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DonovanSF Producing over 500 events in the past 21 years, Donovan is highly regarded as one of the most prolif

Having produced over 500 events in the past 21 years, Donovan Presents is revered as the early pioneer of San Francisco's "upscale nightlife" movement, bringing more innovative, more cultured, more classy events to San Francisco nightlife. The Donovan Parties are synonymous with elegance, sophistication, wealth, and fashion with a famous reputation for having "The most beautiful, most glamorous pe

ople in Northern California". Back in 2001, coming back to the Bay Area after living in Los Angeles, Donovan saw an opportunity to create an LA scene with a San Francisco vibe, combining fashion & house music. Donovan's website www.DonovanSF.com became one of the highest trafficked nightlife community websites in Northern California boasting over a 50,000 mailing list and enormous loyal following of the most upscale, A-List, jet-setting, fashion-forward crowd. When people think upscale events & fashion-forward culture in Northern California, they immediately think DonovanSF.com. Donovan's promotional business generated millions of dollars a year for the city of San Francisco. The Donovan Parties drew thousands of Donovan Party patrons to local businesses such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, nightclubs, salons, retail stores, and public transportation. The Donovan Patties were hosted at San Francisco's most reputable and most prestigious venues: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco City Hall, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Bentley Reserve, U.S. Old Mint, The Four Seasons, Top of the Mark, the Fairmont Hotel, The Mark Hopkins Hotel, the Clift Hotel (Redwood Room), the W Hotel, Julia Morgan Ballroom (Merchant Exchange Building), Regency Ballroom, Payne Mansion, Archbishop's Mansion, Sports Club LA (San Francisco), San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, Terra, Ozumo, Foreign Cinema, La Mar, Yoshi’s San Francisco, Emporio Armani Caffè, 5a5 Steak Lounge, Orson, Park Chalet, Crystal Jade, Teatro Zinzanni, Ana Mandara, Yoshi's, Shangai 1930, Le Colonial, Sens, Jones, Monroe, Hubert Keller's Burger Bar, Circolo, Monte Cristo, Sutra, Circa, Eastside West, Butterfly, Servino Ristorante (Tiburon), etc. The Donovan Parties often featured special events & runway shows for world-famous fashion brands Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Emporio Armani, Calvin Klein, BCBG, Saks Fifth Avenue, Marciano, Macy's, bebe, Kenneth Cole, Diesel, Ted Baker, Armani Exchange, Benetton, French Connection, Sephora, Bare Escentuals, Shu Uemura, Vidal Sasson, Miss Sixty/Energie, and fashion magazines Vogue, GQ, Details, 7X7, San Francisco, and SOMA. See Video from Donovan's bebe 2012 Summer Collection Fashion Show at Yoshi's San Francisco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_7l_9lBdY

See Video from Donovan's Marciano 2009 Winter Collection Fashion Show at the W Hotel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U3zXa7ZMvc&feature=autofb

Donovan is famous for producing the most elaborate annual theme party traditions in San Francisco such as The Masquerade Ball: A Venetian Carnival Affair, The Haunted Ball (Halloween), The Mad Hatter's Party: An Alice in Wonderland Affair, Little Black Dress Party: A Tribute to Coco Chanel, Drink for Pink: A Breast Cancer Fundraiser, Summer Love (Ruby Skye), White Sands: Daytime Waterfront Party, and his grand New Years' Eve Black-Tie Galas. In 2008, Donovan launched Donovan Silicon Valley with the commitment to bring the class & sophistication of Donovan San Francisco events to Silicon Valley. Donovan Silicon Valley (DSV) was an overnight success and became the leading upscale nightlife promotions company of Silicon Valley. DSV produced cocktail attire events in only the most affluent Silicon Valley neighborhoods, such as downtown Saratoga at 2011 Michelin Star restaurant The Plumed Horse, downtown Los Gatos at Silicon Valley's most chic Hotel Los Gatos, 2011 Michelin Star restaurant Trevese, Hult's Restaurant, Katsu, South Bay's most prestigious Fairmont Hotel San Jose, and Santana Row's hippest, most popular restaurants Sino & Straits. Donovan Presents has also been an active contributor to charity organizations such as Global Green, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Guardsmen, City of Dreams, American Nicaraguan Foundation, Destination Foundation and Little Kids Rock. Donovan Presents has provided promotional support to numerous other high profile San Francisco charity events such as Macy's "Passport", Global Green's "Gorgeous & Green", and The Junior League of San Francisco's Annual "Gala".

Upcoming "elevated dining experience" DJ performances @ Toca Madera Las Vegas (ARIA):Tomorrow, Sunday Brunch, Aug 17, 11...
08/16/2025

Upcoming "elevated dining experience" DJ performances @ Toca Madera Las Vegas (ARIA):

Tomorrow, Sunday Brunch, Aug 17, 11am-3pm
Next Friday Night, Aug 22, 7:30pm-Midnight

Please spread the word to friends visiting Vegas during any of these dates to check this unique dining experience out and support your boy! Thank you.

05/17/2025

TONIGHT || Vegas Friends & Bay Area Friends in town for EDC || DJ Donovan, live guitarist & fire dancer || Toca Madera Las Vegas || ARIA || 8:30PM-12:30AM || Latin & Afro House Set ll Make Dinner Reservations ⬇️ (Comments Below)

Please join me This Saturday, May 17th in Las Vegas at Toca Madera (ARIA).  I'll be DJ'ing an all Afro & Latin House set...
05/14/2025

Please join me This Saturday, May 17th in Las Vegas at Toca Madera (ARIA). I'll be DJ'ing an all Afro & Latin House set accompanied by a live guitarist from 8:30pm-12:30am. This is an "elevated dining experience" before your big night out on the town. You can book table reservations below (request "Main Lounge w/ DJ Donovan"). There is also a large bar in the center of the room for "Walk Ins" that is first-come, first-serve. If you are in town, please come support your boy. If you have friends in town, please tell them to check this dinner experience out. Thank you.

1 WEEK FROM TODAY! l EDC WEEKEND!  Live from Toca Madera || MUSIC BY DONOVAN ⬇️ Book Late-Night Dinner Reservations Belo...
05/11/2025

1 WEEK FROM TODAY! l EDC WEEKEND!
Live from Toca Madera || MUSIC BY DONOVAN
⬇️ Book Late-Night Dinner Reservations Below ⬇️

'SEXY LATIN HOUSE' MIXES FOR YOUR 'CINCO DE MAYO'!Enjoy some of my old-school Latin House DJ sets from 'The Donovan Part...
05/05/2025

'SEXY LATIN HOUSE' MIXES FOR YOUR 'CINCO DE MAYO'!
Enjoy some of my old-school Latin House DJ sets from 'The Donovan Parties' back in the day! Stream Music Below!

BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS TO VEGAS!May 17, 2025
04/16/2025

BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS TO VEGAS!
May 17, 2025

𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀! YOUR CORPORATE HOLIDAY PARTIES ARE COMING UP!Please recommend my event planning, creative a...
09/06/2024

𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀!
YOUR CORPORATE HOLIDAY PARTIES ARE COMING UP!
Please recommend my event planning, creative agency 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to your company to produce your party this year! We produce 'over-the-top' events for 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙜, 𝘾𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨, 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙣, 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝, 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙣 and many other high profile & tech start-up companies in Silicon Valley! My company website and examples of our work are attached in the "𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴" below. Thank you for your support.

Get out of your pajamas! Book your babysitters! Stop your whining! 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘! 😂🤣🤔See you Rockstars TONIGHT ...
08/31/2024

Get out of your pajamas! Book your babysitters! Stop your whining! 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘! 😂🤣🤔
See you Rockstars TONIGHT @ MadaRae (HARLOT)
𝘗.𝘚. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘸/ 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵 @ 11!!!
𝘗.𝘚.𝘚. 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 @ 25 Lusk 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 7𝘱𝘮-9𝘱𝘮!

Time to brush off those dancing shoes THIS SATURDAY for an "Old-School" San Francisco Party Reunion @ Madarae (formerly ...
08/29/2024

Time to brush off those dancing shoes THIS SATURDAY for an "Old-School" San Francisco Party Reunion @ Madarae (formerly "HARLOT"). Relive "The Good 'Ole Days"! 1 NIGHT ONLY! 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟭𝗣𝗠 𝘄/ 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 Who came to support my creative efforts to revitalize San Francisco's culture & entertainmen...
08/27/2024

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦
Who came to support my creative efforts to revitalize San Francisco's culture & entertainment. It’s only through a collective community effort with everyone’s proactive participation, can we make this city thrive again. It’s been an amazing run of over 30 “medieval feast” dinners at 25 LUSK.

This Friday & Saturday Night will be our final feasts and then my team & I break this beautiful piece of art down. I’m flying into SF on Friday and will be hosting the weekend dinners and speaking both nights, telling the story of how “Taste of Thrones” grew from a one-night-only dinner in 2016 into a two-month full-blown immersive attraction that it is today.

I would love to see many of you there and have a dragon egg shot together. As many of you are planning to come to the city on Saturday for Frenchy & my “Just Like Old Times” party at Madarae (Harlot), why not make a night of it and join me for dinner at 25 Lusk first? Tickets are still available at our Taste of Thrones website. Thank you again for everyone’s support of my art and spreading the word about my attraction to friends who are Game of Thrones / House of the Dragon fans. I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend!

Need I say more?😂Not your ordinary ad for not your ordinary party! ;)  This one is worth getting out of your pajamas for...
08/26/2024

Need I say more?😂
Not your ordinary ad for not your ordinary party! ;) This one is worth getting out of your pajamas for! "𝘙𝘚𝘝𝘗 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵" and "𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴" in the "COMMENTS" below!

8/31 PARTY UPDATE!Due to the overwhelming number of RSVPs and table reservation requests for our "JUST LIKE OLD TIMES" p...
08/24/2024

8/31 PARTY UPDATE!
Due to the overwhelming number of RSVPs and table reservation requests for our "JUST LIKE OLD TIMES" party, we realized we needed a bigger & more 'party-suited' venue! Just got off the phone with my old friend & industry colleague Arash Ghanadan and we've moved the party to his club MadaRae (formerly "𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘁") at 46 Minna! Way more nostalgic for all of us who used to rage at my countless Harlot parties from 2007-2013. So please spread the word to all our friends who used to attend my events and tell them to fire up for the history books!

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Hosting over 500 events in the past 18 years, Donovan has been the pioneer of San Francisco's "upscale nightlife" movement, bringing more innovative, more cultured, more classy events to San Francisco nightlife. The Donovan parties are synonymous with elegance, sophistication, wealth, and fashion with a famous reputation for having "The most beautiful, most glamorous people in Northern California". Donovan's website www.DonovanSF.com is one of the highest trafficked nightlife community websites in Northern California with over a 50,000 mailing list and enormous loyal following of the most upscale, A-List, jet-setting, fashion-forward crowd. When people think of upscale events and fashion-forward culture in Northern California, they immediately think DonovanSF.com. Donovan's promotional business generates millions of dollars a year for the city of San Francisco's local businesses such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, nightclubs, salons, retail stores, public transportation, and local government. Donovan events are hosted at San Francisco's most reputable and most prestigious venues: The Four Seasons, San Francisco City Hall, Bentley Reserve, U.S. Old Mint, Top of the Mark, the Fairmont Hotel, The Mark Hopkins Hotel, the Clift Hotel, the W Hotel, Julia Morgan Ballroom (Merchant Exchange Building), Regency Ballroom, Payne Mansion, Archbishop's Mansion, Sports Club LA (San Francisco), San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, Terra, Ozumo, Foreign Cinema, La Mar, Emporio Armani Caffè, 5a5 Steak Lounge, Orson, Park Chalet, Crystal Jade, Teatro Zinzanni, Ana Mandara, Yoshi's, Shangai 1930, Le Colonial, Sens, Jones, Hubert Keller's Burger Bar, Circolo, Monte Cristo, Sutra, Circa, Eastside West, Butterfly, Servino Ristorante (Tiburon), etc. Donovan works with world-famous fashion brands Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Emporio Armani, Calvin Klein, BCBG, Saks Fifth Avenue, Marciano, Macy's, Bebe, Kenneth Cole, Diesel, Ted Baker, Armani Exchange, Benetton, French Connection, Sephora, Bare Escentuals, Shu Uemura, Vidal Sasson, Miss Sixty/Energie, and fashion magazines Vogue, GQ, Details, 7X7, San Francisco, SOMA, 944, Chic Metropolitan, and BAYFashion. Donovan is famous for producing the most elaborate annual theme party traditions in San Francisco such as The Masquerade Ball: A Venetian Carnival Affair, The Haunted Ball Halloween Party, The Mad Hatter's: Alice in Wonderland Party, Little Black Dress Party, Drink for Pink: Breast Cancer Fundraiser, White Sands Day Party, and his Grand New Years' Eve Black-Tie Gala. In 2008, Donovan launched Donovan Silicon Valley with the commitment to bring the class & sophistication of Donovan’s San Francisco events to Silicon Valley. Donovan Silicon Valley was an overnight success and has become the leading upscale nightlife promotions company of Silicon Valley, producing cocktail attire events in only the most affluent neighborhoods, such as downtown Saratoga at 2011 Michelin Star restaurant The Plumed Horse, downtown Los Gatos at Silicon Valley's most chic Hotel Los Gatos, 2011 Michelin Star restaurant Trevese, Hult's Restaurant, Katsu, South Bay's most prestigious Fairmont Hotel San Jose, and Santana Row's hippest, most popular restaurants Sino & Straits. Donovan is also a major contributor to charity organizations such as Global Green, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Guardsmen, City of Dreams, American Nicaraguan Foundation, Destination Foundation and Little Kids Rock. Donovan provides promotional support to numerous other high profile San Francisco charity events such as Macy's "Passport", Global Green's "Gorgeous & Green", and The Junior League of San Francisco's Annual "Gala".