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Lighting for your live stream
Live streaming is growing and will be here for the duration. It has become the best way for churches, businesses, fitness instructors, and artists, to communicate their message with people that cannot be there in person. When you’re in front of your audience you want to look your best, and that means you need proper[…]
Color Choices Matter
The color palette for your wedding or event can make a huge difference in the feel and impact for your guests. Different colors effect us in different ways. Warm ambers make us feel safe and comfortable. Blues and purples bring out excitement and the feel of outdoors. While reds and pinks have a passionate edge[…]
Need to Live Stream?
Trying to figure out how to stay relevant and connected to your audience and customers right now? We can help out by getting you set up to live stream professionally to a platform(s) of your choice Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, etc… We are currently providing live stream consultation and production services for artist, business, and government[…]
Lighting up downtown Solvang
This past holiday season we were given the opportunity to work with IDK Events to provide the production equipment and expertise for the City of Solvang’s Julefest activities. This included many different show aspects that we needed to coordinate and implement for the month and a half run of events that began on Black Friday.[…]
Honda Goldwing release at Moxi
Islay Events was hired by Jonnum Media to design and produce the Honda Motorcycles North American event on October 24, 2017 at MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation in Santa Barbara,CA. This event was designed to introduce the 2018 Goldwing, one of Honda Motocycle’s flagship products, to the global market. The evening’s guest[…]
Santa Barbara Solstice Parade
For the past 2 years we have worked with La Boheme Professional Dance Group on many events. Supplying sound, lighting, and music services to some degree or another at many of their performances. This year they brought Islay Events on to manage the sound for their dancers and float in the 43rd Annual Santa Barbara Summer[…]
Elegant Bohemian Wedding
Sammie and Dave’s wedding reception at Greengate Ranch and Vineyard. Nestled in the Edna Valley outside of San Luis Obispo California are several rural and unique wedding sites. Greengate Ranch and Vineyard is one of our favorites to work at. The location is convenient and has wonderful views of the valley and space enough for any size[…]
Moxi Fire and Ice night at the museum
We love working on special events at the Moxi Museum in Santa Barbara. The last Moxi Nights was a blast. The Fire and Ice theme made for some good collaborative fun with the museum techs. The first 2 floors were lit in cool blue, with some image mapping on the bridge. Yes the[…]
Bohemian beach wedding w/ a touch of the BOSS
From the very first meeting with Whitney at Wit & Wiley Events Environments I knew this would be a wedding to remember. First let me say what an incredibly fun and unique couple that Alana and Chris are. It started with the usual walk through in a very unusual place, which I must say is hard to find[…]
Event production, Design, & consultation
We care about every detail
Lighting
Lighting can greatly add to the tone and mood for you and your guests. Complete your dream wedding with the perfect lighting package to compliment your venue and style.
Sound
Don’t let your guests wonder what you said, or miss that special moment during your ceremony. We can provide a sound system for any occasion. Wedding Ceremonies, DJ Support, Band Systems, Monitor systems, and Live Recording are all normal business for us.
power
Coffee Pots, Ovens, Lights, Sound, Musicians, Photo Booths, and many other items all use power and should be considered in the planning of your event or wedding.
Decor & Design
Contrast, Color, Space, Balance, Texture, Line, Proximity, Repetition, Purpose, Negative Space, and Harmony are elements that we take into consideration for every event design we are involved with.
design elements every event should consider
What keeps us up at night.....really, it does.
We can assist you to develop your event design by listening to your vision, goals and ideas, then matching them with our experience in crafting events. Whether ensuring the the fabric and lighting compliment the event color palette or checking that service and guest will be able to see everything well, every stage in every project, from the creative brainstorming through to production, is handled with the utmost thought and care. We begin by listening and learning what your dreams and visions are. Every project is based on a targeted consultation, which develops a strategy in line with your needs. Once finalized, we begin the event organization and take your custom concept to become a fully-integrated and completed event. Whether a private party, public event, product presentation/launch, trade fairs, conventions, shows, exhibitions, branding and sponsorship/licensing agreements we have the experience. These are just some of the types of events which we can bring you the strategic expertise with organizational and management know-how.
consultation
Meeting and discussing the event needs and goals
design
Choosing colors, fabrics, lighting instruments & positions
Preparation
Layouts, Pack Lists, Time Line, etc..
implementation
Set up and break down