07/23/2025
Hillfest Events Load-In - The part most people don't see 💪
Ever wonder what it takes to produce a music festival for thousands of attendees? A lot of work happens behind the scenes before it's finally showtime. Building a stage. Pushing cases. Running cables. Hours of connecting, testing, tweaking, and fine-tuning to get everything talking to each other so that when it's showtime, everything works. The work is fun, sometimes exhausting, and always worth the effort.
Huge thanks to our hardworking crew for their long hours, quick thinking, and heavy lifting — and to SAVI and IATSE Local 195 for their support with the stage build.
Events United provided audio, video, lighting, staging, and backline for Hillfest 2025.
Crew:
Production Manager - Ryan Lane
FOH / Systems Engineer - David Bickel
Monitor Engineer - Andrew Johnson
Patch Tech - Matt St. Jean
Backline Tech - Dan Ciccarello
Lighting Engineer - Meg Fiske
Lighting Tech - Wyatt Crowther
Technical Director - Spencer Brayall
LED Tech - Jack Redding
Shading - Larry Engholm
Playback - Peter Luksha
PTZ Cam Op - Caden Bickel
Stagehands - Avery Gilstrap, Gage Hamblet, Micah Pouliot, Nate Shepherd, Keith Smykil, Cameron Stack
Logistics - Jack Redding
Stage Design - Rachel Fahey
Marketing - Allison Dion, Michelle Rublee, John Sifferman
Project Manager - Chase Clark
📸: Michelle Rublee, Allison Dion