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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

Elation Full-Color KL Panel XL Soft Light now Available in IP65 Version

Lighting designers have been quick to adopt Elation’s KL Panel XL™ for high-quality soft light illumination in broadcast and film environments of all types. Now the full-color-spectrum soft light is available in an IP65 version—the KL Panel XL IP™—that makes it an even more versatile broadcast-quality luminaire.Read More »Elation Full-Color KL Panel XL Soft Light now Available in IP65 Version

CHAUVET Professional Helps O T Events Technicians Create a Sense of Newness at Illuminate

Ollie Titterington of O T Events Technicians knows every inch of the path that winds through Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens for ILLUMINATE. That’s not surprising; after three years of working on this winter light celebration at the historic garden (it dates back to 1756), he’s traversed the event’s well-planned route time and time again, visiting the site months in advance to look for optimal lighting positions.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps O T Events Technicians Create a Sense of Newness at Illuminate

CHAUVET Professional Creates NYE Magic for Mike Grabowski and The Lighting Design Group

 

ABCs ‘Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest’ was lit by Lighting Design Group’s Senior Lighting Designer, Mike Grabowski with a range of CHAUVET Professional fixtures. Photo by John Argueta/ABC via Getty Images) DURAN DURAN

Mike Grabowski was thrilled with his experience designing the multiple stages under his purview for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square this year, except for one thing. His single regret didn’t involve the rain that fell for much of the evening, either. After all, the “unpredictability of nature,” comes with the territory when lighting outdoor events, said The Lighting Design Group’s senior designer. Plus, given that most of his rig was IP65 rated, he had little to worry about regarding the showers. (He and the team have seen a lot of challenging weather, being at Times Square on NYE, for over a decade of these shows.)Read More »CHAUVET Professional Creates NYE Magic for Mike Grabowski and The Lighting Design Group

Pete Hutchison Spices up Gerry Cinnamon’s Summer Tour with Ayrton

Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, concluded his 10-date summer tour of the UK and Ireland with two sell out dates at his hometown stadium, the 50,000-capacity Hampden Park National Stadium in Glasgow, in mid-July and simultaneously made history as the first independent act—and the first Scot—to sell out multiple nights at the venue.Read More »Pete Hutchison Spices up Gerry Cinnamon’s Summer Tour with Ayrton

IP65 or Higher Rated Luminaires

Compare the most recent LDI show’s offerings with luminaires featured a decade ago, and it’s clear that IP-rated fixtures have taken the industry by storm. Here’s a look at what’s now available, along with an explanation of what the IP rating numbers mean.

Maymont ‘Garden Glow’ Event Enchants Visitors with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

No one knows exactly how many plants and trees grow in the 20 acres that the historic Maymont Estate Park set aside for its popular “Garden Glow” walk-through event. One thing is certain, however, each and every one of them charmed visitors by glowing invitingly in an enchanting field of light. Jonathan Blake and the crew at The Lighting & Sound Company made sure of that.Read More »Maymont ‘Garden Glow’ Event Enchants Visitors with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

Elation: All-in-One KL Profile FC Ellipsoidal

Elation Professional is simplifying ellipsoidal lighting with the new, all-in-one KL Profile FC™. Designed for the ultimate in flexibility and performance, the KL Profile FC combines everything a designer needs in one innovative package, eliminating the need for additional lighting accessories and making it the most convenient and cost-effective ellipsoidal lighting solution on the market.Read More »Elation: All-in-One KL Profile FC Ellipsoidal

Elation’s All-in-One KL Profile FC™ Ellipsoidal Now Shipping

Elation Professional is simplifying ellipsoidal lighting with the new, all-in-one KL Profile FC™. Designed for the ultimate in flexibility and performance, the KL Profile FC combines everything a designer needs in one innovative package, eliminating the need for additional lighting accessories and making it the most convenient and cost-effective ellipsoidal lighting solution on the market.Read More »Elation’s All-in-One KL Profile FC™ Ellipsoidal Now Shipping

The Design Oasis Sails Smoothly at Jamrock Reggae Cruise with CHAUVET Professional IP65 Fixtures

As Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas steamed out of port December 7 for the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nesta Garrick, Abbas Ritscher, and the entire team at The Design Oasis were grateful that they would be able to do something, they’d never done before: leave all their fixtures unbagged overnight. “This was the first time we didn’t have to worry about putting bags over our fixtures at the end of a long day,” said Ritscher, who oversaw the installation of the lighting rig on the ship. “That’s a tremendous time saver.”Read More »The Design Oasis Sails Smoothly at Jamrock Reggae Cruise with CHAUVET Professional IP65 Fixtures