The event is the brainchild of the Council's Liverpool Culture Company and included music, skateboarding and BMX competitions, graffiti art exhibitions and music performed by many excellent local bands
Kirstie Blakeman, event manager, explained that they had created a new look main stage under the cover of a single king pole, purple membrane tent supplied by Wangos, which was chosen for its aesthetics. She added: "With the event being held at Liverpool's waterfront World Heritage Site we wanted something unique and different looking, something really special and dynamic for the music zone this year - not just another standard stage or marquee."
The same was true for the DJ tent, compared by Spykatcha - which saw break dancing demos by the Rock Steady Crew and a stream of DJs. The Dome Company from Suffolk supplied the structure, a semi-spherical shape with a wooden 'honeycombe' frame.
Audio for both Main Stage and the DJ tent was a Funktion One Resolution system supplied by Audile from Manchester, a regular LCC supplier.
For the Main stage FOH mixing position, and also to supply audio for the Skate Park, production manager Stu Stalker of Event design Logistics came up with the neat idea of stacking three steel containers on top of each other. Not only did these give the requisite industrial feel, the bottom layer accommodated the Main Stage FOH mixer, and the top an open curtain-sider container supplied the speaker stacks for the Skate Park which faced opposite. Careful focusing of the speaker stacks ensured minimal noise interference between the different areas. The DJ tent featured another Function One system and a full DJ set up.
A minimal lighting system installed for both tents was also supplied by Audile, consisting of a basic cross stage PAR wash. Although it was a daylight event, this ensured a basic level of brightness for all performers and looked great on camera.
LCC's HUB 05 team included event manager Kirstie Blakeman, production manager Stu Stalker and site manager John Prince from Event Design Logistics, stage manager Phil Murphy and operations manager Ally Stott. Crew Catering - that rarely credited but all important haven - was by L's Kitchen, and site power and distribution was supplied by Pyramid.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
