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  Entourage Pro Launches Updated Market Intelligence Platform for Live Entertainment Technology Manufacturers
Entourage Pro, the freelance crew network and market intelligence consultant, announces the launch of Entourage Pro: Insights, a comprehensive market intelligence platform designed exclusively for manufacturers in the live ...
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Summer/Fall Virtual Trainings Announced by Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative
The Behind the Scenes (BTS) Mental Health Initiative is offering a variety of upcoming virtual trainings to help people with the information and skills to identify and assist when their colleagues are struggling with a mental health ...
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CHAUVET Professional was Everywhere at Glastonbury
The 2025 edition of the celebrated five-day Glastonbury Festival was among the most diverse musically in its 55-year history. Charli XCX, Gracie Abrams, Doechii, The 1975, Raye, Sir Rod Stewart, Four Tet, Tom Odell, Gary Numan, and The ...
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Moonlight Productions Expands PK Sound Robotic System Inventory
PK Sound had advanced its longstanding partnership with Moonlight Productions, a production technologies provider based in Montana. Moonlight recently expanded its inventory of PK's robotic line source technology with an investment ...
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Dante Dominates the Pitch at Portland's Providence Park
Thunderous sounds of the crowd greet every eventgoer at Portland's fabled Providence Park. Completed in 1926, Providence Park is the oldest facility configured as a soccer-specific stadium for use by an MLS team and is one of the most ...
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Telemundo Center Deploys JBL Professional Across Install, Broadcast and Live Spaces
Walk through the front doors of Telemundo Center in Miami, and the sound of JBL is everywhere. Literally. From the glass-walled atrium to the broadcast control rooms, post-production suites, and live event spaces, NBCUniversal's ...
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City Theatrical, Environmental Lights Launch Eluxtra 360 Degrees LED Neon Lighting Solution
City Theatrical, an Environmental Lights company, now offers Eluxtra 360-degree LED neon lighting solutions to complement the Eluxtra family of accent lighting products. The product is billed as providing seamless illumination ...
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ETC Announces 2025 Fred Foster Student Mentees
ETC introduces the students who are participating in the 2025 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program, hailing from the US, Canada, and the UK. Through the program's online ...
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3DS Spotrack Press Release Lauds New ETC Product
In an unusual case of one industry company congratulating another, Ireland-based 3DS Spotrack Ltd has issued a statement applauding the RigPOV video technology rollout just announced by Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC). ...
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Braxtin Pieper at Red Rocks with CHAUVET Gear
Braxtin Pieper went through an array of different looks to support the Red Dirt music of Shane Smith & The Saints when the band appeared at Red Rocks Amphitheatre recently. Moving seamlessly from soft monochromatic color washes, ...
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Twenty One Pilots Unveils The Clancy World Tour Backed by Cohesion
In support of their genre-smashing seventh hit album Clancy, Twenty One Pilots launched their most expansive tour yet: a 73-date, four-continent tour that debuted in Denver last August and continued through Oceania and Central and ...
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Ville Kauhanen Relies on DirectOut for Every System design Backbone
DirectOut has been chosen by system designer and engineer, Ville Kauhanen to provide fail-safe stability for all his complex stadium-touring audio system designs.
Kauhanen has worked non-stop in the industry for nearly 30 ...
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Theatre in Review: Heathers (New World Stages)
According to our modern playwrights, high school is a living hell; abandon all hope ye who enter there. Musicals such as Mean Girls, The Prom, and Dear Evan Hansen depict life in grades nine through 12 as a maze of ...
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2025 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards Now On Sale
The 2025 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are now on sale at the BTS Boutique. This year's collection features a mix of six different designs created ...
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Lukas von Arx Appointed CEO of Neutrik Group
The Neutrik Group announces the appointment of Lukas von Arx as its new chief executive officer. He officially took on the leadership of the globally active company, headquartered in Liechtenstein, on July 1. ...
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Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation Announces Awardees for 2025/2026 Academic Year
The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation announces the recipients of AES scholarships and grants for graduate and undergraduate Studies in audio for the 2025/2026 academic year. These awards are funded through generous ...
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1 SOUND Partners with JS Audio Solutions Expanding to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
The New Jersey-based loudspeaker manufacturer 1 SOUND is partnering with New Zealand-based JS Audio Solutions, naming it the official 1 SOUND distributor for New Zealand, Australia, and the Oceania region. This collaboration marks 1 ...
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Highlite International Launches Infinity Furion FX402 Bar
Highlite International has launched the Infinity Furion FX402 Bar, a new addition to the Infinity Furion Series. This company says the fixture merges the capabilities of high-performance moving heads with the creative potential of a ...
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Luz Studio Lights The Way On Rascal Flatts' Life is a Highway Tour with CHAUVET Professional
There is a reason why physicists have defined time and distance in terms of light. Given that it appears to be everywhere at once, light is uniquely qualified to reflect the passage of time over remarkable journeys. Matthieu Larivee ...
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AI Glasses with Real-Time Subtitles and Dante Debut at Holland Festival
Last week, the Het Nationale Theater, based in The Hague, introduced AI-powered smart glasses capable of converting dialogue spoken by actors into subtitles in 223 languages. Visitors to the Holland Festival -- the largest international ...
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TELEFUNKEN Sponsors Capitol Groove Festival; Braiden Sunshine at TELEFUNKEN Live From The Lab
Festival sponsor TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik presented the TELEFUNKEN Soundstage Live, an original side stage experience featured at the Capitol Groove Festival on June 28-29 at Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut. The annual ...
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Sam Tozer Chooses Ayrton for Chase & Status Live Tour
Sam Tozer, lighting designer and creative director of Plymouth-based Vision Factory, created the lighting for the Chase & Status Live Tour using a combination of Ayrton's Domino LT and, taking center upstage, over ...
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Loteria: Game On! Lights Up the Stage with MEGA-LITE
In May, San Antonio-based Magik Theatre brought the beloved Mexican game Loteria to life in a bilingual, family-friendly stage adventure. Loteria: Game On! follows siblings Sam and Kris as they journey into the enchanted world of ...
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TAIT Acquires Gallagher Staging and Productions
TAIT has acquired Gallagher Staging and Productions.
Starting as a rock and roll company, TAIT has pushed the boundaries of concert production for the world's biggest artists since 1978. Today, the company has grown its services ...
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Pro Integration Future Europe Celebrates Launch in London
Pro Integration Future Europe (PIFE) made its official debut with a launch party held at the event space Aures London on July 2. Positioned as the latest addition to the Safety and Security Series of events in 2026, PIFE aims to be ...
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Adam Hall Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025, the Adam Hall Group held a big staff party in the Experience Centre at its headquarters in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, on July 4.
One highlight was parked right outside the door: the restored ...
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Live Events Productions Invests in Elation PARAGON and PROTEUS
Earlier this year, Live Events Productions was one of the first production and rental houses to invest in Elation's PARAGON moving head and has been using the ...
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TAF Launches TC45 Truss
The new TC45 truss line from TAF is designed to support big LED screens, heavy light fixtures, and other higher-capacity loads at large live events. Featuring a central C-profile tube with a channel for mounting hanging eyes, the ...
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Ear Trumpet Labs Launches Wanda Mic
Boutique microphone company Ear Trumpet Labs' latest product Wanda, is available for pre-order. Unveiled in January at the NAMM Global Media Day in Anaheim, the mic was named by Front of House magazine as one of the hit ...
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TiMax Launches Scaling Surfaces for SoundHub
TiMax, has expanded the audio capabilities of TiMax SoundHub with a progressive new feature named, Scaling Surfaces. The new tool's exclusive feature-set allows users to rescale a spatial show file from a studio playback environment ...
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Immersive Fulldome Show Sensitive Abstraction Celebrates Real-time Success with SMODE
SMODE, Smode Tech's media server and real-time compositing platform, is powering Sensitive Abstraction, a new fulldome graphic and sound art performance by visual artist Yannick Moreteau and electronic music composer ...
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12th Knot Bar Upgrades Audio with a 1 SOUND System
12th Knot, the rooftop bar at London's Sea Containers hotel, is known for its sweeping views, striking design, and vibrant atmosphere. Working with 1 SOUND's UK distributor CUK Group, London-based integrator Tateside brought in a ...
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Lambda AV Elevates Church Lighting with Chroma-Q and Luminex
Lambda Audio Visual's approach to upgrading Covenant Presbyterian Church's lighting infrastructure with Chroma-Q house lights and Luminex LumiNodes is a reflection of the Monument, Colorado-based AV design/install firm's emphasis on ...
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Astera QuikPunch Hits the US Rental Market
Astera's newly launched QuikPunch has officially entered the US rental market, says the company's exclusive US partner Inner Circle Distribution (ICD).
Designed as a dual-duty fixture, QuikPunch is billed as delivering a ...
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ADJ Launches WiFi NET 2 Wireless-Enabled DMX Node
ADJ's compact and portable new WiFi NET 2 wireless-DMX-over Ethernet node allows streamlined DMX signal distribution for both fixed installations and temporary event applications. It receives a control signal via Ethernet cable or ...
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Harlequin Floors Announces First US installations of Harlequin Liberty Switch
Harlequin Floors announces the first US installations of the Harlequin Liberty Switch, a patented, award-winning stage floor system that is said to transform between a solid stage floor and a sprung dance floor in seconds. ...
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Laserworld Releases Purelight IP65 Series
The new Laserworld Purelight series has been developed for tough outdoor use. It includes models from 5W to 70, featuring an IP65 rating. Laserworld designed the systems as a direct solution for the increasing number of outdoor ...
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Xenia Lappo Joins ESTA as New Program Manager for Membership & Events
ESTA has named Xenia Lappo as its new program manager for membership and events. Lappo comes to ESTA from the world of film and television production with a background in marketing and events. She first encountered ESTA ...
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Studio School of Design Launches New Lighting Design Fundamentals Course
Studio School of Design (SSD) announces its first in-person course: Lighting Design Fundamentals.
SSD has offered online courses, in-person workshops, and seminars since its inception in 2021. This autumn, in partnership with ...
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Springboard to Design Partners with New York Public Library at Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab
Springboard to Design, a tuition-free theatrical design mentorship and education program for students from underrepresented communities, will be hosted at The Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab housed in The New York Public Library for ...
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AVIXA Foundation Announces 2025 Brad Sousa Impact Fund Grant Recipients
The AVIXA Foundation announces the 2025 grant recipients for the Brad Sousa Impact Fund. Honored at InfoComm 2025 in Orlando, Florida, the recipients are Rosie Riveters, Tech25, and WorkSource Montgomery (WSM). Named to honor the ...
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LEA Professional Partners with AVA for Support in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
LEA Professional is partnering with Audio Visual Associates (AVA), a manufacturer's representative based in Missouri. This partnership will bring LEA's technology catalog to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Southern ...
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d&b audiotechnik Announces Jocelyne Buckner as Vice President of Marketing
d&b audiotechnik announces Jocelyne Buckner as new vice president of marketing, starting from July 1. In her new role, Buckner will lead the company's global marketing strategy, driving brand growth and market expansion. ...
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Grupo ROA Adds Robe Fixtures to its Inventory
Grupo ROA, an event production supplier and equipment rental company based in Zinacantepec, near Toluca in Mexico State, Mexico, recently took delivery of its first Robe moving lights.
Grupo ROA is run by Rodolfo Oropeza, ...
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Rodger Pugh Creates Range of Classic Rock Looks on Halestorm Tour with CHAUVET Professional
Asked to describe the kind of lighting look his client Halestorm wants, Rodger Pugh spells it out in four unambiguous words "classic rock show aesthetic." Pugh, the owner of Dveus Designs is delivering that for the award-winning ...
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ESTA's Midwest Rigging Intensive Returns with Touring Rigging Theme
ESTA's Midwest Rigging Intensive (MRI) returns August 14-16, offering a hands-on training experience for rigging professionals in the entertainment industry. Registration is now open for the event, which will take place at ...
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ETC Releases RigPOV, New Camera Accessory for Automated Luminaires
ETC announces the new RigPOV camera accessory option, compatible with multiple automated luminaires from ETC. The RigPOV camera attaches directly to a fixture, streaming live video from the rig to Eos v3.3 and other third-party ...
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Adam Hall's DEFENDER Presents Maintenance Spray 400 ml
Adam Hall's DEFENDER introduces the new Maintenance Spray 400 ml, a specially developed maintenance spray for the professional care of cable protectors and other rubber components in the event, industrial and infrastructure sectors. ...
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CHAINMASTER, MOVEKET Name John van Look as Global Technical Trainer
The LIFTKET Group has named John van Look as the new global technical trainer for its CHAINMASTER and MOVEKET brands. With decades of international experience in event rigging and extensive technical expertise, he will be ...
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NEUTRIK Marks Two-Billion Connectors During 50th-Anniversary Celebrations
NEUTRIK recently celebrated reaching the creation of the two-billionth connector with a civic reception at Neutrik Group headquarters in Schaan, Liechtenstein. A guest list of 45 included invitees from national and local ...
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Soundmirror Fully Conceals Lectrosonics Transmitters on Nude Singers in HGO's Breaking the Waves
"How can we mic two nude opera singers?" was the provocative challenge posed to Soundmirror, a renowned Massachusetts-based classical music recording and production company, in the live recording of the Houston Grand Opera's (HGO) ...
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John Garberson and Creative BackStage Celebrate Phoenix Fan Fusion with CHAUVET Professional
Let it never be said that the organizers of Phoenix Fan Fusion don't have a sense of humor! How could it be otherwise, given the nature of this wild, wonderful, and wacky pop culture celebration? For proof, look no further than the public ...
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Theatre in Review: Angry Alan (Studio Seaview)
Think of Angry Alan as an act of cultural spelunking: It follows Roger, its lead character, into a psychological cave darker than the one that trapped Floyd Collins, hemmed by grievance and a distorted world view, and unable ...
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3G Productions Acquires Main Light's Nashville Operations
3G Productions LLC has acquired Main Light's 70,000-sq.-ft. location in Nashville as part of its ongoing initiative to expand into a coast-to-coast, full-service production and systems integration provider. ...
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RCF to Hold Two Days of TT+ AUDIO-focused Demos at Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen, Texas, July 10-11
RCF will be holding two days of demo events at Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen, TX, on Thursday, July 10, and Friday, July 11. Hosted by RCF and Cowser Marketing, these events will feature the latest systems from RCF's premium TT+ ...
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Registration Opens for AES' West Coast Return
The Audio Engineering Society announces its return to West Coast events with the upcoming AES Show 2025 -- Long Beach, taking place October 23 - 25 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. The show will offer a full ...
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Dates Set for URTA Auditions and Interviews
Sponsored by the University Resident Theatre Association, the URTA auditions and interviews - aka "the URTAs" -- have been connecting prospective students with top graduate programs for over 50 years, and are the most ...
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Masque Sound Delivers Integrated Solution for Broadway's Call Me Izzy
Masque Sound provided a fully customized audio package to sound designer Beth Lake for the Broadway premiere of the darkly comedic solo show Call Me Izzy, starring Jean Smart, which recently opened at Studio 54. ...
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STRAY Production Services Turns To Elation's All-purpose PARAGON for WJTL Fest
Christian radio station WJTL returned to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on May 17 for WJTL Fest -- a day filled with inspiring music, fun activities, and uplifting moments. STRAY Production Services brought its ...
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ASG-Produced Video, "Against All Odds," Wins Gold Telly Award
Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG) received national recognition winning the Gold Telly in the 46th Annual Telly Awards. It's video "Against All Odds - ASG Builds Cutting Edge Pac-12 Network's Studio, was named Best Branded Content ...
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Theatre in Review: Trophy Boys (MCC Theater)
"What are we pretending to be experts on today?" That's the question before the title characters of Emmanuelle Mattana's often delightfully barbed new play. Members of the debate team from a private school for overprivileged boys, ...
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