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".
Outrageously Immersive.
Theatrically Culinary.
Intoxicatingly Delicious!
Dinner Experience tickets on sale NEXT WEEK!
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Original dragon artwork by our talented friend Monty Bree!
IT’S TIME TO REBUILD THE EMPIRE…
After the widespread devastation & destruction on San Francisco’s entertainment, hospitality & retail industries from the Covid shutdowns, mandates, restrictions, its aftereffects, and unrelenting attacks on local businesses from all sides, it’s time to rebuild our city. After 5 years and relocating to Las Vegas, I’m excited to finally return (professionally) to my hometown and help contribute to the revitalization of San Francisco’s culture & entertainment and what made it one of the greatest cities in the world. We are entering a “phoenix rising from the ashes” moment in our city’s history. Be a part of it. Please support me in starting a new exciting chapter for San Francisco and its ‘New Renaissance Period’. Please spread the word about my upcoming “Game of Thrones” / “House of the Dragon”-inspired pop-up bar & dinner series at 25 Lusk (Opening in July). If we can make this attraction successful due to Bay Area support, there are talks of much larger entertainment projects in San Francisco with big funding. So join the Rebellion, pick up a sword and let’s take back our city!
Producing over 500 events in the past 21 years, Donovan is highly regarded as one of the most prolif
GOT DRAGON?
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FRIENDS: I’m excited to announce my first big production in San Francisco in over 5 years! I have reunited with my restaurant partner 25 LUSK to bring you the next installment of our SOLD-OUT 2019 “Game of Thrones” themed pop-up bar & medieval dinner series!
This year’s attraction is creatively inspired by the new Emmy Awards winning “House of the Dragon” TV series. If you thought our 2019 experience was impressive, this year’s immersive production, culinary theatrics and cocktail presentations are going to be unprecedented.
Our “Taste of Thrones: Feast of the Dragon” website is now live (link in “Comments”). There are photos, videos, TV news segments, Mercury News articles, and YouTube reviews from the 2019 production.
More details next week. Please share with your friends who are fans of the “Game of Thrones” and “House of the Dragon” shows!
Taste of Thrones: Feast of the Dragon is an interactive & immersive pop-up bar and dinner series that transports you into the treacherous, medieval world of Westeros where drinking & knowing things is your only chance at survival.
Brace Yourselves.
SAN FRANCISCO
Dinner is Coming.
HAPPY BAY TO BREAKERS!
Another throwback photo gallery from the absolute madness of my Circa 2013 B2B afterparty in collaboration with Christian Presents!
Pics: https://donovansf.zenfolio.com/bay2breakers2013 Be Safe! Don't Drink & Run!
𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗢 𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗢!!!
🎶 ( ( ( Listen ) ) ) 🎶 to my live recorded DJ set from “MI CASA”, the OG of Latin House mixes that launched my DJ career back in 2003 as I explored a genre of electronic music that was uniquely my own in San Francisco, performing live sets with Spanish guitarists, timbales & conga drummers and horn players. 20+ years later… The music of MI CASA is still timeless today and the perfect companion to your Cinco de Mayo margarita. Link to listen to my MI CASA mix in Comments below! ENJOY!
In the spirit of the "Carnival of Venice" celebration that happens every year in February, I wanted to share a few photos from San Francisco's annual "Masquerade Ball: A Venetian Carnival Affair" I produced for almost a decade at famous city venues such as Ana Mandara (Ghirardelli Square), Clift Hotel, Payne Mansion and United States Old Mint Building. It was a very classy affair that I am very proud grew more elegant each year and brought value to the city and its culture.
9 YEARS AGO TODAY... I produced my first ThemeDream dinner show called “A NIGHT IN PARIS: A Valentine’s Dinner & French Cabaret Show” inspired by the famous Paris cabaret show Moulin Rouge featuring can-can dancers, burlesque, acrobats, singers, ballet and contemporary dancers at San Francisco's historical Julia Morgan Ballroom (Merchant Exchange Building) built in 1904. The show sold-out without a dollar in advertising and was the catalyst for launching my new ThemeDream business and career direction into themed dinner experiences and immersive entertainment. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
LET ME PRODUCE YOUR COMPANY'S NEXT EVENT!
Many of you have experienced my productions over the years. I would greatly appreciate your support with bringing my creativity to one of your company's events. For the past 9 years, ThemeDream has specialized in producing highly creative, one-of-a-kind corporate events all over the Bay Area for clients such as Samsung and Cisco Systems. Would you be willing to make an introduction to a person at your company that oversees events? In the “Comments” section below, I've attached ThemeDream's website and a link to our past creative projects to share. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to private message me with any questions or suggestions.
THE ART OF NYE ADVERTISING, PART 2
My favorite ad campaign for a New Year’s Eve Party was in 2017. I had the privilege of hosting the "FIRST IN HISTORY" New Year's Eve gala at San Francisco's iconic Palace of Fine Arts. I created "Disneyland for Adults" fairytale-inspired poster artwork that would visually entertain & tell a story on social media, email newsletters and website ads. The ad campaign generated over 4200 ticket sales and still stands as my greatest event marketing achievement.
Nothing like Christmas Time in Union Square!
In December ‘09, I had the privilege of producing “It’s A Wonderful Life” Holiday Party with Michelin Star & James Beard Award Chef Hubert Keller at his fancy “Burger Bar” restaurant at the top of the Macy’s building overlooking Union Square and its giant Christmas tree & ice skating rink! It was a semi-formal event with a stunning crowd and we raised over $5000 for a local children’s charity “City of Dreams”. Best part of the night was when Hubert jumped behind the decks and showed off his DJ skills! What a great Christmas Season memory in the city!
A trip down memory lane! It was a fun run!
𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:
2001: Club Bas (“Mixed Elements”, Dimitris Mykonos)
2002: Clift Hotel (“Delicious Karma”, Frenchy le Freak)
2003: IMG Home Gallery (“Delicious Karma”, Miguel Migs)
2004: Circolo (Julius Papp, Andy Cadwell)
2005: Mark Hopkins Hotel (“GOLD”, Martel & Nabiel, Industry 415)
2006: Monte Cristo (“Fireworks on the Embarcadero”, Mercedes Benz)
2007: Bentley Reserve (Sephora)
2008: San Francisco City Hall (Prada, Dolce & Gabbana)
2009: United States Old Mint (Dom Perignon, Godiva)
2010: Hotel Los Gatos (Dio Deka)
2011: Yoshi’s San Francisco (Santana's Andy Vargas)
2012: Sens Restaurant (“Fireworks on the Embarcadero”)
2013: Cliff Hotel (V***e Clicquot)
2014: Cliff Hotel (“ERA”)
2015: Payne Mansion (“Imagine”)
2016: Payne Mansion (“Imagine”)
2017: Palace of Fine Arts (“Imagine”)
2018+: Resting with a glass of wine @ home! 🙂
𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢
𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚…
I moved to San Francisco in 1998 to start a new life after suffering a series of traumatic events & tragic losses in my family. I fell in love with San Francisco for the artistic, eclectic, eccentric, free-spirited & nonjudgmental people it attracted. I felt like I finally found "my people". I fell in love with San Francisco for its foreign world of electronic music I never heard before. I fell in love with San Francisco for its one-of-a-kind nightlife with endless possibilities I never knew existed. The city was my oyster. And I had a young, voracious, unquenchable appetite to experience anything & everything this beautiful city had to offer. What was supposed to be a 6 month "escape from reality" for a suburban boy to temporarily “live the city life” turned into 23 years. I think I lived San Francisco ten lifetimes worth. I milked this city for all it’s worth and then some.
I lived through many city transformations, witnessing the ends of eras & the births of new ones. I lived the city’s rise & fall of the Dot Com in the late 90’s. I rode the the storm of the city’s Great Recession in the late 00’s. I witnessed the 2nd Tech Takeover of our city in the mid 10’s, its gentrification of the Mission District, the explosion of city housing & living costs, and the mass exile of San Francisco’s artist community to Oakland. I watched our city become polarized in the late 10's by politics caused by sensationalism & rabble-rousing of the media (on both sides). And most recently, at the beginning of a new 20's decade, I suffered through the utter destruction & devastation of the city’s hospitality & entertainment industries by the government shutdowns in response to Covid.
I lived through the glory days of San Francisco deep house of the late 90’s. I witnessed the rise of DJ AM & the “Mash Up” scene in the mid 00’s that torpedoed San Francisco’s predominant electronic music culture. I lived the commercial boom of EDM in the 10’s where San Francisco house music DJs like Kaskade became world-famous and their music began playing on mainstream radio stations and in famous movies. I witnessed the explosion of electronic music festivals that catalyzed the skyrocketing costs of world-famous DJs, ultimately hurting our city’s nightlife because nightclubs could no longer afford to book them.
Back in the late 90’s, I remember a very different city where dot-com millionaires hung out with struggling broke artists. People were not judged by their job title, the company they worked for, what kind of car they drove, how much money they made or what their net worth was. It was only about your personality, your character and whether you were fun to hang out with. There were no political talks or debates. Nobody asked who you voted for. Nobody cared if you were a Republican or Democrat.
The Marina Kids partied with the Underground Kids. The G**s partied with the Straights. The Whites partied with the Asians. Everyone partied “Together” as one big dysfunctional, melting-pot family. It was a beautiful time to live in San Francisco.
Like anything in life, things inevitably change. The city I fell in love with and I moved to over 20 years ago is no longer that city. Its transformation over the years reflect the changing interests & ideologies of new generations of transients that have come to San Francisco after me. Everyday throughout the city, you see one moving truck unloading a new transplant and another moving truck removing an old one. The DNA of this city was, is and will always be in constant flux.
After 22 years, I was long overdue for a new chapter and a new beginning. And what better place to continue my life adventure, express my creativity and grow my events business than in the entertainment capital of the world:
𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗩𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗦
Rebecca & I bought our dream home in Vegas last summer and we have been building our new life here.
For the past year, I have continued to work on projects in San Francisco & the Bay Area while working remotely from Las Vegas. I have every intention to continue producing events for San Francisco & Bay Area, I’m just expanding my business operations to the Las Vegas market (and already have several Vegas projects in the works). San Francisco is a hop, skip and a jump from Vegas. I make day trips to the Bay Area all the time. I call them "𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬"! While " 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬" are up the stairs to my new Las Vegas home office!
𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.
The famous Tony Bennett song “𝘐 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘔𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘐𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰” and Journey song "𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴" have all new profound meaning to me because this City by the Bay will always own a piece of my heart.
Thank you San Francisco for 22 years of incredible memories. We had one hell of a run together.
𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐍
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘!!!
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰's "𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦" 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴....
Rally your 'old school' friends and put on those dancing shoes "one last time" as DJ Donovan brings you down musical memory lane of the best party years of your life!
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘!!!
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𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱𝟬 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁!
At The Door Ticket Price: $40
Online Ticket Price: $30
Online Ticket Price 𝘸/ $𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦 ("4THELOVE"): $𝟮𝟬
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗛! 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘!
See you on the dancefloor TONIGHT!
𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖. 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘. 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘. ONE LAST TIME... 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤'𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 "𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚" 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨...
The City's Official "End of Summer" Party of All Parties!
𝘋𝘑𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘯, 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘢 & 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭
Round 4 tickets about to sell out!
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Limited Promo ($10 Off): 4THELOVE
THE BUZZ OF THE BAY 'THIS WEEKEND' IS ABOUT "THE LOVE"!
𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖. 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘. 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘. ONE LAST TIME...
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤'𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 "𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚" 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨...
The City's Official "End of Summer" Party of All Parties!
𝘋𝘑𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘯, 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘢 & 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭
Round 4 tickets selling fast! Don't be a Last Minute Lover! 😉
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Limited Promo ($10 Off): 4THELOVE
Nothing can stop True Love… THE LOVE RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO... ONE LAST TIME.
𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗....
𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦: 𝘌𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵
𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟
Twin brothers DJs 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 become TwinSoul on very special occasions that bring new "𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 2 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳" meaning to a 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗗𝗝 𝘀𝗲𝘁! TwinSoul have been at the nexus of the house music scene in the Bay Area since the early 90’s and continue to play side by side some of the most influential deep house DJs & producers: 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖, 𝘿𝙅 𝙎𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝘿𝙅 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙅𝙚𝙣𝙤̈, 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙅𝙏 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙃𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙯, 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤, 𝙄𝙯 & 𝘿𝙞𝙯, 𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙩, 𝙂𝙞𝙤𝙢, 𝘿𝙅 𝙈𝙚𝙨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. Today, TwinSoul remains at the forefront of San Francisco's underground house music scene. On the rare occasion when these two play together, what you get is something truly special, memorable and bumpin’!
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𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 / Episode 9
𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘀 & 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟯 𝗙𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼
Back in 2003, after a triumphant first "Summer Love" party at 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝗲. Over 1000 of my "Summer Love 1" CDs got handed out and many of these customers were now listening on their drive home to my mix that took months of hard work and creative energy to produce. It's now 3AM in the morning. I’m in bed exhausted beyond belief and my phone rings. I'm like "𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧*𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳?" I answer the phone and it's DJ Dimitris Mykonos who DJ’d with me that night. It's loud in the background, he's slurring & clearly at some afterparty, and he's shouting over the party into the phone with his drunk Greek accent: "𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘺. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴. 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘋 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙖𝙥 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘋?"
Dimitris was a notorious practical joker, so I was not going to fall for one of his pranks. I irritatedly reply "𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢! 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴. 𝘋𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸."
Dimitris shouts "𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘺! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘋!"
I thought for sure this was Dimitris up to one of his pranks to get me out of bed and come party with him at some afterhours, which if you knew Dimitris, these were not your normal type of afterparties, if you know what I mean.
I drag myself out of bed, drove over to where he was to see the Summer Love 1 CD he had, carefully watch him put it in the CD player (𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦) and see if it really had rap music on it. Low and behold, Dimitris wasn't lying! To my horror, not only was there rap music on my Summer Love 1 CD, it was filled with cursing. I was mortified and sick to my stomach. I realized that the CD duplication house we hired in Oakland must have mixed up my order with another client order that turned out to be a local Oakland rapper’s album! They accidentally placed this other client's audio tracks on my Summer Love CD! I was devastated. Over 1000 SUMMER LOVE guests were driving home to “𝗡… 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀” and “𝗡… 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁” and “𝗕@𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!” Ultimately, it turned out only a hundred or so SUMMER LOVE guests received this "𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥" album, which is a now a rare collector's item! 🤣
It’s a funny story to chuckle at now. But for weeks after this embarrassing incident, I was humiliated and traumatized. Maybe that was God keeping me humble and not letting me get too big of a head over my first 'sell out' event at the biggest, most famous nightclub in San Francisco voted “Best Nightclub of the Year” by the International Dance Music Awards at the Winter Music Conference Miami!
P.S. 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘆𝗹! No CDJs! No MP3s! No Serrato! Just pure unadulterated vinyl! And my old school metal record case that weighed a ton! 😅
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𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦 / Episode 8 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱 / 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
Back in 2001, when I began my DJ career, most nightclubs & party promoters still solely relied on "guerrilla-style" street promotion with teams of kids flyering parked cars near nightclubs. You would walk out of a party at the end of the night and get assaulted with flyers being handed to you by a gangs of street teams. Then you would walk up to your parked car bombed with party flyers tucked under your window wipers. At that time, that’s the only way party kids found out about upcoming events.
After working for 3 online-marketing start-ups during the "𝗗𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗺" of the Late 90’s, I understood the tremendous marketing advantage of having a website, leveraging digital & email marketing, and building a mailing list of customers. When I was just beginning my DJ career, I was one of the first in San Francisco nightlife to build a website. At that time, there was no WIX or Squarespace "novice-friendly" website building platforms. At that time, there wasn’t a “dime a dozen” freelance web designers. At that time, only big corporations had websites with big budgets and building a website was complicated, expensive and you needed someone who knew how to code in HTML. I didn’t have the money to hire a web design firm. Instead, I bought a cheap, first-generation website-design software program called "Microsoft Frontpage" and bought a book from an old-fashioned Barnes & Noble "brick & mortar" store called “𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀” and I learned how to design a website myself! In December 2001, DonovanSF.com was born!
I was one of the first to adopt the email collection strategy of the “𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟭𝗣𝗠” guest-list sign-up and quickly built a nightlife customer list and began mobilizing more and more people to the parties I was Dj'ing. Not only was my marketing consistently bringing people but my RSVP lists were filling the club earlier in the night, when it normally would be awkwardly dead and the bar not making money. The "Free Before 11" List also gave clubs and promoters a way to very clearly see which DJs or hosts were actually bringing customers and which ones weren’t. This shined a bright light of truth on a lot of big talkers bragging about their previously unmeasurable pull. This ruffled A LOT of feathers to say the least!
I was clowned on by other local DJs upset that I was all of a sudden getting bookings over them because I could bring more people. They mocked me as a “𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗝” and discounted me as “𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗝”. They were irritated that they had put in their dues and now some novice punk DJ who, in their opinion, sucked at spinning records, was playing all of San Francisco’s biggest parties, not because of his DJ talent, but because he brought larger crowds than them. And most importantly, he brought a lot of beautiful women (which is the gold currency of nightlife). My other DJ friends 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝘆𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀 and 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 quickly followed suit and we all enjoyed an unprecedented rise to local San Francisco DJ stardom as we got booked to play some of the biggest and most famous clubs and parties the city had to offer.
Nightclubs and promoters quickly began to realize they could book these young, hungry DJs for $100 to $150 a gig and we would bring more people than big-name local DJs with major associations to famous parties that demanded a lot more money. Some would say this day in history, when promoters realized it made more business & financial sense to book a DJ who could bring a lot of people over booking a DJ based on their musical talent, was “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱.” A lot of local DJs losing bookings took it very personally. In my opinion, that was the turning point of the San Francisco party scene. A music scene that was all about unity & inclusivity and sharing a love for house music sadly became fragmented, tribal and cliquey. The once proudly proclaimed “𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲” became the “𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀”.
Camps began to form and I realized that all these “𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲” folks were shockingly preparing for war! It was intimidating and it was scary. It was disheartening. People I looked up to and admired were talking mad sh@t about me. I was the New Kid on the Block and apparently I was a threat. Quickly, I had to find allies and Dimitris, Frenchy & I bonded together. What we quickly realized was by joining forces, “𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿” (𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸), we were ten times stronger and more powerful. And that’s how 3 lone musketeers became “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀”. We became brothers of war. We went into to battle together. We fought the wars of San Francisco nightlife side by side in the trenches together. Life-long friendships were formed that last to this day. And that’s how this DJ fairytale begins… 😉
𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗧...
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
I am preparing a special DJ set of my most nostalgic sing-a-long "Summer Love" anthems that were crowd favorites and rocked San Francisco nightclubs from 2003-2013. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗢𝗻, 𝗧𝗼𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗔𝗺, you name it, you'll hear it next Saturday at my "SUMMER LOVE: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘" Party! I know many of you have retired those dance shoes, but you are going to want to make an exception! Call your "Back in the Day" club friends that used to attend "The Donovan Parties" with you, and tell them "We got to go & live this One Last Time!" Invite friends that never had the chance to experience a Donovan party back in it's heyday! You will be glad you did.
𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗-𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀! Ticket prices will continue to go up as more tickets sell and event date nears. Hawthorn is not a large venue and we do anticipate selling out in advance. So don't lag! 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼 ($𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗳𝗳): 4THELOVE
Nothing can stop True Love… THE LOVE RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO... ONE LAST TIME.
𝟮 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬!!!
You told us you missed "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔" from back in the day and "𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦." WE 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗. WE 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗.
So we did this for you & your friends to enjoy...
𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝙤𝙧 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦... 😉
Nothing can stop True Love… THE LOVE RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO...
𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐒.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆.
SEPTEMBER 2022
𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗩𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗦
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𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 “𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘” 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗔𝗬…
𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦: 𝘌𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵
𝗗𝗝 𝗔𝗗𝗔𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗔
(𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 ‘𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’ 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮)
One of South Bay’s most sought after & versatile DJs and consistently one of the ‘crowd favorites’ at Donovan & La Mar’s legendary “𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦” daytime waterfront parties, Adam has performed with 𝘼𝙭𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 & 𝙄𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖, 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙤𝙠𝙞, 𝘽𝙤𝙗 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧, 𝘾𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙨, 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖, 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙝, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. Summer Love: Eternal welcomes Adam behind our tropical decks to take you on musical journey though deep, Latin, and funky/disco house! All my South Bay friends better be in the house to support!
LOVE WAITS FOR NO ONE!
𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 “𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲” 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗧!
Limited Promo ($10 Off): 4THELOVE
summerlove-eternal.eventbrite.com
𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡…
2019 photo shoot for the world-famous 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 Halloween attraction: “𝗨𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱”. Wi******er hired my company 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 to creatively design, produce, cast and direct a 45-minute immersive horror walkthrough experience that spanned over 3 floors, 50 rooms of production, 25 costumed actors, and 28 activation nights. The production attracted tens of thousands of customers, an 𝗔𝗕𝗖 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 segment, 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 front page articles and significantly improved customer review ratings from previous years of Wi******er Halloween “Candlelight Tours”. I actually had a master key to the house for 10 months! And, yes, I did have paranormal encounters! No joke. I did. One of the most challenging (& frightening) but most rewarding productions of my career to date. A great milestone achievement I’m very proud of.
𝗠𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗝 1999
First Ever photo of me DJ’ng.
I was performing to an audience of 3!
In my ‘best friend since 4th grade’s living room!
This is where the “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗝 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻” began…
Every epic adventure begins w/ a humble first step…
𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗔 & 𝗠𝗘
Kissing my dragon goodbye. She’s going in for some cosmetic surgery. I’m working with the top fabrication house in Las Vegas that does work for 𝗘𝗗𝗖, 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗼, 𝗪𝘆𝗻𝗻, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗖𝗮𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗮, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝘆, etc. to give Bertha a new “House of the Dragon” inspired make over. Looking forward to showcasing Bertha 2.0 at my Las Vegas production debut 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻 launching in the coming weeks! Please spread the word to friends coming to Vegas this month and in October. Sign up for my ”Get Throned!” list for updates and early access to presale tickets! You know how big I do things back home. So, you know I’m bringing it way more ‘OVER THE TOP’ for Vegas!
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LET ME PRODUCE YOUR COMPANY'S NEXT EVENT! Many of you have experienced my productions over the years. I would greatly appreciate your support with bringing my creativity to one of your company's events. For the past 9 years, ThemeDream has specialized in producing highly creative, one-of-a-kind corporate events all over the Bay Area for clients such as Samsung and Cisco Systems. Would you be willing to make an introduction to a person at your company that oversees events? In the “Comments” section below, I've attached ThemeDream's website and a link to our past creative projects to share. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to private message me with any questions or suggestions.
My Winchester Mystery House immersive horror show “UNHINGED” opened last weekend! We had over 70 media folks there! Here’s a sneak peak of our front-of-the-house map-projection show! (courtesy of Rich Greenwood) www.winchesterunhinged.com #winchestermysteryhouse #themedream #getunhinged
Friends: Here is our 1st "Spookville" animated short! Check out all the cool enhancements to our website too: www.spookville.com Tickets go on sale this Saturday! Please spread the word to your friends & fam! #spookvillesf #westfieldsfcentre #themedream
FRIENDS: I wanted to share the official video from my "Immersive Dinner Theatre" I produced in San Diego a few months back. This video gives you an amazing sense of the breathtaking 360 degree visual and audio environments that enhanced a 4 course wine pairing dinner. Make sure to turn the video sound on! If your company does a big annual holiday event or hosts events at big annual conferences like DreamForce, Oracle OpenWorld, Game Developers Conference, etc., please recommend ThemeDream Productions to your company's Events Department! :)
FRIENDS: I wanted to share the official video from my "Immersive Dinner Theatre" I produced in San Diego a few months back. This video gives you an amazing sense of the breathtaking 360 degree visual and audio environments that enhanced a 4 course wine pairing dinner. Make sure to turn the video sound on! If your company does a big annual holiday event or hosts events at big annual conferences like DreamForce, Oracle OpenWorld, Game Developers Conference, etc., please recommend ThemeDream Productions to your company's Events Department! :)
I'm very excited to be working on 4 new 'corporate event' proposals for some big tech companies. Check out this cool video from my Cisco Systems "Around the World" production last month. // themedreamproductions.com
A dinner guest caught this on camera Saturday night from our Haunted Dinner show... Our contortionist interpretation of "The RIng". An eerie act appropriately titled "Awkward Positions". Enjoy!
Never in my wildest nightmares did I think I would be doing "slasher" rehearsals with Jason Vorhees! Ironing out our Jason act for tonight's Haunted Dinner shows! Limited tickets left for Tonight & Saturday's 10pm Dessert Show + DJ Donovan Afterparty! haunteddinner.nightout.com $25 OFF Promo Code = redrum
Things are getting spooky here! Caught this on camera! This place is haunted! Join us tomorrow night at Haunted Dinner's 10pm show! haunteddinner.nightout.com
Check out our cool new toy!!! Doing a test run for one of our Haunted Dinner performance acts! This is going to set the stage for one spooky show! Just one of many sick new tricks we have up our sleeve to take this year's experience to a whole new level! As you can tell, we're super excited. Fri & Sat 7pm Dinner Shows now SOLD-OUT with waiting lists! Very limited tickets left for the Fri & Sat 10pm Dessert Shows + DJ Donovan Afterparty! haunteddinner.nightout.com $25 OFF Promo Code = redrum
Super excited about how super creative the dinner plate presentations are coming together for our Haunted Dinner. This is how our "Witches Brew" soup will be served, in a smoking witch's cauldron. The other courses are just as wild. Can't wait to see people's faces when these get served. Hope you will come experience our creations! haunteddinners.com
START YOUR NIGHT w/ US!!! Here's a small video teaser of last night's event! HAUNTED DINNER SHOW // 6PM - 9PM Less than 20 Tickets Left!!! hauntedinner.eventbrite.com
Apparently the Payne Mansion is haunted! hauntedinner.eventbrite.com // haunteddinners.com
bebe 2012 Summer Collection Fashion Show presented by DonovanSF @ Yoshi's San Francisco April 28, 2012 Event Producer: DonovanSF Fashion Show Producer: Selin Sintac Runway Models: Alicia Pierce Alyona Sevieri Amanda Alicia Ashley Mitchell Emily Lohnberg Gissel Reyes Kara Krauss Kristen Nicole Tanner Liana Nepatidze Liya Anosova Nita Crumedy Rebecca Case Sarah Hosny Sommer Merrill Tabitha Conyers Tanya Hedley Yulya Mango Hair & Make-Up: Genray Salon Dressers: Anna Lam Araci Sosa Paris Bullard Shelby Samaniego Special Thanks: Karim Mashouf Mary Hamilton Susie Im Kenna Wynne-Jones Kourtney Young Charleston Pierce Hector Garza Alicia Delgado Leia Cimarolli bebe Store (San Francisco Centre) & Staff Yoshi's & Staff Sponsors: Genray Salon KIND Healthy Snacks For more information on bebe and purchasing items from their 2012 summer collection, please visit: http://www.bebe.com/ For More Information on DonovanSF and events, please visit: http://www.donovansf.com/about_donovan.htm
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".
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