06 January 2012

Local Rock Picnic
February18, 2011
Plaza Park
Downtown Ventura, CA
11am-6pm
 
The Local Rock Picnic is a free all-ages music and community event produced by Saturday Night Sound in conjunction with Ventura Music Week, February 15-19, 2012.  The event consists of high school and college age local bands performing during the day in the gazebo in Downtown Ventura’s Plaza Park. This will be a safe environment for people of all ages to enjoy live music, local community and participate in Ventura’s Local Music Week.  Local artists, organizations, and businesses will set up booths to promote themselves while showing their support for all-ages music.


In the first year, the Local Rock Picnic drew an estimated 1000 people over the course of the day who enjoyed a wonderful day in the park, listened to talented local musicians while kids played on the playground and bounced in an inflatable jump house. Rock music lovers lounged in lawn chairs and danced to great tunes. Buzz in the local media and the coverage afterward let us know that people are excited by local music and are willing to support it!


Saturday Night Sound’s proprietor, Brian Parra, is a long-time local promoter and all-ages music advocate.  He believes that developing a vital local music scene in the city must include opportunities for young people to create music and perform locally in legitimate venues where they can be appreciated by their peers.  The City of Ventura’s willingness to support this type of event along with other local businesses and organizations sponsoring this event is a great show of support for young musicians and will translate into young talent becoming serious musicians and music professionals in the future.
 
For more information and to ask about sponsorship and vendor table opportunities:
Brian Parra
805-794-4714
http://saturdaynightsound.com
http://localrockpicnic.com

20 November 2011

The kids at Fillmore Middle School were suprised and thrilled to see the Army of Freshmen perform during their lunch break.  I was glad to help out with the sound for AOF's pre-"World Tour with Zebrahead" test run.  Let's hope the kids in Europe like it as much as the kids in Fillmore!

 
 

16 November 2011

Happy Birthday to Debbie and what a great party your colleauges from Wellpoint threw you at the lovley Ojai Velly Inn. I was happy to be there to host Karaoke for the shindig and DJ the imprompu dance party that broke out!

11 November 2011

The Ventura Family YMCA hosted their first Week of Prayer event with the youth groups from many local churches and it was a great sucess!  Saturday Night Sound was on hand to mic the local fellowship band from the Bibble Fellowship Church and amplify the beats and lyric by local rapper Dookati.

02 November 2011

It was a night full of great costumes and great music.  Judy and Al's annual Halloween party was awesome.  I did sound for four great local bands, Bard & Rose, Spartacus, The Pretty Wives and Vincent Falcone. After the live music, I hosted Karaoke till the wee hours of the morning.

09 October 2011

I had a great time DJing for Ashley's Sweet Sixteen party at the Embassy Suites in Oxnard.  Every one looked fantastic and it was an awesome set up.  Lil Wayne, Pitbull and LMFAO were on the request list and we kept it bumping all night!  Happy Birthday Ashley!

 

02 October 2011

It was a blast from the past at David and Jennifer's Klas' wedding at Limonera in Santa Paula.  The couple wanted to hear 90's Hip Hop and dance hits all night long, so I played Tag Team, Sir Mix A Lot, Naughty By Nature, and Bel Biv Devoe all night.  The people on the dance floor didn't want it to end! Congrats to David and Jenn!

17 September 2011

Teen heart-throb rock band All Time Low performed in the H2O Rooftop Lounge at the Watermark in Ventura fora private listener party for radio station Live 105.5.  I set up all the sound and mixed them for an intimate acoustic performance for 100 of their very lucky screaming teenage fans.  It was fun and the guys in the band were great. Also, the Watermark is a stunning upscale venue!

 

16 September 2011

Thank you to everyone who voted me as one of the best Event DJs in Ventura County in the VCReporter's 26th Annual "Best Of Ventura County" Reader's Poll. I was sandwiched in between the hands down best DJ in Ventura County, Bruce Barrios, and my dear friend and long time DJ Mentor, DJPJ, who as far as I know recently has a way better gig, manager of the Oxnard Guitar Center.  I guess I have a lot to live up to!  Who'd like one of the best DJs in Ventura making your event great? Call me!
 

 

29 August 2011

Spencer Makinzie's End of Summer Bash was two days of pure fun!  There was tons of top talent on stage including Dick Dale (yes, THAT Dick Dale), Rey Fresco, Delaney Gibson, Samson, 50 Sticks of Dynamite, Too Many Cheifs, End Transmission, and so many more.  The wow moment came when Chuck D of Public Enemy jumped up on stage and did "Bring da Noise" with the local all-star super group, Big Band. I was there at 6am on Saturday setting up all the audio and was there every moment until late Sunday evening breaking down.  What a great time!