Hey there blog-land! My head is swimming with a whole day’s worth of phone calls, planning, schedule updates and details on this year’s upcoming Rock the Garden…but someone at the Walker has decided that some of you out there might be interested in the backstage perspective on putting on a rock concert of this size in the middle of the street for 11,000 people. So here I am!
As the Production Manager for Events and Media Production, my department is responsible for supporting all the technical needs for performances and events presented and programmed at the Walker. For most of the productions we facilitate, we are working with one or two of the many departments at the Walker to bring arts, fun, and parties to the public. But Rock the Garden is a great example of the synergy of working across almost all of the various departments throughout the entire Center to bring a whole day of fun to those of you lucky enough to get one of those tickets before the show sold out! Some of us have been working on Rock the Garden 2009 since the week after last year’s show came down…so it will be great to share our excitement with ticket holders as they (hopefully) enjoy the fruits of our year-long labor!
This blog will be coming to a computer screen near you with the backstage perspective on creating an off-site event in the middle of downtown, for 11,000 of our closest friends, with 4 bands from around the country…in 36 hours! Photos, snippets heard backstage, troubleshooting, and the joys of a 7am-3am day with the crew of Rock the Garden…