MINNA EVENTS

Your event.
Our experience.

Minna Events can plan and produce your whole event or handle selected parts alongside your team. Your goals, timeline and budget shape the work. Your proposal defines the responsibilities and costs before work begins.

Minna Events grew from three decades of producing events at 111 Minna Gallery. We bring that experience, trusted relationships and a shared enthusiasm for the work to events at the gallery and beyond.

Our network is our superpower

We’ve spent over thirty years cultivating trusted relationships with venues, vendors, and specialists throughout San Francisco. These long-standing partnerships mean less friction, faster decisions, and smoother execution. If we don’t already have the right resource, we will find it, vet it, and keep your event moving without missing a beat.

Our process

What happens next.

You don’t need every detail solved to begin. We can work through the whole process with you or join an existing plan where you need support. The goal is for you to know what happens next, who is responsible and which decisions need your attention.

Full production.
Or support where you need it.

Full-service production

We bring the plan, people and resources together, and manage our work from setup through wrap-up. You stay involved in the decisions that need your attention.

Alongside your team

Already have a producer, planner or preferred partners? We take on the agreed parts and coordinate with your existing team.

Minna Events Your existing team

01 Inquiry

Understand the event.

Share your goals, guests, dates, location and budget, along with the plans and people already involved. If the venue or format isn’t decided, start with what you know.

02 Proposal

Agree on the work.

Compare the options, responsibilities and costs. Your proposal identifies the work we’ll manage, the equipment and outside services involved, and what your team will handle.

03 Planning

Connect the details.

We connect layout, staffing, vendors and timing in a working schedule. Responsibilities and outstanding decisions stay clear; changes are considered against the time, space and budget.

04 Execution

Put the plan to work.

From setup and technical checks through the event and wrap-up, we manage our part on site and coordinate with the rest of your team when plans change.

05 Debrief

Finish, then learn.

We close out our work, check outstanding items with the people involved and review what worked. Useful lessons carry into the next event.

Capabilities

It’s how it all comes together.

Food, sound, space and people all affect one another. Planning connects them around your goals, timing and budget. Our team brings creativity, clear communication and personal attention to make the process as enjoyable as the event itself.

Catering &hospitality
Audio, video &presentations
Brand &atmosphere

Planning & coordination

People &operations
Photography &video

We connect your goals, venue, budget and timing in one production plan, with clear roles for the people involved.

  • Concept & event format
  • Venue and vendor coordination
  • Budget, schedule and responsibilities

People & operations

The work guests rarely notice is often what keeps an event on track. We coordinate staffing, vendor arrivals, setup and the event schedule, with clear responsibilities for the work we manage. When something changes, the people involved need to know what happens next.

  • Event staffing & on-site coordination
  • Vendor access, deliveries & setup
  • Guest arrivals & event logistics
A server offering a tray of appetizers to two seated guests in the gallery.

Catering & hospitality

The menu, service style and timing shape how guests experience an event. We help you choose between passed bites, a seated meal or another format, and coordinate with the caterer or partners already involved.

  • Menu & dietary requirements
  • Bar service & hospitality staffing
  • Service timing & guest flow
Slalom event graphics cover the corner windows of 111 Minna Gallery.

Brand & atmosphere

An event should feel connected to the people hosting it. We help translate your ideas into the room through layout, décor, signage and lighting, coordinating the visual details with the practical needs of the event.

Before anything is printed or installed, we agree on placement, artwork requirements and setup timing with your team and the people producing it.

  • Layouts, furnishings & décor
  • Signage & brand placement
  • Lighting & visual atmosphere
Two presenters in the Second Street Gallery at 111 Minna Gallery.

Audio, video & presentations

The technical plan should serve the program. We work through what presenters, performers and guests need to see and hear, then coordinate the equipment, people and preparation required. Sound, screens and lighting are considered with the room layout and schedule.

  • Sound & microphones
  • Projection, displays & event lighting
  • Presenter preparation & technical checks
Tiny playing on the stage in Zappa Room

Photography & video

Useful event coverage starts before anyone picks up a camera. Tell us what the images need to communicate and where you’ll use them. We can plan coverage around the people, program, branding and details that matter, including the setup before guests arrive.

  • Photography & video coordination
  • Setup, branding & guest experience
  • A coverage brief built around your priorities

Crisp bites in individual trays

Food & drink

You and your guests will remember the food

Good food is part of being a good host. So is making sure it reaches people at the right moment. We help you consider the menu, drinks and service together, shaped around your guests, the occasion and your budget.

Shrimp appetizers arranged along a long white serving tray.

Food & service style

A working lunch and a cocktail reception ask different things of the menu, the room and the people serving. We help you choose a format that fits the occasion. We can assemble the catering and service team or work alongside the caterer and planner you already trust.

  • Passed bites
    Food comes to your guests while conversation continues.
  • Food stations
    A spread to explore, with space planned for service and circulation.
  • Seated meals
    Time together at the table, coordinated with the rest of your program.

A menu with your guests in mind

Tell us what you enjoy, your budget and any dietary needs or allergies. We discuss the options with the caterer early and confirm what can be accommodated before the event.

Bar & beverages

We help plan drinks and service around your guests and schedule, from beer, wine and cocktails to alcohol-free options, coffee and tea.

At 111 Minna Gallery, we plan bar service around the two on-site bars. For events elsewhere, we work through the bar setup and service with the venue and your team.

Your catering team.

Our catering partners include Comestible and Soma Eats. Have someone you already love working with? We welcome that relationship and agree how our teams will work together.

We connect deliveries, setup, service staff and rentals with the event schedule. A toast may call for a pause in service; a presentation may set the timing of a meal. Your proposal defines the services, staffing and costs for the work we manage.

Photos

Take a look

See rooms arranged for conversation, stages in use, food being served and guests enjoying the occasion.

Insight Partners at 111 Minna Gallery

Case study · Insight Partners

When plans change,
we keep things moving.

The plan for Insight Partners connected filming, afternoon networking, and an evening party. Quiet recording, informal conversation and event photography each placed different demands on the plan.

view the event photos
Guests sit at tall outdoor tables beneath blue umbrellas beside a painted mural in Minna Street alley.

The brief

The gallery event called for a branded setting, afternoon networking and an evening party. Related filming plans brought another requirement: a quiet recording area with equipment and crew access arranged in advance.

Branded windows, meeting tables and lounge seating gave guests different places to gather. Outside, tables beneath blue umbrellas brought conversations into Minna Alley.

Guests gather along a mural-painted building beside an outdoor bar in Minna Street alley.

The team’s role

Minna’s events team confirmed filming equipment and logistics timing, including stools and black draping. Planning also addressed crew access, measurements for the draping and the need for quiet during recording.

When the client asked for a local photographer to work alongside its videographer, Michelle recommended Daniel Kokin. His brief covered the branded space, afternoon networking and the party.

Guests gather around an outdoor bar along the illuminated brick gallery facade at night.

One planning decision

Sensitive microphones made noise and shared access a concern for filming. The client requested a separate entrance for guests. Minna’s team proposed coordinating access with other users of the building and posting filming notices requesting quiet.

That brought circulation and noise into the planning conversation before the crew arrived. It is a specific example of looking beyond the room setup to consider how the event would actually work.

A change in the photography brief

When an after-show meet-and-greet was added to the photography brief, our event photographer extended his coverage to accommodate it.

We are your team.
We are Minna Events.

We have over three decades of experience and a reputation for producing some of San Francisco’s most memorable events. Minna Events is built on relationships, hustle, and dedication. What began inside the iconic 111 Minna Gallery has grown into a city-wide operation, delivering full-service event production across SoMa, Yerba Buena, and beyond.

IMAGINATION

We don’t just take your idea and run with it; we expand it. Our team thrives on possibility, dreaming up ways to elevate the experience, surprise your guests, and make your event unforgettable. From the spark of an idea to the final reveal, we bring fresh perspective and creative problem-solving to every step.

STYLE

Details matter. Atmosphere matters. The way your event feels is just as important as how it functions. Whether it’s visual branding, layout design, or the pacing of the program, we craft events that feel cohesive, considered, and unmistakably you.

RELIABILITY

This is where we earn our reputation. You’ll find us steady in the chaos, organized behind the scenes, and always on point when it counts. With decades of experience, a deep vendor network, and a calm, professional team, we keep things moving, no matter what.

Michelle Delaney, co-owner of 111 Minna Gallery.

Decades of experience with a personal touch

Michelle Delaney, Co-owner
111 Minna Gallery & Minna Events

With three decades of experience, Michelle knows that great events begin with listening. She takes the time to understand your vision, your priorities, and what matters most to you. She brings the expertise and personal attention needed to make it all come together.

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Good to know

Technical requirements, outside vendors and costs can shape the plan. Bring them into the conversation early.

Tell us who is speaking, what the audience needs to see and hear, and whether the program includes video, music or questions. We work through the equipment and technical support needed, with preparation and checks built into the schedule.

A livestream, remote speaker and guest Wi-Fi have different requirements. Share how the connection will be used and who is managing the remote side. We confirm the venue’s capabilities and any additional services before building the plan around them.

Have a caterer or another vendor already involved? We coordinate their requirements with the venue, deliveries, setup and service schedule. At 111 Minna Gallery, we’ll also discuss the arrangements for food and beverage service and any venue requirements.

Our proposal identifies the services, staffing, equipment, rentals and costs for your event, including what your team or other vendors will handle. If plans change, we discuss the effect on the work and cost before you decide.

Tell us what you have in mind.

Share your date, guest count, location and the help you need. Still figuring those out? Start with what you know.

let's do this!