FLSmidth After Party
Fat Fish Media transformed Van Ryder's rooftop bar into an immersive brand experience for FLSmidth's SME Mining Conference after party. We delivered custom scenic elements including a ski lift photo opportunity, complete lighting design, professional sound systems, and full event production. Our team created an engaging atmosphere that perfectly captured the client's vision while providing memorable experiences for conference attendees.
PROJECT
FLSmidth After Party
CLIENT
FLSmidth
INDUSTRY
Mining & Industrial
LOCATION
Salt Lake City, UT
TIMELINE
February 2026
PROJECT OVERVIEW
When the SME Mining Conference came to Salt Lake City in February 2026, FLSmidth hosted an invitation-only after party at Van Ryder's rooftop bar. Fat Fish Media produced the evening: custom branded scenic, lighting design, live music and a sound system tuned for a glass-walled rooftop full of industry conversations.
The brief
FLSmidth wanted the venue to read unmistakably as theirs for one night without losing what makes Van Ryder a good room, and it wanted an atmosphere that encouraged networking: music with energy, lighting with mood, and brand touches that photographed well against the downtown skyline.
What we produced
We fabricated edge-lit acrylic FLS logo pieces for the tables and bar, custom FLS pillows for the lounge seating, and a display plinth for a scale model of FLSmidth mining equipment that gave guests a conversation piece. Vertical LED tubes in the brand's blues ran along the bar and windows, with a warm wash on the lounge and pin spots on the branding. A saxophonist played live over a DJ set from a stage tucked against the windows, on a PA engineered for speech-level conversation across the room rather than volume. Our team handled load-in through the hotel, power, and strike before the venue reopened.
The evening
Guests arrived from the convention center to a room that was already full of light and music, with the city behind it. The branding was everywhere and nowhere in the way, and the conversations the event was built for happened.
The result
FLSmidth strengthened industry relationships in a setting attendees talked about for the rest of the conference, and Fat Fish Media added a case for the kind of fast, high-finish corporate hospitality we produce around trade shows and conferences in Salt Lake City.
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