Bentley's LED Tour Rig Lights Up the Fontainebleau
Shows run December 4 and 5 at the Fontainebleau BleauLive Theatre, with Reade speaking at LDI the following day.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Casino
Las Vegas lighting crews and touring-industry readers get a look at how Dierks Bentley's Off The Map Tour is lit, as lighting designer Chris Reade prepares to speak in town. The tour plays the Fontainebleau BleauLive Theatre on December 4 and 5, and Reade is on the LDI Backstage Las Vegas program on December 5.
Why it matters
The tour shows how a country-music lighting rig changes when it lands in a Strip venue, a useful case for anyone who builds or runs shows here. The shift from incandescent instruments to mostly LED fixtures over the past two decades is a broader trend that touches the production crews working the valley's theaters and arenas.
The gear list calls for 60 ACME HYPERZONE, 54 ACME LYRA, 32 ACME Tornado, 46 GLP JDC1 Strobe and 7 ACME Pixel Line IP fixtures. Reade has been Bentley's lighting designer for 20 years, and the stub does not say how the rig changes across other tour dates.
The players
Chris Reade
Lighting designer who has worked with Dierks Bentley for 20 years and is speaking at LDI Backstage Las Vegas.
Dierks Bentley
Country musician whose Off The Map Tour is playing the Fontainebleau BleauLive Theatre.
Houston Creswell
Video director for Dierks Bentley's Off The Map Tour.
The details
Chris Reade, Bentley's lighting designer of 20 years, will talk through how the tour lighting adapts for venues such as the Fontainebleau during LDI's full-day Backstage Las Vegas event. The design has moved from incandescent instruments to mostly LED-based gear, with the ACME LYRA serving as the workhorse fixture. Houston Creswell directs the tour's video.
Timeline
December 4, 2026: Dierks Bentley's Off The Map Tour plays the Fontainebleau BleauLive Theatre.
December 5, 2026: Bentley's second Fontainebleau show, and Reade speaks at LDI Backstage Las Vegas.
Beyond the Strip
The tour's rig is built around the ACME LYRA, the fixture that anchors the shift from lamp-sourced moving lights to LED instruments over the past two decades. This Fontainebleau run shows that shift in practice on a Strip stage.
If you are heading to the Fontainebleau on December 4 or 5, you will see the tour's full lighting rig in one of the Strip's newer theaters. If you work in production, the LDI Backstage session on December 5 is a chance to hear how the rig adapts for a venue like this one.
The takeaway
Watch the rig at the Fontainebleau shows if you work in production, since it shows how a touring LED setup adapts to a Strip venue. If you want the design details firsthand, Chris Reade speaks at LDI Backstage Las Vegas on December 5.
What happens next
Dierks Bentley's Off The Map Tour plays the Fontainebleau BleauLive Theatre on December 4 and 5, 2026, and Chris Reade speaks at LDI Backstage Las Vegas on December 5.
Further reading
For more on how the Strip's venues fit into the wider entertainment scene, see the Casino section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Live Design Online.
