Fifth Avenue Snowflake Lighting Returns This November

www.timeout.com/newyork: New York’s holiday lights are getting an early start this year. Weeks before the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree flips the switch, a 3,300-pound crystal snowflake will illuminate one of Manhattan’s busiest intersections—and anyone can watch it happen for free.

GLP UK Celebrates 10th Anniversary with New Debuts and JDC2 IP Workshops at PLASA 2026

LightSoundJournal.com: Marking 10 years of GLP UK, the stand brings together the UK team, international GLP colleagues, and some of the latest additions to the GLP range, including the impression FR2, WildBar 8, and TWYN. Alongside them is the JDC2 IP, supported by a separate program of dedicated hands-on workshops running away from the bustle of the show floor.

Claypaky at PLASA Show 2026: The New B-EYE Family Debuts with IP66 Rating and RGBL Engine

LightSoundJournal.com: PLASA Show 2026 is currently serving as the meeting point for the entertainment technology sector, and Claypaky is present in London with a selection of technologies developed for professional lighting. The main highlight is the new B-EYE family, making its international debut right at the London event. This new multi-lens platform updates one of Claypaky’s most recognizable concepts by intervening on its source, optics, movement, and creative possibilities.

Plot Luck: Jamie Davis Lights Michael Bublé's Summer Tour

Live Design Online: Michael Bublé's 2026 summer tour featured major outdoor festival and arena concerts across the UK, Ireland - including Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire – and international venues like VidantaWorld in Mexico.

Volux Lighting Back at ULTRA 2026: The PHYTON Makes Its World Debut

www.limelightwired.com: For the second consecutive year, Volux Lighting showed up to Miami Music Week with something to prove. And for the second consecutive year, they delivered. This time around, the RESISTANCE Megastructure at ULTRA Music Festival 2026 served as the global launchpad for the Volux Lighting PHYTON, the company's IP66-rated hybrid-profile moving head, marking the first time the fixture has appeared on an actual production since its announcement.

Anolis enjoys Light + Building Expo

LightSoundJournal.com: LED lighting manufacturer Anolis enjoyed a busy and positive Light + Building 2026 expo in Frankfurt, Germany, where it launched two new products – Calumma Arts in collaboration with French Light and Calumma UN (Ultra Narrow) – and engaged with a host of visitors from across Europe and around the world.

Laserworld has officially unveiled the new Cube Series

LightSoundJournal.com: Laserworld has officially unveiled the new Cube Series, a completely new product line of compact and versatile show lasers designed for the modern pro-lighting and entertainment industry. Available in four power configurations—Cube 1, Cube 1.5, Cube 3, and Cube 7—this series sets a new standard for mobile DJs, indoor events, and small to medium-sized clubs.

Ayrton Diablo shines in “Masquerade”

LightSoundJournal.com: Five-time Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Ben Stanton chose Ayrton Diablo S fixtures for the latest interpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic “Phantom of the Opera”: an immersive production called “Masquerade” staged on West 57th Street in Manhattan. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.

Integrators Take the Lighting Lead

Residential Systems: In today’s luxury residential market, lighting remains one of the most underserved and undervalued elements of the home. This isn’t because homeowners lack appreciation for beautiful spaces — they invest heavily in them. It’s because the lighting ecosystem is fragmented, misunderstood, and rarely led by a single stakeholder who can integrate all the moving parts into a cohesive experience.

Plot Luck: Joe Levasseur Lights What To Wear

Live Design Online: Known as a downtown avant-garde theatre renegade, Foreman (1937-2025) created this bitingly funny post-rock opera skewering the superficial pressures of society. This historic re-staging at BAM honors Foreman's trailblazing legacy, and confirms Gordon’s ceaseless musical vitality.

MA Lighting presents the new grandMA3 onPC DMX-key

LightSoundJournal.com: The grandMA3 onPC DMX-key is a powerful solution for achieving professional lighting results in compact and flexible environments. It unlocks 4096 parameters directly via a conventional USB-C connection to the free of charge grandMA3 onPC software. It provides the performance and reliability of the grandMA3 platform while eliminating the need for dedicated consoles or complex infrastructure.

Vari-Lite debuts Neo X console at ISE 2026

TPi: Vari-Lite and Signify have revealed the Neo X5 CRE — an affordable, compact lighting console designed specifically for space-constrained environments such as control rooms, studios, and medium-sized performance spaces.

M-Cube Turns Historic Tunnel into Immersive LED Art Gallery

Sixteen:Nine | All Digital Signage, Some Snark: Italian digital signage specialist M-Cube has turned a historic underground tunnel in Gorizia, Italy, into a fully immersive LED art environment, blending contemporary digital media with protected architectural space in a carefully engineered installation.

ADJ and AVANTE Audio gear up for ISE 2026

TPi: Many of the new lighting products being shown by ADJ at ISE were first unveiled to international audiences at the LDI show in Las Vegas in December, giving EMEA visitors the opportunity to experience these solutions in person for the first time. AVANTE Audio will also use the exhibition to showcase its exciting new Akro Series active line array system, which pairs power and performance with precision and portability.

White Light elevates Channing School’s production with expert technical solutions

LightSoundJournal.com: Channing School, renowned for its commitment to creativity and excellence in performing arts, recently captivated audiences with its ambitious musical production of Hadestown. Known for its bold storytelling and immersive staging, the school’s Performing Arts team sought a solution that would bring the industrial, underground aesthetic of the West End show to life, while empowering students to lead on technical execution.

Elation brings its strongest lineup to date to ISE 2026

LightSoundJournal.com: Join Elation at ISE 2026 in Barcelona, Booth 6Q300, February 3–6 for a sneak peek at the future of lighting! From European firsts to the most powerful lineup yet, experience in Barcelona Elation’s lighting portfolio crafted to elevate every stage and production.

All Digital Signage, Some Snark

Sixteen:Nine: In a recent conversation with George Pappas, CEO of i5LED, he shared how his company distinguishes itself in the dvLED screen market. Sacramento, California-based i5LED focuses on unique product development and closely controls its supply chain with trusted partners in Taiwan, China, and Malaysia, avoiding mere reselling of displays.

Robe launches major RoboSpot software updates

LightSoundJournal.com: Building on the momentum of recent technical milestones such as the integration of sACN and RDM Net support, combining the recent v7.4 “New Year, New Features” release with the previous v7.3 “Operator’s Picks” update, these software enhancements directly address feedback from lighting designers and operators worldwide, delivering unprecedented precision, customization, and workflow efficiency.

Universal Pixels brings in-the-round Radiohead show to life

AV Magazine: Radiohead’s hotly anticipated return to touring demanded a live production that matched their instinct for reinvention. Working with a talented group of live production specialists, the band designed a show that moved and evolved with each audience across the 20 dates and five cities of their European tour.

Mappability, granularity and the power of bespoke

InPark Magazine: “When multiple systems become impractical to maintain, LiCA can step in as the big overseer,” said Alexander Cooper, Head of Exhibit Technology for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Cooper led the internal team that set out to design a new, comprehensive system to unify architectural lighting control across diverse venues.