Dott
Daley.
Chicago nightlife curator, festival producer and hospitality professional. Curating since 2010.
Dott builds rooms people come back to, from small R&B day parties to outdoor festivals.
He is the creator of Sundays Are For Lovers and co-founder of Passport Vibes Festival in Hyde Park.
He handles the programming, the production and the artist relationships himself, and he is in the room on the night.
Selected work
Asake: In God We Trust Tour
Presented by Dott Daley Productions at Credit Union 1 Arena. A headline Afrobeats tour date brought to Chicago.
Sango In The Round at Ramova
A rare in-the-round format built around warm rhythms, lush production and a focused listening crowd.
Thank You Chicago: Juneteenth Block Party
A pop-up market and block party in Hyde Park celebrating Black business across the city, indoors and out.
PrimeTime Happy Hour at Prime57
A standing Friday night in the South Loop. Drink specials from 4pm, then the afters.
Sundays Are For Lovers
Chicago's R&B day party. Warm energy, deep cuts and a crowd that came to stay awhile.
Signature series
Sundays Are For Lovers
Chicago's R&B day party: deep cuts, a warm room, a crowd that stays all afternoon. The one Dott is known for.
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Passport Vibes Festival
An outdoor festival of global sound, co-founded by Dott in Hyde Park and built from nothing.
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Piano Party
Live players on stage late into the night, with a club crowd in front of them.