Safety

The National Safety Summit at ENTECH attracted a truly representative cross section of the entertainment and events industry on Thursday 19th July. It was standing room only at Melbourne Park, as the industry heard how a Code or Guidelines could be put together, and discussed wider safety and training issues. The Summit endorsed by a…

As with the Indiana disaster last August, there is absolutely nothing official being said by anyone, at the ernest advice of lawyers, who would always sanction silence. It is our policy to run an intelligent and unbiased debate on ANYTHING that affects our industry, so here goes…. First up, here is a BEFORE photo of…

CX pic, above. Witnesses say a cracking noise like pyro preceded the collapse, which they estimated took 5 seconds. The stage failed just prior to sound-check, at 4pm. Thousands of fans were outside the gates. The band were in the prep room. UPDATED: CX visited Downsview Park in Toronto on Saturday June 16th and saw…

While it is probable that Mortlake (western Victoria) farmer Ray Anderson is a very capable stage builder, his gesture in providing a free stage for Leighfest (Lawson’s Park, Inverleigh) amplifies concerns at a lack of standards for outdoor events. Local press in Geelong have lauded the donation of the stage, reported to be worth $300,000.…

Nice work on the Indiana piece. We posted a link to your digital edition on our social media pages. Glad someone had the balls to finally use words like “screwup” and “dumb.” Couple of small things. The word “court” was used a few times. This case has not actually been to court. All of the…