The Wild Path

01/09/2022

Hey y’all 👋 It’s been a looong minute since posting here because we be livin’ life — but we’re stopping in to say hey, how’s it going, it’s 2022 yada yada.

We’re Derek and Tessa, the mom and dad of two kids + The Wild Path. We keep trying to hang up our DJ hats 🧓🏻but then y’all convince us to stay. We like California, warm weather + sun, reading, good quality food, moving our bods, champagne + bourbon and hanging with our people ✔️

⭐️ Wild engaged lovers, we’ve got a tiny number of weekends in 2022 left so slide into my email if you want in!

photo by our right hand

12/18/2020

This moody October mansion wedding was a whole lifestyle, and honestly we’d pick it over winter anytime 🥀 Excited to see it featured over on .

Luxe vendor team 🖤
Intentional design:
Coordination:
Photo:
Flowers:
Peep feature for full vendor list.

02/13/2019

12/22/2018

Closin’ down shop for the holidays to get off the grid + practice being present ⚡️

It’s been a wild year with 23 weddings we DJ’d and 4 we coordinated, 8 fitness events we DJ’d, 5 In Pursuit shows with Pursuit, 13 concerts between City of Hilliard, Ohio - Government + Franklinton Fridays, 30 Gateway - University District CD102.5 local ‘n live events, 1 festival with ColumbusUnderground.com, the marketing + rebranding of GIVE Yoga, 3 trips to California, 1 wild halloween bash + countless other adventures. Couldn’t have done it without this community and our badass crew.

Let’s rock it, 2019. Until next year 👊

📷: Rachel Joy Barehl / Visual Anthropologist for M+E’s love fest at Franklin Park Conservatory.

12/11/2018

Gettin' wild with Penzone Salons + Spas at their Winter Trends Event 🐆⚡️

📷: JOJO Photography and Film

09/25/2018

each couple we’ve served thus far in our 2018 season has been an honor. sometimes there are torrential downpours, dirty power supplies + zapped gear and other things ya can’t plan for, but one thing is certain: these days are filled with magic and being witness is never taken for granted.

18 down / 6 more to go in 2018 💥

“and if you are to love,
love as the moon loves;
it does not steal the night—
it only unveils the beauty of the dark.”
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📷: Julia Madden Sears for K+C's wedding, Youngstown, OH ✨

08/29/2018

Cast your vote to help bring Columbus to SXSW 2019 with The Wild Path + Pursuit! ✌️

It takes 5 minutes and ends tomorrow, August 30. Here’s how to cast your vote...
👉 Click the link below
🔐 Create an account and sign in
🗳 Click VOTE UP in the black left side panel
⚡️ Share with your friends!
🖤 Feel our gratitude for your time + support

Curious about our panel? ✨ Abandon The Trend: The Value in Untapped Markets presents on the idea of small businesses joined together with local artists using our IN PURSUIT performance series as a case study.

It’s the quintessential human story: a small town girl moves to the Big City to pursue a dream career her hometown couldn’t offer. This panel flips that stereotype on its head. What would happen if she stayed, embraced entrepreneurship and built her industry there? If millennials and Gen Z stay ...

08/04/2018

🎧 Dominique Larue and Jack A.U. Burton last month at Pursuit on repeat all day at TWP headquarters.

Back at it tonight for last show of the season with In Pursuit | T.Wong x Parker Louis x David Michael 7-9pm 💀🤘

07/26/2018

Hope you’re shredding your week 🤘 (is that too easy of a pun? who cares, made us laugh)

Looking back at these killer snaps via our homie Brock DuPont from the last Franklinton Fridays Music Series show featuring Orion and The Constellations + Highwire Kicks at the coolest venue in town, the loading dock at Columbus Idea Foundry. Thanks to CoverMyMeds + all the hard working partners like Create Columbus Commission for makin’ it happen.

Check the next one on August 10 with Joey Aich, Dom Deshawn, Visual 9 + Senseless ✨

07/09/2018

The love and support was heavy in the suit shop on Saturday ✨

Dominique Larue + Tha Audio Unit brought with them and a showcase unlike any other took over Short North Arts District.

Thank you to Nick Lambo VanGogh Darrio Lamont Keef Cowboy OG VERN King Ezz + all who came out 🌙 and to our team Pursuit Brock DuPont Autumn McCandlish Michael Harris + Bradley Williams for creating a space for magic.

Thank you for showing Columbus your energy, passion, talent + that you are made of gold. We love you.

📷: Autumn McCandlish Photography for The Wild Path

07/05/2018

Every year that we spin tunes for Validus Games by Validus Events Series, we're inspired to kick it even harder in the gym 💪

The sun is blazin', the energy is high, the athletes are fierce, the staff and volunteers are passionate + the beer doesn't stop flowing.

📷 : the amazing The Michael Patrick Studio

06/29/2018

We’ve watched Dominique Larue for years, admiring her heart and hard work. It’s an honor to now spend time with her, learn her story and work together to create the next show of the In Pursuit series.

She's back at the game with a renewed purpose: sharing openly about mental health + being of service to others.

In Pursuit | Showcase by Dominique Larue + Tha Audio Unit

Come see the surprise guests who'll show up on the Pursuit stage 🏆 Saturday, July 7, 7-9PM.

Free Pabst Blue Ribbon, free live music and always good people.

📷: Taylor Franz Photography
📚: The Book Loft of German Village

06/28/2018

Mood settin’ ✨ for a special yoga class benefiting A Kid Again presented by M+A Architects, Edgework Creative + Land-Grant Brewing Company.

DJing yoga always gives us creative zone-in blackout unlike when we DJ other events — we get so tuned in that we have no idea what we played when, but things we do know: the crowds’ hips are always swaying and the room is full of looks of bliss. Best performance review, in our opinion 💰

📷: Open Image Studio

06/20/2018

G I V E A W A Y 🌟

We’re teaming up with three insanely talented artists + In Pursuit alums to give you TWO TICKETS to their upcoming triple header show Booty&theKidd // mungbean & Joey Aich on Saturday, June 30 at Skully's Music-Diner!

Want in? Here’s how you enter:
1. Follow us 👋
2. Follow Booty&theKidd
3. Follow mungbean
4. Follow Joey Aich
5. Then, on our post, tag your friend who’s always down for a show 🤘

Giveaway ends at 5PM on Friday, June 22. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, administered or associated with Facebook or Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm they are 18+, release Facebook and Instagram of responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.

06/13/2018

mungbean brought a completely different spin to their In Pursuit show and the audience was BLOWN AWAY 👏We have a feeling you will be too after watching this.

Acoustic set, a spoken word collaboration with Drew Johnson of Loose Films, topped off with a full band performance. Thank you to Pursuit for believing in and supporting Ohio talent and trusting our wild, crazy ideas.

06/07/2018

It's a picture perfect day for the season's first Celebration at the Station with Doc Robinson tonight! 🙌

You know you want to come party with us 🤘

06/06/2018

When an image embodies the spirit + purpose of the In Pursuit series so beautifully 🌟 Many of Columbus and beyond coming together to celebrate and support one another.

Thank you to mungbean for creating an inspiring space at Pursuit last Saturday.

📷: Taylor Franz Photography for The Wild Path

06/01/2018

If this weekend is any indication, we’re in for a good summer in Columbus 💣

The new music + art street fest Alley Islands 2018 is poppin’ up outside of Blockfort all day, mungbean is takin’ the Pursuit stage for a free in-store performance, Olympic gold medalist 🥇 is making a stop in town and our friends Booty&theKidd + Sarob are at Sarob at The Basement. And that's just on Saturday, June 2.

Where will we see you?