Warmer weather is making its way across the states in time to bust out the band tees and festival-wear and head to the country’s most legendary summer concerts and festivals. Here are ten of our favorite outdoor amphitheaters across the states that have fans flocking to see the celebrated venues almost as much as the performers, themselves.
A sold-out crowd of over 40,000 took over Bayfront Park in Miami for the 2017 Rolling Loud Festival that featured a lineup full of hip-hop’s brightest stars. Although Rolling Loud is still in its infancy (the inaugural event took place in 2015), this star-studded festival brought together one of the best collections of talent in rap. The heavy-hitting bill covered two stages of electrifying energy that kept the crowd wild into the night. Read more
A ticket to the Met Gala (officially known as the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala) is one of the year’s most coveted invitations. It makes sense considering the “party of the year” brings together over 500 of our culture’s biggest celebrity icons covering the music, fashion, film, political, and business industries. More importantly, the Met Gala is an annual fundraising benefit for the museum’s Costume Institute in New York City. The event is the perfect way to honor the mission of the Costume Institute and pay homage to prominent artists and themes that have driven fashion evolution throughout history.
Coachella is a cultural phenom. It’s been the trendsetter in both music and fashion alike and continues to raise the bar every year for music festivals all over the world. Two weekends of entertainment legends, larger-than-life art installations, and mouth-watering premier food vendors in the Indio desert is enough to make anyone feel like they transcended straight into a divine musical paradise.
There are crazy college parties, and then there is #FEST. Starting its legacy as the Premier College Music Festival Experience back in 2004 at Ohio University, #FEST just wrapped up its 15th circuit of high-energy performances that are enough to make any student feel more pumped than their first block party.
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We just don’t know how to sit still! Mountain Productions is excited to be working on projects all over the country that span our three main production services: staging, venue installations, and rigging.
For three days, life seems to freeze for football fans, coaches, teams, and collegiate hopefuls all over the globe. All eyes are glued to the television and online news tickers. Prospective players hold their heads high hoping for their life-changing dream to come true.
The NFL Draft sets the stage for a brand-new season of football and the event’s popularity has soared into the mainstream throughout the years. As we prepare for the 2017 NFL Draft in Philadelphia, PA, let’s take a look back at its impact, origins, and what it means for both players and fans of the gridiron.
The 2017 Prolight + Sound Conference has ended but the Mountain Productions team is confident that the success of the event will live on far beyond our four days in Germany. The annual conference was the place to be for the latest product launches, cutting-edge innovations and great opportunities to meet with people as passionate and dedicated to the event production industry as our own team.
With hundreds of companies represented by thousands of production leaders, our week in Frankfurt barely seemed like enough time. We’re reflecting on the new friends we met throughout the Prolight + Sound show and are thankful to have spent time with our international colleagues that have helped to grow Mountain as an international leader.
Ultra Music Festival continues its reign as one of the premier electronic music events of the year with a staggering 165,000 fans and 14.1 million live streamers as proof of the event’s wild success. The UMF experience grows to groundbreaking heights each year, and its 19th edition was a whirlwind of larger-than-life production, a world-class lineup of EDM’s biggest performers, and eight stages of heart-pumping rhythms.