Blacksburg, VA Live Event and Concert Drones

Live event drones in Blacksburg

This page is for event producers, promoters and venues planning a live event in Blacksburg. We fly concerts, festivals, parades, arena shows, races and brand activations, with drone feeds sent live to screens, the stream or a broadcast truck, plus fast edits for social. For homes, tourism and general aerials see our Blacksburg, VA drone videographer page. Our Virginia home base is in Lynchburg, so Blacksburg shoots are planned by our Virginia crew rather than as a long-distance trip.

Lane Stadium and Virginia Tech

Our crew flies EDC Las Vegas as a three-pilot drone team, with over-the-crowd drones fed into the Hulu live stream. Lane Stadium is on the FAA stadium list, so the 3 nautical mile flight restriction applies from an hour before to an hour after covered events. Virginia Tech requires written approval from its UAS Safety Office before any drone flight on its property, and outside commercial operators have extra requirements, so we apply well ahead. See Live drone feeds for video boards and Concert and festival FPV drones across the US.

New River Valley events

Festivals and concerts are flown inside the organizer's production plan. Flying directly over an open crowd is only allowed when the drone and the operation meet FAA rules for flying over people, so otherwise we keep flight paths over the stage, closed areas and open lanes. Downtown Blacksburg, Christiansburg, farms, new communities and the mountains around the valley suit real estate and outdoor brand films, filmed with the owner's approval. Fully enclosed indoor flights are generally outside FAA airspace rules, so we fly one-take fly-throughs with the owner's approval; see indoor fly-through tours.

Federal sites, parks and Virginia law

Radford Army Ammunition Plant is a federal no-drone area. Since July 2025, Virginia law makes an unauthorized drone flight over a military base, critical infrastructure, a utility or a federally regulated port facility a felony, so we stay off them unless the operator authorizes the flight. Claytor Lake follows the state park rule. Virginia state parks ban drones except commercial flights under a special use permit from the park office, so we apply well ahead of any state park shoot. Virginia lets localities regulate drone takeoff and landing only on their own property, so we launch from private property with the owner's approval or get the locality's permission. Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, about 3 miles south of downtown, has no control tower. We check every Blacksburg location on the FAA sectional, B4UFLY and NOTAMs before quoting, and file LAANC or FAA authorization for any address that needs it. We confirm local permits, venue rules and airspace authorizations before every job.

Credits

EDC Las Vegas live on Hulu, All Things Go Music Festival aerials at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens and the Outside Lands aerial livestream in Golden Gate Park.

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FAQs

Can you fly at Lane Stadium on event days?

Not inside the FAA stadium flight restriction, which covers 3 nautical miles from an hour before to an hour after covered events, unless we are part of the approved production.

Can you fly a Virginia Tech event?

Only with written approval from the university's UAS Safety Office, and outside commercial operators have extra requirements, so we apply well ahead.

Can you fly near Radford Army Ammunition Plant?

No. It is a federal no-drone area.

Can you send a live drone feed to screens or a stream?

Yes. We send live drone video to LED screens, the livestream or a broadcast truck, and agree the format and cue points with your production team before show day.

What insurance do you carry?

Our standard policy is $10M liability, with optional coverage up to $25M when a venue, league or network requires it. Certificates naming your venue or production are issued before the shoot.

Request a Quote

Tell us the date, location and what you need filmed. Request a Quote or call 706-284-8364.