Behind the Build
How We Run 5 Stages at Once: Inside Next Fest at the LA County Fair
Five stages, one fairgrounds, zero dead air. Here's how the largest indie music festival in the country actually gets built.
July 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Service
Audio Production
Concert-grade sound design, engineering, and deployment for festivals, fairs, and live events of any scale.
Audio is the backbone of every live moment. Harmony designs, deploys, and operates concert-grade sound systems across festivals, fairs, municipal events, and concerts throughout Los Angeles and Southern California — from a single plaza stage to five stages running simultaneously.
Our engineers model coverage before a single box flies, tune for the room or the open air, and stay on site through the final encore. The result is intelligible speech, full-range music, and consistent SPL wherever your audience is standing.
Capabilities
- Line array systems
- Multi-stage audio (up to 5 simultaneous stages)
- FOH & monitor engineering
- Wireless & comms systems
- Festival-scale sound design
Equipment
- Digital Consoles
- Wireless Mics
- In-Ear Monitors
- Line Array
- Point Source
- Audio Splitters
- Clear-Com
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Organizer Guides
What Does Event Production Actually Cost? A 2026 Breakdown
The honest answer to the first question every organizer asks — and the line items that actually move the number.
June 2, 2026 · 7 min read