Global DJ - San Francisco 
This Saturday, it was the 4th San Francisco LoveFest and, we were IN!
There was over 65,000 people partying to more than 20 floats and 200 DJs spinning.
Pink underwears, pink heels, pink wigs... pink pink pink everywhere! People were all dressed up as if they were in a huge sex shop... and sometimes they wear nothing at all...
I felt like it was a mix between the Gay Pride and the Techno-Parade I have seen in Paris. A king of huge street pre-Halloween party celebrating electronic music, dancing, and, well, love. Except that I was surprised to see so many people naked... Obviously, it is allowed in this king of event because there were also lots of cops but nobody got a warning... For Americans, it is only on those events that they can get loose without almost no limits!
For the record, a festival called Loveparade originated in Berlin in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but in 2003, the city denied the parade a permit and the event moved to San Francisco. Last year, when German organizers were able to secure permits back in Berlin, North American organizers decided to continue their own event here and called it the Lovefest. Three other cities around the world sponsor similar celebrations every year.
We also had the chance to assist the wonderful performance from the dansing group BellyQueen. I recorded a sample of their appearance:
This Saturday, it was the 4th San Francisco LoveFest and, we were IN!There was over 65,000 people partying to more than 20 floats and 200 DJs spinning.
Pink underwears, pink heels, pink wigs... pink pink pink everywhere! People were all dressed up as if they were in a huge sex shop... and sometimes they wear nothing at all...
I felt like it was a mix between the Gay Pride and the Techno-Parade I have seen in Paris. A king of huge street pre-Halloween party celebrating electronic music, dancing, and, well, love. Except that I was surprised to see so many people naked... Obviously, it is allowed in this king of event because there were also lots of cops but nobody got a warning... For Americans, it is only on those events that they can get loose without almost no limits!
For the record, a festival called Loveparade originated in Berlin in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but in 2003, the city denied the parade a permit and the event moved to San Francisco. Last year, when German organizers were able to secure permits back in Berlin, North American organizers decided to continue their own event here and called it the Lovefest. Three other cities around the world sponsor similar celebrations every year.
We also had the chance to assist the wonderful performance from the dansing group BellyQueen. I recorded a sample of their appearance:
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