Touring requires three things –
Planning, Planning, and more Planning
Get this right and everything else falls into place.
We know how to get trucks of touring PA, lighting and video loaded in, up, and working in a few hours and all safely out again after the show, day in and day out.
But long before you hit the road, we also know how to take your vision and turn it into a reality.
Read on or get in touch for more information on our music tour management services.
Pre-production suite
Equipment is all well and good, but it takes time to get everything set up and programmed just how you like it. It’s important to have everything in order before you arrive at the first venue. JHAV HQ incorporates a full pre-production suite where technicians can prepare their gear, and artists can rehearse their show. We offer this facility to any artist or agency working with us.
SCALABLE, RELIABLE SOLUTIONS
When you’re touring the nation, working in venues of massively varying size and layout, you don’t want to waste time re-making your touring system in the morning. We have always invested in D&B AUDIOTECHNIK as our PA of choice for shows both big and small.
ExpandThis means we put the best tools in front of your engineers, ensuring consistent quality for the whole audience, no matter where they see your show.
It’s easy to focus on the big-ticket items, but when you’re putting up the same system every night, any way of shaving minutes off of your build goes a long way towards increasing crew happiness and reducing your labour costs. We haven’t scrimped on any aspect of our touring rigs, so that you can be in and out as quickly as possible, no matter the size of the show.
PUT YOUR ARTIST IN THE BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT
A selection of lighting fixtures and effects can draw in your audience and increase your show’s impact. We stock generic fixtures, moving head beams and washes, LED fixtures and battens, and a host of effects as well.
ExpandThere’s something in our stock to suit any budget and van pack. Even on smaller shows, floor packages ensure consistency in key looks in ‘barebone’ venues, and adding more fixtures right through to trucks full of LED panels only increases the wow factor of your show.
We don’t scrimp on dimming and electrical distribution systems, either. We stock custom electrical distribution to suit any touring requirement, and can help you pack a ‘minimum spend, maximum effect’ kit of parts to help fit your show into any venue.
ONE-STOP SHOP
We strive to be your ‘one-stop shop’ touring supplier. In addition to the mountains of PA gear and cool lighting fixtures, we also stock a large selection of other touring necessities.
ExpandStaging – in several shapes and sizes, with handrails, steps, and other accessories.
Trussing – in any length, with corners, curves, and climbers also available.
Set and rigging – Chain hoists, motors, panelling, and essentials like shackles and spansets. All LOLER tested and checked before use.
Custom fabrication – in the unlikely event that we don’t have something on the shelf that will do the job you want, we can build it. Custom sized projection surfaces, clever rigging solutions and signal processing boxes are but a few of the things we’ve supplied recently.
There’s no such thing as low quality when you work with us
We offer equipment from manufacturers including DiGiCo, Midas, and Allen & Heath, to ensure maximum audio quality at any budget. It’s the same story for the lighting department; control by Chamsys and Avolites, fixtures by Robe, Elation, and Chauvet, and more. This access to high quality industry standard equipment means less time spend chasing around to meet riders. And, because it’s all from our stock, we can provide these brands at extremely competitive hire rates.
Posh toys as standard
When you’re in the middle of a tour and far from home, you don’t want to be worrying about whether your stage setup is going to work. We provide tried and tested gear for tours of any size, sure to put a smile on the faces of artists and audiences alike. This doesn’t just mean enormous trucks of PA and lights. We also supply sensible small solutions to make your day easier when your tour fits into a splitter van.
Grab a coffee, give us a call and tell us your ideas
