In Its First Full Year in Business, Day After Day Productions Is Nominated For ‘Independent Booking Agency of the Year’ For The 34th Annual Pollstar Awards
Winners Announced February 22, 2023
at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif. – (November 30, 2022) Day After Day Productions, founded by Seth Shomes, has been nominated for this year’s Independent Booking Agency of the Year award for its representation of more than 30 clients across a wide variety of genres, including 98 Degrees, Aaron Lewis, Brian Wilson, Deal Or No Deal – Live!, Flo Rida, Jeff Bridges & The Abiders, Matt Fraser, Missy Elliott, Staind, T.I., The Commodores, Tony Orlando, Tyler Henry, War, Wayne Newton, and more. Nominees for the 34th Annual Pollstar Awards, which will be announced during the Pollstar Live! Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Feb. 21-23, have been revealed in more than 45 categories among the concert industry’s top tours, artists, venues, executives, support companies, and more.
The Yucaipa Companies Invest in Seth Shomes’ Day After Day Productions (DADP), The Leading Talent Agency In The Casino And Soft Ticket World. Seth Shomes Joins DWP Talent Services as Partner.
The Yucaipa Companies have announced an investment in Day After Day Productions (DADP), founded and led by Seth Shomes, the leading booking agent in the casino and soft ticket business for over 25 years. DADP is widely considered the expert in the field of booking and producing entertainment events for casinos, fairs, city events, theatres, PAC’s, and corporate entities worldwide.
David Barnes, partner at Yucaipa, said “We are extremely pleased to be going into business with Seth Shomes. We greatly admire the company he has built, and look forward to having a successful partnership with him for years to come.”
Yucaipa Invests in Seth Shomes’ Day After Day Productions
The deal also includes plans for Shomes to partner with Danny Wimmer Presents on the company’s talent division.
Billionaire investor Ron Burkle‘s Yucaipa Companies have announced an investment in Day After Day Productions, founded and led by Seth Shomes, a longtime booking agent in the casino and soft ticket business.
“Over the last decade I have watched with great interest Ron Burkle’s foray into the agency business and I am thrilled to partner with him and Yucaipa,” says Shomes. “As I re-launched DADP in April 2021 with just myself and a laptop, it is a proud moment that our immediate growth has quickly led to a partnership with one of the biggest entrepreneurs out there, and I look forward to finding internal synergies within Yucaipa’s portfolio of agencies and related entertainment companies.”
Day After Day Productions Gets Yucaipa Investment
Seth Shomes Joins DWP Talent Services As Partner
Seth Shomes’ Day After Day Productions is the latest music company to receive an investment from Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Companies and Shomes will join Danny Wimmer Presents Talent Services as Partner in the deal announced Sept. 28.
Shomes has been one of the top booking agents n the casino and soft ticket market for more than 25 years. He operated DADP from its founding in 1996 until Shomes joined The Agency Group in 2014, which was ultimated acquired by United Talent Agency.
Shomes in 2021 relaunched DADP basically from a laptop and in just more than a year has grown by leaps and bounds, securing more than $30 million in gross booking and 700-plus individual shows at casinos, fairs, festivals, arenas, performing arts centers, civic events and more. His staff increased to 12, including five booking agents, six coordinators and a head of tour marketing.
Private Equity Giant Yucaipa Companies Partner Makes An Investment In Seth Shomes’ Day After Day Productions
Ron Burkle’s private equity firm, Yucaipa Companies, announced an investment into Seth Shomes revived Day After Day Productions.
“Over the last decade I have watched with great interest Ron Burkle’s foray into the agency business and I am thrilled to partner with him and Yucaipa. As I re-launched DADP in April 2021 with just myself and a laptop, it is a proud moment that our immediate growth has quickly led to a partnership with one of the biggest entrepreneurs out there, and I look forward to finding internal synergies within Yucaipa’s portfolio of agencies and related entertainment companies,” says Seth Shomes, CEO of DADP.
Originally founded by Shomes in 1996 and relaunched last year after Shomes stepped away from United Talent, Day After Day Productions produces entertainment events for casinos, fairs, city events, theatres, PACs, and corporate entities worldwide.
Pollstar Agency Intel: Seth Shomes Reopens Day After Day Productions (DADP)
Longtime agent and industry veteran Seth Shomes is proving you can go home again by relaunching Day After Day Productions (DADP), an agency he originally founded in 1996 before joining The Agency Group in 2014.
“I’m calling it Day After Day Productions 2.0,” Shomes says, laughing. “That was a great 18-year run and now it is time for the second chapter.”
Now, as then, Shomes will focus on connecting clients with opportunities across the industry, and all types of venues. And, with five “Agent Of The Year” awards under his belt at the Casino Entertainment Awards in Las Vegas, there will be a continued expertise in casino bookings for his artists.