Blueprint Events

Blueprint Events is a hospitality management company and event promoter based in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 1997 by Alvaro Prol, Bill Kerasiotis and Chris Kerasiotis, it began as a club night and events promoter. In January 2013, Prol’s company joined Adelphia Management Group, with Prol and Bill Kerasiotis as co-owners of the combined business.

The company manages public houses, restaurants and nightclubs in Vancouver, including Celebrities Nightclub, Fortune Sound Club and Colony. Its events have also taken place at Village Studios in Vancouver and Commonwealth Bar & Stage Calgary. By 2013, its managed venues included Caprice, Venue and Shine. Blueprint offers event planning, talent booking, security, accounting and graphic design, alongside management and marketing services for hospitality and event-planning businesses.

Its events span live music and bass music, including drum and bass, dubstep, trap and moombahton. Bookings have included Skepsis, IMANU, Conducta and Hybrid Minds. FVDED started in 2012 as a Wednesday-night bass-music event at Celebrities Nightclub before developing into FVDED in the Park; the festival moved to Holland Park in Surrey in 2015. Blueprint launched Contact Winter Music Festival in 2012 as a two-night event at BC Place.