Overview

The Middle East region’s professional audio-visual, lighting design and live staging production industries are developing at an unprecedented rate.

Consumer and commercial demand for live entertainment events is at an all-time high, driven largely by the region’s continuing influx of expatriate workers, a rapidly growing tourism and hospitality sector, and the overall financial liquidity of the GCC economies.

The region’s professional audio-visual, lighting design and live staging production industries deserve recognition for driving this growth, and for striving to create standards of excellence in technical service and support.

The GCC and the UAE in particular now boast a world-class live events industry, which is leading to increasingly high-profile international artists and corporations selecting cities in the region to stage live concerts, seminars, meetings and associated events. The Middle East also plays host to an AV systems integration industry that easily rivals the world’s best.

The Sound & Stage Awards will boast an extensive number of categories honouring excellence in the region’s pro audio, lighting and live events production industries.

Systems integrators, promoters, production rental companies and event management firms will be among those recognised, as will individuals who have managed to set new standards of excellence within the live events production sector.

As the Middle East’s number one entertainment technology and production industry magazine, it is our distinct honour to showcase the best talent this industry has to offer at the second, annual Sound & Stage Awards.