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The 2026 Horror, Haunt, & Halloween Convention Guide
Convention season is basically the haunt industry's version of going feral. Something about putting thousands of people who professionally terrify strangers into a convention center together just works — ideas fly, deals get made, and at least one person ends up hauling home a prop they have absolutely no room for. We've been that person. […]
How We Power and Control Massive Holiday Light Displays
AKA How We Keep 4–15,000 Universes of Data From Melting Into Holiday Chaos Let’s clear something up: when people walk through a large scale Christmas light installation and say, “This is magical,” they’re right — it is magical. But it’s also a logistical monster built out of power distribution plans, miles of data cables, DMX […]
Behind the Scenes of Holiday Install Season at IWG
(AKA: Why We Live Out of Road Cases, Eat in Parking Lots, and Would Still Do It All Again Tomorrow) If you’ve ever wandered through a Christmas event and thought, “Wow, this looks effortless,” please know: somewhere behind that scene is one of our technicians zip-tying power cables by headlamp at 11:47 p.m., a production […]
