Bandit News
Bandit Lites Awarded Parnelli for Lighting Company of the Year
Anaheim, California – The touring industry’s best gathered for the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards during NAMM 2025 and Bandit Lites was proud to once again be awarded Lighting Company of the Year. Bandit Chair and founder, Michael T. Strickland, accepted the honor with Client Representative Mike Stanley joining him on stage. “Bandit is humbled to…
Read MoreKent Shafferman has Left the Building: A Remembrance by Michael T. Strickland
Nashville, Tennessee – To say Kent Shafferman was Bandit Lites is an understatement. Sadly, Kent passed away early in the morning January 22nd, 2025. Kent started at Bandit in 1976 at the ripe old age of 16. His first job was with Michael T. Strickland driving in a snowstorm to Lexington, Kentucky for a Conway…
Read MoreFour Decades and Counting: Bandit Bids Farewell to Three Retirees and Celebrates Chaz Martin’s 40 Year Anniversary
NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites prides itself on offering people a career, one that reaches the upper echelon of the entertainment industry for decades. Bandit Lites honored lighting designer Chaz Martin for marking more than 40 years with the company and recognized Don Lockridge, Rick Munroe and Rick Herndon as they retired from the renowned…
Read MoreBandit Lites Holds 2025 Annual General Meeting
NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites rang in 2025 with its Annual General Meeting, a gathering of its team members to recap the previous year, celebrate milestones and forecast the upcoming year. Bandit Lites Chair and founder Michael T. Strickland addressed Bandit’s continuing successes and robust career opportunities, noting how Bandit is the only firm in…
Read MoreBandit Lites Nominated for Lighting Company of the Year
NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites is thrilled to announce its nomination for Lighting Company of the Year at the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards. Established in 2001, this award honors “Pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions,†recognizing outstanding individuals, companies, and innovative products. Bandit Lites has consistently been at the forefront of lighting and 2024 proved…
Read MoreBandit Lites Nominated for Lighting Company of the Year
NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites is thrilled to announce its nomination for Lighting Company of the Year at the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards. Established in 2001, this award honors “Pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions,- recognizing outstanding individuals, companies, and innovative products. Bandit Lites has consistently been at the forefront of lighting and 2024 proved…
Read MoreBandit Lites Nominated for Lighting Company of the Year
NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites is thrilled to announce its nomination for Lighting Company of the Year at the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards. Established in 2001, this award honors “Pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions,- recognizing outstanding individuals, companies, and innovative products. Bandit Lites has consistently been at the forefront of lighting and 2024 proved…
Read MoreBandit Lites Promotes Andrew Ellis to Project Manager
NASHVILLE, TN – In its continuing efforts to elevate the next Gen8 of Leadership, Bandit Lites is proud to announce the promotion of Andrew Ellis to Project Manager. Ellis brings an immense knowledge of hands on touring experience to this position, where he will he will plan, direct, and coordinate with Bandit’s clients to ensure…
Read MoreBandit Lites Promotes Sophie Phillips to Gen8 Leadership Role
NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites continues its dynamic transformation in its Gen8 leadership with the promotion of Sophie Phillips to Technical Services Manager. As an emerging leader in the Nashville office, Phillips brings an enthusiasm and commitment to forward-thinking approaches in all that she does with an extraordinary level of attention to detail. Phillips earned…
Read MoreKelly Feild Joins Leadership as part of Bandit Gen8.
NASHVILLE, TN – When Kelly Feild returned to Bandit Lites as the Director of Personnel, she referred to it as – coming home.’ Now fully settled into her new position in the office, she has demonstrated exceptional initiative by embracing a new leadership position in the Nashville office, working alongside Bandit Lites Vice President of…
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