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Encore Event Center Presents 2025 ‘Nuff Said New Year’s Eve Celebration with Mark Christopher Lawrence

San Diego, CA - Encore Event Center is proud to present the 2025 ‘Nuff Said New Year’s Eve Celebration with celebrity host Mark Christopher Lawrence. This all-star evening will feature a red carpet and VIP mixer, special celebrity guests, and music by The Eagles tribute band TLR. Headlining stand-up comedy acts Scott Wood and “The SHOW with Adam and Sean will keep the fun going, and popular local radio personality Beto Perez will DJ the party into a midnight champagne toast to cap the evening. The event takes place at the Encore Event Center in Clairemont Mesa beginning at 8:00 p.m. and continuing until 2:00 a.m.

Host Mark Christopher Lawrence is an international headliner who has worked with the likes of Sinbad, Jerry Seinfeld, Rodney Dangerfield, and Jeff Foxworthy. Best known for his series regular role as Big Mike on the NBC TV series CHUCK, he has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for his work on the short film “The Flourish” and his co-produced short “$TACK$.” Mark has appeared in the PurFlix mini-series “Fragment: Oblivion” and is also Co-Executive Producer and host of the new clean comedy series Pure Laughter, now showing on KPBS and available on the KPBS App.

Featured musical guest TLR is a Los Angeles-based tribute band dedicated to faithfully recreating the iconic music of The Eagles. The band blends lush vocal harmonies and musical accuracy with its own live-concert personality to create an unforgettable performance.

Known as "Mr. Punchline," comedy headliner Scott Wood has performed at such venues as The Ice House, The Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory, and was named Stand Up Comedy Champion at the Improv Comedy Club. He is also the creator and host of the comedy cooking show "Something Smells Funny," currently streaming on Tubi TV.

Billed as “The greatest band you’ve never heard of,” musical comedy act The SHOW with Adam and Sean has performed at such venues as the Chance Theater in Orange County, The Stage in Burbank, and the Loft Ensemble in Los Angeles. Featuring San Diego native Adam Chambers and Omaha product Sean Durrie, the duo perform as the house band in a monthly show in LA called Another Late Night Comedy Show with Mike Perkins.

Born in Tijuana and raised in San Diego, Beto Perez has enjoyed a long career in local radio, having worked as a producer and an on-air personality/DJ for both Spanish and English markets. He is also heavily involved in the community, including his role as co-founder of Love Thy Neighbor, an organization that gives back to youth and families in both San Diego and Tijuana. Beto can be heard weekdays on Rock 105.3 from 2p-7p and on JAM'N 95.7 from 3p-8p and the iHeartRadio app.

“I am thrilled to be hosting 2025 ‘Nuff Said New Year’s Eve Celebration with the SDCCC,” says Mark Christopher Lawrence. “I can’t think of a better way to ring out 2024 than with great music, ‘holarious’ comedy, and a wonderful evening with friends. I urge you to get your tickets before they sell out. We’ll bring da funny, you bring the energy, and we’ll have a night to remember.”

For tickets and more information about 2025 ‘Nuff Said New Year’s Eve Celebration, visit NewYearPartySD.com. Encore Event Center is located at 8253 Ronson Rd, San Diego, CA 92111.

David Kamatoy and Mark Christopher Lawrence to Host Black Business Roundtable

 

San Diego, CA (For Release) - The DavidKamatoy.com Show will feature a special Black-Owned Business Round Table discussion on a special live stream on Monday, March 1 at 3:00 p.m. pst. Hosts David Kamatoy and Mark Christopher Lawrence will chair the round table discussion, which will feature Black business owners and entrepreneurs. The Discussion will revolve around how Black-owned businesses can grow as the nation begins to move out of heavy Covid-19 restrictions.

“We felt that this was a good way to cap off Black History Month,” says Kamatoy, who has produced nationally syndicated television and radio programs. “But it is also an excellent opportunity for Black business owners and entrepreneurs to share how they have managed to survive, and sometimes thrive, through the Covid-19 lockdowns. Then, looking forward, how can we help support other small businesses moving out of the heavy restrictions we have been under in California and other locations.”

As co-host, actor, comedian and producer Mark Christopher Lawrence, best known as Big Mike on the NBC series “Chuck,” will join the panel to discuss the effects the pandemic has had on the entertainment industry and how he and others are trying to help struggling actors and related businesses. In addition to his noteworthy entertainment career, Lawrence is an entrepreneur with several projects currently in the works.

Panelist Stephen “Steph” Groce is an entrepreneur and business and education advocate with strong ties to the San Diego community. In addition to his business activities, Groce has been the Chairman of the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission, a San Diego Unified School Board candidate, and California State Assessment Coordinator for the National Assessment of Educational Progress. He brings a unique perspective to the discussion.

Del Lewis, another member of the panel, is the founder of TriClare Business Holdings, a “venturepreneur” company that provides advisory services relating to business management and business operations. The company provides intellectual, and experience/expertise capital in exchange for a portion of equity in the client’s business venture.

Also joining the panel will be Tinicia Smith, President and Founder of Black San Diego: Empowering Our Community. Smith, who began the organization with a simple question on Facebook, is a business development professional with experience  in the non-profit organization management industry. Her organization’s goal is to provide a platform for Black business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals to empower and strengthen the community.

Other invited guests to the panel, pending confirmation, include artist Tony Washington and San Diego entrepreneur and community leader Carlton Overstreet. The panel will air live via Restream on DavidKamatoy.com as well as multiple Facebook and YouTube accounts.

For more information, contact David Kamatoy at DavidKamatoy.com or DavidKamatoy.guru.

Rock 105.3 Boo Ball 2018 Rocks San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA - Rock 105.3 Boo Ball in San Diego was a rousing success. We have helped with placing entertainers for this event for the 4th year in a row. Stephen Prendergast and David Kamatoy had a chance to capture the event. Here a few highlighted images from 2018. We will post a few more on Facebook and additionally at KamatoyPhotography. 

 Congratulations to the Rock 105.3 team and the winners from Boo Ball 2018.

 

 

One of the most entertaining lines of the year at House of Blues. 

 

Radio Hosts of Rock 105.3 at Boo Ball 2018 to a packed house.

Art Macias as Freddy Kreuger took photos with patrons of the night.

Go Go Dancer Sam onstage at House of Blues. 

Runner up of the Sexiest Costume.
Winner of Sexiest Costume... SO CLOSE.

Winner of Best Costume.

 

 

One of the last shots of the night. I found this very amusing. 

More photos to be found at KamatoyPhotography.com soon. 

Interested in working in working with the team. Send an email. 

David Kamatoy is a juggler literally and figuratively. A Nationally Syndicated TV/ Radio producer known for The Big Biz Show and America Trends. He has worked proffessionally as a juggler-comedian, actor, musician, photographer, Director of Photography to name a few. Clients have a tendancy to work with David based on wanting to produce media and business development. He teaches once a week acting and performance. He is co-founder of Kamatoy Media Group and Jugglemail.com a CRM email marketing company As an early adopter to social media he understands the long term benefits of self-branding and content creation. He host’s his own show, “David Kamatoy Blog Show” a magazine style format show covering entertainment, entrepreneurship and e-marketing

Hip Hop 5K San Diego, CA 2018 Kickin with Producers

 
Multi-Grammy Winning Producer Anthony Dent and Carleton Overstreet Jr.

San Diego, CA - We had a blast at the 3rd Annual Hip Hop 5K in San Diego,CA held at ECC organized by Diamond Minds and Futuristic Music Group with our associate Carleton Overstreet Jr., Entertainment Director at the event. We helped with stage managing the event and entertainers. The day started early of course 7:00 a.m. with a successful run, walk that was well participated in. The staging area was surrounded with full group of vendors that stayed to the end. Entertainment ran from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 P.M. pst. It was a long day in the sun and I probably got several shades darker and should have worn more sunscreen. All those years street performing pay off at these events.

Anthony Dent with the band tulengua. This group notably played live instruments along with Abelton resulting in a powerful sound from a trio.  

We had a parade of local and national entertainers throughout the day but what was impressive from an entrepreneurial and mentorship perspective is that the event featured music producers that were there to speak meet and greet the next generation of talent. Many music events are just that events or shows, but this added element of mentorship really added an "uplifting" element to the event.

 

San Diego Hip Hop 5K

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Mistah F.A.B. spoke, inspired and performed at San Diego Hip Hop 5K.
Mistah F.A.B.  is a multi-platinum songwriter and record producer, who has collaborated with major acts such as Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, E-40, B.o.B, Chris Brown, and Eric Bellinger. (according to Wikipedia)

 

David Kamatoy - juggler & producer, Anthony Dent - Multi-Grammy Winning Producer, Carleton Overstreet Jr. - Producer, Drummer, Event Entertainment Director  and Host Jonnae Larell Thompson.

We look forward to networking with some of the acts and producers we met at the event and will keep you updated on some of this great up and coming talent. 

More updates coming soon on Facebook and KamatoyPhotography.com

David Kamatoy is a juggler literally and figuratively. A Nationally Syndicated TV/ Radio producer known for The Big Biz Show and America Trends. He has worked proffessionally as a juggler-comedian, actor, musician, photographer, Director of Photography to name a few. Clients have a tendancy to work with David based on wanting to produce media and business development. He teaches once a week acting and performance. He is co-founder of Kamatoy Media Group and Jugglemail.com a CRM email marketing company As an early adopter to social media he understands the long term benefits of self-branding and content creation. He host’s his own show, “David Kamatoy Blog Show” a magazine style format show covering entertainment, entrepreneurship and e-marketing