Groovin the Moo Festival 2010

The 2010 Groovin the Moo festival took a big leap in production from the previous years. The festival promoters had asked how they could step up the production levels without too large an infrastructure change.

The festival featured Silverchair, Vampire Weekend, Empire of the Sun, Tegan and Sara, Grinspoon and many more and with such a large number of acts the promoter was keen to upgrade the system and maintain consistency across the festivals.

Bruce Johnston helped out as the festival production manager with Natalie Earles as the production assistant. James Leydon also was the advance production manager for the Townsville and Canberra sites.

Johnston Audio supplied a complete turnkey production management service to the festival.

Date

May 1-2, 8-9, 15

Bendigo – Maitland

Main stage 1 & 2

24 x L-Acoustics VDosc
24 x L-Acoustics SB218
12 x L-Acoustics ARCs

FOH Consoles

2 x Digidesign Profile consoles

Monitor consoles

2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles
1 x Digidesign Profile
1 x Digidesign D-show

Stage monitors

16 x Wayloud wedges
16 x Nexo PS15 wedges
4 x Nexo Alpha side-fill systems

JAS Crew

FOH system tech: Doug Pringle
FOH system tech: Jock Bain
Monitor system Tech: Nicholas Brunney
Monitor system Tech: Mark Nicholls
Audio system tech: Jamie Davidson
Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto !!’ Santos

Townsville – Canberra

Main stage 1 & 2

24 x L-Acoustics VDosc
24 x Wayloud SB218
12 x L-Acoustics ARCs

FOH Consoles

2 x Digidesign Profile consoles

Monitor consoles

2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles

Stage monitors

16 x Wayloud wedges
16 x Nexo PS15 wedges
4 x Nexo Alpha side-fill systems

JAS Crew

FOH system tech: Peter O’Leary
FOH system tech: Nathan McGuinness
Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
Monitor system Tech: Simon Keet
Audio system tech: Shaun Ayles
Audio system tech: Sam Figalo (Townsville only) Gordon Wood (Maitland only)