Overview
High Lights Festival returned to Barking Park for two consecutive weekends, bringing together some of the biggest names in electronic music and attracting thousands of attendees across five major shows.
The series featured artists including Lane 8, Armin van Buuren, Hybrid Minds, FUSE Open Air and Scorpion Kings, with each event presenting its own operational requirements, audience profile and production demands.
Noba was appointed by Eye Of The Storm Events to design, deploy and support the connectivity infrastructure required to keep event operations running smoothly throughout the festival.
The Challenge of Festival Connectivity
Large-scale outdoor events place unique demands on connectivity.
Unlike permanent venues, temporary festival sites require networks to be built from the ground up, often across large footprints with multiple operational teams relying on connectivity simultaneously.
For High Lights Festival, connectivity was required to support a range of critical event functions, including:
- Event operations and production teams
- Ticketing and accreditation
- Cashless and card payment systems
- Event management and communications
- Contractor and supplier connectivity
- Backstage and production compounds
With five separate event days delivered across two weekends, reliability was essential.
Any interruption to service could impact operational efficiency, communications or the attendee experience.
Delivering Reliable Event WiFi Across a Large Outdoor Site
Noba designed and deployed a resilient event network capable of supporting the operational requirements of the festival across all event days.
Working closely with the Eye Of The Storm Events team throughout the planning and delivery phases, we provided:
- Site-wide operational connectivity
- Dedicated networks for event teams and suppliers
- Secure WiFi services for critical event functions
- Sitewide CCTV
- On-site technical support throughout the event series
- Continuous monitoring and proactive network management
By engineering the network around the operational needs of the festival, Noba ensured teams could stay connected and focused on delivering the event.
Supporting Critical Event Operations
The Results
Across two weekends and five large-scale shows, the connectivity infrastructure performed exactly as intended, supporting the delivery of the festival without disruption.
With thousands of attendees on-site and multiple operational teams relying on connectivity throughout each event day, the network provided the reliability required to keep operations running smoothly.
Feedback from the client reflected the success of the deployment:
“Amazing, worked beautifully! Appreciate your team on site, such a pleasure to work with.”
For Noba, High Lights Festival represented another successful large-scale outdoor event deployment and a strong start to the 2026 festival season.
Why Reliable Connectivity Matters at Festivals
Modern festivals depend on connectivity more than ever.
From ticket scanning and accreditation to production communications, payment systems and operational management, reliable networks have become a critical part of event infrastructure.
At Noba, we specialise in designing temporary connectivity solutions that perform under real event conditions, giving organisers confidence that the technology supporting their event will work when it matters most.
