Event Business Glossary

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Common terms in event-business RFQs. Useful context for extraction and analysis.

  • AV — Audio/Visual: sound, video, projection, displays.
  • Load-in / Load-out — time to set up / tear down before and after an event.
  • Rigging — suspending equipment (lighting, sound, screens) from structures.
  • Truss — modular metal framework used to hang AV and lighting.
  • FOH — Front of House: the audience-facing mix position / area.
  • Backline — stage equipment for performers (amps, drums, keyboards).
  • Power distro — power distribution for an event site.
  • Run of show — the minute-by-minute schedule of an event.
  • Spec — the technical specification of a requirement or item.
  • Crew / labor — staffing: technicians, riggers, stagehands, operators.
  • Per diem — daily allowance for traveling crew.
  • Force majeure — clause covering uncontrollable events (weather, etc.).