Event production · UK & Europe +44 (0)7585 607719 info@blackfx.co.uk
Red beam lighting over a packed crowd at Elements New Year's Eve Blue beams across the stage at Puttin' on the Ritz Singer on stage under purple beams at the Lakes Got Talent final Blue moving-head beams over a dance floor Red stage wash at Friday Night Live
Event production specialistsSince 2012

Show-ready. Every time.

Sound, lighting, AV, staging and pyrotechnics, plus the tour logistics, ATA carnets and HGV drivers to get it all there. From a village hall to a festival main stage, across the UK, Europe and beyond.

Now showing Elements New Year's Eve Lighting & visuals · 2018
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Recent credits

All access, all over the UK and Europe.

Arenas, festival main stages, theatre tours and European runs. A few of the shows our crew have worked on.

Pyro & SFX

Those Damn Crows

From festival main stages to the band’s first UK arena headline.

  • Steelhouse Festival Pyrotechnics and special effects for their Sunday night headline set.
  • Utilita Arena Cardiff Special effects for the band’s first UK headline arena show.
  • Maid in Stone Special effects for their festival set.
  • Download Festival Special effects on the main stage at Download.

Subcontracted through Creative Production Solutions

Pyro & SFX

The Wildhearts

A Steelhouse headline set and a full UK tour.

  • Steelhouse Festival Pyrotechnics and special effects for their Friday night headline set.
  • Satanic Rites UK tour Special effects across the UK tour.

Subcontracted through Creative Production Solutions

Production & SFX

Stonedead Festival

Three years at Newark Showground’s two-day rock festival, from effects to running production.

  • Production manager Ran production onsite: technical teams, suppliers, crew, artists and schedules.
  • Pyro for Tyketto & King Kraken Pyrotechnics for Tyketto’s Friday headline set and SFX for King Kraken.
  • Festival SFX Oversaw the special effects across both days.

Subcontracted through Creative Production Solutions

Tour manager & FOH

Jazmin Bean

Running the tour and mixing the show.

  • UK & EU tour Tour management and FOH: carnets, backline, hotels and ferries, in-ear monitors, and driving the splitter van.
  • BLUDFEST, Milton Keynes Bowl FOH engineer at YUNGBLUD’s festival.
Tour logistics & carnets

UK & EU tours

Carnets, ferries, Eurotunnel, hotels, backline and the driving, sorted.

  • Charles Wesley Godwin UK and EU tour logistics, carnets and every travel movement.
  • Poolside Monitor engineer, tour logistics, carnets and driving the splitter van.
  • Rare Americans UK and EU touring: carnets, backline, hotels, ferries and driving the backline van.
  • Spanish Love Songs Driving the EU and UK tour in a 7.5t sleeper van with trailer.
Technical operator

Theatre & dance

Empty venue to full show: lighting, sound and LED screens, every night.

  • Unicorn LIVE! Technical operator for the UK tour.
  • Fearless Dance Full sound and lighting rig with timecoded lighting programming.
  • Santa LIVE! Technical operator for the Christmas theatre show.
  • Princess LIVE! Technical operator and van driver for the UK tour.

Also: technical management for Gandey World Class Productions (Gandey's Circus, Ladyboys of Bangkok, Circus Starr) in the UK and Asia, and twelve years looking after three 1,000+ capacity nightclubs.

Please note: the Those Damn Crows, The Wildhearts and Stonedead Festival credits, including the Stonedead production management, were delivered by Black FX as a subcontractor to Creative Production Solutions.

Every kind of show

Village hall to festival field.

Concerts & tours
Festivals & outdoor
Theatre & musicals
Corporate & awards
Weddings & parties
Clubs & NYE
A microphone on stage looking out over a hall set for an event Since 2012
A word from Damo

Fourteen years on the road. No tech jargon.

Since 2012, Black FX has delivered lighting, sound, AV and atmospheric effects for events and festivals in the UK and internationally, from a band in a pub to a festival main stage.

If you're new to event production or just need a helping hand, we'll guide you through the whole process. We work directly with you and cut out the confusing terminology.

We don't just bring the kit. We plan the tour, prepare the ATA carnets, book the ferries and drive the trucks ourselves. Every lens is cleaned and every cable checked after every show.

  • Sound, lighting, AV, staging, effects and technicians
  • Pyrotechnics and SFX on festival main stages and arena shows, subcontracted through Creative Production Solutions
  • UK and EU touring: logistics, carnets and LGV/HGV drivers
  • Kit maintained in-house and show-ready every time

Damo, Technical Director

2012
On the road since
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Cues fired
£5m
Public liability, UK & EU
UK+EU
And Asia
£5m public liability · UK & EU £35k hired-in equipment cover Insured for pyro & working at height Qualified UK Transport Manager International HGV & PCV Driver CPC · digital tacho
How it works

From first call to final load-out.

Tell us the plan

Date, venue, guests and the feeling you're after. No jargon needed.

We design it

A clear quote and a production plan built around your event and budget.

Show day

We load in, build, test and run the show, so you can enjoy it.

Load-out

Out quickly and tidily, with the venue left as we found it.

What others say

Straight from the front of house.

The lighting was immense. It was like you were in my head, we were so in sync. I don't know how you did it…
Josh SpeddingSwerve (DJ) · Elements New Year's Eve 2018
From all the shows I've been a part of and organised, I can honestly say the lighting design last night was the best I've ever worked with!
Ben LewisPuttin' On The Ritz 2017
Amazing work. The lighting looked incredible this year, thank you so much! You blew me away with your skills. Seriously, wow.
Dave CrossleyMonster Monster 2018
A massive thank you again for some really fab lighting. Had so many compliments on how professional everything looked. That's down to you, no question. Ace work!
James FarrowLakes Got Talent 2017

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