Event technical production: sound, lighting and stage
Event technical production — sound, lighting, a screen and a stage — is noticed only when something goes wrong: a speech no one hears in the back row, a stage left in the dark. Describe the venue and program in an order, and crews will send responses. Or pick a contractor by services and reviews.
Sound and lighting technicians
How much event production costs
What affects the price
Size of the venue
A small hall needs a pair of speakers on stands, while an open-air concert calls for line arrays, subwoofers and a bigger crew for the setup.
Setup and teardown
The stage, trusses and lighting rig take hours to build before the start, so an early load-in and a late-night teardown are often charged separately.
Operators for the whole event
A sound engineer at the desk and a lighting technician changing the lights from act to act stay until the end — this costs more than just setting up the gear beforehand.
Power and a generator
Powerful sound and lighting need a dedicated power line; in a yard, in a field or in case of outages, a generator is added.
Rider and special effects
An artist's technical rider determines what gear to bring; low fog, cold sparks or confetti are separate items in the estimate.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a production crew for your event
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a sound and lighting contractor
- 1
Photos from events of a similar size
Ask for photos of halls and stages the crew has already done sound and lighting for: shots from an intimate dinner say nothing about an open-air concert.
- 2
Equipment list in writing
Agree on a list of the gear with models and quantities: speakers, mixing desk, microphones, lighting fixtures. That way, on the day of the event it is easy to check that no weaker substitute was brought.
- 3
Site visit
Ask whether a technician will come in advance to inspect the hall or yard: where the electrical panel and outlets are, how to drive up with the gear, where lights can be rigged.
- 4
Time for a sound check
Agree on when the crew loads in and runs the sound check: sound and lighting should be set before the guests arrive, not during the first performance.
- 5
Cables and structures
Find out how the trusses and speakers will be secured and how cables will be run across walkways, so that guests and waiters do not trip.
What to put in the order
Type of event, date, duration and when the crew can load in for setup
The venue: a hall, a terrace or open air, rough floor area and ceiling height
Number of guests and what will be heard: speeches, a live band or a DJ
What you need: sound, lighting, a stage, a screen or special effects, and for performers — the key points of their rider
Whether the venue has power of the right capacity and its own equipment
Payment, and whether the sound engineer should work until the end of the event
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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