How to prepare the staging for a festival
Once upon a time, open-air events were frowned upon. They were free, but facilities were typically sparse at best. Now, everything has changed. The sites are often enormous, ticket prices are eye-watering, and the stages can be impressive structures replete with cutting-edge technology.
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Tensile fabric construction is sufficiently advanced to be the method of first choice, even for permanent stadiums and landmark buildings. They are the obvious choice for festivals, temporary arenas and mobile exhibitions because they’re light to transport, quick to erect and re-usable. Huge spans can accommodate events that are impossible to enclose any other way.
Stage design
Staging often supports more than just performers. Bays may be needed for crews, changing rooms, guests and equipment. Much jargon exists among roadies and set designers to denote these annexe areas; guitar world, monitor world and dimmer beach are some examples.
Flooring can be several levels high, including …