After rocking the capital city, Wellington for 18 years, one of Aotearoa’s biggest music events, Jim Beam Homegrown is all set to return to Hamilton in just three weeks.
Hamilton’s population is about to swell with another 30,000 people that are expected to descend on ‘The Tron’ for Jim Beam Homegrown to turn Claudelands Oval into a full-scale Kiwi music playground for the one-day event on Saturday 14 March.
Hundreds of crew members, specialists and suppliers are now on site – the equivalent of 205 rugby fields in size – marking out the footprint for the 7 stages, 220 truckloads of equipment, 146 tonnes of scaffolding, and 654 toilets needed for the signature Homegrown experience.
This year’s event, the first in Hamilton will have 7 stages and use the space of 205 rugby fields, three times as much space as the Festival had available in Wellington.
Andrew Tuck, Jim Beam Homegrown chief executive, managing director, and proud Waikato local says “It’s now all go here in Hamilton and we’re excited to get the stages set. We’ve been looking forward to coming home to the Mighty Waikato and the energy is building every single day. Claudelands Oval gives us the space to dream bigger and deliver the most ambitious Homegrown we’ve ever produced.”
In the three-weeks up to the event day, the project will see 2,300 people working on the day- total of 40,230 man hours on the ground. The arena will have 7 stages, 984m2 of staging, with 750 stage lights, etc.
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Related: https://www.newsviews.co.nz/wgtn-loses-jim-beam-homegrown-music-festival-to-hamilton-after-18-years/
