The Wild Path

01/09/2022

Hey y’all 👋 It’s been a looong minute since posting here because we be livin’ life — but we’re stopping in to say hey, how’s it going, it’s 2022 yada yada.

We’re Derek and Tessa, the mom and dad of two kids + The Wild Path. We keep trying to hang up our DJ hats 🧓🏻but then y’all convince us to stay. We like California, warm weather + sun, reading, good quality food, moving our bods, champagne + bourbon and hanging with our people ✔️

⭐️ Wild engaged lovers, we’ve got a tiny number of weekends in 2022 left so slide into my email if you want in!

photo by our right hand

12/18/2020

This moody October mansion wedding was a whole lifestyle, and honestly we’d pick it over winter anytime 🥀 Excited to see it featured over on .

Luxe vendor team 🖤
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12/22/2018

Closin’ down shop for the holidays to get off the grid + practice being present ⚡️

It’s been a wild year with 23 weddings we DJ’d and 4 we coordinated, 8 fitness events we DJ’d, 5 In Pursuit shows with Pursuit, 13 concerts between City of Hilliard, Ohio - Government + Franklinton Fridays, 30 Gateway - University District CD102.5 local ‘n live events, 1 festival with ColumbusUnderground.com, the marketing + rebranding of GIVE Yoga, 3 trips to California, 1 wild halloween bash + countless other adventures. Couldn’t have done it without this community and our badass crew.

Let’s rock it, 2019. Until next year 👊

📷: Rachel Joy Barehl / Visual Anthropologist for M+E’s love fest at Franklin Park Conservatory.

12/11/2018

Gettin' wild with Penzone Salons + Spas at their Winter Trends Event 🐆⚡️

📷: JOJO Photography and Film

09/25/2018

each couple we’ve served thus far in our 2018 season has been an honor. sometimes there are torrential downpours, dirty power supplies + zapped gear and other things ya can’t plan for, but one thing is certain: these days are filled with magic and being witness is never taken for granted.

18 down / 6 more to go in 2018 💥

“and if you are to love,
love as the moon loves;
it does not steal the night—
it only unveils the beauty of the dark.”
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📷: Julia Madden Sears for K+C's wedding, Youngstown, OH ✨

08/29/2018

Cast your vote to help bring Columbus to SXSW 2019 with The Wild Path + Pursuit! ✌️

It takes 5 minutes and ends tomorrow, August 30. Here’s how to cast your vote...
👉 Click the link below
🔐 Create an account and sign in
🗳 Click VOTE UP in the black left side panel
⚡️ Share with your friends!
🖤 Feel our gratitude for your time + support

Curious about our panel? ✨ Abandon The Trend: The Value in Untapped Markets presents on the idea of small businesses joined together with local artists using our IN PURSUIT performance series as a case study.

It’s the quintessential human story: a small town girl moves to the Big City to pursue a dream career her hometown couldn’t offer. This panel flips that stereotype on its head. What would happen if she stayed, embraced entrepreneurship and built her industry there? If millennials and Gen Z stay ...

08/04/2018

🎧 Dominique Larue and Jack A.U. Burton last month at Pursuit on repeat all day at TWP headquarters.

Back at it tonight for last show of the season with In Pursuit | T.Wong x Parker Louis x David Michael 7-9pm 💀🤘

07/26/2018

Hope you’re shredding your week 🤘 (is that too easy of a pun? who cares, made us laugh)

Looking back at these killer snaps via our homie Brock DuPont from the last Franklinton Fridays Music Series show featuring Orion and The Constellations + Highwire Kicks at the coolest venue in town, the loading dock at Columbus Idea Foundry. Thanks to CoverMyMeds + all the hard working partners like Create Columbus Commission for makin’ it happen.

Check the next one on August 10 with Joey Aich, Dom Deshawn, Visual 9 + Senseless ✨

07/09/2018

The love and support was heavy in the suit shop on Saturday ✨

Dominique Larue + Tha Audio Unit brought with them and a showcase unlike any other took over Short North Arts District.

Thank you to Nick Lambo VanGogh Darrio Lamont Keef Cowboy OG VERN King Ezz + all who came out 🌙 and to our team Pursuit Brock DuPont Autumn McCandlish Michael Harris + Bradley Williams for creating a space for magic.

Thank you for showing Columbus your energy, passion, talent + that you are made of gold. We love you.

📷: Autumn McCandlish Photography for The Wild Path

07/05/2018

Every year that we spin tunes for Validus Games by Validus Events Series, we're inspired to kick it even harder in the gym 💪

The sun is blazin', the energy is high, the athletes are fierce, the staff and volunteers are passionate + the beer doesn't stop flowing.

📷 : the amazing The Michael Patrick Studio