staged against the imposing backdrop of old blast furnaces, cooling towers, ore cauldrons, casting shops and other enormous industrial relics from the amazing Dolní Oblast Vitkovice (DOV) steelworks in Ostrava, the country’s third biggest city.Read More »Robe Colours It Up in Ostrava

Southbank Centre Expands Ayrton Investment with Mistral for the Royal Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom

Ayrton Mistral S provide a reliable, sustainable and versatile solution for the Southbank Centre’s Clore Ballroom. Photo credit: © Joel Stanners

London’s Southbank Centre has expanded its inventory of Ayrton LED moving head fixtures with the addition of 12 Ayrton Mistral S spots to its permanent rig over the Royal Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom. The Clore Ballroom is an adaptable open space in the main foyer of the iconic 1950s building which turns its hand to many uses including musical performances, art installations, graduation ceremonies and other community events. This summer, as part of Christine and the Queens’ Meltdown, it played host to the immersive dance work of BitterSuite, while other events have ranged from club nights to a rehearsal space for youth music group, Kinetika Bloco, one of the Southbank Centre’s Creative Engagement Partners.Read More »Southbank Centre Expands Ayrton Investment with Mistral for the Royal Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom

Bellevue Theatre Chooses Robe TX1 PosiProfiles

Bellevue Teatret (Bellevue Theatre) is located in Klampenborg, a desirable suburb north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its scenic location is about 100 meters back from the beach, and stunning views from the front of the building overlook the Øresund strait. Founded in 1936 and designed by architect Arne Jacobsen, the building is one of his seminal works – and one of several in the area – as well as an important example of Danish functionalism.Read More »Bellevue Theatre Chooses Robe TX1 PosiProfiles

Proteus Powers Mötley Crüe/Def Leppard/Alice Cooper Summer Stadium Shows

Showing there is plenty of gas left in the tank, rockers Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard had one of the biggest grossing tours of 2022. The momentum carried into 2023 with the summer culminating in a string of U.S. stadium shows lit using Brutus and Rayzor 1960 fixtures from Elation’s market-leading IP-rated Proteus series. The bands were supported by none other than legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper.Read More »Proteus Powers Mötley Crüe/Def Leppard/Alice Cooper Summer Stadium Shows

Ayrton Fixtures Accompany Peter Frampton’s ‘Never Say Never Tour’

Gregg Maltby, a Las Vegas-based independent Lighting Designer, chose an array of Ayrton fixtures for Peter Frampton’s Never Say Never Tour. Versatile Ayrton LED fixtures such as the Diablo and Eurus profiles and the Zonda 9 FX washes comprise about half the rig. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.Read More »Ayrton Fixtures Accompany Peter Frampton’s ‘Never Say Never Tour’

FOR-A Announces First Alfalite Sale to Live Event Production Company in the U.S.

Premier live event production company, White Tie Productions, purchased 120 Alfalite Litepix Series panels, making them the first live event company in the U.S. with Alfalite LED panels. It marks the second sale in the U.S. for the new FOR-A/Alfalite alliance. Headquartered in Phoenix with a second office in Orlando, White Tie will have 60 panels based in each location. The screens will be shipped to customers throughout the U.S. The walls will be showcased in White Tie’s Phoenix studios when they are not out on live productions.Read More »FOR-A Announces First Alfalite Sale to Live Event Production Company in the U.S.

John & Jane Creates Single Rig for Two Festivals One Week Apart with CHAUVET Professional

This year’s Kingdance Festival and Dance4Liberation had a great deal in common. Both celebrated important national holidays, the King’s birthday, and the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation in the closing days of World War II.  Both featured an electrifying lineup of EDM stars and other performers. And both took place on the same stage with the same lighting rig at the Wijthmenerplas lakeside park.Read More »John & Jane Creates Single Rig for Two Festivals One Week Apart with CHAUVET Professional

New Iluminati 3D Design Concept Proves a Winner for GLP


The Antwerpen Sportpaleis played host to a cornucopia projected lasers and lighting earlier this summer when promoters, Zillion presented their new immersive ‘Iluminati’ dance concept.
This brand-new design, conceived by Frank Verstraeten, who co-promoted the event with Yves Smolders, ran over two days—each with nine hours duration. A capacity 14,500 crowd immersed themselves in this unique purpose-built 3D ‘black box’ environment each night.Read More »New Iluminati 3D Design Concept Proves a Winner for GLP