INVADES at Newcastle Racecourse: Value Audio Brings the Festival to Race Day

INVADES at Newcastle Racecourse: Value Audio Brings the Festival to Race Day

On 22 August 2026, Newcastle Racecourse held the Maxim Business Advisors Race Day supporting HMRI. Once the last race was run, INVADES took over the course with a DJ party and a festival feel. For the stage, the Newcastle Jockey Club and INVADES needed a full outdoor production, and Value Audio delivered it.

Mal and the Value Audio crew have been building shows with Eventec gear since 2014. For this one, they brought a mobile stage, a Wharfedale Pro line array, jets, sparks and a wall of colour to the lawn at the racecourse.

The Day at a Glance

  • 🔊 Wharfedale Pro XLA line array and dual 21" subs, powered by Wharfedale Pro DP-4100F amps
  • 💨 Antari M7X vertical foggers and Sparkjet Pro spark machines along the stage front
  • 📺 A mobile stage with an LED screen, LED pixel tubes and roof-line lighting
  • 🏗️ 290mm truss towers, Eventec stage decks and crowd barrier


From Race Day Lawn to Festival Stage 🏇

Before the first race, the lawn was empty. The Value Audio crew rolled in the trailer stage, folded out the roof and set up the decks and steps around it. Then they flew the PA and lights, and built truss towers on each side of the stage.

Value Audio crew setting up the DJ booth on the mobile stage at Newcastle Racecourse

The stage front was built from ST2412 stage tops and finished with black stage skirt. A line of CB1MK2 crowd barrier kept the dance floor safe right up to the DJ booth.


Wharfedale Pro Sound 🔊

For a crowd that size in the open air, Value Audio flew a Wharfedale Pro line array on each side of the stage:

  • XLA-308 passive line array elements, flown from 290mm truss towers
  • XLA-221SUB dual 21" subwoofers, stacked at the stage wings for plenty of low end
  • DP-4100F 4-channel DSP amplifiers powering the whole system

Wharfedale Pro XLA-221SUB subwoofers stacked beside a truss tower


A Stage Built for the Headliners 📺

An LED screen at the centre of the stage carried the INVADES branding all afternoon. LED pixel tubes stood across the back of the stage, with pixel bars along the roof line, so the colour and movement kept going as the sun went down.

DJ performing in front of the INVADES LED screen with pixel tubes and haze

Rainbow LED pixel tubes and LED screen on the mobile stage


Jets and Sparks on the Drop 💨

For the big moments, Value Audio lined the stage front with effects:

  • Antari M7X vertical foggers, firing tall columns of fog straight up into the marquee roof, lit from below by their built-in LEDs
  • Sparkjet Pro spark machines, adding fountains of cold sparks next to the jets

Antari M7X jets and Sparkjet Pro sparks firing in front of the crowd

View from behind the DJ booth as jets and sparks fire toward the crowd


Into the Night 🌇

As the light faded, the rig took over. The screen and pixel tubes switched to bold greens and magentas, the marquee filled with colour, and the crowd stayed right up on the barrier until the last track.

Mobile stage lit green at dusk with the INVADES LED screen and haze

Crowd under the marquee washed in purple light


Great Work, Value Audio 🙌

A huge thank you to Mal and the team at Value Audio for sharing these photos, and to Brandon for taking them. It's great to see Eventec gear powering a race day party like this one.

Wide view of the INVADES stage from under the marquee at Newcastle Racecourse


Planning Your Next Outdoor Event? 🚀

Eventec can supply the whole rig, from line arrays and amps to staging, truss, barrier, lighting and effects. Get in touch with our team to talk through your next production:

📞 Phone: 02 9897 3077

✉️ Email: sales@eventec.com.au


Cheers,

The Eventec team

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