Sweden Rock Festival puts Meyer Sound LEO on main stage

SWEDEN: For the 2015 Sweden Rock Festival, production manager Pelle Åberg selected a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system for the main stage to support headliners such as Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe,...

DirectOut facilitates audio transmission from Rock am Ring and Southside festivals

GERMANY: Approximately 90,000 people descended on Rock am Ring in Mendig last month for the festival’s 30th anniversary in a brand new location. Attendances hit record levels over the festival's three days, which...


Star Events handrail slashes downstage safety risk

UK: Star Events is continuing its campaign to make stage construction safer with the introduction of a tool-free handrail for the downstage edge of festival / event performance platforms. Developed with an industry specialist...

RG Jones and MLA delight FOH engineers at Glastonbury

UK: RG Jones Sound Engineering deployed Martin Audio’s Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system for the second year running on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage this year, proving a palpable hit with FOH engineers. MLA’s unique ability to...

Flow TV documents Flow Festival atmosphere

SLOVENIA: Flow Festival, production house Veli Creative, and beer label Lapin Kulta have announced the arrival of Flow TV, a new reporting concept that will provide a behind the scenes look at festival life....

Healthy Living Zone programme announced for The Big Feastival

UK: The Big Feastival has announced further details of its brand new Healthy Living Zone, dedicated to the art of healthy eating and wellbeing. The area will feature talks and tutorials from trailblazers in...

British audio experts Bowers & Wilkins return to WOMAD 2015

UK: Bowers & Wilkins, the British audio innovator, will return to WOMAD 2015 with its genre-defining ‘Sound System’ that reportedly delivers Hi-Fi quality sound in a festival environment. After a successful debut last year, Bowers...

Police praise Showsec for Wireless Festival response

UK: The Metropolitan Police have condemned the activities of groups of non-ticket holders who caused disturbances outside Finsbury Park and made a number of attempts to force their way into the venue on each...

RCF to provide audio system for Umbria Jazz festival

ITALY: RCF will provide the audio system for the 10-day Umbria Jazz festival, which will celebrate its 42nd birthday from July 10 - 19. Angelo Tordini – CTO of Umbria Jazz' outdoor stages and...

New Lost Eden area confirmed for Kendal Calling

UK: Kendal Calling has confirmed that its 2015 event, set to take place from July 30 - August 2, will feature a new, four-acre woodland area entitled Lost Eden, inspired by folklore of the...