The Colours of Ostrava festival incl. technical production is prepared the whole year. Preparing 12 stages (incl. Meltingpot stages) in addition to the amount of time, it includes a large amount of resources – human and technical: 13 stage managers (the main stage alias number one had 2 stage managers), 477 technical workers incl. stagehands for the operation of the festival + 120 others for the built up and tear down, scaffolding around the area with a total weight of 250 tons (and that does not include the whole stages), 11 trucks that brought the roof of the first stage (main stage) and 5 trucks of equipment to the stage itself, 36 trucks in total brought the stages and the equipment for them, almost 24 hours of operation during the festival.