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Bandit Lites Brings the Lighting to the 10th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards

The 2023 K-LOVE Fan Awards marked their tenth year with a moving showcase of the biggest names in Christian music, films, sports, books, and more. The fan voted awards were held May 28th at the Grand Ole Opry House and aired on TBN on June 2. Bandit Lites supplied the lighting system where Brandon Lake, for King & Country, Lauren Daigle, and Mercy Me were among the evening’s big winners.Read More »Bandit Lites Brings the Lighting to the 10th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards

Bandit Brings the Lights to the Black Music Honors

Bandit Lites is proud to have illuminated the 8th Annual Black Music Honors, a star-studded showcase that celebrates Black excellence and trailblazers in music, ranging from gospel to R&B, Hip-Hop and more. This year’s honorees included music legend Missy Elliott, vocal trio SWV, disco and R&B star Evelyn “Champagne” King, R&B/soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, and gospel trailblazers The Hawkins Family. Hosted by singer and actress LeToya Luckett and actor DeRay Davis, the event was taped at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Friday, May 19.Read More »Bandit Brings the Lights to the Black Music Honors

Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’

Bandit Lites recently illuminated the stage at the Bristol Motor Speedway live Easter celebration service. American sports icon and evangelist Tim Tebow and highly acclaimed and award-winning Christian musicians Phil Wickham and Cory Asbury Sunday, April 9, prior to the start of the historic Food City Dirt Race. The BMS Easter celebration preceded the start of the Food City Dirt Race NASCAR Cup Series race and aired nationally on FOX and PRN Radio. Tebow provided a faith-based message while Asbury and Wickham performed several songs.Read More »Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’

CHAUVET Professional Helps Alec Takahashi Connect Thomas Rhett To Crowd

Location, they say, “is everything” in retailing; well, it’s pretty important in live touring too. Just ask Alec Takahashi, the long-time lighting designer for country superstar Thomas Rhett. Lighting the multi-platinum singer/songwriter’s Bring The Bar To You tour, the LD could sense the crowd enter different emotional spaces as his client moved from one location on the set to another. “We had a B stage that Thomas Rhett walked on for a few songs,” said Takahashi. “This allowed us to create stripped down moments for him to get closer to fans. When he did this, the crowd subconsciously relaxed and became a little loose. You could literally feel the crowd relax and engage when he moved to that stage, and then you could feel the energy skyrocket with no walls when he returned to a full band performance on the main stage.”Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps Alec Takahashi Connect Thomas Rhett To Crowd

Bandit Lites Illuminates 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards

The 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards. ©Blue Amber Photography

The Gospel Music Association’s 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards ceremony took place at Nashville’s sold-out Allen Arena on Oct. 18, and the taped show aired Oct. 21 on TBN. Along with the performances, the event named GRAMMY Award winner CeCe Winans Artist of the Year, and also honored Winans for Song of the Year for her No. 1 Billboard hit, “Believe for It.”
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Bandit Lights Up Nashville NHL Stadium Series with Mark Carver

The Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning drew 70,000 hockey fans to the first NHL game held outdoors in Tennessee. Along with the Feb. 26 game at Nissan Stadium, the event included performances by musical acts including Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley. Bandit Lites provided Ayrton, Chauvet, Claypaky, Elation, GLP and Robe lighting fixtures for LD Mark Carver.

In-Person Dove Awards Return with Bandit Lites

NASHVILLE – The Gospel Music Association held the 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards with a star-studded, in-person Nashville event on Oct. 19 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena. Bandit Lites supplied the lighting system for the live event, which was also broadcast on TBN.