Robe GigaPointes Celebrate Ollesummer

	Photo: Karli Saul, courtesy Ollesummer Festival

Ollesummer Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, is one of the biggest beer festivals staged in the Baltics. The 2026 event again took place at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, featuring approximately 100 artists and attracting over 100,000 visitors over four days.

E&T Valgus, the lighting production rental company, supplied six stages with equipment, choosing to deploy Robe moving lights on the five largest. This included 32 GigaPointe white phosphor laser-source multifunctional units on the main stage.

The production lighting design for each stage was created by E&T's Olev Luhaar and Artur Soo. The main stage structure, 42.6' wide by 32.8' deep, hosted all the GigaPointes. "We wanted to ensure all bands had plenty of capacity to present spectacular, individual and different light shows, and so GigaPointe was a perfect choice," Luhaar says.

It was the second show for E&T's stock of GigaPointes; 20 were rigged on the over-stage trusses, and 12 positioned upstage on the floor. Of the 13 main stage artists, four brought their own LDs; the remaining nine acts were operated by Soo, which gave him the "perfect opportunity to realise the potential of these GigaPointes."

"GigaPointes proved very reliable, and they are a super cool luminaire," Luhaar says. Alexandru Gheo, lighting designer for headliner Romanian singer/songwriter Inna, was also excited about using GigaPointes. "[They] were absolutely amazing," he says. "In spite of the strong daylight, they cut through beautifully and looked amazing for Inna's show; it was honestly one of our best shows in terms of lighting." He notes that for a laser source light, the white is "truly and properly white."

He used the GigaPointes primarily in two ways, firstly as a regular spot/beam luminaire, and secondly as rear contra-lighting for Inna. "They did an outstanding job for both of these applications." He adds that he has never used a prism effect so much before, and especially not in a near-daylight show, but here the effects could clearly be seen. "I have just found my new favorite hybrid fixture!"

Also on the main stage were two Robe FORTES fitted with the HCF (High Colour Fidelity) LED TE (TRANSFERABLE ENGINE) modules, rigged on the front truss and running on two RoboSpot systems positioned at the front of house. These were used as followspots and specials, chosen for their CRI, flesh tones, and excellent on-camera appearance for the IMAG mix and streaming.

Also on main stage were 20 Robe LEDBeam 350s, positioned on the upstage trusses and on the floor; their small size made them suitable filler beams that could also function as extra wash lighting when needed. Last, but not least, on the main stage were 12 MMX WashBeams, all on the front truss.

Around the other stages, the Koff Stage, named after the Finnish beer, featured 12 Robe MegaPointes, 16 LEDWash 800s, and 12 CycFX8 moving LED battens; The Rock Stage rocked with 12 LEDBeam 350s and 12 Pointes; The Saku Stage, honoring Estonia's oldest and largest brewery, established in 1820, featured eight LEDBeam 350s and eight LEDBeam 150s; while the Youth Stage was energised with eight LEDBeam 150s, four Spikies and eight iParFects.