About San Francisco LoveFest::::::::::::: A Dance Music Parade and Festival

• SF Lovefest 2008
• Quote of Support from Loveparade Berlin Founder Dr. Motte
• Our Values and Intention
• Get Involved
• Contact Information
• Archived (older) information

San Francisco, CA – September 26, 2008 – While Americans are struggling with an economic meltdown, ruthless hurricane season and political uncertainty of our future, San Francisco LoveFest will provide some much needed love. San Francisco's biggest street party kicks off Saturday, October 4th at San Francisco LoveFest: A Dance Music Parade and Festival. The parade featuring 28 floats will start at San Francisco's 2nd and Market Streets and continue all the way to Civic Center Plaza for a giant outdoor dance club with the world's top DJs to celebrate at this free all-ages event.

"Now more than ever we need to take over the streets and City Hall to express and share the values of culture, peace, love, unity, and respect," said Joshua Smith, SF LoveFest founding board member. "There is no better time for an event of this scale and intention. Our community needs to come together, enjoy life and hold onto the good things."

The largest single day electronic dance music event in America, SF LoveFest is an integral part of the cultural fabric of San Francisco. The success of this event can be visualized in the images from years passed, but what keeps it going is the passion behind the organization . SF LoveFest aims to promote that the electronic dance music scene cares about the community and is sustainable by giving back, by granting music scholarships, providing gear to schools and supporting at-risk intercity youth.

"In this time of economic and political turmoil, a celebration of love, peace, justice, and tolerance is just what our country needs," said Dr. Syd Gris, board member. "We do not dance in the streets to escape the reality of our times - we dance to face them as a community, pointing the direction to a better way, set to beats and the full color of our expression. We gather to inspire and motivate social action by us, the youth, the people who will inherit this mess and have to do something about it to turn the tide."

Quote of Support from Loveparade Berlin Founder Dr Motte

"If you had experienced the Loveparade in San Francisco the last 2 years and have tasted the Rapture at its heart, then you will know something of what is coming. The new San Francisco LoveFest experience is at the very heart of the dance culture phenomenon that is spreading rapidly and unstoppable around the world. It is about LOVE and it is about FREEDOM. It is about remembering Who We Really Are and why we are here. The San Francisco LoveFest itself is part of a much wider personal, social and spiritual transformation-revolution which will utterly change our world over the coming decades. Our very ideas about who we are and what we are capable of are about to be turned upside down. With this next evolution of the event, we are about to take a step into a different future in which all that is best and most beautiful in the human soul will find the right conditions to flower.

THIS IS OUR FUTURE. OPEN YOUR HEART ... FREE YOUR MIND ... FACE YOUR FEARS... LIVE YOUR SOUL ... DANCE!"
- Dr. Motte, Founder: Loveparade Berlin

Our Values and Intention

The San Francisco LoveFest is an volunteer non-profit organization. Any profits made from the event go back into next year's event and to participating non-profit organizations. This year's event is a new event that takes into account our alignment with the original vision of the Loveparade events, our experience throwing them the last 2 years, and makes it our own. That vision of a free parade that celebrates music, love, diversity, tolerance, dance, and community is something we believe in strongly, and believe America needs now more than ever. Dance music has always had a special ability to bring people together in the shared beauty of a universal vibe. Our community by and large remains 'underground' in U.S. pop culture due to very little support from radio and MTV, etc. We know that in a culture awash in conflict, materialism, superficial concerns, and greed, an event of this kind can lift the spirits and the hopes of those who to surrender to it's power. The power of dance. The power of music. The power of community. We're taking it to the streets letting the vibe and the cooperation and respect of the people taking part in it be a message of hope in dark times. We intend to make the event a platform for dance music to reach more ears in America and beyond, to carry a message of love and hope, to be a vehicle for helping organizations doing good in the world, and for dancing our asses off surrounded by friendly freaks. See you in the streets.

Get Involved

Want to sponsor Love Fest San Francisco? Please visit our Sponsorship Page to find out more about various sponsorship opportunities available.

Would you like to help us put together the event? We needs tons of volunteers to make it happen. Please see the Volunteers section.

Want to become a Community Partner of the event? Please see the Community section of the site.

If you're interested in DJ'ing at San Francisco LoveFest, you'll need to hook up with a crew producing a float or put one together yourself! The team that produces the event does not book talent. See the Floats / DJ line up section for more information.

Want to throw an event that's part of the official Love Week festivities? Please do! See the LoveWeek Parties section

**SF LoveFest does not book talent. Please do not ask us to book you, as we leave that to the individual float producers and promoters that throw affiliated events through the week.

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