THAILAND: Set against the forested expanse of The Fields at Siam Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand, Wonderfruit has evolved over the past decade into one of the region’s most distinctive cultural gatherings; where music, art, sustainability, and community converge in a continuously active, multi-sensory environment. Supporting this sprawling, round-the-clock experience is a comprehensive DiGiCo audio ecosystem, with ten consoles deployed across the festival site by Mr. Team Productions, alongside technical support from Fuzion Far East, DiGiCo’s Thailand distributor.

With six primary live stages and a multitude of additional performance and workshop spaces operating non-stop over five days, the festival demands an audio infrastructure that is both highly adaptable and uncompromisingly reliable. The DiGiCo lineup in use spans the Quantum Q338, SD10, SD12 and S21, ensuring coverage across diverse applications; from headline stages to spontaneous late-night gatherings. This flexibility allows the production team to respond dynamically, deploying consoles wherever required to maintain the festival’s uninterrupted flow of activity.

“We have been working with Mr.Team Productions and the Wonderfruit team for many years,” explains Joshua Oates, Business Development Director at Fuzion Far East. “Throughout that time, the festival has grown from 2,000 attendees to the 35,000 enjoying the extravaganza it is today. Using DiGiCo consoles not only guarantees a clean and reliable sound for every stage, it gives us an opportunity to demonstrate exactly what we can do with a wide range of consoles.”

Mr.Team Productions, responsible for the majority of the festival’s audio delivery, operates in an environment shaped as much by nature as by technology. Dust remains a persistent challenge across the site, with fine particles capable of infiltrating sensitive equipment. Yet, according to Suat ‘Pok’ Kohkiat, Director of Mr Team Productions, the resilience of the DiGiCo platform ensures operational continuity even under such conditions.

“We have been supporting the show for a decade, so we are used to the dust! We now have a special treatment for the faders that helps us deal with it,” he explains. “DiGiCo support is great, and the consoles are rider-friendly and robust. We know that visiting engineers will be able to turn up with their show files and get started. Everything just works.”

The scale of operations further underscores the importance of consistency and ease of use, with over 100 personnel on site, including sound engineers and stage crew. For Fuzion Far East, the festival also serves as a real-world demonstration platform, showcasing DiGiCo’s capabilities in demanding, live conditions to both existing and prospective clients.

“With so many staffed stages we had over 100 people on site, from sound engineers to stage-crew, so we needed desks that were reliable and accessible,” Oates continues. “DiGiCo is a consistently reliable digital console, so we actually take our clients, perspective and current, to the festival to show them exactly what is possible.”

For Kohkiat and his team, the DiGiCo ecosystem simplifies workflows across the board—from visiting engineers seamlessly loading their show files, to in-house teams preparing offline and executing with confidence on-site. As Wonderfruit continues to expand its footprint and ambition, the underlying audio infrastructure remains a critical enabler of its unique identity.

“We’re very familiar with the festival now,” he concludes. “My duty is to be on my bike cycling around to every stage, checking it out to make sure everything is OK. I’m a delivery service for my crew. It is more than a festival, it is a lifestyle, during the day we even provide a sound system for cabins, and then cooking or yoga classes. DiGiCo consoles fit right in, they are on everyone’s rider and they always work.”