The 2021 edition of the Sunset Music Festival in Tampa, FL this past May saw organizers bring together an eclectic lineup of performances on three stages, with the bass-heavy Eclipse Stage equipped with PK SOUND Trinity line source loudspeakers and Gravity subwoofers supplied by Logic Systems of St. Louis, MO.
“As Florida’s first festival back, Sunset Music Festival’s objective was to spare no expense to deliver the finest experience possible,” says John Santoro, Owner of Sunset Events. “When selecting a speaker brand for the Eclipse bass stage, we knew we needed the industry’s gold standard. PK SOUND has a well-earned global reputation for delivering powerful, high-impact audio. It’s the go-to system for many of the world’s top artists and DJs and our audio team loves it, too.”
Over the course of the festival’s two-day run, producers Sunset Events and Disco Donnie Presents artists such as Zomboy, 12th Planet, Riot Ten, Midnight Tyrannosaurus, and Sullivan King to the Eclipse Stage. They and other artists were served by main arrays of eight Trinity robotic line source elements per side, 20 Gravity 218 subwoofers lining the front of the stage in stacked pairs, and six medium-format T10s serving as front fills.
“The Trinity system was a great fit and easily handled everything we threw at it over the course of the festival,” says ESI’s George Tzouanopoulos, front of house engineer for the Eclipse Stage. “Having real-time control over the coverage with the array already deployed definitely helped get the energy everywhere we needed it and nowhere we didn’t. Plus, the Gravity 218 subwoofers were killer. I haven’t been that impressed by a sub in a long time.”
Ultimately, Sunset Music Festival welcomed 64,000 fans and 74 performers for what EDM.com called its “dazzling 2021 return,” adding: “There was a special energy that could be felt. The event brought a true sense of unity and shared togetherness to all the people in attendance.”
