Matt Consola is a genuine artist with a long and impressive list of International credentials & accomplishments. From owning America’s largest LGBTQAI+ Record Label, Swishcraft Music, which has an impressive roster of Grammy-nominated, Billboard chart-topping, and award-winning talent, in which he is an Out & Proud artist, producer, and remixer, to being one-half of the Remix Producer teams Division 4 & Matt Consola, DADDIES HOME! (with France’s Tommy Marcus), as well as Dirty Disco & Matt Consola, Consola has officially remixed Twenty-One Billboard #1 Dance Remixes and Twelve Top 5 Remixes for artists including Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Cher, Jess Glynn, Silk City & Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Mylie Cyrus, Galantis & Dolly Parton, Enrique Iglesias, Gwen Stafani, Beck, Kristine W, and his Swishcraft Music Billboard #1 with artist Tony Moran. His 2020 Top-Ten single, “Proud” by Heather Small, Dirty Disco, & Matt Consola, was the official DJ anthem of Stonewall 50, which played to millions at Pride celebrations, clubs, and festivals worldwide. Their follow-up single “Movin’ On Up” by Heather Small, Dirty Disco, & Matt Consola went to Billboard’s #5. As a solo Remix Producer in 2024, his “Matt Consola Piano House Remix” branded remixes have been included on the US, UK, European, & Australian dance charts #1 hits by Kristine W, Amuka & M is For Motion, The Disko Katz & Inaya Day, Shauna Jensen, and Inaya Day. Matt Consola has also been a voting and current member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy, NARAS (The Grammy’s) since 1999.
An original and current resident DJ for the International traveling queer party Bearracuda established first in 2006 in San Francisco, Bearracuda now plays in 64 cities in 12 countries, boasting pre-and post-pandemic attendance numbers of 700 – 1400 attendees an event. In 2014, Consola began as a guest DJ for the parties Dirty Disco and Daddy Issues. These two queer club parties began in Houston, Texas, created by Houston Eagle owner Mark De Lange and former Dirty Disco co-producer JD Arnold. The party initially traveled to fellow Eagle-branded clubs and bars in America and Canada, happening at least eight annual parties. In 2018, Consola was brought on to build and DJ both parties, eventually becoming the sole owner of Daddy Issues party brand. Consola quickly expanded Daddy Issues and the Dirty Disco parties to twelve recurring cities in America, Canada, and Mexico, with new cities slated for 2022. His traveling Dirty Disco club, whose largest party attracts up to 1,000+ attendees at Chill Bar Palm Springs, a monthly residency for Consola, expanded in 2021 & 2022 to now include the cities of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, Long Beach, and Denver where the parties will take part in each city’s LGBTQAI+ Pride Celebrations. In April of 2023, Matt expanded the Dirty Disco brand in Palm Springs to introduce Dirty Disco Presents: Tea at Reforma, Palm Springs’s newest queer-owned & operated superclub, one of the largest nightclubs in Southern California. Presented as a daytime Tea Dance, Dirty Disco celebrates an iconic 70s Discotheque each month. The April event called Dirty Disco Presents: Tea At Studio 54 welcomed original Studio 54 DJ Robbie Leslie to spin alongside Consola for a 5-hour set of classic and updated classic Disco, Funk, New Wave, and Nu-Disco. An immediate success in welcoming 882 patrons through the door, the event that was supposed to be held every other month was quickly changed to a monthly. However, in the summer of 2023, The Dirty Disco Afternoon Tea’s were rebranded as DaddyPop! – An Afternoon Tea will expand from a playlist of remixed disco hits to a more broad repertoire of Vocal House & Tea Dance Classics from the 70s to today’s biggest hits.
Entrepreneur and proud LGBTQ+ advocate Chef Todd Erickson is renowned for his culinary excellence and innovative flavors. Charismatic and dashing, Erickson has garnered numerous accolades, including a victory on Food Network Channel’s “Beat Bobby Flay.” Erickson’s love for life, beauty, and flavor has attracted the attention of pop stars, icons, presidents, dignitaries, and their families. It has been featured on Food Network, Cooking Channel, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN en Español as well as published in best-selling books.
Chef Todd Erickson is a global citizen, consulting for five-star resorts throughout Central America and the Caribbean. Todd lives by the mantra, “Food is Art. Art is Life. Life is Good!” Get ready to be captivated as Chef Todd brings his culinary prowess to The Gentleman. He will curate diverse themed dinners, conduct engaging hands-on culinary classes, and host thrilling interactive guest culinary competitions. There’s a delightful experience for everyone to enjoy!
