Parade Route & Details:

• Floats will stage on 2nd st between Market and Howard streets Float and press check in will be at 111 Minna beginning at 10:30am. Floats to check in no later than 11am
• Music starts @ 11:30am, parade begins ~12 Noon!
• We are asking for $5-10 donation to enter the festival site. Please help us continue to bring the love! With your donation you will receive a complimentary iTunes card for free music downloads of featured LoveFest artists! The gate donation is absolutely crucial to the survival of the event – please support!
• All float sound systems will face the passenger side of the vehicle (north as they go down Market St.)
• Please don’t litter! Let’s keep the streets clean so we can be back next year.
• Have some class, use a porta potty!

Basbin Twins

Venue: Ruby Skye
Date: Thur - 09/27
DJs: Bassbin Twins, Baby Anne
Music: breaks, tech house, funky dnb
Cover: $15 Buy Tickets!

Two masters of fusing sound, Bassbin Twins and Baby Anne, will make sure to keep you guessing tonight. Bassbin Twins' remixes center around his favorite music - which ranges from breaks to house to dnb - and always have an ear for the beat. Crowned "Queen of Bass," Baby Anne meshes electro with Miami bass and definitely likes her beats funkafied. To add to the funk, Darling Niki will be singing vocals as Baby Anne kicks that bass! (KS)

More Info: Ruby Skye

Standby For Take Off

Venue: supperclub
Date: Thur - 09/27
DJs: Matt Rickard, Slytek, and Special Guest
Music: house, breaks
Cover: $10

The "Mile High" flight for your LoveFest weekend starts here. Fasten your seat belt as XEssential and supperclub power up the kick-off to the LoveFest 2007 celebrations. This is the Official LoveFest Launch After Party and will highlight the efforts of the organizers and sponsors of this signature SF event. Be advised that this is a direct flight in an exclusive 8.2 surround sound arrangement, so prepare for a wicked ride! (FR)

More Info: supperclub

Paul van Dyk

Venue: Club 1015 Folsom
Date: Fri - 09/28
DJs: Paul van Dyk, Taj, Dirtyhertz, Mita, Vahid, Frenchy Le Freak, Pat Allen, Felipe Avelar, Mystre, John Beaver, Lexxx Skwallie
Music: trance, techno, electronica, house, mashups
Cover: $40 Buy Tickets!

Paul van Dyk's name is constantly topping charts, selling out international tours, getting nominated for Grammys, and almost permanently engraved in top 100 DJ polls (see his current residency as the world's number one DJ), so it's no surprise his new album, inBetween, already encourages multiple requests for "White Lies" on SF's radio 92.7. Born in Communist East Germany, van Dyk learned early on to break down the wall that differentiates mainstream with underground. The result: we're united under techno-trance. (KS)

More Info: Club 1015

Chemical Brothers

Venue: The Concourse Center
Date: Fri - 09/28
DJs: The Chemical Brothers, Ladytron
Music: big beat, house, trip hop, electronica
Cover: $42.50 Buy Tickets!

The act with the first arena-sized sound in the electronica movement, the Chemical Brothers united such varying influences as Public Enemy, Cabaret Voltaire, and My Bloody Valentine to create a dance-rock-rap fusion that rivaled the best old-school DJs on their own terms. They can keep a crowd of people on the floor by working through any number of groove-oriented styles featuring unmissable samples, from familiar guitar riffs to vocal tags to various sound effects. Tonight they'll be joined by Liverpool-based synth-pop Ladytron - a hot four piece boy & girl band. (FR)

More Info: Another Planet

Blank & Jones

Venue: Ruby Skye
Date: Fri - 09/28
DJs: Blank & Jones, Syd Gris, James Williams
Music: trance, progressive
Cover: $20 Buy Tickets!

The love flows all week - and Blank & Jones are getting in on the action! Performing tonight at Ruby Skye, this German trance duo warms you up for the parade on Saturday by dropping the trance tracks that have made them famous. Plus Syd Gris, one of the LoveFest organizers, will drop beats so funky, it's no surprise he's so in demand. Global Soundwave founder James Williams adds his love to the mix for a LoveFest parade pre-party unlike any other. (CQ)

More Info: Ruby Skye

Remedy: Mark Farina (4hr), Marques Wyatt

Venue: DNA Lounge | 375 11th St. SF
Date: Fri - 09/28 | 10pm - 6am
DJs: Mark Farina, Marques Wyatt, Pilot
Music: house
Cover: $15-30 Buy Tickets!

Mark Farina and Marques Wyatt pump out the soul so skillfully, it'll help you delve deeper into your own sense of the genre. Marques' sound blends Afro rhythm, jazz, soul, and rock with an ethnic and culturally inspiring perspective. Although Marques brought NY house to LA in the mid '80s, Farina contributed to the coastal mixture as well by infusing a newer West Coast house with his Mushroom Jazz. (KS)

More Info: Remedy

Departure - Destination: Lovefest

Venue: supperclub
Date: Fri - 09/28
DJs: Jody Wisternoff of Way Out West D:Fuse w/ Sen-Sei Michael Anthony John Kobe Alvaro Tall Sasha
Music: progressive house
Cover: $15-20

Whether you are a frequent flyer or just earning your wings, this evening is sure to please! XEssential and supperclub continue to share the Love and non-stop enjoyment with "Departure,” a special night of non-stop musical mayhem. Jody Wisternoff, who has been honing his DJ skills for half his life, will hold down the fort with jams that have made him popular with hardcore followers and TV watchers alike (you can hear him on the OC, CSI, and Grey's Anatomy). (EK)

More Info: supperclub | Xessential

The LoveLee Party 2007

Venue: Mighty
Date: Fri - 09/28
DJs: Lee Burridge, Bill Patrick, Scott Carrelli, Spesh, Brian Peek, Mike Hiratzka, Lars Berg, Niko, Eric Sebastian, Dory, Nikita, Tim McCormack, Mike Khoury
Music: house, tech house
Cover: $20 Buy Tickets!

If you love Lee, as in Lee Burridge, then make sure you get your ass to Mighty for the third annual LoveLee party. When Lee discovered the hypnotizing style of acid house, he was hooked. He's since developed the ability to read a crowd and feed off their energy, creating the most eclectic music you'll ever hear. Bill Patrick, of techno collaboration ROBOTS and internet radio fame, also brings his craft to the decks to show you how it's done. (CQ)

More Info: LoveLee Party

Loveland at Lovefest: The Warm-Up Edition

Venue: Temple
Date: Fri - 09/28
DJs: Kevin Saunderson (Detroit ), The Glass (NYC), Curses (NYC), Mustafa
Music: tech house, house
Cover: $15

LoveFest is a very special time and to prove it, Temple has brought in Kevin Saunderson to entertain the masses. Sauderson has a rich history of creating techno and house tracks with soaring vocals and disco-tronic electro sounds. He made his bones in Detroit and has gone on to a distinguished career as a producer and DJ spinning his music around the world. Adding to the treat of LoveFest is NYC electro duo The Glass. Their spaced-up future sounds really bring the innovation of New York alive. (RW)

More Info: Loveland

The Crystal Method

Venue: Ruby Skye
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: The Crystal Method, Ben Seagren, Dean Samaras
Music: electronica, breakbeat, progresive house
Cover: $25 Buy Tickets!

While the raw, reverberating turnover of a car's engine going from zero to 60 could break your car and your bank, The Crystal Method's duo of Jordan and Kirkland will give you a more intensified sound at nine-tenths the cost. The twosome has been specializing in breakbeat and big beat sound since 1993, and their experience shows. Also diverse is their equipment - the Crystal Method uses a Clavia Nord Lead to produce their distinctly gritty style. (KS)

More Info: Ruby Skye

Lovefest AfterLife

Venue: Club 1015
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Infected Mushroom, Gareth Emery, Taj, Vahid, Cyber Joe
Music: trance, house, hip-hop
Cover: $25 Buy Tickets!

What started out as a chance meeting between DJs blossomed into the global trance phenomenon known as Infected Mushroom. Erez Aizen and Amit Duvedevani, a duo from Tel Aviv, Israel, are perpetrating some of the hottest electronic dance music ever fashioned by human hands. Their music has infected trance-lovers in every nation and now they're here to infect us with a rare live performance featuring a guitarist and drummer. (EB)

More Info: Club 1015

Arrival

Venue: supperclub
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Afrika Bambaataa, Lee Coombs, Fort Knox Five, Thunderball, Zoe Noa & B.Smiley
Music: funk, breaks, dub and world beat
Cover: $20 Buy Tickets!

Join supperclub and XEssential for more "Mile High" LoveFest festivities. This year's float in the LoveFest parade, called Mile High, will highlight the talents of three days of festivities with the final stop being your "arrival." With legend Afrika Bambaataa at the helm you'll have a fine trip - especially when you have the rest of the team and 8.2 surround sound guiding your aural journey through an experience you won't find anywhere else! (SIN)

More Info: supperclub

Deep Blue with Miguel Migs

Venue: Underground
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Miguel Migs, M3, Rooz, Michael Anthony, Bo, + Surprise special guest djs
Music: house, tech house
Cover: $15-20

LoveFest is here, which means a great Deep Blue party is in order. To make sure their reputation stays spotless, Deep Blue is bringing in SF fave Miguel Migs (whose new compilation Those Things has been top of the charts) to rock the party for hours. So let’s see: the location is a cross between a warehouse and a loft, the DJ line-up is a collection of late-night pioneers, and the energy on the dance floor will be unforgettable... Yeah - you should be there! (EK)

More Info: DJ Rooz

Served

Venue: Levende Lounge
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Ken Christensen (East Coast Boogiemen), DJ Swing, Joey Alaniz
Music: house
Cover: $10

Audio Tramps bring you SERVED, a new monthly going down every fourth Saturday at Levende Lounge. Tonight's edition is a special, as San Francisco (and Levende) is playing host to one of Ken Christensen's CD release tour stops for Under the Influence. What better way to enjoy the LoveFest weekend than at an after party where Ken and Audio Tramps resident DJs Swing and Joey Alaniz will be bringin' down da house with da funk! (EK)

More Info: Levende Lounge

Infuse

Venue: Temple
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Meat Katie, 30 Hz, Syd Gris, Solar, Paul Hemming, Lance Dasardi, Melyss, Hoj, Ryan Poulsen, Travis T.K., Ben Tom, Christian Mora, and more tba
Music: breaks, tech funk, house, electro, and downtempo
Cover: $15

Don't miss your chance to see the tech funk master Meat Katie, hot on the heels of a fantastic new CD release, destroy the dance floor like every other time he's visited. This time around he brings fellow labelmate 30Hz to rock things proper. With UK headliners and all your local legends convening at the newly opened Temple, this will be the after party to be at. Warm up those dancing shoes and get ready for this one - 'cause the beats will be rockin'! (SIN)

More Info: Opel Productions

The Bohemian Carnival

Venue: DNA Lounge
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: The Mutaytor (LIVE), Vau de Vire Society (LIVE), Gooferman (LIVE), DJs: Motion Potion, An-Ten-Nae, Laura, Anasia, Big$Bill, Tim Dietz, Victor Vega
Music: indie circus, live breakbeat, rockstep and crunk funk
Cover: $20 Buy Tickets!

This event features a diverse range of artists banding together to prove that LoveFest isn't only about DJs. Here you'll be treated to seven plus hours of live music, performance art, circus and cabaret performance, along with huge DJ sets. The centerpiece of this feast is none other than the 43-piece music/performance art/dance ensemble, the Mutaytor. Add to this performances by clown-funk band Gooferman, burlesque outfit Vau de Vire Society, and many stellar DJs and it seems an embarrassment of riches. (FR)

More Info: Bohemian Carnival

Teknokolor Dream

Venue: Vessel
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Touane, Kooky Scientist, Dennis Rodgers, Mike Khoury, Matthew Derham
Music: techno, minimal, tech house
Cover: $TBD

In the mood for slick techno in a swanky venue? Then Teknokolor Dream is your spot to get down and glam it up at the same time. Taking you into the depths is Liebe Detail producer Touane from Berlin, Plus 8 artist the Kooky Scientist and Dennis Rodgers from ROBOTS in New York. Throw in the glamorous interior and killer sound system of the underground venue known as Vessel, and you've got a recipe for superior head-nodding and butt-shaking. Next thing you know we'll have a new genre called "swank-no"! (JV8)

More Info: Teknokolor Dream

Lovefest Underground Afterparty

Venue: Undergeround - call 415.376.3476
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Room1: Hipp-e, Jeno, Garth, John Howard, Hector Moralez, Room2: Delta Funk Tribal Souls
Music: house, breaks
Cover: $20

Looking for something memorable to cap off your LoveFest experience? Then check out Delta Funk & Tribal Souls' recipe for what a party is supposed to be. Start with rockin’ DJs, sprinkle with a top quality sound system, and cook it in one of the best underground venues in SF. Then ice it with a crowd that has some serious vibe and the energy to stick around for the sunrise. Now you've got one delicious sample of what San Francisco is all about! (EK)

More Info: Delta Funk Productions

Lovesystem

Venue: The Sewing Factory (call for location: 415-789-7600)
Date: Sat - 09/29
DJs: Three, Seven, Linden C., Greg Eversoul, Kuze, Soren, Nick Williams, Brandon Wade, Nima G, Jared, Jonathan Neil, Dalen, Ed Mazur
Music: house,
Cover: no cover b4 midnight, $10-15 after

Come see a whole slew of excellent deck-rockers at this massive meeting of musical talent. Three is considered one of the most promising American DJs on the scene. Our local boy Seven never fails to get the room hot. London-born Linden C likes to “keep it deep and sexy” with tribal funky deep house - and those are just three of the many talented DJs on hand! So get up and come on down to experience the sound of pure skill. (EK)

Morning After the Love-The Official Lovefest Closing Sunday Party

Venue: The Endup
Date: Sun - 09/30
DJs: Touane, Bill Patrick, Dennis Rodgers, Crazy Larry, Hac Le, Taimur Agha, Naveen G, Tim McCormack, Nikola Baytala, Kuze
Music: techno, tech house, minimal
Cover: $20

Whew, after a long weekend of fantastic music, who knew it could get better? Because it definitely can! The Endup is featuring another of their legendary 15 hour dance marathons, where the party culminates on Sunday morning and continues into the evening with a stellar lineup from New York, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. Headlining is Touane, who is visiting from where LoveParade began - Berlin. You won't want to miss a minute of this! (SIN)

More Info: The Endup

A Family Affair at the Pool

Venue: Bambuddha Lounge
Date: Sun - 09/30
DJs: Aaron Pope vs. JZ, Alain Octavo vs. Mike Giannini, Jeffrey Allen vs. Zach Moore, Sen-Sei and Andrew Phelan (Live!), Gil vs. Fei-Fei, Surprise Guest Appearances!
Music: house, electro
Cover: $15-20

It's a family affair this afternoon at Bambuddha Lounge and between Aaron Pope vs. JZ, Alain Octavo vs. Mike Giannini, Jeffrey Allen vs. Zach Moore, Sen-Sei and Andrew Phelan, Gil vs. Fei-Fei, and surprise guest appearances, you certainly will not be lacking in musical brethren. FlirtyFlirty is throwing this round in honor of LoveFest, which means DJs, yes, but also latex bikini girls, sexy cabana boys, massages, and henna tattoos. Now that's showing love! (EK)

More Info: Flirty Flirty