One of the best parts of my job is to attend, and report, on the parties of our industry. While Chicago is turning out to be a very good location for LIGHTFAIR, it seems to be the BEST location ever for parties. Simply put, the entertainment in Chicago is the best we have seen in about a decade.
From there we hopped a taxi to Jack Zukerman’s party, LF Illumination which was co-hosted with FC-SSL Lighting at the Chicago House of Blues. This party featured lighting musicians. Over the night we found the following on stage: Jim Benya, Jim Yorgey, Stefan Graf, and Leslie North. After many, many drinks we found Jim O’Blaney on the stage. The roster showed 2200 RSVP’s, and I think they all came. This party was standing room only.
From there, we ended the night at DMF Lighting at the Willis Tower. This was the best venue, best view, and best food of the evening. We don’t know much about DMF, but one of their reps claimed that they ship 99% of their orders, complete, within 24 hours.