Outdoor Production · Custer, SD
Festivals and Outdoor Events in Custer
Power, weather, and a stage schedule that holds
On the ground
This work in Custer
Sound carries a long way around Custer because there is so little competing with it, and in and near the state park there are firm limits on amplified sound that we plan to rather than test. These sites are also remote enough that whatever we forgot is not arriving, so we carry spares for everything that matters. Afternoon weather in the hills turns fast, and your plan includes a covered position for the gear and an agreed call for when we use it.
Conditions in Custer
Custer State Park ceremony sites need a permit, and amplified sound, vehicle access, and setup time all come with conditions we work from rather than around. Most of those locations have nothing to plug into, so battery is standard here instead of an upgrade. Wildlife is a real scheduling factor and we mean that literally: bison on the wildlife loop turn a fifteen minute drive into forty, and they will do it on your wedding day. We build the buffer into your timeline. Outside the park, Custer is barn and ranch country and it reads a lot more like Piedmont.
- From Rapid City
- 45 minutes
- County
- Custer, SD
What is included
What you get
Community festivals, street events, rodeo grounds, and outdoor concerts. Outdoor production is a power and weather problem before it is an audio problem, so that is the part we plan first.
- A site visit and a written power plan before the date
- Stage audio sized to the field, the crowd, and the local noise ordinance
- Monitor world for multiple acts with fast changeovers
- Coordination with your stage manager and a running set schedule
- A weather plan with an agreed call time for covering or pulling gear
- Generator ready setup with clean power and proper grounding
- Wind rated stands or ground stacked positions
- An announce microphone for the emcee and sponsor reads
- Load in and load out that fits your site schedule
How we work
Our approach
Power comes before audio
Outdoor sites almost never have the power people assume they do. We walk the site, find out what circuits exist and what else is already on them, and figure out whether a generator is required. Getting this wrong does not cause a small problem. It causes the system going down in the middle of a headline set.
The weather plan is agreed in advance
Afternoon storms in the Black Hills are normal and they arrive fast. Before the date we agree on who makes the call, at what point, and what happens when they make it. Covering gear, pulling a stage, or moving indoors are all workable if they were decided beforehand and chaotic if they were not.
Changeovers are a schedule problem
Multi act outdoor events run late because changeovers eat the schedule. We patch for every act on the bill in advance, work out the order with your stage manager, and keep transitions tight. The last band on the bill is usually the one people came for, and it should not be the one that gets cut short.
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Festivals and Outdoor in Custer
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