Drone light shows in Lawrence, Kansas
Jayhawk colors. A Mass Street rhythm. A Lawrence gathering with a custom story written in light.
Plan your Lawrence showPhoto: Shannon Beat · CC BY 4.0 · 2025 local photograph · cropped / WebP.
Made for this moment
A KU reunion, community concert, and private celebration each brings a different crowd together. In Lawrence, we build around the people and message behind your occasion, connecting the creative design with a defined viewing area and a site reviewed for the full performance.
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 Lawrence venues.
Rooted in Lawrence
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
Crimson and blue can open an alumni celebration before the sequence becomes specific to a class, group, or milestone. University marks need the appropriate approval for use, while a campus performance requires its own university and aviation review.
Massachusetts Street connects downtown Lawrence with shops, art, and live music. That energy can inspire a moving sequence without making the street the flight location. Buildings, trees, traffic, guests, and neighboring properties help determine whether a nearby event site can support a show.
South Park’s bandstand and civic gatherings suggest a music-led occasion with a clear closing message. The production plan must account for public park access, mature trees, street crossings, event permission, and a flight footprint separated from the audience.
At riverfront settings such as Burcham Park, water, cottonwoods, and trails create a distinctive landscape. Flowing formations can echo that setting while the actual flight area is reviewed around river activity, habitat, access, and guest sightlines.
For a company anniversary, fundraiser, wedding, or family gathering, a personal symbol can carry more meaning than a familiar landmark. Share the venue and possible launch parcel early so property lines, trees, access, and the viewing direction can shape the creative approach.
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and its surroundings require current operator layouts rather than assumptions from an older photograph. Lawrence Regional Airport, wider-region aviation, the actual show height, and current notices belong in the same feasibility review.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in Lawrence 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.
University football stadium
Lawrence, Kansas
KU’s football venue requires university coordination, qualifying stadium-restriction checks, and review of the current event layout, structures, viewing angles, and separated launch land.
Official venue websiteCivic park & outdoor music setting
Lawrence, Kansas
A public gathering setting along Massachusetts Street. Review park reservation and special-use requirements, trees, street crossings, public access, and a separate flight footprint.
Official venue websiteRiverfront park & civic recreation
Lawrence, Kansas
Review the Kansas River corridor, cottonwood trees, trails, public activity, and City permissions. A river view or clearing is not proof of an approved launch or performance area.
Official venue websiteFairgrounds & community event campus
Lawrence, Kansas
Review the actual booked grounds with the County. Covered facilities need separate outdoor viewing for an aerial component; livestock, occupied buildings, traffic, and launch separation matter.
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.
The City directs operators to current FAA NOTAMs for this airport. Review aircraft activity and the complete show volume, altitude, and location before determining applicable authorization requirements.
Topeka, Kansas · outside Lawrence
Official facility informationA wider-region airport with civilian and National Guard activity, relevant when event plans extend toward Topeka. Review current airspace, notices, and military boundaries for that actual location.
Topeka, Kansas · military enclave outside Lawrence
Official facility informationMilitary installation restrictions and flying activity are separate considerations from the civilian airport and event land permissions. Their relevance depends on the proposed flight area.
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 guidanceKU requires prior approval for commercial drone operations on or over campus and applies additional athletics restrictions. Coordinate through the university’s current policy process alongside FAA and venue review.
Official planning guidanceCity parks have seasonal reservation rules and special-use requirements. Confirm the current event-date process with Parks, Recreation and Culture before relying on a park site.
Official planning guidanceLawrence & 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.
The Kansas City link is the Missouri guide. Topeka and nearby Kansas communities are separate event locations; share the full address so the correct property, operator, and airspace are reviewed.
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
Share the campus contact, event schedule, venue, and proposed viewing and flight areas. KU approval, qualifying football restrictions, operational waivers, and controlled-airspace authorization are separate. An event reservation or university permission alone does not authorize a drone performance.
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 welcome enquiries for Lawrence and surrounding communities. The Kansas City link is the Missouri guide. Topeka and nearby Kansas communities are separate event locations; share the full address so the correct property, operator, and airspace are reviewed. Send the venue address and event date so we can assess the actual setting.
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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