Since the company's inception in 1994, DDP has sold over 16 million tickets producing over 16,000 live events, arena shows, and outdoor festivals in over 100 markets around the world including the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Latin America.
James "Disco Donnie" Estopinal, Jr. first began hosting dance music parties in New Orleans in 1994 after graduating from Louisiana State University.
Featured talent includes Frankie Bones, Paul Oakenfold, The Crystal Method, Keoki, Clint Mansell (Pop Will Eat Itself, film composer for Requiem for a Dream & Black Swan), LTJ Bukem, Derrick Carter, Freaky Chakra and Single Cell Orchestra.
In the Fall of 2000, Estopinal became the first rave promoter ever indicted under the federal "crack house" statute, a provision of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 which stipulated that anyone who owned, leased, or rented a property "for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing or using any controlled substance" could be criminally prosecuted.
[3] The State Palace Theatre was eventually fined $100,000 in 2001 and allowed to stay open as long as they banned drug paraphernalia like glow sticks and pacifiers.
In 1999 Disco Donnie partnered with Pasquale Rotella's Insomniac on Nocturnal Wonderland in Los Angeles and then later on Electric Daisy Carnival.
DEA raids the State Palace Theater and office under the theory that the venue and/or Donnie are smuggling drugs inside the sound equipment and selling them from backstage using runners with VIP credential.
Later in 2001 Donnie moved to Ohio and expanded into producing shows in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and Memphis.
Disco Donnie Presents expands into international markets and produces shows in Canada, Mexico, Panama, and Dominican Republic.
In 2016 SFX declares bankruptcy and LiveStyle emerges as the new corporate umbrella for Disco Donnie Presents, React, Made and Beatport.
[23] Upon its launch in 1994, Disco Donnie Presents has thrown 7,000 live events, arena shows and outdoor festivals in over 100 markets around the globe.
After shelving the Something Wicked brand, and during the SFX days, Donnie partnered with React in 2018 to bring Chicago's premier Halloween dance music experience to Houston, Texas.
Located at Figali Plaza Convention Center, the event has hosted names like Hardwell, NERVO, Afrojack, and David Guetta.
[29][30] Ultimate Music Experience is America's largest spring break EDM festival which generally takes place the second week of March at Schlitterbahn Water Park on South Padre Island, Texas.
Taking place every Mardi Gras weekend at the State Palace Theater from 1995 to 2006, in 2007, the event was forced to relocate due to severe interior damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
In 2021, DDP and Sunset Music Festival donated $50,000 to local Tampa charities, including $25,000 to the Moffitt Cancer Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Program and $25,000 to the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Florida.
The donation is dedicated in memory of PFC Jason Hill Estopinal, Donnie's younger cousin, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010 during his service in Operation Enduring Freedom.
[citation needed] The partnership with Disco Donnie Presents and the Bob Moog Foundation seeks to educate and inspire elementary school students through the integration of science and music in their curriculum.