EAW monitors supplied as part of Finnish national festival

The event, a combination of a music and dance festival, typically extends beyond the official three-day weekend of 24/7 activities, and attracted a record 17,000 attendees this year to Vestmannaeyjar, more than tripling the island’s population. The festival, which opens early Friday afternoon and runs through the early hours of Monday morning, typically features entertainment including such traditional events as a massive bonfire, a huge firework display and a hillside sing-along of Icelandic folk songs.

Delivering sound and bass throughout the weekend festivities was an EAW rig comprising a main hang of 12 KF760 and four KF761 line array modules, together with 16 BH760 subwoofers. Ten EAW SM15 wedges handled onstage monitoring for the artists, with eight KF730 small line array modules, supplemented by four FR250z dual-15in subs, supplying side fill coverage. Four EAW JF26 compact full-range speakers were put into service as near fills.

A pair of EAW UX8800 4-input by 8-output digital processors provided speaker management.