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Even those who might be a little leery about attending an EDM or rave show would probably walk away from a Gryffin concert impressed by what they just heard and saw. Praised by one critic fo…
Jerry Appelt creates classic Wacken lighting architecture on the "Holy Ground" with weatherproof moving lights As many know, real Wacken fans don't let the weather stop them. It's not for no…
CHANDLER, AZ "Â At times it seemed that everything that could go wrong would go wrong at the one-day Desert Sky Music Festival. Not only did rain delay the 2pm start of the first act by ov…
Registration is now open for USITT24, set for March 20-23, 2024 in Seattle. The event promises  education, networking events, recruitment opportunities, and the Expo floor along with reim…
ACT Entertainment continues to expand its reach in the AV technology sector with the acquisition of tvONE, a leading video processing, signal distribution and media playback solutions compan…
Who says you shouldn't attempt to host a golf tournament in Las Vegas in December? While it's true that the odds for rain and wind (if not snow) increase substantially that late in the seaso…
In its 25th year, Stagehand, a UK-based live event production workers charity, announced the launch of the Christmas fundraiser, #ILoveLive3. This year's campaign recognizes the immense c…
Neville Garrick, the Jamaican-born and UCLA-educated graphic artist, photographer, backdrop painter and LD who provided visual accompaniment to reggae icon Bob Marley's music, died Nov. 14, …
The Parnelli Ballot for the 22nd annual awards ceremony has been finalized, and voting has begun! The ballot is posted online at parnelliawards.com, and it's up to YOU, the PLSN reader, to d…
The 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival featured over 60 performers, late night jam sessions, and 350,000 attendees. Now a division of Display Group, Fantasee Lighting has been providing lights and d…
Transformation Church in Tulsa, OK, recently completed a redesign of the lighting rig in its 4,000-seat main auditorium, which was created and delivered by 46 Entertainment of Nashville, TN.…
For the Luisenburg Festival, Technical Service Provider, Colito Productions, which installs and maintains equipment at the event's 1,898-capacity open-air theatre, helped support the festiva…
The Megapark in Mallorca, Spain is the largest open-air beer garden in Europe. It has incorporated the new Ayrton Zonda 9 FX among its lighting fixtures. In its design, several features h…
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual, edited by Tamsin Embleton and published earlier this year by Omnibus Press, is "like having a therapist in your back pocket," noted Suga…
The Parnelli Board of Advisors announced that Kevin Lyman, founder of the Vans Warped Tour and currently an Associate Professor at USC, has accepted the invitation to join the Parnelli Board…
The readers of PLSN have spoken and we are pleased to announce the Regional Winners of the PLSN Hometown Hero contest. They are now finalists for the Parnelli Hometown Hero " Lighting Compan…
Whether you're an old pro or have just recently picked up the clubs, you're invited to tee up at the 2023 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic at Revere Golf Club near Las Vegas on Dec. 2, 2023. It's a…
Daniel S. "Dann" Whittaker died unexpectedly on Sept. 5, 2023 in Columbus, OH. He founded and ran We3Co, LLC, doing business as ShoPros Ohio LLC, in 2006. Not long after founding the company…
Sarah Lynn Jakubasz, Lighting Director for ABC's Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know, died July 22 of complications related to a Glioblastoma. Good Morning America aired a r…
From September 1 until October 6, 2023, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America " five U.S. regions …
For over 20 years the comprehensive Event Production Directory (EPD), an annually updated companion publication to Timeless Communication's PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines, has also been a…
Nominations are now being accepted for the next Parnelli Awards ceremony, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 26, 2024, during the NAMM Show. Anyone…
Vicki "Max" Brenner, a lighting professional with a career that spanned decades from her earliest days with Imero Fiorentino Associates to her last years before retiring as a gaffer for CBS'…
Two Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers powered the visuals for multiple wraparound LED screens which formed the backdrop for this year's televised Premios Tu Música Urbano. …
NEW YORK " The synergy of innovation and creativity took center stage in New York as 4Wall Entertainment joined forces with ZeroSpace and disguise, to deliver an unprecedented Virtual Produc…