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Tickets Now on Sale: 2023 Event Safety Summit

 

The wait is over! Registration is now open for the 2023 Event Safety Summit, landing in Houston, TX this November 7-9. Join the ESA in the home of NASA and some of the country’s largest entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as they explore new frontiers in safety practice and technology and broadcast their message of safety to the farthest reaches of the event world*.

Since 2014, the Event Safety Summit has brought together professionals from around the globe and across the entertainment, sports, and corporate event industries to discuss all aspects of safety, security, and health at live events. Featuring a diverse lineup of presentations, panels, workshops, and networking opportunities, the Event Safety Summit provides attendees with actionable ideas, enables collaboration with and communication among like-minded professionals, and sends attendees home with new motivation to put life safety first in their daily work.

Whether you’re a seasoned event professional or new to the industry, you’ll leave The Bayou City feeling empowered to take safety by the (long)horns and continue ESA’s mission of “Life Safety First.”

*Can’t make it to Houston? Fear not… you can join them in cyberspace as well.

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Jeff Ravitz Reflects Bond Between Bruce Springsteen and His Fans with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M

Remember the first time you saw Bruce Springsteen in concert? If you fall within a certain age group (and a very wide one at that!), there’s an excellent chance you do. Such is the depth of the personal connection, that this New Jersey born superstar has made with fans during the course of his storied career. This connectivity is wonderfully and warmly evident on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s current 2023 World Tour, not just in the legendary artist’s emotive music and stage presence, but also in a lighting design that goes more than the extra mile to join the performance and audience as one.Read More »Jeff Ravitz Reflects Bond Between Bruce Springsteen and His Fans with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M

Dark Ride Lab Reboot at the Attractions Technology Lab, June 13-16

Get a behind the scenes look at how the magic happens.

In case you missed it in November 2022, The Attractions Technology Dark Ride Lab will return in June. After an overwhelming response from attendees, The Attractions Technology Collaborative will reboot the Dark Ride Lab, June 13 – 16 in Orlando, FL for anyone who may have missed it or wants to experience it again. The Dark Ride Lab also offers a glimpse of what to expect during the Annual Attractions Technology Lab event in November of this year. Here’s a video from last year’s Attractions Technology Lab (ATL):

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Explore the iF Design Award Winning Pixel Reality (PR) Series from Absen

Absen is thrilled to announce that the Pixel Reality (PR) Series has been awarded the prestigious iF Design Award. This award-winning LED display technology is tailor-made for virtual production LED wall solutions and high-end rental and staging markets, making it the ideal choice for industry professionals.Read More »Explore the iF Design Award Winning Pixel Reality (PR) Series from Absen

Winnipeg Jets Score With ADJ’s Vizi Beam 12RX

The Winnipeg Jets ice hockey team is utilizing 12 of ADJ’s high output Vizi Beam 12RX moving heads to create impact as players make their entrance into the rink for home games. Arranged in a tight circle around the entrance tunnel, the fixtures generate piercing beam effects which fill the arena and help to enhance the pre-game atmosphere for fans and players alike.Read More »Winnipeg Jets Score With ADJ’s Vizi Beam 12RX

Susan Roses Brings Color to Alabama Theatre’s ‘ICONIC’ with CHAUVET Professional

Music tells the story of our lives, not only through its melodies and lyrics, but also in the rainbow of colors it evokes in our minds. This is beautifully evident in ICONIC, a cutting-edge multi-media production at the Alabama Theatre (the venue is named after the legendary band), that takes audiences on a captivating journey through the music that has shaped our sense of time and place, from country hits and Broadway show tunes, to power rock anthems and pop ballads.Read More »Susan Roses Brings Color to Alabama Theatre’s ‘ICONIC’ with CHAUVET Professional

Broadway Revival of Bob Fosse’s ‘Dancin” with Lighting Design by David Grill

‘Dancin”. Photo by Julieta Cervantes

The original production of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ debuted on Broadway in 1978 at the Broadhurst Theatre and was a smash hit that ran for four years. This spring, the show’s first revival on Broadway opened at the Music Box Theatre with lighting design by David Grill and lighting services provided by PRG.Read More »Broadway Revival of Bob Fosse’s ‘Dancin” with Lighting Design by David Grill

Claypaky and Audiosales Hosted Renowned Lighting Designer Patrick Woodroffe’s Workshop at the Teatro Sociale in Bergamo

Behind every concert and television show we go to, behind every spectacular effect on the stage at the theatre, behind every clever lighting of urban architecture or public space, there is always a whole load of sophisticated technology. However, not all shows are equally exciting. What makes the difference is the lighting designer, an artist who uses light as a creative tool to interpret the rhythm of music or the atmosphere of a theatrical performance. Patrick Woodroffe is one of the world’s most celebrated lighting designers. He has been artistically illuminating the most famous artists and stars of the entertainment world on concert stages, and in theatres and television studios for many years.Read More »Claypaky and Audiosales Hosted Renowned Lighting Designer Patrick Woodroffe’s Workshop at the Teatro Sociale in Bergamo

From Salt Production to Stage Production: Upstaging Lights Chicago’s Salt Shed with Elation

Historical Morton Salt complex transformed into Chicago’s hottest new live performance space

Salt Shed interior space. ©Sandra Steinbrecher, @sandysteinbrecherphotography (instagram), @sandragoldin (twitter), Sandra Goldin Steinbrecher (facebook)

The Morton Salt complex in Chicago had been in operation for nearly a century before it was closed down in 2015. Today, the complex has been transformed into a multi-purpose venue for live music and other events named The Salt Shed. Boasting state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, including a comprehensive Elation stage lighting rig from Upstaging, The Salt Shed is quickly becoming the hot new performance space in Chicago.Read More »From Salt Production to Stage Production: Upstaging Lights Chicago’s Salt Shed with Elation

Claypaky Xtylos Deliver Post-Apocalyptic Look for Muse’s ‘Will of the People’

British rock band Muse has hit the road with its North American tour, Will of the People, on which more than 150 Claypaky Xtylos enhance the band’s post-apocalyptic staging non-stop. The tour is named for the band’s most recent ninth studio album, which gave Muse its seventh consecutive No. 1 on the UK albums chart and topped Billboard’s Alternative and Rock Albums tallies. The Will of the People tour began in Chicago’s United Center on February 25 and concluded the U.S. portion of the tour on April 20 in Salt Lake City, after which it will move on to Europe.Read More »Claypaky Xtylos Deliver Post-Apocalyptic Look for Muse’s ‘Will of the People’