Main Square Festival

from TPi September 2019 - #241

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MAIN SQUARE FESTIVAL

Taking place on 5-7 July, Main Square Festival welcomes a star-studded line-up of artists, musicians and touring technology - along with TPi - to the iconic Citadel of Arras, France...

Created in 2004 with the goal of becoming one of the biggest music festivals in France, the latest incarnation of Main Square Festival welcomed the likes of DJ Snake, Macklemore, Ben Harper and Christine and The Queens. Attracting a record-breaking crowd of over 125,000, the festival owes part of its success not only to the big-name three-day bill but the expertise and hard work of France’s crop of capable touring and technical personnel on site.

Paris-based Dushow Group joined forces with Alabama Media to provide an extensive festival package boasting video, lighting and audio to all corners of the 16-acre site.

VIDEO On display at all corners of the festival, Absen screens played an invaluable role in documenting the nonstop action. Main stage left and right IMAG screens boasted 30sqm of Absen’s brand-new Altair AT5 Pro 5.5mm outdoor LED panels, equipped with a touring frame developed in partnership with Alabama Media and Absen in order to save precious time during installation for rental staging applications.

A further 16sqm of AT5 Pro LED screen was deployed behind FOH. Director of Main Square Festival at Live Nation France Armel Campagna commented: “The screen resolution quality is compulsory to offer the same views from the front of the stage all the way to those 60 metres behind FOH.”

To facilitate signal exchange, hosting and dispatch between the stage and FOH, a Barco S3 was selected in FOH as well as the back of the stage, connected via MTP24 Neutrik fibre. “The idea was to have greater flexibility in order to get a good flow between the bands on any given day/night, as well being able to pick up the signals anywhere on the stage or FOH,” Alabama’s Technical Manager for video, Paul-Louis Blouin, reflected. “Martin Garrix, for example, provided us with all the signals in FOH to feed all the screens on stage.”

For DJ Snake, Alabama added an additional 14m x 2m LED riser. The

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Create stunning visual experiences such as the Vina del Mar International Song Festival in Chile.The event, which celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, is Latin America's largest and oldestmusic festival and utilised over 500sqm of Absen LED.