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András Praksch and CHAUVET Professional Help Republic Celebrate Boros:60 in Budapest

The worst band in Hungry! The popular quintet, Republic, has, on occasion, introduced themselves as such, tongue planted firmly in cheek. Of course, anyone familiar with this legendary group knows that this sort of ironic, self-deprecating humor, is in keeping with the freewheeling, let’s-not-take-things-(or ourselves)-too seriously attitude that has marked their stellar career.Read More »András Praksch and CHAUVET Professional Help Republic Celebrate Boros:60 in Budapest

SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line

Special Event Services (SES) has significantly expanded its Ayrton lighting inventory with additional purchases of Domino LT, Bora S, and Khamsin fixtures and further committed to the product line with large first-time investments in Perseo Beams, Diablos, and Zonda 9 FX lights. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line

Claypaky Partners with the Donizetti Festival and Illuminates ‘Chiara e Serafina’ with Sinfonya Profiles

The Teatro Donizetti is a true institution in the city of Bergamo. It was built in the late 18th century and was originally named Teatro Nuovo (new theatre). It has been the city’s most important opera house for more than two centuries and hosts an extremely intense schedule of plays, operas, and symphonic music. In November 2022, Claypaky signed an agreement with the Teatro Donizetti to supply its new Sinfonya Profile 600 moving heads, specially designed for use in theatres.Read More »Claypaky Partners with the Donizetti Festival and Illuminates ‘Chiara e Serafina’ with Sinfonya Profiles

From Budapest to Auckland, Robe Shines for George Ezra

George Ezra’s Lighting Director Chris Taylor and Production Manager Jake Vernum were very happy to see Robe on the lighting specs for the recent Australia and New Zealand legs of the popular UK singer / songwriter’s Gold Rush Kid tour. Eleven Robe MegaPointes on the upstage truss have been present throughout the whole tour which kicked off in Spring in the UK and Ireland, then extended into a lengthy festival section as Ezra and his highly talented band delighted audiences across Europe. Read More »From Budapest to Auckland, Robe Shines for George Ezra

PRG Invests in New LED Innovations from INFiLED to Advance the Live Entertainment Experience

Revolutionary LED gear TITAN-X and Deep Black Series from INFiLED now accessible to PRG clients and partners

INFiLED’s TITAN-X, which was co-developed with PRG.

Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG), a leading provider of production solutions for entertainment and live events, announced that it is making a significant investment in two new LED products from INFiLED. The new products, the Deep Black (DB) 2.3 Series for high-performance indoor displays, and the TITAN-X Series, the rental LED system designed with unique transparency and acoustic permeability for outdoor touring, will be added to PRG’s rental inventory for customers and partners beginning Q2 of 2023.Read More »PRG Invests in New LED Innovations from INFiLED to Advance the Live Entertainment Experience

Vari-Lite VL1600 Profile Adds Textures and Effects at Northwest Bible Church, Dallas

“Being able to manipulate color temperature at the source of the fixture allowed me to approach each scene with a greater level of control and precision,” says Lighting Director, Matthew Hughes. Photos: ©Northwest Bible Church

The multi-generational Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, TX, ramped up atmospheric looks and festive lighting effects for a series of concerts in December, rigging Vari-Lite VL1600 Profile luminaires from Signify. The church’s Lighting Director Matthew Hughes worked with Tyler Gannaway, Vari-Lite Business Development Manager Central and Eastern Rental & Touring at Signify, to source the VL1600 fixtures. Hughes’ aim was to utilize the VL1600’s VL*FX wheel to add movement to the textures projected on the walls, and the tunable white engine and wide color range to create the perfect atmosphere for the concerts.Read More »Vari-Lite VL1600 Profile Adds Textures and Effects at Northwest Bible Church, Dallas

Getting Extreme with Robe

German event technology service provider DLP Motive supplied full technical design and production – staging, automation and kinetic elements, lighting, sound, video, and LED screens – to ESL Gaming for the 10th anniversary of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) e-gaming tournament, including two three-day events staged at the 10,000 capacity Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, and the 18,500 capacity Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany.Read More »Getting Extreme with Robe

Ayrton Festival Fun in Switzerland

Main Stage for Stars In Town. Credit: ©Julius Hatt

As the European festival scene kicked back into action following the upheaval and restrictions of the pandemic, Ayrton teamed up with some established Swiss rental companies to support festivals across the country and showcase some of Ayrton’s latest fixtures. Stagelight AG Showtechnik supplied kit to the largest hip-hop festival in Europe at Frauenfeld, the Gurten Open Air festival in Bern and Schaffhausen’s Stars in Town across July and August.Read More »Ayrton Festival Fun in Switzerland

The New CHAUVET Professional Ovation E-2 FC is Compact, Convenient, and Colorful

Inspired designs come in all sizes. Now so too do fully featured LED ellipsoidal spotlights that can help turn those visions into reality, thanks to the new Ovation E-2 FC from CHAUVET Professional. With an RGBAL engine that delivers richly textured colors and smooth, even whites (it has a CRI of 93), plus an integrated 25˚-50˚ zoom lens, the Ovation E-2 FC delivers the kind of performance associated with larger fixtures, but in a compact body that makes it ideally suited for small and mid-sized applications.Read More »The New CHAUVET Professional Ovation E-2 FC is Compact, Convenient, and Colorful

Hidden Splendor of Artiste Mondrian™ on Church of the City Christmas Services 2022

Nick Chang has been overseeing lighting for services and other events at Church of the City in Nashville since 2020 and again handled lighting programming and direction for five Christmas services this past December. Employing Elation’s Artiste Mondrian™ LED profile FX luminaire on the worship services, Chang hid the multi-functional moving heads behind a blow-through LED wall to create a variety of impactful and unexpectedly striking lighting scenes. Production and Lighting Design was by Jori Johnson.Read More »Hidden Splendor of Artiste Mondrian™ on Church of the City Christmas Services 2022