Founded in 1985 by the Young Humanists of Leopoldsburg, Pukkelpop began as a small, local music event before evolving into the three-day outdoor festival that it is today. This year, the organiser behind the Belgian festival called on event support specialist Total-e to supply audio, lighting and room control for the extensive VIP/Press area.
Held outside the city of Hasselt in Belgium, the Pukkelpop attracts around 180,000 festival-goers to festival with a distinctly alternative flavour – the event is not just about music, as the Baraque Futur space hosts lectures and discussions focused on the theme of sustainability. However, with ten stages, visitors are also well served by the festival’s music programme.
The VIP area for such a major event was a large, attractive space with two bars areas covering 250-sq-m. The sound was handled by six d&b audiotechnik Q7 and three d&b D12 loudspeaker systems with everything centrally controlled by an Apex Liviau S system from behind the VIP area bar.
‘When the location coordinator in charge of the VIP area told me that he was looking for an easy-to-use room control system that could be managed by all of the staff and not just trained technician, I knew immediately that Apex’s Liviau S would be the perfect solution,’ explains Total-e events Project Manager, Kurt Verheyen.
‘Once the device is configured, it’s child’s play to operate. Staff were able to control all of the audio and lighting of what was actually quite a complex design with a number of different zones with no trouble at all. It couldn’t have been easier.’
