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Robe Helps Spectacular Opening Ceremony for EYOF Maribor

The Opening Ceremony at European Youth Olympic Festival Maribor 2023 in Ljubski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia. Photo by Nik Moder / Sportida

The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) – the largest multi-sport event for young athletes aged 14 to 18 – came to Maribor, beautiful Slovenia’s second city this year. Lighting Designer Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout was asked to be part of a team creating a spectacular opening ceremony in Ljudski Vrt football stadium by Show Director Nejc Levstik, a project on which he worked closely with Set Designer Greta Godnič and nearly 200 Robe moving lights.Read More »Robe Helps Spectacular Opening Ceremony for EYOF Maribor

Robe Makes Some Great Moves for 2023 World Gymnaestrada

Production and rental company For Live supplied lighting for multiple stages across five halls of Amsterdam’s RAI for the 2023 World Gymnaestrada – a quadrennial global non-competitive gymnastics extravaganza – organized by TIG Sports, with all-Robe moving lighting rigs installed in Halls 11 and 12 which were also utilized for special shows.Read More »Robe Makes Some Great Moves for 2023 World Gymnaestrada

New Style for Robe PAINTES

L to R: Koketso Senyolo, Tebogo Bosga and Carel du Plessis from Sound Stylists with DWR’s Duncan Riley. Photos Courtesy DWR

Johannesburg, South Africa-based rental and production company Sound Stylists has invested in 24 Robe PAINTE moving lights, the first part of an order that has been delivered via South African Distributor DWR, with more to follow soon.Read More »New Style for Robe PAINTES

Robe Shines Bright at Sziget 2023

Hungary’s Sziget Festival celebrated 30 years in 2023 earning its place as one of Europe’s largest, most popular and diverse music and cultural festivals which is staged annually in August on Óbudai-sziget (“Old Buda Island”), a fantastic leafy green 108-hectare island on the Danube just a stone’s throw from central Budapest. Robe moving lights had a big presence this year across three major performance areas – the Main Stage, the massive FreeDome Tent and the dropYard rap stage – as well as on some of the other venues around the site that hosted over 1,000 performances on the “Island of Freedom” as it’s known for the duration.Read More »Robe Shines Bright at Sziget 2023

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

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

Marketa Fantova Joins Robe to Expand NRG Initiatives.

Marketa Fantova

Marketa Fantova joins the team at ROBE lighting s.r.o. as International Education Program Coordinator and Designer, where her role will be coordinating ROBE’s existing NRG program on an international level. ROBE lighting s.r.o.’s Commercial Director, Josef Valchar Jr (JJ) says: “We are delighted to have Marketa onboard. We have known each other for some time, she has the right knowledge and extensive connections in the arts and education worlds, great communication and diplomatic skills, and we are all looking forward to working alongside her as she develops this important and exciting aspect of ROBE’s future vision.”Read More »Marketa Fantova Joins Robe to Expand NRG Initiatives.

Robe at PLASA 2023

Robe looks forward to the buzz and energy of another PLASA expo at Olympia, London, 3rd – 5th September, where it will be launching three new products and debuting a brand-new live performance concept on stands A70 & C28. Designed to create drama, excitement, and anticipation, visitors will be drawn to the booths by Robe putting a real live production at the heart of the event.Read More »Robe at PLASA 2023

Robe LEDBeam 350s are Ultra Popular in Cape Town

Ultra CEO Costa Champanis and some of his amazing team. Photo by Louise Stickland

Cape Town-based rental and production company Ultra Event Technical Solutions has been extremely busy since the industry re-energized post-covid, a challenging time that nonetheless saw them retain their complete staff through resourcefulness, creative thinking and adapting the facilities and skill base they had to a pandemic economy. Thankfully as soon as the gathering and meeting up restrictions were lifted, “We’ve been absolutely full-tilt,” explained Ultra’s founder and CEO, Costa Champanis. With business roaring back, it wasn’t long before they needed more lights, so Costa made the investment in 24 Robe LEDBeam 350s.Read More »Robe LEDBeam 350s are Ultra Popular in Cape Town

Robe T1 Profiles Enjoy the Silence at Bijloke Music Centre’s Concert Hall

The striking and unique concert hall venue, which is part of the Music Centre de Bijloke in Ghent, Belgium, was once a 13th century civic hospital and now offers a vibrant and interesting blend of music often embracing additional performance and visual art forms like theatre and film. During the pandemic, The concert Hall, which retains its original wooden curved frame roof and exterior walls, was completely renovated. New lighting was installed as part of this upgrade, including 13 Robe T1 Profiles, which were specified by the Music Centre’s Technical Manager, Natan Rosseel and his team.Read More »Robe T1 Profiles Enjoy the Silence at Bijloke Music Centre’s Concert Hall

Industry Leaders Step Up for 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards

With about six months to go, the 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards are on track to break several records – first and foremost, the number of companies stepping up to make the evening of the live event industry’s award show a success. “I’m humbled by not only the number of progressive companies sponsoring our industry award show this year, but who is stepping up,” says Parnelli Awards Co-Founder and Executive Producer Terry Lowe. “Not only is it wonderful to see so many who have supported continuously from the first shows like All Access Staging and Productions, Harman Professional, and Sound Image, but also great to welcome first-time sponsors joining us this year.” First time supporters of this year’s gala include Eagle Production Co., Eventric/Master Tour, and Spider Ranch Productions.Read More »Industry Leaders Step Up for 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards