Gig Power

28/08/2024

🎉 2024 GIG POWER CREW AWARDS 🏆

Earlier this month we held our annual Crew Awards at the Palais Theatre celebrating another hectic gig year with the Gig Power Family.

Congratulations to our 2024 Award recipients;

Lifetime Achievement Award - Jude
Weasle Eicke Golden Podge Award - Gov
Rising Star Award - Eric

A huge thank you to all the crew over the past year for yet another phenomenal gig season which included, Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour", the largest production we have been involved with in our 36 years of operation.

📸 Daniel Oh Photography ©️2024

19/08/2024

This afternoon we launched our Crew Safety & Manual Handling training session with sessions continuing tomorrow and Wednesday afternoon.

We’ve added new session dates for next week so if you haven’t already booked a spot please click on the following link to book: https://www.trybooking.com/CUNJT

We strongly encourage all Crew to attend a session as we gear up for a busy summer gig season coming up very soon!

14/08/2024

🚨 CREW SAFETY & MANUAL HANDLING TRAINING 🚨

Over the next few weeks we will be holding free Safety & Manual Handling training sessions for current Gig Power crew as we gear up for another busy summer season of shows.

These sessions will focus on working safely in the entertainment industry as well as focusing on manual handling technique and the introduction to our new Safety Culture platform.

We encourage all Crew to attend a session regardless of their current experience or knowledge as a number of things have changed in the past year as well as the introduction to a new safety reporting platform for Crew.

Sessions will be held at Gig Power Weasle Eicke Training Room in West Melbourne and run in the afternoons between 2:30pm and 5pm.

Book your session here: https://www.trybooking.com/CUNJT

12/08/2024

Yesterday a group of Gig Power Followspot Operators and Pro Stage crew completed the Working At Heights course at the Pinnacle Safety and Training complex in Port Melbourne as part of our new skills development and crew safety training program.

We will be conducting a number of Safety & Manual Handling training sessions for crew in the coming weeks as we prepare for another busy summer season of gigs 💪🏽

30/07/2024

A few weeks ago we ran a number of basic backline training trial sessions for selected crew to get hands on experience with gear as well as a background on our show crew roll.

A very special shout out and thank you to our good friends at Deluxe Guitars & Backline Hire who provided the gear to make these sessions possible!

22/05/2024

🚨 CREW INDUCTION ALERT 🚨

A reminder to all Gig Power crew to please check that their venue inductions are up to date as well as personal details. With a bit of a dry spell coming up, now is an ideal time to update and complete any outstanding venue inductions.

https://www.gigpower.com/crew-info/

21/05/2024

TOSCA COMES TO LIFE AT MCA

Last week we provided crew to assist Opera Australia in transforming Margaret Court Arena for the upcoming five-star production of Tosca.

Shout out to all the crew involved over a number of days in preparing this production which kicks off this Friday night.

Check out the timelapse video of the build 🤙🏽

04/03/2024

Team work makes the dream work! Well done! 🙌🏼

24/01/2024

A GIG STORM IS COMING ⚡️

With another big start to the year coming up for gigs in Victoria we are back in full swing recruiting new crew as we prepare for some big shows heading our way!

📸©️Gig Power 2024

21/12/2023

GP23 ⚡️ Year In Review (Part: 1)

As we slowly unwind from what has been an incredible and hectic year of gigs in Victoria, we take a quick look back at how the first quarter of 2023 went down for the Gig Power family.

4 Massive stadium shows rolled into Melbourne with Sir Elton John performing 2 very special nights in January at AAMI Park on his farewell tour. Red Hot Chilli Peppers with Post Malone and Harry Styles rocked Marvel Stadium in February across 4 big nights.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) played host to a historic moment in March with Ed Sheeran breaking the attendance record by an artist / musician performing in front of 200,000 fans across 2 nights.

2 new festivals were introduced with Juicy Fest being held at Coburg Velodrome and Knotfest out at Flemington Racecourse.

Rod Stewart with Cyndi Lauper and Sting performed shows at Rod Laver Arena as well as Mount Duneed Estate in Waurn Ponds.

📸: Monty ©️2023

18/12/2023

Well done Gig Power Crew. A record numbers of show this year and an excellent effort by all.
Have a merry XMAS and a great New Year.
Rest up and get ready for what 2024 is going to deliver!!!

Cheers

Rich, Joe, Monty and Dan.

05/12/2023

🛑 ATTENTION GIG POWER CREW 🛑

Crew booked for the Foo Fighters (AAMI Park) and 50 Cent (Rod Laver) load out calls tomorrow night (Wednesday 6th) please note parking near and around the precinct will be extremely limited‼️

Please plan your trip in and prepare for heavy congestion along Olympic Boulevard / Swan Street as well as surrounding streets nearby.

01/12/2023

Proudly supporting CrewCare and spreading the word at Good Things Festival 2023 🤟🏽

You can support this great organisation by becoming a Member for just $10.

Visit www.crewcare.org.au

09/11/2023

THURSDAY 30th NOVEMBER IS AUSMUSIC T-SHIRT DAY!

We have a bunch of CrewCare t-shirts in stock at the Gig Power office.
Free for Crewcare members.
$10 for non CrewCare members. You will get the t-shirt and a years CrewCare membership.

15/09/2023

📢 Spread the word! 🤜🏼💥🤛🏼

13/09/2023

Millsy's 15 minutes of fame.
Nice one.

17/08/2023

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL ROLLS INTO MELBOURNE

A quick BTS time lapse video of the upcoming Cirque Du Soleil Crystal production rolling into John Cain Arena which we proudly provided over 80+ hands for the load in. This included crew working around the clock over the weekend preparing the ice rink before the main production gear was installed.

27/07/2023

Take a moment to remember our Load Out General, Weasle in his element. RIP big fella. We miss you ❤️

17/07/2023

During our quieter months it's a great time to up-skill and get stuck in to the courses available to you all like this Access All Areas workshop via Support Act. Click the link below for more info and to apply!

Spots are filling up fast for this one so get in quick! Join us for this free, online Access All Areas: Creating a safe and thriving Music Industry for all training session on Wed 26 July from 10am-12:30pm (AEST)

This workshop will help identify and break down key social drivers of bullying, harassment, sexual assault and intimidation.

Developed in partnership with Music Victoria, the session is designed to educate music workers on how to actively intervene when witnessing sexual assault, sexual harassment and bullying.

Register now - https://bit.ly/3PSNm6K

17/07/2023

Congratulations to our fantastic employees Dante Sloane and Ups Mead for their hard work, determination and resilience over a huge 2022/23.

Dante started with us a little over a year ago and has excelled in his craft. A well deserved winner of Recruit of the Year! Keep up the great work Dante.

Ups has been with us for almost 7 years and is a worthy winner of the Weasle Eicke Work Ethic Award. Her willingness to go above and beyond is infectious, she leads by example and has proven herself to be an invaluable member of the Gig Power family. Well done Ups!

14/07/2023

HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE 💪

We're encouraging all Gig Power past and present Crew to participate in the CrewCare Crew Poll to help shape the future.

As a thank you for participating, participants will receive a FREE 12 months CrewCare Membership!

Click the shared link below for full details and poll link.

❤️

Calling ALL Crew!!!

CrewCare wants to know what YOU think, your concerns and ideas. We're asking ALL crew who work, or have worked, in the Australian Music Industry (whether you are a CrewCare member or not) to take our short 10 minute poll TODAY!.

Tell us what YOU want
Let CrewCare know how we can serve you better
Give us your ideas
Provide feedback on any of your concerns

As a thank you, we're offering a years' FREE CrewCare Membership to all participating crew. Members and Lapsed Members will have their membership automatically renewed for another 12 months, new Members will be directed to a free sign up page on submission of the poll.

https://crewcare.org.au/crew-poll

13/07/2023

ATTENTION GIG⚡️POWER CREW

Download the new "swag" app from either the Apple App Store or Google Play and register today to view your payslips, sign company policy documents, make banking detail amendments and update personal information.

Alternatively you can visit keypay.yourpayroll.com.au from a desktop computer or laptop!

11/07/2023

CAMPBELL MANDERSON EXHIBITION

Event photographer and good friend of ours Campbell Manderson will be holding a special exhibition of some of his photographic work taken over the years at various events.

This special free exhibition will only be open to the public this Sunday between 12pm and 2pm at 1/21 Union Street in Windsor.

Please feel free to come down and show your support to Campbell who has captured some amazing shots of Australian rock legends and those who work behind the scenes!

05/07/2023

We’ve signed Support Act's Minimum Standards for a Mentally Healthy Music Industry, which seek to encourage action to Protect, Respond and Promote the positive aspects of work that contribute to good mental health.

This includes a commitment to provide workplaces that are psychologically safe, and which take proactive measures to address safety at work issues including bullying, harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct, racism, ageism, homophobia and transphobia.

Show your commitment and sign up now - https://bit.ly/3rbDKGu

29/06/2023

BORN PINK 2023

We recently provided 100+ crew across 5 days for Blackpink's "Born Pink" Australian Tour in Melbourne which included 12 stage hands, 12 spot operators and 2 cable pagers working behind the scenes during both shows 💪

13/06/2023

📢PSA: The Weasle Eicke Scholarship is back and applications close this FRIDAY! Please click the link below to apply. As the great man would say - Rock on Groovers 🤘🏼❤️

https://crewcare.org.au/weasle-eicke-scholarship

01/06/2023

READY TO BE SPOT CREW ⚡️

Last month we supplied 13 Spot Operators for Twice “Ready To Be” tour in Melbourne with Chameleon Touring Systems providing ROBE lighting Robo Spots.

This was the largest setup of these spot fixtures to be done at Rod Laver Arena and after a successful 2 shows we will no doubt see more of this type of setup in the near future.

06/05/2023

Busy few days as we welcome K-Pop back to Melbourne 💪🏽 GP Crew get a last minute run down before tonight’s first Twice show at Rod Laver Arena ⚡️

18/04/2023

A t-shirt like no other!

the Man, the Myth... the LEGEND 💪

Grab your AFG-YC tee with all proceeds going to CrewCare 💖

BUY NOW: https://afgyc.bandtshirts.com.au/buy/afg-yc/13800-combined-union-of-non-theatrical-stagehands-afg-yc-black-tshirt

18/04/2023

ATTN ALL GP⚡️CREW - VENUE INDUCTIONS

As we approach a little bit of a quiet period we strongly urge all Crew to look over their venue inductions and make sure they’re up to date and uploaded to their GP Dashboard.

Visit the Crew Information page on our website for current induction links to our main venues 💪🏽

www.gigpower.com/crew-info/