Finsbury Park was the epicentre of a landmark celebration in live music as Wireless Festival marked its 20th anniversary with an unforgettable weekend. Friday brought smooth R&B, Saturday delivered hard-hitting UK rap, and Sunday closed with a high-energy Afrobeats finale.

At the heart of the festival, Drake headlined all three nights, curating a trilogy of distinct performances, each featuring its own lineup of surprise guests. Every set felt like a one-night-only event.

We were proud to return to Wireless this year, working under the guidance of Andy Grey working in close collaboration with Festival Republic and The Music Consortium. To support the scale and ambition of the 2025 edition, a new front-of-stage structure was introduced, enabling expanded lighting and flown automation capabilities. PRG UK and PRG North America came together to deliver custom band extras for Drake, featuring Moveket automation, which cloned the TAIT automation used for the touring system, allowing fixtures to fly and move over the crowd, adding a dramatic, dynamic layer to the show’s visual storytelling. PRG also supplied the main stage house lighting and rigging, helping bring to life one of Wireless’ most technically ambitious years to date.

A huge weekend for live music and a defining moment in Wireless history.

CREDITS

Lighting Design: John Torres, Guy Pavelo
Lighting Director / Technical Director / Production Design / Show Operations: Guy Pavelo
Video Director: Colleen Wittenberg
Show Management: Steve Kidd
Touring Production Manager: Aaron Siebert / Joesph Lloyd 
NoNonsense Group / Drake Site Manager: Paul Lovell-Butt 
Show Design: Matte Babel
Show Programmer: Kelley Shih
Assistant Programmer: Eric Christian
Systems Technician / Network Design: David Diamond
Project Manager / Director: Jon Morrell
Site Project Manager: Bryan Barry

Tour Lighting Crew:
Crew Chief: Ronald Beal
Lead LX : Cecil Nelson III
Dimmer Technician: Jordan Hadwen, Emin Hagopian
FOH Technician: Joshua Bazett-Jones
Moving Light Technician: Jonathan Keese, Trenton Lomprey, Robert "Jake" Haley, Matthew Schelz, Dominic White, Ben Wheeler
Moving Light Technician / Titan Tube Master: Matthew Mekonen
Ground Control Technician: Jesse Silvestri 

Tour Rigging:
Head Rigger - Paul Hicks
Rigger Assistant: Alando Alfred

Tour Video Crew:
Crew Chief: Mark Cruikshank
LED Lead: Kevin Killian
LED 1: David Blasman
LED 2: Beau Johnston
LED 3: Gabriel Labrecque
LED 4: Michael Cloud
LED 5: Rob Cline
EIC: Braxin Carico
2nd EIC: Randal "Randy" Ice
Steady Cam: Zack Clevenger

Drake Wireless Festival Team:
Lighting HODs: Luke Jackson, Tim Probert, Craig JR Saunders
Rigging HODs: Nippi Williams, Max Reynolds
Video HODS: Nathan Avery, Colin Mudd, Steve Jones
Video Engineering and Rigging: John Van Look, Patrick Woetzel
Movecat Op & Programming: Pete MacDonald 

PRG Wireless Festival Team
Lighting HOD: Bradley Stokes
Rigging HOD: Rick Ferguson
FOH LX: Harry Williams