THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

We asked DJ Lee Dyson who we need to pay attention to in the music world right now. Here is his Hot-New-Names-To-Know playlist.  Well as predicted (and even despite some controversy of musical cultural appropriation) Bruno Mars swept the 2018 Grammys. But let’s shine a light on the underdogs…..the “Best New Artist” category. ALESSIA CARA She took the award of course since she’s been on hit makers' radar since 2015 when she was releasing Youtube videos (33 million views) and then released her debut Album. Only 21 but with a vocal range equaling many of her idols she made waves with some strategic collaborations such as Zedd for “Stay” and Khalid & Logic for “1-800-273-8255” which called attention to suicide prevention. Not to mention touring with Taylor Swift and a guest spot on the Disney soundtrack for Moana!  Expect big things and more #1 collaborations from this alternative pop star! KHALID Speaking of Khalid, he also collaborated on Logic’s “1800-273-8255” b...

Our team worked hard over the past weekend. Floral Design Artist Rebecca Motus reports.  While we were all feeling Irish this weekend our team was hard at work producing a St. Patrick's Day themed event. Event Date: March 17, 2018 Event: a Closing Night Party Event Location: Monarch Beach Resort, Monarch Beach, California. The Challenge: the client wanted to use organic and eco-friendly materials. This requirement extended to all greenery. Rebecca Motus: "We selected only plants that are California grown and water-wise and therefore eco-friendly. We used Bells of Ireland, seeded eucalyptus, silver dollar eucalyptus, rosemary sprigs, Bupleurum, White ranunculus,, White Veronica, White Lisianthus, White Dahlias and Green Cymbidiums. The eucalyptus and rosemary took dual roles. Besides floral decor they acted as aromatherapy ingredients at the same time. Our team went to work in our floral studio to assemble it all. We used a variation of mason jars for the centerpi...

Alisa had the pleasure and honor of participating in MPI Orange County's panel discussion with FoodBeast's Geoff Kutnick, Chef Martin Salazar from Canyon Catering and Moderator Lisa Meller. The topic: Food and Beverage trends in the event industry. The Conference Topic: On a scale of 1 – 10: How confident are you that you fully understand the role of food in our business? We are seeing that there is significantly more pressure on us in our events industry to create experiences, not just “events”.    Food has always been a cornerstone for human connecting –in our house growing up, the kitchen was the center of the house – cooking together, entertaining, and dining with family and friends.  When it comes to  “going out”  - can we even do it without food and drink?    Now the role of food is taking center stage. We are seeing tours, trips, and travel experiences in our industry continue to grow and to even move into the general session. Food is no ...

The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board invited industry partners to attend a Crisis Preparedness Summit last Monday. We were very impressed! LATCB invited partners to the L.A. Convention Center for this half day event a week ago. On the agenda: The Importance of Planning, an Overview of the City's Emergency Response, Hardening Soft Targets, LATCB's Role in a Crisis, #Recoverstrong and Reviewing Your Response. Photo L-R: Alisa Walsh, Brandi Thigpen with LATCB and Kayla Kilpatrick with AEG. Alisa Walsh: "Security at events is on the forefront of everyone's mind. It is something that needs to be addressed. All of our clients are certainly asking all of the questions that they should be asking these days. What event security measures are in place? We rely heavily on the venues to have security plans in place but we as event producers have to ensure that we provide our customers with that information and that we ask these questions on our end as well. There i...