Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) provided technical production – sound and lighting –
for production company Bright who produced a very successful micro festival event
for a specialist energy company.

Staged on the Mojo Active site at Cribb’s Causeway, Bristol, UK, the CPL team of six
led by Mike Radford supplied equipment to the one day event, bringing their
experience and talents of working on high profile festival events like Glastonbury
and BoomTown to the field.

“It was great fun to be working with Bright again, especially on such an enjoyable
event,’ commented Mike, adding, “It was relatively straightforward from a technical
angle, but as the time was tight – as always – everything had to be well prepped
and flow smoothly once on site.’

With 90 per cent of the bands playing on the main stage in daylight, lighting was
designed to enhance and heighten skin tones and ensure that everyone could be
clearly seen and not get lost in back of the structure, accomplished using Selecon
1200W fresnels.

Miltec LED Battens were installed to wash the internal structure and bathe it in
vibrant colours as the sun eventually set during the main act. All lighting on the
main stage was controlled from a Jands Stage CL desk.

Lighting was also installed in the bar area located in a series of large interconnected
tepees – more Selecon 1200W fresnels and Miltec PAR LED uplighters with a few
Martin MAC 350 moving lights for a bit of movement and fun. “We went for a soft,
relaxed and chilled ambience in the bar,’ explained Mike.

A full DJ set up was part of the bar area package, including Pioneer CDJ 2000 dex
and a DJM 800 mixer, together with a d&b Q7/Q-SUB sound system that provided a
nice solid sound, complete with E12 monitors, all controlled via a Yamaha LS9
console.

They also used as many LED lightsources as were practical to enhance the carbon
footprint of the occasion.

PA for the 7 x 3 metre main stage with canopy supplied by BES Systems from
Bristol was d&b Q Series, comprising Q1s for the main stacks paired with Q-SUBS
and e12 wedges for monitors, all – FOH and monitors – mixed via a Yamaha CL 5
console positioned at side stage.

CPL’s sound crew set up a wireless network as part of the control infrastructure and
also took advantage of Yamaha’s StageMix app running on an iPad to control and
tweak the FOH and monitor systems whilst bands were playing.