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Event AV tips

Event AV tips

Event Lighting: How Uplighting and Moving Heads Transform a Venue

Uplighting, pixel bars and gobo moving heads for weddings and gala nights.

Why Event Lighting Matters

Most venues are lit for cleaning, not celebrating. Coloured light from low angles adds depth and mood, and marks the moments in the evening.

Uplighting: Colour on the Walls

Lights on the floor wash walls, columns or curtains with colour. Our six pixel bars do solid colours or moving effects, and can stand upright along an aisle or entrance. Soft tones suit ceremonies and dinners; brighter colours suit the dance floor.

Moving Heads: Patterns on the Ceiling

Moving heads pan, tilt and change their beam on cue. Ours project rotating gobo patterns (a gobo is a stencil inside the light) onto ceilings and walls.

Event Lighting for Weddings

Add all eight lights to wedding PA hire for $300: pixel bars along the aisle for the ceremony, uplighting at the reception, and moving patterns for the first dance.

Event Lighting for Gala Nights

The Gala Night package includes the lighting, for up to 100 seated guests, at $3,000.

Tips for Great Event Lighting

  • Choose a colour palette early, to match the flowers, theme or brand.

  • Light, flat surfaces show gobos best.

  • Ask the venue to dim its house lights.

  • Brief your photographer.