Festival Profile
SonRise Music Festival’s Speedy Soundchecks
For the SonRise Music Festival, S&S Production Services fielded Allen & Heath desks.
Festival
Regional and Local
Technotrix Rolls into Riot Fest 2019
The Calumet City, IL-based audio provider tackled four stages of sound at this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago.
Live
Audio Biz Steps into Irish Fest
The indie rep firm fielded a preshow/demo suite to ensure visiting engineers were up to speed on FOH and monitor consoles at the massive event.
Regional and Local
Yorkville Digs Into Oh Canada Ribfest
More than 54,000 people came out to the decade-old ribfest, getting their fill of food and music via a Yorkville Sound PA.
Music Festival Business
Italy’s Medimex Festival Turns to International Sound
Italian conference/festival hosted Clock DVA, Adrian Sherwood, others.
Regional and Local
Raising the Roof—and Expectations—at Summerfest
By Steve Harvey. Many concerts have raised the roof at the 23,500-seat American Family Insurance Amphitheater, the flagship venue of Milwaukee’s Summerfest, but this year it really happened as architects and audio pros raised a 607,000 lbs., half-acre section...
Live
Meyer Sound Rolls into Roskilde 2019
2019 marked the second year of the ongoing collaboration between Meyer Sound and Northern Europe’s biggest festival.
Recording
Zylia to Capture Bluegrass Festival
Old-school bluegrass to be captured with immersive recording technology.
Post and Broadcast
How Sky Broadcast a Music Festival Live in Dolby Atmos
By Becky Roberts. For the second year in a row, Sky broadcast the UK’s Isle of Wight music festival in Atmos—here's how they did it.
Regional and Local
Morris Light & Sound Takes on CMA Fest
Morris tackles audio for Russell Dickerson, Maren Morris, Hunter Hayes and others as it fields d&b on five stages.
Live
Eilish Rolls into Coachella with A&H
The young songstress wasn’t the only major artist at the festival using the desk either.
Post and Broadcast
Telos Infinity Ties Together Festival Comms
New York Digital kept Lollapalooza Brazil in São Paolo connected.
Live
Jumping at Jazz Fest’s Jazz & Heritage Stage
By Jim Beaugez. Propaganda Group tackled a variety of genres and groups with a new audio system.
Live
SR Provider B4 Media Production Looks Ahead
Training the next generation of live sound pros is just one aspect of B4 Media Production’s efforts.
Music Festival Business
Festivals Turn to Bose
International festivals in four different countries opted for Bose PAs this year.
Live
Event Safety Summit Ready to Roll
“It’s about finding pathways to help the creative spirit continue, but for it to be able to do so with safety at the forefront.”
Live
New Festival Rocks Trondheim with Alcons
Iron Maiden, Volbeat and others roared through sets at new festival.
Blogs
Facing Festival Fatigue?
By Clive Young. The U.S. festival market has hit some speed bumps in recent times, but our festival history pales against that of Europe and the UK, where such annual blowouts have been a summertime staple since the 1970s....
Music Festival Business
RG Jones Joins In at Henley Festival
The Henley Festival’s trademark Floating Stage used Martin Audio MLA Compact speakers to cover a shallow but unusually wide audience area on the side of the Thames River.
Live
High Altitude Festival Draws Crowds—And Its PA By Cart
Delivering the PA via horse-drawn cart is just one challenge when it comes to providing sound for Bulgaria’s Meadows in the Mountains festival.
Music Festival Business
DiGiCo Digs World’s Largest Festival
DiGiCo SD consoles were stationed at all 12 stages during Summerfest.
Live
Eighth Day Sound Rolls at Governors Ball Music Festival
Cleveland-based SR provider fields Adamson for main stage at NYC festival.
Live
DiGiCo Dives Into Coachella
Rat Sound deployed more than 20 SD12 and SD10 consoles for this year’s festival.
Music Festival Business
Rat Sound, Focusrite Get Festive at Coachella and Stagecoach
Focusrite RedNet gear was used to connect 15 delay towers and more at the main stage.
Live
DiGiCo Goes 4 for 4 at Savannah Music Festival
DiGiCo is in residence at the Savannah Music Festival, running through April 14.
Regional and Local
QSC Invades Southwest Invasion in Austin
QSC gear ensured that more than 12,000 attendees heard every note at Southwest Invasion
Blogs
Heroes not Hard to Find in Las Vegas in the Wake of Route 91 Tragedy
John Hansen of AV Vegas discusses dealing with the aftermath of the tragic Route 91 Festival shooting and how the industry came to the aid of his team.