ChamSys Delivers at Download Festival

	Lighting designers relied on the versatility and intuitive layout of their ChamSys consoles to enhance the reenergized festival's performances, the company says.

Donington Park in Leicestershire, England once again hosted the annual UK rock and metal event, the Download festival. This year, Download continued to hold its title as the "largest rock festival in the UK," drawing over 100,000 fans. And those fans were treated to a wider array of pulsating music, as the festival featured a healthy representation of younger artists, as well as more geographically diverse performers. From the jam-packed District X, to the star studded Avalanche and Dogtooth stages, lighting designers were busy keeping pace with the festival on their ChamSys consoles. ZigZag Lighting kept front-of-houses throughout the festival grounds humming by furnishing ChamSys desks, in addition to providing the lighting kit for all stages except Apex and Opus. (PRG supplied kit for the Apex Stage and Siyan for the Opus Stage.)

Lighting designers relied on the versatility and intuitive layout of their ChamSys consoles to enhance the reenergized festival's performances, the company says. Running shows on house rigs were the MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console on the Avalanche Stage 3 and Dogtooth Stage 4, as well as the District X Doghouse. Also moving with the music at District X were the MagicQ MQ250M Stadium Console on The Den, and the MagicQ MQ70 on the Ace of Spades, as well as MagicQ MQ60s on the Hellfire and The Outpost.

ChamSys was also well-represented on touring rigs at the festival. The US's Pete Therrien worked his MQ80 and an Extra Wing for Social Distortion on the Opus Stage to rev up energy for the legendary act's sing-along hits like "Story Of My Life." Wiktor Kozak and his Mini Connect covered the attacking tracks of Polish deathcore band Decapitated on the Dogtooth stage. Then there was Stefan Gunkel crushing it on his Stadium Connect for Cypress Hill, Adam McNally deftly working his Stadium Connect for RORY, as she made her Download Festival debut on the Apex Stage, and Richard Wolfgang working wonders on his MaxiWing for The Pretty Wreckless at their Sunday Apex show.

The ChamSys team expresses gratitude to ZigZag Lighting, especially Neil Hunt, Tom Rawlinson, Luke Maxwell, Isaac, and the entire crew, for helping make ChamSys such a visible part of Download. They also appreciated the work by the teams at PRG and Siyan.