LovEvolution (formerly San Francisco LovEvolution and San Francisco LoveFest) was a

technoparade A technoparade (taken from the German word "Technoparade") is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing Electronic dance music. It resembles a carnival parade in some respects, but the vehicles (called love ...

and festival that occurred annually in the Bay Area in late September and early October. From its inception in 2004 to 2009, the parade included 25 floats and started at San Francisco's 2nd and Market Streets. The parade continued all the way to

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Plaza. The 2009 parade drew over 100,000 people.

History

The parade has its origins in Berlin's

Loveparade The Love Parade (german: Loveparade) was a popular electronic dance music festival and technoparade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held annually in Berlin from 1989 to 2003 and in 2006, then from 2007 to 2010 in the Ruh ...

which began in 1989. In 2003, the city denied the parade a permit and the event moved to

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. In 2004, when German organizers were able to secure permits back in Berlin, North American organizers decided to continue their own event and dubbed it the LoveFest. In 2009 the name was changed to LovEvolution to avoid confusion with a similarly named electronic music event in LA. In 2009 the permit for LovEvolution was revoked by officials in San Francisco citing safety concerns. Unable to find a suitable venue after the permits were revoked the event was cancelled in 2010 and moved to Oakland the following year and became a paid event. Since 2011 the parade has not been held and its website states it is looking for a venue. Artists who have performed at LovEvolution Afterparty in previous years include

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, Above & Beyond,

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, Dave Dresden,

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, Christopher Lawrence,

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, Andy Moor,

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, DJ Dan,

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, DJ Sasha, John 00 Fleming, Eddie Halliwell,

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, Mr. Becker, Sector -7G and Robert Nickson.

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References

External links

Official site

San Francisco Late Night Coalition
{{Electronic music festival Music festivals established in 2004 Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area Music festivals in California Technoparade Recurring events established in 2003 Electronic music festivals in the United States Free parties

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