Big Conversations, Little Bar

Randy Florence and Patrick Evans bring Big Converations, Little Bar to the intersection of next generation entertainment, economic development and pride in the Coachella Valley. On this episode, they welcome the Senior Vice President of Oak View Group John Bolton. He has been involved with OVG's development and construction of the sparkling new sports and entertainment venue Acrisure Arena and talks about how he took a very different path than he intended after his education to get to this great opportunity. Mr. Bolton talks about the challenges and accomplishments building the home for the Coachella Valley Firebirds AHL franchise, top-notch concerts and other special events that will now become part of the region stepping up the major league entertainment offerings in Greater Palm Springs.

On this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar, legendary journalist Bruce Fessier pulls up to the little bar and shares a wide variety of stories from his more-than-four-decades residing in the Coachella Valley. A writer and editor at The Desert Sun til May of 2019, Fessier has seen and covered it all – especially when it comes to entertainment, the rich and famous, the elected, the powerful... and, the mob. The music and theatre scene in Greater Palm Springs hasn't just been his beat. He's been instrumental in building and growing it. Don't miss this extraordinary episode as he spends 55-minutes with Patrick Evans and Randy Florence.

She started doing Spaghetti Westerns at age 16 and has continued to have a successful career on stage and screen for the past 55 years. On this edition of Big Conversations, Little Bar, daytime and prime time television star Judith Chapman sips Chardonnay and chats with Patrick Evans and Randy Florence about a life full of drama (the good kind!). Chapman also talks about two roles that she was considered for, one of which would have made her galactic royalty! She is also directing a stage play coming up at Oscar's in Palm Springs in March 2023 and adding her own sugar and spice guaranteed to make it a crowd pleaser. Don't miss this episode!

On this episode, Patrick Evans and Randy Florence bring the talents of nationally-known jazz musician Shaun LaBelle into focus as they dig into his musical background, the current single Feel the Breeze and his upcoming album Supermoon. Join Big Conversations, Little Bar for a continued deep dive into the incredible diversity of music and talent in the Coachella Valley and beyond.

After two decades of making an enormous impact on the Coachella Valley region of Southern California as the co-creator of music festivals that millions of people around the world have fallen in love with and attended, Skip Paige has made the Desert Cities his full-time home. The former chief operating officer of Goldenvoice (most noted for its annual Coachella and Stagecoach festivals and the rock superstar event Desert Trip in 2016) retired in 2017. But, that has since opened new opportunities and today he operates the Little Bar in Palm Desert with more food and beverage enterprises in development. On this pilot podcast, co-hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence discuss the incredible story about how Goldenvoice was developed, the behind the scenes of the world's greatest music festivals, Skip's love of the Greater Palm Springs area, and what's still ahead for this entertainment entrepreneur.