{"id":6302,"date":"2017-06-20T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2017-06-20T19:30:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:30:12","slug":"event-recap-2017-firefly-festival-fan-curated-mtn-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/20\/event-recap-2017-firefly-festival-fan-curated-mtn-built\/","title":{"rendered":"[Event Recap] 2017 Firefly Festival: Fan-Curated, MTN Built"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Woodlands sits just within the grounds of Dover International Speedway in Delaware and is transformed for four days each summer into the East Coast\u2019s premier music festival experience &#8211; the Firefly Music Festival. Roughly 90,000 young and energetic fans took to The Woodlands this past weekend for the chance to see headliners like The Weeknd, Chance the Rapper, Bob Dylan, Muse and Twenty One Pilots. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6303 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19250419_1374920629222627_5155406975340990166_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19250419_1374920629222627_5155406975340990166_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19250419_1374920629222627_5155406975340990166_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19250419_1374920629222627_5155406975340990166_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19250419_1374920629222627_5155406975340990166_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto Courtesy of Facebook \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FireflyMusicFestival\/\">Firefly Music Festival<\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mountain Productions continues to watch the Firefly experience spread in popularity and prestige. Billed as a fan curated event, the Firefly team and organizers from Red Frog Productions rely on festival-goer feedback to book acts, determine merch and food on site, develop the camp and create the entire Firefly experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou have the opportunity to be involved in every piece of the festival,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fireflyfestival.com\/firefly-a-fan-curated-music-festival\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explained organizers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201c[Fans can] help curate the best weekend of the summer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BVgCf98HvRG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You are simply the best, #FireflyFam.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by fireflymusicfestival (@fireflymusicfestival) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-19T00:13:04+00:00\">Jun 18, 2017 at 5:13pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h6><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\u00a0Photo Courtesy of Instagram \/ @fireflymusicfestival<\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As in year\u2019s past, the event once again turned to North America\u2019s leading staging and rigging company to help transform the forest. Our staging and rigging crews brought their event production expertise to Dover, Delaware, to work alongside Red Frog Productions and fans, building something memorable together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19243107_10154720051103785_7973679555002666739_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19243107_10154720051103785_7973679555002666739_o.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19243107_10154720051103785_7973679555002666739_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19243107_10154720051103785_7973679555002666739_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Photo Courtesy of Facebook \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FireflyMusicFestival\/\">Firefly Music Festival<\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Backyard Stage setup was nestled just beyond The Nook, a hammock haven for festival-goers in need of some R&amp;R. It proved itself as the place to be on Saturday night to see acts ranging from new breakout star, Daya, to the likes of Wale and festival headliner, Chance the Rapper. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19149450_1373061816075175_5225525911872075701_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19149450_1373061816075175_5225525911872075701_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19149450_1373061816075175_5225525911872075701_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19149450_1373061816075175_5225525911872075701_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19149450_1373061816075175_5225525911872075701_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Photo Courtesy of Facebook \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alivecoverage\">aLIVE Coverage<\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 33.24074074074074% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BVcULZTlZin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BYE Guys &#8230; \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udd0a\u2764\ufe0f \ud83d\udcf8 @alivecoverage #higuys #firefly2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Benny Benassi (@bennybenassi) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-17T13:30:35+00:00\">Jun 17, 2017 at 6:30am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h6><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\u00a0Photo Courtesy of Instagram \/ @bennynenassi<\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pavilion featured sets from the legendary Benny Benassi and old-school DJ icon DJ Jazzy Jeff. Standing massively just southeast from the Firefly Stage, The Pavilion Stage brought its own main stage mentality to the festival with a lit atmosphere worthy of the stars upon it. This covered environment brought the nightclub to the pines for an unforgettable experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19143094_1371894816191875_5571505560399780545_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19143094_1371894816191875_5571505560399780545_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19143094_1371894816191875_5571505560399780545_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19143094_1371894816191875_5571505560399780545_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19143094_1371894816191875_5571505560399780545_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Photo Courtesy of Facebook \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FireflyMusicFestival\/\">Firefly Music Festival\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the industry\u2019s most sought after stages, Mountain Productions was also happy to provide a number of ancillary structures, VIP camera platforms and ground cover for the 2017 Firefly Music Festival. While the sixth annual event was one of our favorites of the season, we\u2019re excited to see what June 2018 has in store for the East Coast\u2019s ultimate summer get-down. <\/span><\/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%202017%20Firefly%20Festival%3A%20Fan-Curated%2C%20MTN%20Built\";<\/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>The Woodlands sits just within the grounds of Dover International Speedway in Delaware and is transformed for four days each summer into the East Coast\u2019s premier music festival experience &#8211; the Firefly Music Festival. 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