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ADJ lighting supports “Music in the Mountains” concert series
Set against the backdrop of Montana’s Rocky Mountains, “Music in the Mountains” brings live music and community together every summer in Big Sky. For the 2026 season, local production company Jereco deployed an almost exclusively ADJ lighting rig to provide a house system capable of supporting a diverse lineup of regional and touring artists throughout the summer.
Held every Thursday at Len Hill Park in the heart of Big Sky Town Center, “Music in the Mountains” is a free, family-friendly concert series. With a different artist lineup each week, the event requires a lighting system that can deliver everything from subtle, atmospheric looks to high-energy concert effects, while also withstanding the demands of an outdoor summer production.
Jereco has been responsible for the technical production of “Music in the Mountains” since the event was launched more than a decade ago. For the 2026 season, Head of Lighting Jesse Emby and Stage Designer Brady Cool selected a rig almost exclusively comprised of ADJ fixtures to form the event’s house lighting system, which remains installed on the stage throughout the summer.
At the heart of the design were sixteen of ADJ’s Hydro Beam CMY automated beam luminaires, a recent addition to Jereco’s inventory. The fixtures were split between two prominent mid-stage trusses, each flown at an angle to create a distinctive V-shaped structure above the stage.
The Hydro Beam CMY is an IP65-rated moving head beam designed for demanding indoor and outdoor applications. Powered by an Osram Sirius HRI 310W Pro discharge lamp combined with precision-engineered optics, it produces a 2-degree beam. “The Hydro Beam CMY outperforms our previous beam fixture in every way”, comments Cool. “I particularly like the multicolour effect, which works very well when combined with one of the prism options, and the frost filter. It allowed me to generate a nice, soft back wash effect at ‘Music in the Mountains’ that was perfect for more laid-back moments.”
For performer illumination, eight ADJ Encore LP12Z IP LED-powered zoom pars were rigged to the downstage truss. The two mid-stage trusses were each lined with five Jolt Panel FX fixtures to add a dynamic layer of visual effects to the design. Combining white strobe LEDs with zone-controlled RGB LEDs, the fixtures provided the lighting team with a range of options for creating eye-catching looks, from high-impact strobe hits and animated chase patterns to colorful background effects.
Eight of the similar but linear Jolt Bar FXIP fixtures were mounted to the front of the downstage truss, providing a complementary source of strobe and color effects while also adding visual definition to the front edge of the stage. “The Jolt Series was our stepping stone into the ADJ product line,” comments Emby. “We bought our first panels around five years ago, and they gave us the confidence to expand into other areas of the ADJ range.”
Interspersed with the Jolt Panel FX units were Encore DBX twin-cell blinders. This IP65-rated fixture combines two 150 W RGBAW LED cells with secondary RGB color mixing LEDs integrated into the textured rear reflector. This allows it to function not only as a high-output audience blinder, but also as a source of colorful background glow. “We’ve had the Encore DBX blinders in our inventory for around six months, and I’ve used them on 98 percent of the shows we’ve done since then”, notes Cool.
Pictured: Pinky and the Floyd at “Music in the Mountains”. (Photos: ADJ)
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