Nicholas “Pumpkin” Alvarado is your new favorite music producer/DJ. His spot-on song selections, special remixes and original productions have made for unforgettable live sets that seamlessly span every genre and eschew the latest trends in favor of timeless melodies that will leave a ginormous smile plastered across your face.

Whether starting the party or closing it down, Pumpkin’s inspired mixes are always lovingly sequenced and aim to set the perfect mood. He’s played alongside fellow acclaimed house music mainstays like Lee Burridge, Justin Martin, Nick Warren and KCRW’s Jeremy Sole as well as progressive electronic music pioneers like Bluetech, Blockhead, EOTO and The Glitch Mob. Pumpkin has become an in-demand, fan-favorite at major music festivals like Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle and Sea of Dreams, where he closed the event after his musical hero, Trentemoller. Pumpkin’s acclaimed debut EP, “Love Letters,” featured collaborations with singer Katie Mowgli of the breakout band, The Mowglis and lyricist, EVeryman along with his sought after remixes from the likes of Florence + The Machine and Lila Rose.

He’s been part of the esteemed Pocket Underground family since 2006, when after playing in rock bands all his life, he found a new passion in the hypnotic rhythms of deep house music. Pumpkin honed his now signature sound by daring to incorporate the singer-songwriter, punk rock ethos and childhood nostalgia of his past, with the futuristic sounds of the present.

In everything he touches, Pumpkin’s colorful personality shines through and he loves nothing more than to have fun with his audience as his remixes for the likes Peter Gabriel, David Bowie and The Muppets will attest to. But whether you catch Pumpkin playing at a massive festival, packed club, underground warehouse party or a special sunrise set, you’ll never have more fun on a danceloor. Simply put, this is music to fall in love to.

Zack Darling is a mashup, bass/dubstep, house, downtempo, yoga and reggae DJ from Northern California who is widely known for a diverse and eclectic style of dance music.

Zack is a 2-time winner oF the “Best DJ in the North Bay” award and has shared the stage with artist such as Mix Master Mike, Michael Franti, Slightly Stoopid, Metallica, Matisyahu, Rebelution, Phutureprimitive, Beats Antique, Delhi 2 Dublin, Kayla Scintilla and countless festival headliner artists and DJs. He’s played at venues such as The Fillmore (SF), Shoreline Amphitheater, Regency Ballroom as well as some of the biggest festivals, concerts and nightclubs around the US West Coast. Zack’s music has been featured at Wanderlust Festival, Enchanted Forest Festival, Symbiosis Gathering, Lightning in a Bottle, Envision Festival, Raindance Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, BottleRock Napa Valley, Ecstatic Dance Oakland, Burning Man, Lucidity Festival, Emerald Cup, Northern Nights, Bliss Camp, HushFest, Foreverland and the legendary Skunk Train parties. 

His unique style of classic rock & mashup dance floor fusion has built him loyal audiences at festivals, clubs, concerts, living rooms and car stereos. Zack’s DJ career spans over 25 years and began as a 14 year old electro-reggae-punk DJ playing late night sessions on public and pirate radio stations in Northern California. He’s since dropped multi-genre-smackdown dance sets on night clubs and parties large and small in the US and internationally. His mixes are expressions of the alignment between mashups and bass-heavy dance floor beats. Zack’s style of Mashup-meets-Bass-music-fusion allow him to follow all of his passions, old and new, merging Breakbeats, House, Dubstep and Mid-Tempo Hip Hop, with Reggae, New Wave, Folk, Funk, Soul and especially classic Rock favorites – remixed, retooled, repurposed for the dance floor.

Zack continues to feed the flames of the music community through his event production and emcee efforts. For 13 years he was the lead producer of Harmony Festival’s Mystic Beat Lounge Techno-Tribal Dance, After Dark Producer for Harmony Festival, North Bay Burning Man Regional Contact (2005-2011), co-founder of the nightclub event Decadance and resident DJ at the legendary party Juke Joint. He has emceed for Wakarusa Festival, Reggae on the River, Northern Nights and many others. 

Zack’s fanbase is loyal and enthusiastic for his positive energy and uplifting tracks that frequently offer the audience the chance to sing their favorite lyrics as they dance the night away.

A well experienced hip hop / breakbeat turntablist and producer, he has been honing his skills over the past 15 years in the underground electronic music scene.  A sound engineer graduate from RAC in Montreal, Beatmonger continues to shape his sound through Hip Hop instrumentals and live sound recordings. While attending RAC in 2008 he served as the DJ for the Montreal based Latino Hip Hop group Heavy Soundz. Playing live shows with them and laying down cuts on some of their early albums. While in his hometown Saskatoon he also recorded scratches on the Sly Business album "1976".  Beatmonger comes equipped to lay down some bouncing beats wherever he goes.

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