The fabulous 2023 Brixton Light Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivered its third – and largest to date – event filled with the magic, mystery and imagination evoked by light. It started during the covid lockdowns as a community-led and driven art-based lighting experience to unite the already tight-knit, lively and diverse neighbourhood of Brixton. The goal is to celebrate the spirit and importance of community, and the power of art and empathy.

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1.7.2025

Rock For People

The Rock For People music festival celebrated its 30th anniversary in style with an impressive 5-day event, an all-star lineup and an expanded capacity of 50,000 which saw a fully sold-out audience flock to the Park 360 site in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic – a former military airfield dating back to the 1930s – approximately 100 kilometres east of Prague.

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9.10.2025

Robe T2 Profiles are Special

Lighting designer Marc Janowitz has enjoyed utilizing the power and versatility of Robe’s T2 Profile luminaire on several recent projects, including Trey Anastasio’s 2025 solo acoustic tour and two high-profile HBO specials – Brett Goldstein's “The Second Best Night of Your Life” debut stand-up special at the Bergen PAC (Performing Arts Center) in New Jersey, and Marc Maron’s “Panicked”, which was staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)’s Harvey Theater.

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3.10.2025

Robe Celebrates at Sziget 2025

One of the liveliest, friendliest, and most musically and performance diverse festivals of the European summer season, Sziget, in Budapest, Hungary, is also staged at one of the most picturesque locations, Óbudai-sziget (Old Buda Island), a beautiful foliage-rich, 108-hectare island on the Danube River, a short distance from Budapest city centre. This is transformed into a tolerant, inclusive, humanity-loving ‘Island of Freedom’ community for the 6-day duration of the event.

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30.9.2025

Robe ANZ Official Launch Means Business

Over 100 industry leaders, movers, shakers and influencers from Australia and New Zealand rocked up to NIDA – The National Institute of Dramatic Art – in Sydney for an official launch event hosted by “LSC: The New Home for Robe in ANZ”, which represents Czech Republic-based moving light and LED manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. sales in these key territories.

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26.9.2025

Robe Helps Hungarian National Day Spectacular

Budapest, the lively, picturesque capital city of Hungary, was energised into a canvas of drama, colour, excitement, and storytelling in one of Europe’s finest mixed-media spectaculars to celebrate its National Day on August 20th. The 35-minute timecoded show involved monumental projection, lasers, lighting, drone shows and a MASSIVE firework display which blew up along a 5km stretch of the Danube River.