Drone light shows in Burbank, California
Bring the craft of a good reveal into the night sky. Custom drone shows for Burbank’s creative teams, community gatherings, and private celebrations.
Plan your Burbank showPhoto: Junkyardsparkle · CC0 1.0 · 2015 city photograph · resized / WebP.
Made for this moment
Burbank’s studio connections and neighborhood life offer more than one way to tell a story. We can shape an event around a visual reveal, a musical cue, or a personal moment, while reviewing the ground plan and the city’s busy aviation environment early.
Starbound Labs designs the show and brings the performance together. Our Spectra drones, in-house firmware, and Starbound OS software connect the creative work with the fleet and team on the ground.
Meet the team behind the lightsGive the city a reason to look up
Your occasion sets the direction. We shape the creative around it.
Bring people together for a city celebration, a seasonal gathering, or a festival finale with a story your community can share.
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Turn your logo, product launch, or company milestone into a reveal that reaches beyond the stage.
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Names, meaningful symbols, and a personal message in light. Make your celebration feel unmistakably yours.
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Build anticipation, celebrate your team, or create a shared moment for the people cheering together.
Explore the possibilitiesShow imagery illustrates creative possibilities, rather than performances at specific Burbank venues.
Rooted in Burbank
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
The studio world makes a strong opening, a clear visual idea, and a memorable final frame feel familiar in Burbank. We can use that structure for your own event. Any character, production artwork, or studio mark must be supplied and cleared for the intended use.
A production wrap, company anniversary, or launch can become a shared moment outside the meeting room. We build around the team’s story and the guests’ viewing direction. A studio lot or rooftop still needs its own permissions, obstruction review, and workable flight footprint.
Magnolia Park and downtown Burbank offer ideas for a locally grounded celebration. A show can reference the people and businesses behind the occasion through simple approved symbols. Public streets, homes, and park users need to remain part of the site plan.
The Starlight Bowl’s hillside context makes terrain and trees important to any aerial concept. Current transformation plans also make availability and construction checks essential. We would coordinate with the operator before assuming that an event date or launch area is available.
A community sports celebration at a park and a wedding at a private venue call for different audience arrangements. The meaningful image may still be simple: a color, a name, or a message. We assess the exact property and guest positions before settling on the design.
Hollywood Burbank Airport is central to local feasibility review, with Van Nuys and other valley aviation activity relevant to some sites. We check the complete flight area and current requirements. A good view of the hills does not establish a suitable place to operate.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in Burbank and the wider metro.
Use these venues as starting points for your event plan. Each listing is a potential setting for individual review, with venue participation, permissions, launch and flight space, airspace, and show timing confirmed before a performance is agreed.
Hillside outdoor performance venue
Burbank, California
Confirm current transformation-project works and availability. Review terrain, trees, stage timing, sightlines, and a separate operational area.
Official venue websiteCommunity park & sports gathering space
Burbank, California
Review current park works, sports schedules, public access, surrounding homes, and a flight area separated from guests.
Official venue websiteThe airspace is part of the plan
The right starting point is your exact venue, launch location, show height, and date.
For each proposed show, we check current FAA maps, NOTAMs, temporary flight restrictions, and the complete flight area. Nearby airports and military facilities are part of that review, alongside other local aviation activity.
Burbank, California · San Fernando Valley
Official facility informationAn important early check for valley event sites. The full flight volume, altitude, date, and operation determine controlled-airspace and other requirements.
Relevant to proposals extending into the valley. Review current airspace, aircraft activity, notices, and operational requirements for the exact property.
El Segundo, California · military installation outside Burbank and central Los Angeles
Official facility informationA sensitive-installation consideration for relevant southwest-area proposals, not a local runway for every venue. Installation restrictions and permissions are separate from FAA authorization.
Where the flight area requires controlled-airspace authorization, we identify the applicable FAA process. LAANC may be available for eligible operations; airspace authorization for operations using an operational waiver follows the FAA’s designated process through FAADroneZone. An airport phone call is not a substitute for the required FAA authorization.
FAA authorization guidanceQualifying sporting events can trigger temporary flight restrictions affecting stadiums and surrounding areas. We review the applicable notices and show timing; venue permission or a routine airspace authorization alone does not remove these restrictions.
FAA stadium guidanceThe show plan also determines operational waiver requirements, including a multiple-aircraft waiver where one pilot operates multiple drones. New operational waiver applications use the FAA’s Aviation Safety Hub. Venue and landowner permission, crowd separation, and any local event permits are handled alongside the aviation review.
FAA waiver guidanceDistrict rules, park management plans, commercial activity, and land-use permissions must be checked for the specific park. A park event reservation does not establish flight permission.
Official planning guidanceBurbank & the surrounding area
Tell us about your venue, whether it’s in the city or the wider metro. We’ll look at the proposed launch space and how your audience will experience the show.
Nearby labels identify communities around Burbank; linked names have an available California guide. Each event site is assessed individually.
From the first conversation to the last light
We discuss your date, venue, audience, and creative direction, then review the setting and production requirements.
Our team builds the formations, movement, lighting, and choreography. You can explore the design before the performance.
We coordinate the show setup and on-site operation, with the site and conditions reviewed before flight.
A few things you might be wondering
The venue is listed as a potential setting only. Its transformation project, event calendar, terrain, trees, audience layout, and nearby airport environment all need individual review with the operator before a performance can be agreed.
Start by sharing the address, event date, and any venue information you have. We review the proposed launch area, audience viewing position, access, surrounding airspace, and site conditions before confirming whether a show is feasible.
We can review event plans in Burbank and surrounding communities, including Los Angeles, Glendale, Pasadena. Each property needs its own assessment of access, audience positions, airspace, and flight space.
Yes. We design formations, colors, animation, and choreography around your story. Tell us which brand elements, personal details, and music matter to the event so we can discuss the creative direction.
Pricing depends on the number of drones, creative scope, event location, travel, and production requirements. Share your plans and we’ll prepare a quote for your event.
Contact us as soon as you have a date and a possible venue. Early planning gives us time to review the location, develop the show, and coordinate the event requirements. Availability depends on your date and production needs.
Weather is part of the planning and show-day review. We discuss operating conditions and contingency arrangements with you before the event; the final decision to fly depends on conditions on the day.
Your place. Your people. Your story.
Tell us about your event, your date, and the moment you want to create.
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