Donavan’s Yard, the DJ and dance culture collective leveling up Los Angeles’ nightlife and dance hall scene, is celebrating its third anniversary on Saturday (June 1) with a block party in LA’s Art District. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Originally created by Sean G and Drewbyrd as Shabbaaaaa, Donavan’s Yard rebranded in 2021 with a focus on reggae and Jamaican music, growing its profile from LA underground dance hall act to a far reaching global dance movement connecting Jamaica, New York and London with LA street culture. The musical duo have booked an incredible line up that honors Donavan Yard’s dance hall roots with acts like Wayne Wonder , Sarz and DJ Tunez, along with headliner and LA heavy hitter 03 Greedo and Latin trap artist El Cherry Scom.
“For us, when we’ve done these big events, we’ve always ran into roadblocks trying to bring the vision to fruition,” Sean G tells Billboard . “At the end of the day you end up at the mercy of whatever concert venue that often doesn’t really understand the movement that our brand is trying to build. So the real goal with building the Donavan’s Yard festival is to just create an experience that we’d want to attend, an experience that is 100% authentic Donavan’s Yard.
It’s power in numbers and we are not only excited for June 1, but also to see where this goes in the future.” Drewbyrd added, “This has been a vision of ours for awhile now,” adding, “we fee.