Love Week 2008

Please note that this is the archived Love Week 2008 information. Please click here for the recent Love Week information.

One day is not enough to fit in all the Love we have to create, share and celebrate. Officially LoveWeek starts Wednesday, October 1st with events each night and into the day of Sunday, October 5th, with of course the peak being the parade and festival on Saturday, October 4th. If you're a venue owner or promoter and would like to have one of your events during this time frame be an official LoveWeek event, please contact Syd at syd (dot) gris (at) sflovefest (dot) org for more more information!



FOURTH ANNUAL SF LOVEFEST AFTER PARTY

The 4th annual official LoveFest after party hosted by Skills & Spundae at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.

Click for Online Flyer
Tickets are on sale now!!


ARMIN VAN BUUREN
ABOVE & BEYOND
ATB
KYAU & ALBERT
DEEP VOICES

SOS (Demi, Omid 16B, D. Masiello)
GREEN VELVET
CHRISTIAN SMITH
ALAIN OCTAVO

DAVE DRESDEN
DONALD GLAUDE
RENNIE PILGREM
COLETTE
HIL HUERTA



Other club events happening in SF during LoveWeek


Wednesday Love Week Events
October 1st, 2008

Qoöl: Official Lovefest Kick- Off Party!!



The Qoöl Happy Hour, San Francisco's longest continuously running weekly dance music event, is proud to officially kick off SF Lovefest's Loveweek. Let the famously infectious energy of Qoöl sweep you off your feet. Qoöl is you.

DJs: DJs Alain Octavo, Syd Gris, DJ Messiah, Spesh, and Brice.

111 Minna Street Gallery, 111 Minna Street @ 2nd Street
San Francisco
Starts at 5:00 PM
$5, 21++

Other Wednesday events:

SATELLITE WEDNESDAYS / LADYFEST


Presented by Satellite Events
One of San Francisco's longest running parties, Satellite Wednesdays, showcases an all female dj lineup this year. Come hear how the ladies by the bay get it done.

DJ's: J.Phlip, Faranza, Braceface

Venue: Anu - 43 6th Street between Mission & Market St.
Time: 9p-2a
Cost: Free before 10pm. $5 after


Mezzanine presents Fist of God Tour

MSTRKRFT
FELIX CARTAL
CONGOROCK

Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street @ Mint
21 +






Thursday Love Week Events
October 2nd, 2008

PENDANA = "to love one another'" in Swahili


The official Love Fest launch dinner and after party, featuring all the organizers and sponsors of this signature SF event! A benefit for NextAid in the spirit of SF LoveFest.

With DJs Jeno (Back2Back), Lance DeSardi (Bang the Box), Alland Byallo (Nightlight Music, [Kontrol]), DJ Adnan (Forward), dCoy (Killswitch, Black Market Techno), Fil Latorre (Stap[e, NextAid), & Javaight (Killswitch, Stap[e)

supperclub
657 harrison st ( between 2nd and 3rd )
$10 w/ rsvp to: events@nextaid.org
*no charge to SF LoveFest volunteers b4 11p and complimentary drinks from Sake2Me


Other Thursday events:

Uberzone @ Ruby Skye


Presented by Ruby Skye

Featuring Uberzone with Special Guests DJ ICON & Aaron Jae


Ruby Skye
420 Mason
9pm - ?am, 21+
Pre-sale tickets @ Ticketweb





Friday Love Week Events
October 3rd, 2008

KASKADE @ Ruby Skye


SF Love Fest Official Pre-Party Presented by Ruby Skye, Spundae & The SF Love Fest

Featuring KASKADE. Also with Trevor Simpson.

Kaskade:Though he was born in Chicago, this DJ found his spiritual and musical home in San Francisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York. He is currently one of the most influential people in the San Francisco house scene, as well as one of the hardest-working: By night he's Kaskade the house music producer/DJ; by day he's Ryan Raddon, A&R director for OM Records. No matter what label you put on him Kaskade has made an indelible mark on the dance electronic music scene.

Ruby Skye
420 Mason
8pm - 4am, 21+
Pre-sale tickets @ Ticketweb


Other Friday events:

Tainted Love


Presented by Satellite Events

An 80s SF LoveFest pre-party. Start your LoveFest weekend with something a little different.

DJ's: Scott Carrelli, Spesh, + more TBA
Venue: Anu - 43 6th Street
Time: 10p-2a
Cost: $5


Lee Burridge invites you to GET WEIRD


SF Lovefest Weekend Kickoff, presented by listed

Join us as Lee returns for his 4th year! Expect things to be a tad bit weirder!
Main Room: Lee Burridge, Tim McCormack, Mike Khoury

listed patio: Naveen G, Clint Stewart, Jeffery Allen, DJ Confidence
listed VWP Room: Jason Short, Mike Hiratzka, Treavor Moontribe

Mighty-119 Utah Street
Attire: the weirderer the betterer
Lots more speakers than usual! Turbosound powered by Whump
Tickets and Details @ getweirder.com


5Five Presents: The 5 Beats

Main Room: Mr. V & Alix Alvarez (Sole Channel, NYC) & Nacho Vega (Soul Selection Music)

Destiny Lounge: Cali (The People), DJ Gray ( www.djgray.net), & Co Flo (HouseDance.tv)

Catacombs: Shred One (LA), & Kwai Le Chief (S.W.A.T.)

Temple SF
540 HOWARD ST. @ 2nd
21 +


Dirtybird Records SF Lovefest Preparty


Presented by Dirtybird & Mezzanine

Dirtybird Records and Mezzanine join together to bring you the full Dirtybird lineup playing together at Mezzanine to kick off SF Lovefest weekend festivities on Friday, October 3rd. Lineup includes DJ / Producers Justin Martin, Claude VonStroke, Worthy, Christian Martin, & J.Phlip in the main room and Hookerz & Blow bumpin' the upstairs lounge. Limited $10 Presales available at Ticketweb.com or at the Mezzanine box office Wednesday from 11 am to 7 pm.

VENUE: Mezzanine(444 Jessie Street)
TIME: 10p - 4a
COST: $10-15 presale, $20 at the door


Cymatics


The flagship event of Abraxis events.

Dedicated to bringing the love through a paperless Dance Culture in SF to create less waste and keep the scene green. Also promoting cross genre pollination to mix up what you thought a party was about. Keep it green, keep it clean and please mix freely.

DJs: Inside will be Drum and Bass and Dubstep by the likes of Layerz (Audiovoid), Kitty - D, Cumulus, Genji, Beyta, Eugene Steele and Lokesh. The outside area will feature midtempo, psyhop and glitch by, Outesect (Rob Rayle), Resynthesize, Faith, Seventh Swami and Mr Rogers. Check out our website at www.abraxisevents.com and click on the artists names for samples of their music.

October 3rd, 10pm - 3am
$15 @Jelly's Dance Cafe 21+ with ID


Killswitch Klusterfuck


20 of SF's finest techno DJs throw down house party style, playing 2 tracks each!

DJs: Jason Short, Clint Stewart, Keith Kemp, Nikita, Kenneth Scott, Qzen, dCOY, Javaight, Travis Dalton, Christian Schmidt, The Worker, Barclay, Jaime James, Razvan, Fil Latorre, J. Rogers, Disconnect, Mossmoss, Congruence, J_Moody

UndergroundSF, 424 Haight st. @ Webster
Friday, October 3rd, 6pm-10pm
Free


Fuel @ Voda


SF LoveFest Pre-Party. House music all night long.

With DJs: DirtyB & DJ Thaifoon

VODA, 56 Belden Place (by Pine & Kearny)
Friday, October 3rd, 10pm-2am
21+, Free


Stompy.com presents Nitty Gritty


We're celebrating the launch of the re-Mixed Stompy.com! After many sleepless nights grinding the digital stone, we are ready to let loose, get down and bask in the glow of Stompy v2. Come get Nitty and Gritty with us at Pink!

DJs: Diz, Duane, Deron, & Tasho

Pink, 2925 16th Street @ South Van Ness
21+ with ID, 10PM-2AM
$10 before midnight, $15 after, $5 discount w/ RSVP





Saturday Love Week Events
October 4th, 2008

Offical SF LoveFest after party


Presented by Skills & Spundae at the Bill Grahamn Civic Auditorium.

Other Saturday events:

Infuse - Love Rules!

One of the great after parties of the event every year, join Opel's annual SF LoveFest party, - Infuse: Love Rules. Featuring 3 rooms of tech funk, breaks, electro, tech house, progressive, and more; with special guests Elite Force (Lot 49 / U & A Recordings , UK), joined by breaks powerhouse Vandal (Lot 49, UK), making his U.S. debut!!

Joined by Opel residents Syd Gris, Hoj, & Dex Stakker, as well as Worthy (Dirtybird), Scott Carrelli (Satellite / Qool), ICON (djicon.com), Vinkalmann (Opulent Tenmple), Erik Rumors (Metrowize), Alixr (Friends & Family, rEvolution), Tone (Temple), and DJ IQ (Temple)

Limited $15 pre-sale now on sale HERE. SF LoveFest Volunteers $10 ALL NIGHT.

Temple Nightclub
540 Howard St @ 2nd, SF 21+ only.


Tantra

- Psytrance afterparty for LoveFest 2008

Come join Tantra Productions for the only Psytrance afterparty for LoveFest 2008!!! We are very happy to present two major players in the international trance scene: Penta from Auraquake Records in Portugal and Chromatone from Nano records. Both have played their original music at the biggest and best Psytrance Festivals in the world. Alongside them we are also very pleased to have Trevor Moontribe from Los Angeles and DJ Christine from Santa Cruz. In the outdoor area we are presenting a Funky downtempo and groove out stage with Live Belly Dance performances to keep your booties shaking till dawn.

SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan st, SF
18+ to enter, 21+ to drink
Tickets are $20 presale or @ the door
Beats drop from 9pm till 6am


SEISMIC presents AFTER The Love

- SF Lovefest Afterparty at Mighty.

Aquasky (Passenger/Premiere Artist Group, UK) & Plaza De Funk (West Records, UK)

SEISMIC DJs: Samira, Trav and Brett Pinkin

Fringe DJs: Motion Potion, Ground Control and Tim Dietz

Space Cowboys DJs: Brad Robinson, Mancub and 8 Ball

w/ Special Guests Malarkey (Juke Joine/SEB), Smoove (Newsbreakz) + more tba.

Mighty (119 Utah Street @ 15th street)
9:00 PM - After Hours, 21+ with Valid ID
Limited supply of discounts pre-sale tickets on Groove Tickets. SF LoveFest Volunteers $10 entry until 11:00 PM with passes.


Benny Benassi - Rock'n'Rave Album Release Tour 2008


presented by Ruby Skye, Mixed Elements & Flirtyflirty

Benny Benassi (born Marco Benassi on July 13, 1967)[2] is a Grammy Award winning Italian disc jockey and producer of electro house music. He is best known for his 2002 summer club megahit "Satisfaction". Benny Benassi ranks as the 12th most popular DJ in the world according to the TheDJList website[3] and 32nd most popular DJ in the official 2007 global poll of DJ Magazine.[4] His dj style is easy to describe... it's kinda electro, sort of house-tec, dirty and cool, sweaty and smooth.
with Ben Seagren & Dean Samaras

Ruby Skye
420 Mason
8pm - 4am, 21+
Pre-sale tickets @ Ticketweb


Love in Motion

After parade festivities, stroll down Market St. to the LGBT Center (5 blocks from Civic Center!) and refresh yourself at Love in Motion, a benefit for Let California Ring Take in the sunset and decadent view on the Roof Top while dancing to DJ Kinetic and enjoying sumptuous treats and delicious cocktails courtesy of Blue Ice Vodka, 21st Amendment Brewery, Frey Winery, Luscious Catering and Bi-Rite Market. The event vows to provide vivacious entertainment and increased awareness about marriage equality.

Performances by:
Khalil Anthony, Queer Cheer by host artists (Heather Cox Carducci and Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa)

SF LGBT Center - 4th Floor (roof top)
1800 Market St. @ Octavia
6 to 9pm
$15 mininum donation
Complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
Event info: hcox@pacunion.com


Love is a Trip!


Presented by OM Records & Mezzanine

Om Records & Mezzanine is proud to present the official Om Records SF Lovefest Afterparty, Loves is a Trip! Featuring an allstar line up of international talent, Om Records takes over Mezzanine on Saturday, October 4th with headlining dj's Mark Farina, Mike Monday, King Britt, Rich Medina, J-Boogie, DJ Fluid, Rob G and more.

VENUE: Mezzanine(444 Jessie Street)
TIME: 10p - ??
Presales: going.com


Drop The Lime and Spank Rock's Devlin & Darko!!


Scion, Supperclub, Rock It Science, and Everyscape.com come together to bring you a smoking hot afterparty for the SF Lovefest at San Francisco's world renowned Supperclub. Come lose your mind to the sounds of the freshest artists who are breaking barriers and pushing envelopes across the globe, playing festivals like Coachella, Rock The Bells, and Shambala: Drop the Lime, NYC's Heavy Bass Champion, plus Devlin & Darko from the genre bending hip hop/electro act Spank Rock along with a great supporting lineup. See you on the dance floor!

supperclub
657 harrison st ( between 2nd and 3rd )
$10 - $20
10pm - 3am, 21+
More Info: going.com


PLEASURE FROM THE BASS


An Underground Love Fest After Party, presented by Raindance & Dax Presents

DJs in two rooms: DAVID STARFIRE, AN-TEN-NAE, JUSTIN MARTIN, CHRISTIAN MARTIN, MOZAIC, FRICTION, ANA SIA, TIMONKEY, STRIDAH, MIMOSA, RASTATRONICS, SCRITCH, LITTLE JOHN, & CLAY

Sound by Opus, Flowers by Luarel, Body Art by Clay's Painted Bodies, Eats and Treats by Convergence, Visuals by Dax & Friends.

CELL Space, 2050 Bryant b/w 18th and 19th
11pm - 6am, $20, 18+
Support underground music in San Francisco - spread the word!


MIST Nightclub


Presented by Mist Night Club, Essential Nightlife, and Jetset Music

Over the past 30 years this city has been on the cutting edge of music, fashion and dancing. It was just a few years ago the "Ultra Lounge" was born in our SOMA district. Since then the city's clientele has become more discerning and demand that a venue have sense of style as well as purpose. Join us as we unveil what we consider the next trend in Nightclub Culture

DJ's Mainroom: RON REESER, DAN SAENZ
Sky Lounge Upstairs: Billy Vidal

Mist, 316 11th Street
Free before 11pm $10 after (weblist)
9:30pm-2am, 21+


Love the Beats


Presented by Angels of BASS & friends

3rd annual Love Fest after party! Good vibes & sick beats guaranteed!

With DJ's Felix the Dog (Aint-No-Disco / Groundscore), Patricio (LABA / Do Lab / Space Island), j9 v ViaJay v Tamo (Angels of bAss), Influence (Strategik) v Mace (Pronoia), Kapt'n Kirk v bassben (Space Cowboys), Jeffrey Allen (Deep End / LostSF), Layne Loomis (Deep End), Niko (Music Savages), & a VERY special guest!

Shine, 1337 Mission @ 9th
Right after Love Fest
6pm - 2am $10





Sunday Love Week Events
October 5th, 2008

The Morning After The Love

- Official SF Lovefest Closing Party
Presented by listed &The EndUp

Join us for our 3rd year as we bring you 16 hours of mayhem, ridiculousness, and weirdness, from morning til' eve.

With DJ's Three (Hallucination Ltd) NYC, Bill Patrick (Robots)NYC, Nikola Baytala (S.W.A.T, Kontrol, The EndUp)SF, Crazy Larry (Cheap Sunglasses, Wagon Repair, Auralism) Denver, Hac Le (listed, Auralism, playcomusic.com, VAS) CHI/SF, Nikita (listed, The EndUp, VAS) SF, Naveen G (listed,Proton, Yoshitoshi, VAS), Mike Khoury (listed, Lost Souls)CHI/LON, Dory(listed, VAS)LA, Hoj (Opel) SF/NYC, Eric Cloutier (Bunker)NYC, & Special Guest TBA!!

Presales available @ groovetickets.com
Sunday, October 5th 6AM-10PM
The EndUp-401 6th Street
Details @ www.listedproductions.com OR www.theendup.com


Other Sunday events:

Breakfast in Bed @ Supperclub

Pamper yourself. It's been a wild weekend and it's not over yet. Indulge yourself and recharge on SupperClub's soft beds and cushy pillows while having a nibble from the superstar chefs, Gus & Alex. Add a secret LoveFest surprise dj or two and it beats having breakfast anywhere else. With Methodrone Live (Dj Kramer & SG) along with DJs, Alain Octavo, Dutch, Cosmic Selector, Rooz, Michael Anthony, Roozbeh and special LoveFest guest dj's we can't list on the flyer.

supperclub
657 harrison st ( between 2nd and 3rd )
5am - 11am Sunday, 21+
$10 Pre-sale tickets @ Groovetickets


Ferry Corsten @ Ruby Skye


Presented by Spundae and Ruby Skye

Ferry Corsten (ferrycorsten.com)

With guests
Gil La (Spundae, Enhanced Recordings, djgilla.com)

Fei-Fei (Spundae, Armad, Vandit, myspace.com/djfeifei)

Ruby Skye
420 Mason
8pm - 4am, 21+
Pre-sale tickets @ Ticketweb


Keep the Love Alive
Stompy + Sunset Lovefest Edition

As Lovefest weekend comes to an end, Stompy+Sunset keep the Heart Beat pumpin at our House away from home, Cafe Cocomo. Short on cash after the busy weekend? We've got ya covered and have lowered the price of admission to just $5 with RSVP

DJ's: Hipp-e, Tres Manos, + Special Guest TBA, alongside residents Solar, Tasho, Deron, Galen + J.Bird

Visual Works by Slide & Spin

Club Cocomo, 650 Indiana @ Mariposa
21+ ID - Noon - Midnight
$5 with RSVP




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