{"id":1056,"date":"2013-09-12T11:02:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2017-01-26T17:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:08:58","slug":"event-recap-made-in-america-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"[EVENT RECAP] Made In America 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 2012 by hip hop household name Jay-Z, the <strong>Budweiser Made in America Festival<\/strong> is a 2 day celebration of diverse music (hip hop, rock, pop, R&amp;B, EDM) and culture. Located in the heart of Philadelphia, Mountain Productions has set up <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Staging Services\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging.php\" target=\"_blank\">staging<\/a> at MIA in 2012 and again this year. The 2013 event took place on August 31st and September 1st and hosted a variety of high profile performers, including Beyonc\u00e9, Deadmau5, Empire of the Sun, Calvin Harris, Nine Inch Nails, Kendrick Lamar and more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The Liberty Stage<\/h2>\n<p>Mountain Productions rolled into Philadelphia to set up the Liberty Stage and Freedom Stage. The Liberty Stage was a <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Scaffold Staging\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/stagingsystems\/scaffold.php\" target=\"_blank\">scaffold system<\/a> with a 60&#215;60 <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Hercules Grid\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/grids\/hercules.php\" target=\"_blank\">Hercules roof grid<\/a>. <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Custom Printed Softgoods\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/softgoods.php\" target=\"_blank\">Custom scrims<\/a> and video screens hung from the approx. 50&#8242; tall scaffold wings. The stage sat on a sloped incline that dropped almost 6&#8242; from left to right. Mountain also built the <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Front of House Mix Positions\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/support\/foh.php\" target=\"_blank\">FOH<\/a> for the Liberty Stage as well as a 1,448 sq\/ft <a title=\"Mountain Productions' VIP Risers\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/support\/vip.php\" target=\"_blank\">VIP platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1061\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/img_4743_edit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4743_edit-950x682.jpg\" alt=\"Made in America \u2013 Mountain Productions' Hercules roof\" width=\"950\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liberty Stage \u2013 Getting ready to fly the roof<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1058\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/dsc_0158_edit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1058\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1058\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0158_edit-950x661.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Productions' Hercules roof \u2013 Made in America Liberty Stage\" width=\"950\" height=\"661\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished with custom scrims and video screens<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1059\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/dsc_0159_edit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1059\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0159_edit-950x630.jpg\" alt=\"The Liberty Stage\" width=\"950\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liberty Stage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Freedom Stage<\/h2>\n<p>The Freedom Stage featured Mountain Productions&#8217; largest <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Mobile Stage Fleet\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/mobilestages.php\" target=\"_blank\">mobile stage<\/a> \u2013 the <a title=\"Mountain Productions' SAM-550 Mobile Stage\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/mobilestages\/sam550.php\" target=\"_blank\">SAM-550<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Custom sound wing scrims were created and video panels and LEDs adorned the stage. The Freedom Stage primarily hosted the electronic artists, pumping out huge waves of bass the whole festival. Another scaffold <a title=\"Mountain Productions' Front of House Mix Positions\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/support\/foh.php\" target=\"_blank\">mix position<\/a> was constructed for the Freedom Stage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1069\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/img_4773_edit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1069\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1069\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4773_edit-950x670.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Productions' SAM-550 \u2013 Made in America Freedom Stage\" width=\"950\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Building the SAM-550<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1068\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/dsc_0163_edit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1068\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1068\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0163_edit-950x606.jpg\" alt=\"The finished Freedom Stage with custom scrims and video panels\" width=\"950\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The finished Freedom Stage with custom scrims and video panels<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1067\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/event-recap-made-in-america-2013\/dsc_0161_edit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1067\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0161_edit-950x630.jpg\" alt=\"The Freedom Stage \" width=\"950\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Freedom Stage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%5BEVENT%20RECAP%5D%20Made%20In%20America%202013\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 2012 by hip hop household name Jay-Z, the Budweiser Made in America Festival is a 2 day celebration of diverse music (hip hop, rock, pop, R&amp;B, EDM) and culture. 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