.... I would simply start doing special events. I would avoid doing weekly events or biweekly,.... even worse. I totally see the advantage in doing larger, more unique events where you collaborate and plan and make a special Night Out. , because people are looking for not just a regular get-together! They look for something fun they can plan for a few weeks out, and that's exactly what I did for years and years when when I did my parties in San Francisco. The bigger parties were always the best ones. They were the ones where the energy was on FIRE!!!, ....like a good friend of mine used to refer to them as. And I always had multiple rooms with different type of music and entertainment. Very often, it was a theme, and that's actually a big point, getting people to join in on a theme, something that they all can feel like they belong to in a group or what have you. A simple example could be White Nights, where we celebrated the summer solstice, the lightest day of the year, the 21st of June. You can flip that around and do it on the 21st of December, where you have the darkest night. My FAVE events were Events like Halloween, Fourth of July, Beach Parties,....Thanksgiving, holiday parties, taking people to Concerts where we would set up a Pre Party with food and drinks... rent Theme Busess, like The Mexican bus... the list goes one etc. etc. If you have any questions and wonder how I pulled it all off and how I had the best crowd in San Francisco, let me know. Let's set a time up to talk. I am All ears.

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It is a standard that most people in this industry will never hold themselves to, which is exactly why it will give you an edge the moment you commit to it. When you show up early to a venue walk-through, you are not just there before the meeting starts. You are walking the room with fresh eyes before anyone else arrives. You are spotting the thing nobody else noticed. The entrance that creates a bottleneck. The back corner that needs better lighting. The bar setup that slows service during peak hours. None of that is visible when you walk in at the exact moment everyone else does. When you show up early to meet a sponsor, you are settled. You have your materials organized. You have had thirty seconds to breathe and get your head right. You are not flustered, not apologizing, not playing catch-up from the second you sit down. You walk in already in control of the room. And when your own event night arrives, being early is not optional. It is your job. The venue staff, the production team, the bartenders, the door crew, they all take their cue from you. If you arrive calm, organized, and ahead of schedule, the whole night runs at that frequency. If you arrive rushed and reactive, that energy moves through every person on your team before the first guest walks in. In 22 years of running events in San Francisco, I never once wished I had arrived later. Not one time. But I can tell you exactly what it costs you when you do not arrive early enough. You spend the first two hours of your own event putting out fires instead of working the room. And working the room is the whole job. Build in thirty minutes minimum before anything begins. Treat that time as sacred. The people who master this habit look like they have everything under control even when something goes sideways, because they bought themselves the one thing money cannot buy back. Time to respond instead of react. Organizer Alf Marcussen

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Hi Ladies and Gents... I jotted down some notes and personal notes when creating this Venue Check list. It has some Very Valuable insights that will save you a Lot of Headaches and "troubles" if you pay close attention to what I am pointing out. Ps. There is MORE to this list when it comes to the Venue "qualification", but I did not want to overwhelm you. See Attachment so you can take your next Party Event to the next level.