Producing over 500 events in the past 25 years, Donovan is highly regarded as one of the most prolific and disruptive event producers in San Francisco and Silicon Valley nightlife history, and the pioneer of the “Upscale Nightlife Movement”. Having produced over 500 events in the past 21 years, Donovan Presents is revered as the early pioneer of San Francisco's "upscale nightlife" movement, bringi
ng more innovative, more cultured, more classy events to San Francisco nightlife. The Donovan Parties are synonymous with elegance, sophistication, wealth, and fashion with a famous reputation for having "The most beautiful, most glamorous people in Northern California". Back in 2001, coming back to the Bay Area after living in Los Angeles, Donovan saw an opportunity to create an LA scene with a San Francisco vibe, combining fashion & house music. Donovan's website www.DonovanSF.com became one of the highest trafficked nightlife community websites in Northern California boasting over a 50,000 mailing list and enormous loyal following of the most upscale, A-List, jet-setting, fashion-forward crowd. Donovan's promotional business generated millions of dollars a year for the city of San Francisco. The Donovan Parties drew thousands of Donovan Party patrons to local businesses such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, nightclubs, salons, retail stores, and public transportation. The Donovan Patties were hosted at San Francisco's most reputable and most prestigious venues: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco City Hall, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Bentley Reserve, U.S. Old Mint, The Four Seasons, Top of the Mark, the Fairmont Hotel, The Mark Hopkins Hotel, the Clift Hotel (Redwood Room), the W Hotel, Julia Morgan Ballroom (Merchant Exchange Building), Regency Ballroom, Payne Mansion, Archbishop's Mansion, Sports Club LA (San Francisco), San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, Terra, Ozumo, Foreign Cinema, La Mar, Yoshi’s San Francisco, Emporio Armani Caffè, 5a5 Steak Lounge, Orson, Park Chalet, Crystal Jade, Teatro Zinzanni, Ana Mandara, Yoshi's, Shangai 1930, Le Colonial, Sens, Jones, Monroe, Hubert Keller's Burger Bar, Circolo, Monte Cristo, Sutra, Circa, Eastside West, Butterfly, Servino Ristorante (Tiburon), etc. The Donovan Parties often featured special events & runway shows for world-famous fashion brands Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Emporio Armani, Calvin Klein, BCBG, Saks Fifth Avenue, Marciano, Macy's, bebe, Kenneth Cole, Diesel, Ted Baker, Armani Exchange, Benetton, French Connection, Sephora, Bare Escentuals, Shu Uemura, Vidal Sasson, Miss Sixty/Energie, and fashion magazines Vogue, GQ, Details, 7X7, San Francisco, and SOMA. See Video from Donovan's bebe 2012 Summer Collection Fashion Show at Yoshi's San Francisco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_7l_9lBdY
See Video from Donovan's Marciano 2009 Winter Collection Fashion Show at the W Hotel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U3zXa7ZMvc&feature=autofb
Donovan is famous for producing the most elaborate annual theme party traditions in San Francisco such as The Masquerade Ball: A Venetian Carnival Affair, The Haunted Ball (Halloween), The Mad Hatter's Party: An Alice in Wonderland Affair, Little Black Dress Party: A Tribute to Coco Chanel, Drink for Pink: A Breast Cancer Fundraiser, Summer Love (Ruby Skye), White Sands: Daytime Waterfront Party, and his grand New Years' Eve Black-Tie Galas. In 2008, Donovan launched Donovan Silicon Valley with the commitment to bring the class & sophistication of Donovan San Francisco events to Silicon Valley. Donovan Silicon Valley (DSV) was an overnight success and became the leading upscale nightlife promotions company of Silicon Valley. DSV produced cocktail attire events in only the most affluent Silicon Valley neighborhoods, such as downtown Saratoga at 2011 Michelin Star restaurant The Plumed Horse, downtown Los Gatos at Silicon Valley's most chic Hotel Los Gatos, 2011 Michelin Star restaurant Trevese, Hult's Restaurant, Katsu, South Bay's most prestigious Fairmont Hotel San Jose, and Santana Row's hippest, most popular restaurants Sino & Straits. Donovan Presents has also been an active contributor to charity organizations such as Global Green, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Guardsmen, City of Dreams, American Nicaraguan Foundation, Destination Foundation and Little Kids Rock. Donovan Presents has provided promotional support to numerous other high profile San Francisco charity events such as Macy's "Passport", Global Green's "Gorgeous & Green", and The Junior League of San Francisco's Annual "Gala".
