"Okay, so we're going to make a nightclub out of balloons"
"AT BALLOONSKI'S"
OPENED ITS DOORS
OFFICIALLY IN DTLA, WINTER 2017.
WE WERE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY GIVE THIS EXPERIENCE TO 30,000 PEOPLE.
A NIGHT PLANNED FULL OF GREAT MUSIC, GOOD VIBES & EVEN BETTER DANCE MOVES.
FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, THE INSPIRATION OF THIS INSTALLATION CAME FROM LOVE OF THE MEMORIES THAT SBE HOSPITALITY GROUP HAS GIVEN ME GROWING UP IN LA AND I WANTED TO BLOW PEOPLE'S MINDS AS WELL. SAM NAZARIAN IS A BIG INSPIRATION FOR ME AS WELL. SO, NATURALLY, I CALLED THE ONLY FRIEND TALENTED ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS IDEA HAPPEN - BALLOONSKI.
A EXTREMELY LARGE STRUCTURE MADE OUT OF 30,000 BALLOONS ALL TIED AND FASTENED TOGETHER WAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. ALSO ACCOMPANYING THE STRUCTURE WERE LARGE SCALE BALLOON DROPS HOURLY, AND FUNCTIONAL BALLOON FURNITURE THAT PEOPLE WERE USING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A NIGHTCLUB WOULDN'T BE A NIGHTCLUB IF THERE WASN'T AN EPIC DJ LINEUP.
TWAS' AN INCREDIBLE DJ LINEUP THAT KEPT EVERYONE MOVING AND GROOVING THE ENTIRE NIGHT. THERE WERE SINGLE CLASSY MOMS, STAFF FROM THE FESTIVAL DANCING, LITTLE KIDS, AND EVEN MYSELF.. THAT WAS THE DEFINITION OF SUCCESS FOR ME - CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WERE EVERYONE COULD JUST LET LOOSE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. THE ULTIMATE FEELING OF FREEDOM.
& THE ICING OF THE CAKE WAS AT THE END THEY HAD A SUPRISE FIREWORK SHOW AT THE END OF THE NIGHT WHILE ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE CURIOUS FUN LOVING PEOPLE WHO CAME IN A SHARED A DANCE WITH US, WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE LOVE PEOPLE...AND TO ALL THE SPONSORS WHO WERE APART OF THIS WONDERFUL MOMENT IN TIME, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
SHAWNT @JOKERPARTYSUPPLY - OUR BALLOON HERO
@YACHAKORGANIC - SO GENEROUS AND YOURE ALWAYS SUPPLYING US WITH- LOVE YOU GUYS!
CITY OF LOS ANGELES - FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT CASH MONEY. I LOVE MY CITY MORE THAN I CAN EXPRESS SO I DO IT THROUGH PUBLIC ART.