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  L-Acoustics Restructures and Expands EMEA Sales Team
L-Acoustics, experiencing record-breaking growth, announces a strategic restructuring and significant expansion of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales team. This move, led by recently appointed director of sales EMEA, 
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Beckhoff USA Opens Greater Atlanta Office
Beckhoff Automation has opened a new regional office in Alpharetta, Georgia, part of the Greater Atlanta area. With more than 5,000 sq. ft., the facility will boost sales, support, and training capabilities while accommodating ...
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Robe at PLASA 2024
Robe is using the buzz and hustle of the 2024 PLASA London expo to launch four new products -- the iFORTE Fresnel, the PAINTE Fresnel, the SVOPATT and the SVB1.
The new "Robe Live" expo production performance extravaganza will ...
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Obsidian to Show World's First IP66 Range For Entertainment Data Distribution @ PLASA 2024
The Obsidian Control Systems team is attending the upcoming PLASA tradeshow from September 1-3 at Olympia in West London with devices in its award-winning NETRON data distribution ...
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Wonderland Forest Summer Concert Series Employs 1 SOUND System
This summer, Wonderland Forest, a campground and concert venue by GFY Entertainment, transformed the rolling hills of Central New York's Apple Valley into a hub of musical performances. The venue hosted a series of concerts and festivals, ...
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Green Hippo's Hippotizer Makes Princess Cruises' Ambitious AV Smooth Sailing
Princess Cruises' brand new Sun Princess ship set sail on its maiden voyage in mid-2024 with a totally re-imagined AV system. Multiple LED walls are installed throughout the vessel, all of which are driven by Green Hippo's ...
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Ayrton Huracan Shines at The Star Theatre Singapore
The Star Theatre, the main venue at The Star Performing Arts Centre, has invested in a quantity of Ayrton Huracan Wash fixtures supplied by Ayrton's exclusive distributor for the region, Total Solution Marketing. ...
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Cadac Console's CM-J50 Makes First UK Public Appearance at PLASA Show 2024
The PLASA Show 2024 sees the UK debut of Cadac Consoles' CM-J50 digital audio mixing console. Following the company's recent announcement of its shift to UK-based manufacturing, Cadac Consoles will showcase the CM-J50 on Stand E85 ...
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Clear-Com Strengthens Partnership with Goldenduck to Enhance After-Sales Support in Thailand
Clear-Com announces it has fortified its long-standing partnership with Goldenduck, a leading AV solutions provider in Thailand. The AV industry in Thailand, much like in other regions, is marked by its fast-paced evolution and the ...
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Sooner Routhier Debuts Elation's PROTEUS ATLAS on Coldplay's Music of the Spheres Tour
Coldplay's sensational Music of the Spheres world tour has received widespread acclaim since launching in 2022, not only for the band's celebrated music and engaging onstage presence but also for their efforts in ushering in a ...
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Meyer Sound PANTHER and 2100-LFC Power Main Stage at Outside Lands 2024
Since it launched in 2008, Outside Lands, one of America's premier music and arts festivals, has annually transformed San Francisco's vast Golden Gate Park into a cultural celebration, elevated by Meyer Sound systems provided by ...
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130 Claypaky Tambora Linear 100 Fixtures Shine at Germany's Airbeat One Festival for EDM Fans
For more than 20 years, the Airbeat One Festival has entertained fans with the harder side of electronic music with an event that features cutting-edge stage design, epic light shows and leading international DJs. Airbeat One 2024 was ...
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Backstage Production Group Adds Glow to SIBIU Theatre Festival With Over 250 Chauvet Professional Fixtures
Some years ago, the prestigious publication, American Theatre hailed the Sibiu International Theatre Festival as "Romania's Miracle." Having just celebrated its 31st year, the festival, which is put on by The National Theatre Radu ...
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In Memoriam: Riku Kauppinen
Riku Kauppinen, director of business development for MA Lighting, died on August 16. He was 52 and had been battling cancer.
According to a statement from MA Lighting, "Riku was a highly respected and beloved figure in the ...
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Bose Professional Appoints Adam Castillo as Vice President of Global Marketing
Bose Professional announces the appointment of Adam Castillo as vice president of global marketing. Castillo brings over 20 years of experience leading marketing teams at companies ranging from startups to large, global ...
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On-Stage RVS Series Vented Rack Shelves Make Space for Non-Rack-Mount Gear
On-Stage, a brand of The Music People, has released the RVS series of Vented Rack Shelves, which enable easy integration of non-rack-mount components into a rack system.
These 19"-wide shelves mount directly to any standard ...
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Evoke Studios and Malak XR Virtual Production Studios Announce Partnership
Evoke Studios, comprising an international team of experienced and skilled individuals, specializing in visual performance design technologies and content production for dynamic and virtual environments, announces a strategic ...
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ADJ to Showcase Lighting Solutions at PLASA 2024
ADJ will be presenting its lighting collection at PLASA Show 2024, taking place from September 1-3 at the Olympia in London. The event will see ADJ showcasing its products at Stand H7, supported by their exclusive UK distributor, ...
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AV Stumpfl to Make PLASA Show Debut with International Team
Building on its growing profile in the UK market, AV Stumpfl will make its debut at the PLASA Show in London on September 1-3, 2024.
The Austrian manufacturer, which recently opened a dedicated office in London for its PIXERA ...
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TiMax Showcases TiMax panLab and the New Team at PLASA 2024
On Stand J5 at this year's PLASA Show (Olympia London, Sept 1-3, 2024), TiMax Spatial will showcase a beta version of the latest product to join the fold, TiMax panLab. The original editions of this spatialization application for ...
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Award Winning Sound Designer Gareth Owen Chooses DirectOut for Elegant Theatrical Production Solutions
DirectOut is the creator of multi-function audio processor PRODIGY.MX, currently in use across a range of Gareth Owen Sound (GOS) Productions. These include the recently opened production of Starlight Express at London's ...
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Tyler Childers' Fans in Awe After Surprise Drone Nova Sky Story Flies Over Missoula Show
On Saturday night, August 24, the skies over Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana came alive with a one-of-a-kind drone sky story during country music star Tyler Childers' concert. Nova Sky Stories, the global ...
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Kyle Evans Joins Robe's Creative Team
Kyle Evans has joined Robe's creative team which is led by Nathan Wan and known for ensuring style and flair are at the forefront of all Robe's exhibition stands and live show spectaculars in addition to producing a ...
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TOMCAT Welcomes Zabrina Rios as West Coast Sales Manager
TOMCAT and Area Four Industries America announce the appointment of Zabrina Rios to the position of west coast sales manager.
"Zabrina is a great asset to our team," says Adrian Forbes-Black, vice-president of ...
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Equipson's LIGHTSHARK Core iO Makes its UK Debut at PLASA 2024
Spanish manufacturer Equipson will be addressing the needs of AV system integrators at PLASA 2024 by highlighting its LIGHTSHARK range of DMX-based hardware lighting consoles. ...
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LDR to Exhibit at PLASA Show
Italian lighting manufacturer Luci Della Ribalta will exhibit at PLASA Show, to be held at London Olympia September 1 - 3.
In a statement, the company says it "has long decided to invest time and resources in the major trade ...
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Claypaky Announces its Volero Cube
Claypaky's Volero Cube is a multi-function, multi-effect moving head billed as a "4-in-1 fusion fixture," boasting four 60W RGBW LEDs and plus-shaped cool white LED strips for strobe that can be pixel-to-pixel controlled allowing ...
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Glastonbury 2024 Sees Video Illusions and Cucumber Productions Deliver Video Solution for Arcadia's Dragonfly
The Arcadia stage at Glastonbury Festival, presented annually by a uniquely talented collective of creatives, engineers, programmers and technicians, is one of the most recognized festival stages in the world. ...
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ddNew Underwater Spotlights Bring to Life Breathtaking Stage Sets on World's Largest Lake Stage
The Bregenz performing arts festival, located in the westernmost Austrian province of Vorarlberg, has been attracting an international audience since it first opened in 1946, less than a year after the end of World War II. To be ...
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Theatre in Review: Hurricane Season (Vernal & Sere Theatre at Theatre Row)
Some plays conclude without the audience realizing it, leading to awkward curtain calls. This is true of Hurricane Season, but it also leaves one unclear about when the intermission begins. During a pause at the performance I ...
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DPA Microphones Welcomes New Team Members to Lead Company's Wireless Systems Sales
Following its strategic US collaboration with , DPA Microphones is expanding its team with the addition of several wireless systems professionals to facilitate the tremendous growth trajectory of these leading pro ...
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Sphere Entertainment Co. Announces V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas
Sphere Entertainment Co. announces a cinematic experience to be shown exclusively at Sphere. V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas, directed by Morleigh Steinberg and The Edge, showcases the ...
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Explore Elation at PLASA Stand C26
Explore the latest live entertainment technology at Elation, Stand C26 at the upcoming PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Elation will present its line-up of new lighting tools September 1-3. Elation's team will be on ...
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MA Lighting's grandMA3 Goes Live with Whiskey Myers Tour
Country rockers Whiskey Myers continue their 2024 North American tour with grandMA3 controlling lighting and video elements in a unique live application. The tour is due to wrap in Las Vegas in November after playing some high-profile ...
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LUZ Studio Trusts Bandit to Light Jason Aldean's Highway Desperado Tour
After more than 40 sold out headlining shows in 2023, country music superstar Jason Aldean extended his Highway Desperado Tour with a lighting system from longtime vendor, Bandit Lites. Named for his 11th studio ...
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Jason Patsel Transforms Pops Farm for Rooster Walk with Chauvet Professional
With its 150 acres of pastoral meadows dotted by tranquil ponds surround by tall pines and flowering trees, Pops Farm is alive with color throughout the year. At no time though is this celebration of hues as bold and exciting as it is in ...
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New Meyer Sound System Elevates the Concert Experience at Guthrie Green
Guthrie Green, a community-focused green space in Tulsa, Oklahoma's Arts District, brings the best musical offerings from Tulsa and beyond to its outdoor amphitheater, with premium sound in every seat thanks to a new Meyer Sound ...
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Pro AV Revenue Forecast to Reach $422 Billion by 2029, According to New Research From AVIXA
Pro AV revenue will grow from $306.4 billion in 2023 to $325 billion in 2024, a healthy growth rate of 6.1%, but down from 6.9% from the previous year, according to AVIXA's 2024
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Voting Now Open for the 2024 Gottelier Award
Named in memory of renowned industry innovator and commentator Tony Gottelier, the Gottelier Award recognizes sustained or significant contributions to product development in the entertainment technology industry. ...
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World Debut as 168 GLP impression X5 IP Maxx Join the AC/DC Tour
Neg Earth supremo Dave Ridgway came to the assistance of creative director and lighting designer Terry Cook when he was seeking the kind of raw power from a new generation washlight that audiences at an AC/DC show might ...
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ADJ Encore LP12IP Luminaires Selected to Illuminate Houston Fashion Show
The society event of the year, Houston's Trailblazers Awards luncheon and fashion show kicks off the city's Rodeo season in style. This year's edition was hosted in the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel and attracted over 2,000 attendees. ...
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Swarovski Masters of Lights Shines with Prolights
Prolights fixtures illuminated Swarovski's traveling exhibit Masters of Lights at Palazzo Citterio in Milan. This event, produced by Kennedy London agency, marked Swarovski's 130th anniversary, showcasing the maison's ...
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Patronaat Invests in Robe TetraX Luminaires
Patronaat is a live music venue in Haarlem, just outside capital city Amsterdam, and one of the music hotspots of the northern Netherlands, with two busy live performance halls and a small stage/club operating over weekend nights. Music ...
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Adam Hall's Cameo at NATURE ONE 2024
NATURE ONE is the festival for techno, house, trance, hardstyle and all other varieties of electronic dance music in Germany. In 2024, too, tens of thousands of EDM fans again flocked to the legendary Pydna Kastellaun missile ...
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Read Lighting&Sound America's New August 2024 Issue
Check out LSA's new August 2024 issue!
link.lsamedia.com/aug2024
Special LSA Features this month includes:
The Doobie Brothers take their ...
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Registration Now Open for the cavlo Seattle Tradeshow
cavlo announces that registration is now open for its upcoming Pro AVL tradeshow, taking place in Seattle on October 10, 2024. This trade-only event is dedicated to commercial entertainment and communication technologies, bringing ...
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Andy Tindall and Marco Rodriguez Join the dBTechnologies USA Team
dBTechnologies announce the addition of applications engineer, Andy Tindall and sales engineer, Marco Rodriguez. A major focus since the birth of the US division, dBTECH USA, has been in investing in talent that ...
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Allen & Heath to Offer Worship-Focused Live Sound Training at CFX Conference
Allen & Heath announces its participation in the upcoming CFX (Church Facilities Expo) conference, taking place this October. As part of its commitment to supporting the live sound community, Allen & Heath will be offering a ...
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Dry Hire Lighting is Ready for Festival Season with Prolights Astra Hybrid330IP
Dry Hire Lighting, known for supporting professional lighting hire companies in the entertainment industry, recognized a growing number of requests for an LED IP-rated hybrid fixture. After looking at many options, they found none stood up ...
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ChamSys Offers Comprehensive Training and New Products at PLASA 2024
The Hilton London Olympia is 0.322 kilometers from the Olympia Events convention center, a mere four minute walk, give or take a few seconds. But those who make that short trek during PLASA 2024 will gain some valuable knowledge that is ...
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Showlight 2025 to Exhibit at PLASA London
Showlight 2025 will be attending PLASA Show London 2024, at Stand A34. Organized once every four years, Showlight is a unique event with a rich history, and a wanderlust that takes it to a different location every time. Aimed at ...
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158 Claypaky Arolla Aqua Units Light up Max Pezzali's Stadium Tour
Max Pezzali's first real stadium tour in over 30 years of career, Max Forever, sold out across all venues, drawing floods of fans of all ages eager to sing along at the top of their lungs to his every hit. ...
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Unity Lasers Unveils Upgraded Lineup with Enhanced Features for 2024
Unity Lasers announces the release of its new and upgraded laser lineup. This latest iteration includes significant enhancements across the original RAW and Elite PRO FB4 models, offering even more flexibility and value to ...
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Morgan Wallen's This Bar Chooses RCF for Spectacular Sound
Country-pop star Morgan Wallen is the latest artist to lend his name, and the title of a hit song, to a destination venue in Nashville's Lower Broadway district. Morgan Wallen's This Bar and Tennessee Kitchen is a six-story, four ...
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All Creation Sings in 360-degree Immersive Sound with L-Acoustics L-ISA at Museum of the Bible
Two blocks south of Washington, DC's National Mall, home to the capital city's many historic monuments and institutions, stands the six-story, 430,000-sq.-ft. Museum of the Bible. Since 2017, the museum has welcomed millions of visitors ...
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Ignacio "Iggy" Rosenberg of Lightswitch Animates Travis Shirley Set Design for Karol G with Chauvet
The Devil Is In The Details...or so the old saying goes. But in the final four shows of superstar Karol G's 62-date Manana Sera Bonito Tour, it was the "details," even the most painstaking ones, that gave rise to some ...
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Robe in the Rig for Milica Pavlovic Show in Zagreb, Croatia
Over 200 Robe moving lights graced the stage in a lighting scheme designed by Sven Kucinic of LumiLas LLC for a show by Serbian superstar Milica Pavlovic at the Zagreb Arena, Croatia. ...
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Optimal Audio Expands Ecosystem with Sub 6
Optimal Audio introduces Sub 6, a passive subwoofer engineered for applications requiring increased impact and low-frequency performance from smaller Cuboid and Up loudspeaker setups.
The compact Sub 6 is designed for ...
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The 2025 NAMM Show Expands to Five Days of Events with Three Days of Exhibits
NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, announces its initial lineup of events and exhibits for The 2025 NAMM Show, taking place at the Anaheim Convention ...
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Genelec Announces 2024 AES Educational Foundation Scholarship Recipients
Genelec Inc. announces the recipients of its annual scholarships awarded in association with the Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation (AESEF). Reaffirming the company's commitment to audio education, Genelec Inc. ...
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Adam Hall Group at the PLASA Show 2024
At this year's PLASA Show September from 1 to 3 at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, the Adam Hall Group will be presenting the latest products from Cameo and LD Systems at stand B13. The focus will be on event technology ...
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Metallica's M72 World Tour Relies on Wisycom for Full-Spectrum RF Coverage
Before heading out on the road with Metallica for the M72 World Tour, live sound monitor engineers and technicians Mike "Mic" Bollella and Robert "Bob" Cowan looked to expand the band's RF coverage with a full-spectrum ...
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WWE Selects PK Sound to Solve Acoustic Challenges in HQ Lobby
The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) brand is a global behemoth, beloved by loyal fans in over one billion households throughout 180 countries. That's largely because its events are among the most electrifying experiences in live ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. Honors 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Winners
As a continued supporter of student designers, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. congratulates the winners of this year's Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) regional awards. KCACTF is a ...
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Creativity Unleashed at Fuego Fuego by Onedot with Chauvet Professional Color STRIKE M
"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations," the great film maker Orson Welles once observed. He had a point. You don't win an Academy Award and three Grammy Awards for nothing! Our creative juices do seem to flow more ...
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Listen Technologies Promotes Kevin Jewkes to Chief of Staff
Listen Technologies Corporation has promoted Kevin Jewkes to chief of staff. In this new role, Jewkes serves as a trusted advisor to and proxy for Listen Technologies president and CEO Maile Keone. ...
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ADJ's New Dotz Par RGBL Offers Versatile Lime-Infused Color Mixing from a Compact and Powerful Wash Fixture
Featuring a potent C.O.B. LED engine, the new ADJ Dotz Par RGBL is billed as a versatile wash fixture which can be used to generate a huge spectrum of vibrant colors as well as tunable white light. With a robust yet lightweight ...
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GearSource.com Unveils GearSync and NeedZone
GearSource.com announces the launch of GearSync and NeedZone. GearSync is a suite of tools developed to bridge your own gear database with GearSource's extensive network. NeedZone has been ...
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Bandit Lites Illuminates Megan Moroney
Bandit Lites supports country music's next global superstar, Megan Moroney, who recently was named New Female Artist of the year at the 59th ACM Awards as well racking up the most nominations for a female artist. Known for ...
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Elation Delivers Dynamic PULSE For First-Ever Live Broadcast From Sphere
When veteran lighting designer Tom Kenny was called on to light a reimagined NHL Draft at the incomparable Las Vegas Sphere -- the first ever live TV broadcast from that space -- he knew he needed something special for the main ...
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Perfect Ovation for Robe
Perfect Ovation is a family-run company with a busy Dubai dry hire facility and a full production operation in Oman supplying lighting, sound, and LED screens to a diverse mix of shows and events.
The company is headed by entrepreneur ...
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Vectorworks 2025 Coming Soon with a Whole New World of Interactive Features
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. is preparing to release the 2025 version of its product line. Vectorworks 2025 focuses on redefining 3D interactivity and visualization, providing methods for users to ...
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Audio Engineering Society Opens Registration for the AES Show 2024 NY
The Audio Engineering Society has opened registration for the AES Show 2024 NY, taking place Tuesday, October 8 to Thursday, October 10 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
This year's gathering will feature a ...
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I AM MUSIC Chooses CODA Audio
Founded more than fifteen years ago, I AM MUSIC is a supplier of audio, lighting, and AV technology to the Polish events sector. Its experienced and dedicated team offer full service design and technical production for all types and ...
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Nick D'Angelo Appointed Brand Manager for Prolights
A.C. Americas, the parent company for A.C. Lighting, announces the appointment of Nick D'Angelo as brand manager for the Prolights brand.
In his new role, D'Angelo will report to Fred Mikeska and will closely ...
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Washington D.C.'s The Anthem and 9:30 Club Each Double Up with DiGiCo
The Anthem opened in 2017 with a mission: bring a purpose-built, mid-sized music venue -- able to host arena-level artists that want a smaller, more intimate space in which to connect with fans, but that can still hold plenty of them -- to ...
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All ADJ Lighting System Reinvigorates The Playground Nightclub In Malta
Located in Malta's nightlife capital, the Paceville district of St. Julian's, The Playground is a well-established nightclub that specializes in techno and other genres of underground electronic dance music. The club has recently ...
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Masque Sound Provides Audio with New Meyer Sound Panther Loudspeaker System for 106th Season at MUNY
When The Muny, one of the nation's most iconic outdoor venues, kicked off its 106th season, patrons were treated to an enhanced and immersive audio experience featuring brand new Meyer Sound PANTHER large-format linear line array ...
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Classic Gear Live is Back with Vintage Technology Display at PLASA Show
Visitors to this year's PLASA Show (September 1-3, Olympia London) can once again get up close to vintage technology used by iconic recording artists and theatre productions, courtesy of lighting designer and LSi journalist
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L-Acoustics A15i is the Sonic Gem in Bruno Mars' New Club, The Pinky Ring
When it comes to showmanship and energy, very few musical artists can keep up with Bruno Mars, a man who quickly gets a massive stadium full of fans up on their feet and dancing for an entire show. Although he's also proven to be a ...
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Princess Cruises Selects Robe TE Fixtures for Immersive LED Lighting and Sustainability Enhancement
Princess Cruises, a leader in worldwide cruising, has taken a major step toward sustainability and delivering outstanding live performances by upgrading the lighting rig in their 1,000-seat Princess Theatre on the Crown, Emerald, and Ruby ...
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Elation FUZE Lighting Enhancement for Florida's Venice Performing Arts Center
The Venice Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Venice, Florida, has recently undergone a significant lighting upgrade with the installation of Elation FUZE PAR Z175 ...
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Allen & Heath Amplifies Sound Experience on Royal Caribbean International's Record-Breaking Icon of the Seas
Allen & Heath, reveals its partnership with Royal Caribbean International to augment the sonic experience on the first-of-its-kind combination of the best of every vacation -- Icon of the Seas. This cooperation incorporates Allen & ...
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Ayrton Kyalami Celebrated by Planetworld at South African Launch Event
Within a stone's throw of the Formula One Grand Prix circuit after which it was named, Ayrton's laser-sourced IP65-rated Kyalami fixture was celebrated with a big South African launch party on July 3 at the Johannesburg premises of ...
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Bryan Barancik Accents Intensity on Lenny Kravitz European Tour with Chauvet Professional
Sometimes, the best new ideas are those that make us most uncomfortable. Such was the case with Brutalism, a school of graphic and architectural design that emerged in the 1950s.
Emphasizing stark, bold form and function over ...
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Theatre in Review: Once Upon a Mattress (Hudson Theatre)
Once Upon a Mattress has landed on Broadway at just the right time -- you could even say in the nick of time. After a spring season of earnest, clenched-jaw musicals populated with juvenile delinquents, tormented artists, ...
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A Glowing Halo of Investment in Astera Products
Central London-based lighting and event technology and services specialist Halo now has one of the largest and most extensive stocks of Astera products in the UK. Halo's total count of well over 400 Astera luminaires includes ...
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PLASA Announces First Phase of Extensive Seminar Program for PLASA Show
The PLASA Show announces the first confirmed sessions in a bumper program of seminars, masterclasses, and panels taking place throughout the show at London's Olympia in September. Located across three sector-specific theatres ...
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Chauvet's STRIKE Bolt 1C Combines Old School with New Cool
Chauvet Professional's new STRIKE Bolt 1C combines "old school with the new cool," to come up with a unique IP65 fixture that offers unimaginable and unlimited design possibilities. This intense color-infused strobe has a feature ...
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ETC's Response Mk2 Gateways Tap into Seamless Configuration with Set Light
ETC's 2-port and 4-port (non-DIN) models of Response Mk2 DMX Gateways now support NFC configuration. A simple tap from a mobile device running the Set Light app (V1.9 or later) allows users to retrieve a Gateway's configuration, ...
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Blink-182 Touring Engineers Tap DPA Microphones for the Band's World Tour 2023/2024
Initially billed as a "reunion tour," Blink-182's World Tour 2023/2024 marks the band's 30th anniversary and first tour with original singer and guitarist, Tom DeLonge, since 2014. Given the significance of the tour, Front of House ...
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Key Digital Appoints Excellence Marketing as Manufacturer's Rep
Key Digital Systems appoints Excellence Marketing as its manufacturer's rep for the region encompassing western Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. The announcement was made by DeWayne Rains, Key Digital vice ...
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Meyer Sound Powers Expands Montreux Jazz Festival 2024
The 58th Montreux Jazz Festival returned to the sparkling shores of Switzerland's Lake Geneva from July 5-20. Since its beginnings in 1967, the festival has become a must-play destination for the world's most revered musicians, drawing ...
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Nominations are Open for the 2025 ESTA Board of Directors
ESTA is seeking passionate, motivated individuals to join its Board of Directors and help guide the association into a future filled with excitement, possibilities, and growth. Board positions available for the January 1, 2025 - ...
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Jeff Awards Nominations Announced
The nominations have been announced for the 2023-2024 Equity Jeff Awards, which honor achievement in the Chicago area's professional theatre scene.
The design nominees are listed below. Except for projection design, the ...
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Jean-Marc Farre Joins Robe Lighting France
Robe Lighting France announces that Jean-Marc Farre has joined their team as the regional manager for the vast southern area of France, encompassing Bordeaux in the east to Lyon in the west and everything south of that. ...
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1 SOUND Celebrates its Launch in Taiwan with a Demo Event
1 SOUND celebrated its launch in Taiwan with a demo event, organized by the company's official distributor Seapower Technology Co., Ltd. Held at the New Taipei City Government's conference room, the presentations were given by Leo ...
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Squeek Lights' Victor Zeiser Gets Back Behind Desk for The Dillinger Escape Plan with Chauvet Professional
June 21 marked a momentous day for fans of extreme metal music. On that evening Dimitri Minakakis returned to join The Dillinger Escape Plan for the first of three shows at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, held to commemorate the ...
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Metinteractive Provides AV Systems for New Tahoe Blue Event Center in South Lake Tahoe
Located on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada, The Tahoe Blue Event Center complements the natural beauty of the area with a stunning, rugged facility that serves an array of purposes in the mountain resort community. Met ...
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AC/DC's Power Up Tour Electrifies RCF Arena with GTX System Extensions
AC/DC delivered their hallmark electrifying performance to over 100,000 fans at the RCF Arena as part of the Italian leg of their Power Up Tour. The concert, supporting their seventeenth studio album, featured TT+ Audio's GTX ...
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Avolites Diamond 9 Controls Arcadia Dragonfly Lighting & Video
The Avolites' D9 lighting console and an Avolites AI Qgen media server (with another for hot backup) running Avo's proprietary Synergy protocol -- which works with all third-party NDIs -- were at the heart of lighting and video ...
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AES 2024 Election Results
The Audio Engineering Society announces the results of its 2024 Board of Directors and Board of Governors elections. The Society's membership has elected Brecht De Man as president-elect. Also on the Board of Directors, Val ...
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(PAMA) to Host Online Presentation by Sensaphonics President Dr. Michael Santucci, AuD, on August 22
The Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA) is hosting an upcoming online lecture from Dr. Michael Santucci, AuD, doctor of audiology and Sensaphonics founder and president, on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at noon EDT. ...
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Lighting Designer Marilyn Lowey Seeking Material Contributions for New Art Installation
Art and lighting designer Marilyn Lowey is working on a new art installation and is seeking materials' contributions. Including all types of theatrical glass lenses: broken, whole, all sizes; plus roundels: all sizes, colors and ...
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Vari-Lite Announces New LT Model of VL3600
Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment lighting brand, announces the VL3600 LT Profile IP. This long-throw version of the VL3600 Series luminaire offers the same color mixing, powerful effects, and outdoor weather rating as the existing ...
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Elation FUZE and KL Highlight The Twist Years at Paris' Eiffel Tower Theatre
The Twist Years at the Eiffel Tower Theatre in Paris follows a group of young people who traverse the moral and social revolutions of the tumultuous '60s through some of that decade's formative music. Recounted via music classics ...
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The Belonging Anchors its Main Nashville-Based Church Location with Solid State Logic L650 Mixing Console
In just 10 years, The Belonging Co. has grown from a handful of touring artists and musicians meeting in a basement to thousands gathering at the church's three Nashville area locations and many thousands more worshipping online. As The ...
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GLP impression X4 Bars and JDC1 Project Black Coffee to Dance Music Enthusiasts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Colorado-based Brown Note Productions recently fielded 120 impression X4 Bar 20s and 12 JDC1s from the GLP catalogue to help provide a riveting backdrop and enhance the natural wonder that is the Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The show ...
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Robe Has BEEN There Done That!
A team from Netherlands-based creative studio Live Legends headed by project director Serge Patist and lighting designers Thomas de Vries and Bas Knappers completed a bold and modern interior design and technical - set ...
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Theatre in Review: Job (Hayes Theatre)
Job wastes no time in getting down to the threat of mayhem: The lights come upon a therapist, in his office, held at gunpoint by a young woman. As images go, it's a natural for The New Yorker's cartoon caption contest. ...
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Kate Sims and Joe Marchitto Join Strategic Accounts Team at Advanced Systems Group
Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG) recently named two seasoned professionals to high-ranking positions within the organization. Kate Sims joins ASG as vice president of strategic accounts, and Joe Marchitto will serve as CTO ...
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Cameo Invites Guests to CAMEO DAY in Dubai -- Premiere of the ORON H2 in the Middle East
On August 20, Adam Hall's Cameo invites guests to the official CAMEO DAY in Dubai. With this one-day event, the Adam Hall Group's lighting technology brand is targeting customers and interested parties in the MEA region to present ...
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ADJ IP65-rated Fixtures Illuminate Stadium of Fire 2024 Headlined by the Jonas Brothers
Stadium of Fire is an annual celebration of patriotism held at Brigham Young University's LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah each 4th of July. This year it featured a performance by the 300-member, Las Vegas-based Zion's Youth ...
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Cort Lawrence & Raw Cereal Animate HARDY Tour with LD Trevor Drawdy and 233 Chauvet Professional Fixtures
On the eve of his 15-city arena/amphitheater Quit!! Tour this summer, HARDY promised a newspaper interviewer that he would "leave it all on the stage." An ideal claim? Hardly! Like the artist himself, who prefers to have his ...
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PAINTE-ing Gigant Robe Style
Gigant is an arts and performance complex in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, comprising two theatre spaces, a movie house, recording studios, a music venue (popzaal) and a cafe, an invigorating creative space where people can soak up multiple ...
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Alex Douglas Vibes with Ayrton at Zenon Dubai
Zenon Dubai at Kempinski Central Avenue in the prestigious Dubai Mall, is a stunning new high-class restaurant and lounge that, using cutting edge immersive technology with AI-powered performances and interactive displays, promises its ...
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DirectOut Announces Digital Media Technology as a New Distributor
DirectOut announces Digital Media Technology Co. Ltd. (DMT) as a new distributor for its audio solutions in the Greater China region. This exciting partnership marks a significant step in the expansion of DirectOut's presence in ...
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Theatre in Review: The Meeting: The Interpreter (Theatre at St. Clement's)
The Meeting: The Interpreter begins with a full set of film-style credits delivered on a screen that blocks our view of the stage. Well, we can't say we weren't warned. The screen, which, eventually, shuffles to the far left, ...
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Adam Hall Group Names ATS-Pro as its Exclusive Cameo Distribution Partner in the US
The Adam Hall Group is further expanding its international sales network. With ATS-Pro, the event technology vendor headquartered in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, has gained a new distribution partner for the US market. ATS-Pro has many years ...
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Carl Burnett Lights Heart Royal Flush Tour with Elation's PROTEUS Luminaires
Rock music's legendary sister duo Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart performed a series of US shows from April 20 to May 23 on their Royal Flush Tour, with lighting design by Carl Burnett. Burnett turned to Elation's ...
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Robert Juliat Dalis 864 Footlights Join Justin Timberlake's The Forget Tomorrow World Tour
Cory FitzGerald, the lighting designer for Justin Timberlake's ongoing The Forget Tomorrow World Tour and senior partner at Burbank-based creative studio Silent House, is using 30 Robert Juliat 864 LED ...
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Bespoke Technology Group Deploys 1 SOUND Loudspeakers in New Dallas Restaurant
Milkshake Concepts, the Dallas-based hospitality group, recently unveiled Saaya, its latest dining and nightlife destination. Bespoke Technology Group, also based in Dallas, was contracted to provide the venue's audio design and ...
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Students from Middle Tennessee State University Spearhead Bonnaroo Festival with Focusrite
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual four-day event that takes place at Great Stage Park, a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. Typically starting on the second Thursday of June, the festival runs for four days and ...
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Francesco De Cave Makes Piazza San Marco Sparkle With Zalight and Chauvet Professional
Napoleon called it "the drawing room of Europe," but Piazza San Marco is much more than that. For centuries, this 12,128 m2 trapezoidal space bordering the Bay of San Marco has been an enchanted spot of beauty and inspiration that has ...
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Theatre in Review: Cellino v. Barnes (Asylum NYC)
Memo to the creators of Cellino v. Barnes: The jingle is all you ever needed.
Mike B. Breen and David Rafailedes have drawn up a satirical history of the New York law firm known for high-camp commercials ...
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