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Festivals
Overview
Long-standing Cream Global partners Adlib were tasked with delivering technical production services at Creamfields 2025 across four stages, supporting headline DJs, live acts, and large-format immersive productions.
Partners & Collaborators
Cream Global
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As one of the UK's largest electronic music festivals, Creamfields draws up to 80,000 attendees to its Daresbury site each day, hosting major international artists across multiple large-scale stages. Delivering a consistent technical production experience across such a diverse site demands extensive planning and seamless technical integration.
The 2025 edition featured over seven major stages, each with different capacities, layouts, and artist requirements. Festival organisers Cream Global needed a vendor capable of providing a robust, tailored solution that could meet headline-level artist expectations while enabling efficient deployment and smooth changeovers throughout the four-day event.
Long-standing Cream Global partners Adlib were tasked with delivering technical production services across four stages, supporting headline DJs, live acts, and large-format immersive productions. For CF01, CF02, and CF07, the Adlib team provided full end-to-end audio packages. CF03 received a complete 360-degree service, with Adlib responsible for audio, lighting, video & rigging. All systems were designed for consistent performance while retaining the flexibility required for efficient deployment and tuning.
PA System
The CF01 arena featured a large L-Acoustics K1/K2 main system designed for maximum impact. Forty K1 cabinets covered the main and side hangs, supplemented by K2 downfill and shadow fill via KARA II. A total of 38 KS28 subwoofers, deployed across both flown and ground positions, delivered a powerful low-end response, with A10 Wide cabinets handling front fill. A secondary delay system extended coverage using K2 arrays, with independent amplification and rigging to maintain phase alignment across the extended audience area.
Control & Monitoring
Front-of-House (FOH) and monitor positions were managed using DiGiCo Quantum 225 consoles, paired with SD-Racks populated with 32-bit analogue and AES cards. A 60-channel Adlib splitter provided flexible input routing, with robust fibre multicores linking FOH and stage. Artist monitoring was handled via Adlib MP5 bi-amp wedges, complemented by KS28 and A15 Wide fills side coverage and KARA II and SB18 for DJ monitoring.
Radio Systems
Shure Axient Digital wireless microphones and PSM1000 IEMs provided flexible, high-quality coverage across the main stage. RF planning and antenna distribution were designed to support high channel counts and sustained reliability, with Shure UA874E active directional antennas and combiners maintaining signal quality. Licensing was coordinated via Ofcom.
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PA System
CF02 deployed an equally powerful system, with L-Acoustics K1, K2 and L2 across mains, side, and outfill hangs, supplemented by KS28 and K1-SB subwoofers in both flown and ground-stack configurations. Additional KARA II, A15, and A10 systems supported front and in-fill positions. Delay coverage was achieved using mirrored K1 and K2 hangs to ensure coherent sound deep into the field.
Control & Monitoring
The control setup for CF02 comprised a dual DiGiCo Quantum 225 console package managing FOH and monitors, supported by a matching SD-Rack and Adlib control infrastructure. Adlib AAMP5 wedges provided artist foldback. As with CF01, Shure wireless systems and a redundant fibre control backbone ensured reliability and flexibility throughout the event.
PA System
This arena featured a CODA Audio AiRAY and ViRAY-based PA design, delivering wide coverage with precise pattern control. A full SCP-F and SC2-F subwoofer package provided detailed low-frequency reproduction, configured to adapt to the stage orientation and audience area. ViRAY arrays extended the main system coverage to the rear of the arena.
Control & Monitoring
FOH and monitor control was again delivered via DiGiCo Quantum 225 consoles and SD-Racks, supported by an Adlib 60-channel splitter and full fibre multicore system. d&b M2 wedges and L-Acoustics KS28 subs provided on-stage monitoring. A comprehensive wired and RF microphone package supported live vocals, with additional shout and utility monitoring handled via compact self-powered systems.
Lighting, Rigging & Video
For CF03, Adlib also supplied video, lighting, and rigging services. A substantial LED wall package using ROE Vanish 8 panels was integrated with a Helios 8K processing system, with video distribution handled via fixed fibre infrastructure between FOH and stage, and Elgato Stream Deck control enabling flexible cueing. The lighting rig comprised close to 200 moving and LED fixtures from Ayrton, Robe, Martin, SGM, and Acme, controlled via grandMA3 full-size consoles and processing units. Rigging was executed using OV40 truss and EXE D8+ motors.
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PA System
CF07 featured a full CODA Audio loudspeaker system, with AiRAY mains, CiRAY delays, and SCP-F subwoofers. APS and HOPS12T loudspeakers provided infill and nearfield coverage.
Control & Monitoring
Dual DiGiCo Quantum 225 consoles at FOH and monitors were paired with a shared SD-Rack and fibre infrastructure. Adlib AAMP5 wedges and L-Acoustics KS28 subwoofers handled on-stage artist monitoring and DJ fills. Wireless systems mirrored those at other arenas, with Axient Digital handheld microphones supported by UA874E directional antennas to ensure frequency stability in a high-RF environment.
As a long-term technical partner to the Creamfields festival, Adlib once again supported the Cream Global team with a festival-wide integration of event technology that remained consistent across a diverse range of stage formats and technical requirements. Working closely with the organisers at every stage of the planning and delivery, Adlib enabled the Cream team to focus on the smooth running of the four-day event, confident that all technical aspects of production were in hand.
The scale and complexity of the site demanded meticulous planning and robust logistics. From truck to tuning, each system was built to perform under pressure - supporting some of the world's biggest electronic artists in one of the UK's most iconic festival settings.
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