Hello Tron fans,

Today we are going to write about an interesting event that we had in Riyadh / Saudi Arabia. It was a project where we did multiple shows per day five days in a row and we had some extraordinary experiences from that.

A long avenue of tall date palms on sandy ground in Riyadh under a bright cloudy sky, seen from below
Picture 1 – Palms in Riyadh

So, what did we do there?

It was an event that was made for the Saudi ministry of culture but it was booked through Lebanese artistic agency Arts & Melons. We have been booked for 5 days in a row, 3 shows per day and we were among many entertainers, for example:

  • Saudi traditional singers & dancers crew,
  • Lebanese singer crew,
  • acrobatic interaction with 3D mappers from the Czech Republic,
  • walking acts from Ukraine and much more.

The event was held in front of Al Masmak Palace Museum on the main square, where the main stage was built, as well as side stages where different artists had their shows. Everything was very well planned, we had plenty of people for our shows and they really could enjoy many types of artistic shows. We had some issues with the music that we needed to change due to some music license issues and performing in public space, but we did it and everybody was very happy with everything. After the first day of shows, a very huge surprise came for us when the King canceled all public events in Riyadh due to the organization of Soundstorm festival where they had a super famous lineup of the best-known electronic DJs in the world. You could see there for example David Guetta, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, and many many more.

Soundstorm by MDLBEAST, first lineup announcement – a list of DJ names such as Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, David Guetta and Tiësto in white letters on a pink and purple background, Riyadh, December 16–19, KSA
Picture 2 – Soundstorm festival

Because our own event was canceled due to the festival, we had an opportunity to go to the festival by ourselves 😊. It was the biggest festival that personally I have attended where there were over 200 000 people. The stage was just extraordinarily huge and made just from LED walls, it was just amazing what kind of effects can be made with it. When the Soundstorm festival ended, we continued to perform in our local festival, but in total, we had a few shows canceled that we just couldn’t do because we didn’t have time. Our flight tickets were already bought and we had a set date.

The huge Soundstorm festival stage at night, built from angled LED walls glowing red and blue with a DJ on the screens, light beams above and a crowd in front
Picture 3 – Pixel stage during Soundstorm festival

In the end, we were very happy with the event & performances, we delivered everything that was within our possibilities, and the event managers were also very satisfied with the show.

Four smiling women from Arts & Melons posing at night on a street in Riyadh, each wearing a vest of glowing blue LED pixels
Picture 3 -Satisfied Clients from Arts & Melons

Do you have any questions regarding our event or with our show? Don’t hesitate to ask us.