Three years at the Battenkill Fly Fishing & Arts Festival. Four days. Every venue on the grounds. One crew.

The Battenkill Fly Fishing & Arts Festival is a four-day event on the Arlington Common — part fly fishing competition and educational conference, part celebration of the outdoors and the community that makes it happen. The International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) brings its touring program of short films. Presenters and artists travel to Arlington for it. Since 2023, so have we.

Thursday evening opens with a cocktail hour at the Watkins House. We provide uplighting and a sound system for that gathering. Friday moves into the Performance Center for presentations and IF4 screenings, with background music, mics for speeches, and uplights in the outdoor areas — the beer garden and the fly-tying area.

Saturday carries full-day presentations — including Orvis fly fishing personality and podcast host Tom Rosenbauer — and closes with outdoor evening programming: uplighting, background music, and the same multi-zone approach across the grounds. Sunday wraps with more presentations, final IF4 screenings, and background music through the close.

The live bands largely run their own sound; we fill in audio support where the programming needs it. After a few years on this site, we know the community center, the crowd, and what each day asks for. That just makes the weekend smoother for the people putting it on.