Music Festival Business
Sound for a Socially Distanced Ravenna Festival
Cancelling this month’s annual Ravenna Festival in Italy was never an option, so audio provider BH Audio is using a revamped d&b system for the event.
Festival Sound
Festival Profile
Ahava Festival Gets in Under the Wire
Held just before the pandemic took hold of the U.S., New Orleans’ new Ahava Festival charity event was assisted by Danley Sound Labs.
Live
TPG Tackles Country Freedom Festival
TPG fielded a sizable system, including its Bose ShowMatch rig, for the two-day festival headlined by John Michael Montgomery.
Festival Profile
N-Ray Rolls Out at Kassel Festival
SR provider Ambion fielded a beta system of Coda’s new N-Ray line array at the Kulturzelt music festival in Kassel, Germany.
The Wire
Clair Brother Adds Audio Clarity and Power to Summer Nostos Festival – The Biggest Cultural Celebration in Greece
ATHENS, GREECE: The week-long Summer Nostos Festival (SNFest) is an international multifaceted arts, sports and education festival held every June, that is free for all to attend and welcomes people of all ages. This, the fifth year of the...
Festival Profile
903pro Goes Classical in Cartagena
Colombian rental company 903pro provided audio support across several locations at the 2020 Cartagena International Music Festival.
Regional and Local
South Korean Park Looks West for Audio Solutions
TechDataPS and Arnion recently upgraded Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park’s outdoor performance venue with an all-Harman audio system.
Festival Profile
Soundwave Satisfies Dusk Music Festival’s Irate Neighbors
When locals tried to shut down Tuscon's Dusk Music Festival over noise abatement concerns, regional audio provider Soundwave Audio had its work cut out for it.
Festival Profile
SonRise Music Festival’s Speedy Soundchecks
For the SonRise Music Festival, S&S Production Services fielded Allen & Heath desks.
Live
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
We Out Here Festival Kicks Off with dLive and SQ
Supplied by AV production company A-Live Sound, five Allen & Heath dLive and four SQ systems ran FOH and monitors across seven stages at the We Out Here Festival, which took place in Cambridgeshire in August.
Live
Getting Psycho with Heil Sound
High On Fire raised some hell with Heil at the recent Psycho Las Vegas Festival.
Live
SAG Brings Sound to China’s Festival Circuit
A massive Meyer Sound rig supplied by S.A.G. powered the recent MTA Festival.
Live
ENTEC Moves into Parookaville
Audio provider ENTEC brings EDM to the masses at German dance festival.
Live
Italy’s Medimex Festival Turns to International Sound
Italian conference/festival hosted Clock DVA, Adrian Sherwood, others.
Live
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
Funktion-One Vero Makes Glastonbury Debut
The Vero system was deployed on Glastonbury's Glade Stage
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.
Live
ABC Tackles Sound at Primo Maggio Roma 2019
Rome’s annual music festival presented 31 acts over two days on a rotating stage.
Live
Brown Note Takes on Chicago Open Air Festival
Tool, SOAD, Ghost and others annihilate crowd at Chicago festival.
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.
Live
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.
Live
Live Sound Showcase: Jazz Fest Marks 50 Years
By Jim Beaugez. A musical institution for 50 years, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival takes over the city’s fairgrounds for two consecutive four-day weekends every spring to present dozens of acts on 17 stages and tents simultaneously,...
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
Festivals Turn to Bose
International festivals in four different countries opted for Bose PAs this year.
Live
Frank Carter’s Festival Freedom
A swap to new wireless system gave the rising punk band freedom to roam.
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.
Live
Bringing Boutique Festivals to the Beach
Successfully executing six back-to-back weeklong festivals in a Mediterranean climate requires stamina and technical expertise.
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....
Live
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.
Live
Live Sound Showcase: Mixing Jack White at Jazz Fest
By Jim Beaugez. On his first tour in four years, Jack White is playing arenas, clubs and festivals. In keeping with his championing of retro audio, which includes his Third Man Records label and vinyl pressing plant, the tour...
Live
Capital Provides 300+ Loudspeakers for Roger Waters Show
A massive PA system was brought to bear for the Pink Floyd leader's concert at London's BST Festival.
Live
DiGiCo Dives Into Coachella
Rat Sound deployed more than 20 SD12 and SD10 consoles for this year’s festival.
Gear and Technology
At PL+S: Optocore Unveils Festival Box
Optocore announces hot-swappable SFP solution
Live
DiGiCo Goes 4 for 4 at Savannah Music Festival
DiGiCo is in residence at the Savannah Music Festival, running through April 14.