Live entertainment
Technical rider
A document specifying the artist or production’s technical systems, stage, staffing, power, and operating requirements.
Setup
- The rider begins a negotiation with the venue; the completed advance should distinguish mandatory requirements, acceptable substitutions, local supply, and unresolved items.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
The rider begins a negotiation with the venue; the completed advance should distinguish mandatory requirements, acceptable substitutions, local supply, and unresolved items.
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Sources
- Published Technical Standards — Entertainment Services and Technology Association