Columbus, Ohio · Crew · Production management · Equipment rental

Event production
at its finest.

No call too big, no call too small. Stagehands, riggers, stage managers and techs, for any position and any headcount. Fully insured production management and staffing, from advance to settlement, load-in to load-out.

Crew in hard hats and harnesses building a scaffold festival stage, with deck and pipe staged on the ground

01 / What we do

Crew and production management.

Four stagehands pushing a console road case up a ramp onto a festival stage Crew

Every position on the call

Hands for the in and out, skilled techs for the show, and experienced crew chiefs.

  • Stagehands
  • Riggers & climbers
  • A1, A2
  • L1, L2
  • V1, V2
  • Camera ops
  • Breakout room techs
  • Crew chiefs
Founder Chris Salvato with a radio, in front of a festival main stage showing a weather delay Chris Salvato, founder Production management

One person accountable

For producers, festivals and brands who want the show run by someone who has run it before.

  • Artist and vendor advancing
  • Schedules and run of show
  • Staging, audio, lighting & video vendors
  • Crew calls and labor budgets
  • Stage managers
  • Artist relations
  • Hospitality
  • Show-day lead
  • Invoice review and settlement

02 / Equipment rental

The rig, with the crew.

Audio, lighting, video and truss available to rent alongside your crew.

Black truss rig with moving lights and a flown line array over a stage
  • Audio systems & consoles
  • Lighting & control
  • Video & LED
  • Truss & staging

03 / Corporate & conventions

Corporate shows, run clean.

General sessions, breakouts, trade shows and ballroom events. Our crews show up in blacks, on time, and ready to work in front of your client.

Hotel ballroom set for a corporate session with two projection screens, a stage and black drape Exhibit hall load-in with staging, power distribution and cable runs laid out by the crew Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, set for a ceremony with three LED video walls, banners and stage lighting

Calls we run

  • General sessions & keynotes
  • Breakout rooms
  • Trade show & expo load-ins
  • Ballroom events, galas & award shows

Positions

  • A1s & A2s
  • L1s & L2s
  • V1s & V2s
  • Breakout techs
  • Camera ops
  • Stagehands
  • Riggers
  • Machine ops

Dressed for the room

Show blacks by default, business attire when your client asks for it.

A crew chief on every call

One contact who knows your needs and runs the crew.

04 / Why Sweetheart

Experienced. Insured. Ready.

Experienced professionals

Working techs and crew chiefs who know what your call needs because they've worked it.

Fully insured

Professional liability, inland marine and rented-vehicle coverage, with every freelancer on the call covered. COI on request.

Ready at a moment's notice

Short-notice calls, last-minute adds and show-day changes, covered.

05 / Track record

General sessions to festival stages.

Laser and LED video show over a packed outdoor festival crowd at night, with arched video screens framing the stage
Festival main stage · lasers & LED
Riggers in fall-protection harnesses on top of a scaffold festival stage, guiding a crane pick
Riggers · crane pick
Stagehands working on a festival stage under moving lights, with the crowd beyond
Stagehands · on deck during the show
Band on a festival main stage under a lit Secret Dreams sign, with a large LED wall and beam lighting
Secret Dreams
Crew laying out a stage floor under an open-air pavilion, with a large scenic arch flown on chain hoists
Stage build · flown arch
Stagehands building a scaffold stage in the woods, with stage deck and scaffold pipe staged on the ground
Scaffold stage build
LED video techs in a boom lift hanging LED wall panels at an outdoor festival stage
LED techs · hanging panels
Arena stage build with black drape, chain hoists, monitor wedges and road cases during load-in
Arena load-in · stage & drape
Arena concert with overhead lighting pods and a full crowd on the floor
Arena concert
Crew and band on a theater stage, with line arrays and rows of red seats behind them
Theater stage
Stagehands walking to a mobile stage trailer to start a load-in
Mobile stage load-in
Fleet of boom lifts raised and staged on a job site
Boom lifts · staged on site
Crew member in a local crew shirt backstage beside an open equipment trailer

Get on the call list.

Join the crew list

06 / Contact

Need hands?

Tell us the date, the venue and what you need. We will come back with a crew and a quote.

Call or text
380-262-2588
Based in
Columbus, Ohio

Fully insured. COI on request.