Chauvet colours Gem and Jam Festival
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Taking place over three days at the Pima County Fairgrounds, the event served up a rich mix of sounds from an international roster of artists including Lotus, Lab Group and Hallucinogen, all in a peaceful setting that included campsites and art displays.
Part of the renowned Tucson Gem Mineral and Fossil Showcase, the festival also mesmerized with some glittering displays of gemstone artwork. Reinforcing this theme, its stages had names like Emerald, Onyx and Quartz.
One would expect stages bearing such monikers to be bursting with colour, and this festival didn’t disappoint, thanks to the work of Cody Lisle, who designed the sets and did the programming for the main stage, while also supporting guest LDs like Tiberius Benson, who came with STS9, and Chandler Thomann, working for Sunsquabi.
While Lisle took care of things on the Emerald main stage, the LIT Lighting team helped to ensure that the same mellow, expansive mood permeated the entire festival. Rodger Pugh worked the Onyx Stage indoors, supported by visuals from Dakota Gidley, while Jack Watson ran the Quartz Stage, enlivening it with vivid colours and immersive gobo patterns.
Helping to work this magic throughout the festival site was a collection of more than150 Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by LIT Lighting. These included 18 Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures and six Strike 1 units, along with 24 Rogue R2 Washes, and 16 Rogue R3 Beams on the Emerald Stage, four Rogue R2 Washes on the Onyx Stage, and 18 ÉPIX Strip Tours as well as 18 Rogue Outcast 1 Beams, four Rouge R2 Spots and four Rogue R2 Washes on the Quartz Stage.
The team also used 15 WELL Pad battery powered units, 24 COLORdash PAR Hex 12 IP fixtures for site lighting. “Pretty much our entire inventory of Chauvet Professional gear was out that weekend,” says Chris Brodman of LIT, noting that his company also had fixtures at the Cali Vibes Festival in Long Beach at the same time.
