The photo shows the roof of this building and the hands of the cameraman are visible.
Front of house
This.
Adding to that: In concert halls or club venues it’s called the same, it’s not only a festival thing.
Seems to me, from watching a Dave rat video or two, a good sound engineer can make it sound good everywhere
Depends on the acoustics of venue. Sometimes it’s just not possible, especially if there are any hard flat walls. IMO a good sound engineer will leave the booth and walk around and make adjustments to balance the sound as best as possible for all the different spots in the audience.
If in doubt, stand somewhere near the center middle where the big speakers cross. That will have the best sound on average.
Probably from the theater. The stage would be at the back of the building, and this would be in the “front of the house.”
Take it from an actual stagehand, it’s front of house irregardless of venue. I’m sure there are different names but if you work in the industry, that’s front of house.
I hate it too, but irregardless has officially been a word in dictionaries for years now.
Front of house. The left and right portions of the stage from the crowd perspective are called house left and house right. Left and right portions of the stage perspective is stage left and stage right. The terms are used a lot when setting up lights and calibrating sound.
FOH (Front Of House)
Sound booth (tent)