Founded in 2012 by hip hop household name Jay-Z, the Budweiser Made in America Festival is a 2 day celebration of diverse music (hip hop, rock, pop, R&B, EDM) and culture. Located in the heart of Philadelphia, Mountain Productions has set up staging at MIA in 2012 and again this year. The 2013 event took place on August 31st and September 1st and hosted a variety of high profile performers, including Beyoncé, Deadmau5, Empire of the Sun, Calvin Harris, Nine Inch Nails, Kendrick Lamar and more.
The more adapted you are, the less adaptable you tend to be. – Unknown
Over the years, we have been privileged to stage events all over the world. Each event brought its own challenges and solutions, as well as a unique location to build upon. Sometimes our engineers are given a site survey showing a large field and relatively flat land for staging outdoor concerts and festivals. But more often than not, this is not the case.
Depending on the type of event you are planning, mobile staging could be your best solution. A quick setup, small footprint and an impressive rigging capacity for its size make a mobile stage great for small to mid-size concerts and events. But not all events will benefit from a mobile stage, and if not planned out properly, you might find yourself with an autostage that can not hold your production load.
We’ve created a fun info graphic to show some of the pros (and cons) of our fleet of mobile stages. We hope you enjoy it and more importantly share it! For a full breakdown of each stage’s specifications, visit our Autostage web page here.
We know how intricate, involved and stressful our industry can be. Our staff prides itself on doing everything and anything possible to make our clients’ lives easier through the entire event process. We’ve done thousands of jobs, and are striving to improve each and every day. One thing that helps us to continue to evolve and adapt with our clients’ needs is often overlooked, but very simple – your feedback!
If you’d like to leave us a review on a recent project we have helped you on, visit our profile on the IFEA Event Resource Marketplace and give us your honest feedback. As an added bonus, the IFEA is hosting a contest to win a trip to Hawaii! Simply write a review and your entered in the contest.
Best of luck to everyone with the contest giveaway, but more importantly, thank you for your feedback!
The industry is always changing and evolving, pushing the limits on what is possible. The past few months have been a welcome challenge, with festivals and concerts looking for the most innovative and GIGANTIC staging systems.
For large festivals, a stage with an incredible presence and roof capacity is ideal. Mountain Productions’ Mountain Truss system, developed in 2010, has been built all over the country, and this past year it has been used by some of the largest festivals in the nation.
Deciding which company to hire for event staging and equipment is a daunting task. With everything to consider, it’s easy to find yourself frustrated and sporting a few more gray hairs than when you started. We understand the importance of being prepared and well educated even prior to contacting any company for a quote. In hopes to offer some tips and helpful hints to prepare for your next event, I talked to Mountain Production staging and rigging salesmen Tim Evans, Marty Wesstrom, Pat McGlynn and Jeff Sivick. Their 25+ combined years of experience has equipped them with helpful advice that we would like to share with you (in no particular order)…
Another EDM event that Mountain has been working with for the past few years is the equally impressive Electric Daisy Carnival. EDC is a unique festival tour that stops at New York, Chicago and ends at Las Vegas. Its extraordinary environment draws sold out crowds and die hard fans from around the world. Mountain Productions set up various stages for the 2013 EDC tour in New York and Chicago, but the stage provided at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway turned out to be a landmark project for Mountain.
Yesterday, Samsung hosted an interactive concert featuring a unique DJ experience and live fireworks triggered by audience members. Using the Samsung Galaxy S 4, viewers were able to prompt fireworks to go off during the performance, making the event a fun and great way to promote their product. Mountain Productions engineered and built the staging equipment at the Up Next event.
We’ve listened to your feedback, and have added another day to our Hoist School, allowing for more time in rigging seminars and hands-on training. It’s the same quality education at a more comfortable pace. This is the first year in the Hoist School’s history that will host a 5 day session.
Mountain’s custom turntable stage is a great staging option for unique venues and performances. Our turntable is a 60′ stage built on flat decks (or can even be operated on the ground if requested) and sits 19″ above the stage. Custom corner filler decks complete the turntable stage, which can be move in either direction and at variable speeds.
The turntable stage being built in our yard
Recently, Mountain Productions brought the turntable stage to a sold out George Strait concert in San Antonio. A record breaking 73,086 fans were in attendance for the George Strait concert at the Alamodome, with special guests Martina McBride and Miranda Lambert.