love week

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Betty Kang ~ San Francisco, CA - The landmark electronic music event Loveparade San Francisco taking place Saturday, September 24th is announcing a full ‘LOVE WEEK’ of festivities to bookmark the main event with the City of San Francisco providing the perfect backdrop as the original home of the Summer of Love.

This year’s Loveparade DJ line-up brings together DJs from all over the global dance music community with Paul van Dyk, Carl Cox, Lee Burridge, Ferry Corsten, Crystal Method, Bad Boy Bill, Lee Coombs, DJ Dan, Hyper, Goldie and many more confirmed. Over the years, Paul van Dyk has been a leading force in the Loveparade Berlin and exclaims about this year’s event, "I was very excited when I heard that the Loveparade will take place in North America. I am sure that the positive and peaceful vibe of this event will be an extra feature in the amazing cultural life of San Francisco and is going to become an annual highlight!"

Here some other artists have expressed their enthusiasm for the Loveparade:

“We’ve been wanting to do the Love Parade for years, and San Francisco has always been one of our favorite city’s to visit. Needless to say, we’re gonna have a great time.”

Ken Jordan – The Crystal Method

"This will be my first Love parade in San Francisco and I can't wait, I have heard such amazing things about it, and now I am getting a chance to actually do it. San Francisco is one of my favorite places in the world with its heritage in music and the people there have such a great attitude to life." -Carl Cox


LOVE WEEK
The Official Opening Kick-Off Event
(Wednesday, September 21)
This event kicks-off LOVE WEEK in style with dinner & drinks for the Loveparade SF delegation and key organizers at the fabulous Supperclub (657 Harrison Street) from 7PM -1AM. Late Night Sneaky and other special guests. This will be an intimate night and is open to the general public. RSVP ($60 pp) available atSupperClub.com.


LOVE WEEK
The Official Pre Party
(Friday, September 23)
SEISMIC Presents BEFORE The Love at Club Mighty (119 Utah Street) from 9PM-5AM. This will be an indoor/outdoor event with The SPACE COWBOYS UNIMOG rocking the block outside with a preview of Loveparade floats on display right outside the club. Special guests include Soul of Man (Fingerlickin') Friendly (Fat!) and Stereo 8 (Fingerlickin') for a full on breaks & house music party. More info & advance tix available at SeismicSF.org


Loveparade San Francisco Parade Route
The Loveparade on Saturday, September 24, 2005 will start on 2nd St & Market Street, marching west on Market Street, San Francisco’s biggest thoroughfare heading towards the Civic Center Plaza for the main festival event. Floats will begin lining up at 11:00AM and start the parade at 1:00PM with the last float arriving at the festival grounds around 3:30pm with the festival continuing until 9:00PM.


LOVE WEEK
The Official After Party
(Saturday, September 24)
After the festival ends at 9PM...that's when the LOVE CONTINUES... at the conveniently located Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, less than 100 feet away from the festival grounds with 3 Massive Stages and over 20 of the world's premier electronic dance acts including Carl Cox, Ferry Corsten, Bad Boy Bill, Dj Dan, Markus Schulz. More info & advance tix available at GrooveTickets.com


LOVE WEEK
The Official After-After Party
(Sunday, September 25)
Following the festivities on Saturday, the love continues as Tech-Tonic presents "Super Hero Sunday" at the legendary Sundays at The End-Up (401 6th St. @ Harrison) from 6AM – 5PM at this indoor/outdoor venue. Special guest DJ s include UK Fabric hero Terry Francis, Jamie Andserson (NRK), Fred Everything (20/20) and Justin Long. Come dressed as your favorite super-hero for discount admission More info at www.theendup.com

There are a host of “un-official” Loveparade events constituting the full Love Week experience (Thursday – Sunday). Please check the ‘LOVE WEEK’ section of the website LoveParadeSF.org for additional details.

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