The Elbenwald Festival in Germany is a unique event. It combines the world of conventions and festivals and is a meeting point for film fanatics, fantasy enthusiasts, gamers and music fans. For the time being, the Elbenwald Festival 2019 took place for the last time in the Event Park Luhmühlen before it moves to a new location next year.
German-based company PM Blue GmbH was responsible for the Elbenwald Festival and the A Summer’s Tale Festival, which took place one week earlier at the same location, as a technical service provider for all matters relating to sound, light and video, and this in its sixth year. PM Blue relied on audio equipment from RCF throughout the event to cope with the challenging program at the Elbenwald Festival.
The Elbenwald Festival relies on a mix of music, readings, film screenings, star meetings, games and workshops. One of the central locations during the four-day festival was a big tent where readings, concerts, meet & greets and workshops took place. With over 2.500 square-meters the tent had a capacity of about 4.000 fans. The varied musical performances ranged from guitar-oriented performers like Malik Harris, German medieval rockers Schandmaul to a large symphony orchestra.
To meet all these different requirements, PM Blue opted for a system consisting only of RCF components. On stage, 2x 10 HDL 50-A modules were installed hanging as the main array. 4x TT 22-A were placed as infill and outfill. In front of the stage, 12x SUB 9007 were located working in cardioid mode. For the grand finale of the festival. The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra played film music from classics such as Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter or Star Wars.
Tobias Lange, managing director of PM Blue says, “We have only received positive feedback on the sound from the front of house people and the artists alike. It is difficult to make a symphonic orchestra sound particularly good in such a tent. But the HDL 50-A system and the other components from RCF combined with the RDNet control software, this is also a workable task.”
