Michelle Pesce is an internationally acclaimed DJ, Founder/CEO of the artist agency, nona entertainment and a Co-Founder of woman. collective. She was recently featured on Forbes.com and in InStyle Magazine’s 2020 Badass Women issue along with 49 others including Nancy Pelosi, Billie Eillish, Judy Chicago, Melina Matsoukas, Hoda Kotb, Kelly Clarkson and Dakota Johnson.

A native from Youngstown, Ohio, Michelle developed a deep love for 80s and 90s hip-hop and pop music at an early age. She nurtured her love for the music and entertainment scene at Wolf-Kasteler, an entertainment PR firm, that served to launch her work as a personal publicist representing some of the top actors and musicians around the globe.

After attending Woodstock ’99, Michelle was enthralled by the energy created when you mix world-class acts and hundreds of thousands of fans to experience the power of music. The three-day festival was the gateway to her interest in DJing. Shortly thereafter, she purchased a set of Technics turntables to teach herself the craft. In 2004, under the mentorship of DJ Spinderella (Salt-n-Pepa), Pesce transitioned from publicity to DJ'ing full-time.

Michelle’s ability to read a crowd and mix old with new—in hip hop, R&B, rock, electro, deep house and pop—has kept top-tier clients coming back. She is currently the most in-demand DJ for major Hollywood Award Season parties, including those for the Golden GlobesScreen Actors Guild, Emmys and Academy Awards, and she is the only DJ to spin for the Recording Academy eight times on music's biggest night: the Recording Academy's Official Grammys after-party.

Her work as a DJ has taken her around the world packing dance floors for top-tier entertainment publications and companies including InStyle, GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, Paramount, Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros, Hulu, ViacomNBCUniversal, Levi's, DVF, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford,  and to film festivals including Sundance Film Festival and TIFF and private parties for various actors, top industry leaders and musicians. Michelle has also appeared on HBO’s Entourage as herself and performed live multiple times on the #1 national morning show Good Morning America.

With a thought for those who will follow, Michelle leverages her status as a veteran DJ and the reach of her company, nona, to advocate for pay equity, to keep quality DJs working, and to achieve epic dance floors.

About nona entertainment

In 2015, Michelle created nona entertainment, an artist entertainment company. It was a natural next step for her given her experience in marketing, publicity and as a full-time DJ who built her own career. nona entertainment works closely with industry leading clients and DJs to craft the perfect musical vibe for a wide range of events.

About woman.

woman. is an LA-based collective and consulting agency, formed to create breakthrough spaces—defined, conceptualized, curated and produced by some of the entertainment industry’s boldest female voices.

woman. takes aim at the traditionally male-defined and dominated model of Festival culture, Hollywood Nightlife and Entertainment by creating something truly unique, disruptive and distinctively inclusive.

woman. works to turn our conversations on equity, empowerment, unity, safety and responsibility into action. woman.’s hope is that our spaces and projects inspire anyone who chooses to hold space with us.

 To sign up for her weekly newsletter or for booking info, email

michellepesce@nonaent.com

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2023

  • "Wonka" North American Premiere w/ Warner Bros. 
  • Disney Studios Executive Holiday Party 
  • 80s Night Fundraiser- Venice Youth Organization
  • F1 Las Vegas- Paddock Club 
  • A Sense Of Home Fundraiser Event hosted by Ted Sarandos
  • The Pad Project Fundraiser 
  • Thicker Than Water Book Release Party w/ Kerry Washington- L.A.
  • People Magazine Event honoring Billie Jean King, NYC- Playlist 
  • BAFTA LA Publicist Event at the Maybourne
  • Sunset Fridays at the Edition Hotel- L.A.
  • Heart Of Stone Premiere- Netflix 
  • Alice & Olivia Shopping Party 
  • BOATS Premiere with Peacock
  • Instyle Relaunch Intimate Dinner Party- San Vicente Bungalows- L.A.
  • Absolut.land at Coachella on the festival grounds
  • "Mrs. Davis" Series Premiere w/ Peacock
  • Alice & Olivia Event- L.A.
  • Sunset at Edition Weho w/ DJ M.O.S.
  • Nyakio Grieco Private Event-  Jones West Hollywood
  • "Yellowjackets" Season 2 Premiere w/ Showtime
  • L.A. Sports Awards with L.A. Sports Council
  • Paramount Pictures Oscar After Party
  • MPTF's Night Before (the Oscars) Party
  • Variety and Armani Beauty's Oscar Party
  • Screen Actor's Guild Awards Official After-Party
  • Private Event- Santo Domingo, D.R.
  • The Recording Academy's Official Grammy After-Party
  • "Poker Face" premiere with Peacock and woman. collective
  • Donna Langley Tastemaker Event with NBCUniversal
  • Golden Globes Event- Private After-Party

2022

  • Discovery Land Co. Holiday Party
  • Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Holiday Party
  • Living with Landyn Make-A-Wish Event- Nashville
  • "Something From Tiffany's" Premiere with Amazon Prime
  • Cliftons DTLA
  • "Women Talking" Premiere Party
  • Governors Awards After Party with Paramount Pictures
  • "Handmaids Tale" Event with Hulu- Academy Museum LA
  • BVLGARI VIP Event- Rancho Santa Fe, CA
  • BVLGARI VIP Event- NYC
  • LionTree event- Sunset Tower
  • Dreamforce with Salesforce.org party- SF
  • “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” post Emmy Party
  • Evening Before with Motion Picture Television Fund pre Emmy
  • Party Paramount Co pre Emmy Party
  • CAA Emmy pre Emmy Party
  • Toronto Int’l Film Festival “Handmaids Tale” Season 5 World Premiere
  • Monterey Car Week/ Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance- Alfa Romeo party
  • “Bullet Train” Los Angeles Premiere with Sony/ Brad Pitt, Joey King, Karen Fukuhara, Sandra Bullock
  • “Thirteen Lives” Premiere with United Artists and Prime Video/ Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortenson
  • Comic-Con party: Entertainment Weekly and Prime Video/ Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
  • Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: MAGIC HOURS (co-produce and DJ)
  • Moulin Rouge LA event
  • Netflix Open House event w/ Selling Sunset, Bling Empire, etc.
  • The Dime w/ Tendaji Lathan- Fairfax Ave, L.A.
  • “The Terminal List” with Prime Video/ Antoine Fuqua, Chris Pratt.
  • “This Is Us” FYC Emmy Event w/ NBCUniversal
  • Amazon Prime Video FYC Closing Night
  • Academy Museum event supporting the Regeneration exhibition
  • The Pad Project Gala
  • “Candy” Premiere Party with Jessica Biehl and Hulu
  • Vital Voices International Headquarters opening- D.C.
  • “The Northman” w/ Focus Features
  • Cliftons Republic- DTLA
  • Picard 10 pop up
  • “Minx” with HBO and woman. collective
  • LA Sports Awards After-Party
  • Private Super Bowl LVI Party- Academy Museum Los Angeles
  • Soho Warehouse DTLA

2021

  • Discovery Land Co. Holiday Party 
    "House of Gucci" Los Angeles Premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
  • HP's SLK 2022 streamed conference
  • "Yellow Jackets" Premiere w/ Showtime 
  • Beverly Hills Holiday music for the BH Business Triangle- curated playlist 
  • "Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip" Premiere w/ Peacock- curated playlist
  • BVLGARI Gala w/ Leona Lewis- Ancient Spanish Monastery, Miami
  • "Dexter" Premiere w/ Showtime- Loeb Boathouse, NYC
  • Neuehouse Bradbury and Wyman Bar celebration w/ woman. collective
  • Freeform Halloween- Los Angeles
  • Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's LOVE FOR SALE w/ Westfield
  • "No Time To Die" Los Angeles Screening event- TCL Chinese Theaters
  • Emmy Awards- Evening Before Party w/ MPTF
  • Cadillac Lyriq VIP event- Los Angeles
  • Football Hall Of Fame Induction party for Steve Hutchinson 
  • Football Hall Of Fame Induction Party for Steve Lynch
  • "Fear Street" Premiere with Netflix
  • "Welcome to Shark Beach" / Shark Week w/ Nat Geo 
  • "Handmaids Tale" FYC screening w/ Hulu 
  • Salesforce.org Education on-line Summit
  • Archer launch of eVTOL aircraft 
  • She Is Why Virtual Awards with Powerhandz.  Honoree/ DJ/ Co-host 
  • Salesforce.org Non-Profit Virtual Summit 
  • Salesforce.com Leading Through Change Virtual Program- DJ and Conversation
  • Disney/ Hulu/ ABC/ FreeForm Winter TCA

2020

  • Salesforce.org Trailblazers Together Virtual Summit
  • "Saved By The Bell" Reboot with NBC- curated playlist 
  • "The Right Stuff" Series Premiere at the Drive-In with Disney- Santa Monica Hangar
  • The Wrap's Power Women Summit- Panel speaker
  • RW Quarantunes x The Pad Project Streamed Event
  • "Saturday Night Live" Season Premiere at the Drive-In
  • "The Boys" Drive-In with Amazon, Season 2- The Grove, L.A.
  • A Marvelous Night at the Drive-In for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" w/ Amazon Prime Video- The Grove, L.A.
  • Activision VIRTUAL event
  • "Little Fires Everywhere" FYC Drive-In Event w/ Hulu- The Rose Bowl
  • LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHING VIRTUAL party every Saturday 
  • HBO Max's "Love Life" VIRTUAL Premiere Party
  • Ms. Brafit Cupcakes & Cleavage VIRTUAL party to support breast health
  • Tamara Melon VIRTUAL Happy Hour 
  • DGTL VIRTUAL Party hosted by RZA
  • VIRTUAL PROM LIVE
  • Edition Hotel Weho Valentine's Party w/ woman. 
  • Warner Bros. Oscar After-Party
  • Night Before Oscar Party
  • WME Pre-Oscar Party
  • Cadillac Pre-Oscar Party
  • The Nest/Coop VIP After- Party at the Phoenix Open- Scottsdale, AZ
  • woman. collective at Sunset at the Edition Hotel LA
  • "68 Whiskey" w Paramount Network
  • Entertainment Weekly's Screen Actor's Guild Awards Pre-Party- Chateau Marmont
  • The Screen Actor's Guild Awards Gala 
  • Quibi Party at Sundance Film Festival 
  • WME Party at Sundance Film Festival 
  • The 62nd Grammy Awards Official After-Party 
  • "Horse Girl" at Sundance Film Festival 
  • Instyle/ Warner Bros. Golden Globe After Party

2019

  • NYE guest set- El Colibri Speakeasy- Puerto Vallarta, MX
  • Thunderbird's Holiday Party- Scottsdale, AZ
  • WME/ Endeavor Holiday Party- Los Angeles
  • Variety's Hitmaker event honoring Billie Eillish, Ellie Goulding, Megan Thee Stallion, BTS, Swae Lee, Ryan Tedder, Louis Bell, YG, Jody Gerson, Jason Owen and Republic Records. 
  • Soho Warehouse- DTLA
  • BVLGARI Cinemagia Gala- Santa Barbara 
  • BOLD Beverly Hills- Curated Holiday Season Playlists for Rodeo Drive 
  • LANA Jewelry x Neiman Marcus Event
  • Ben Soleimani Event
  • NBC x Vanity Fair Fall Line-up Party
  • Ovarian Cancer Research Association event w/ En Vogue, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Kate Mara- NYC 
  • Cadillac x Modern Family Series Finale Celebration
  • Swarovski's Traveling Open House at the Sheats-Goldstein Residence- LA
  • HBO's "The Watchman" Premiere party with woman.
  • Meredith Corporation's Assoc. of National Advertisers After-Party- Orlando, FL
  • Museums By Moonlight After-Party- Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
  • Ol' Dirty Sundays- Tampa, FL
  • MPTF's Evening Before Pre-Emmy Party 
  • Entertainment Weekly's Pre- Emmy Party
  • Yer Not Down daytime party- Pomona, CA 
  • "Mayans" Season 2 Premiere party with woman. 
  • "JoJo Rabbit" party w/ Fox Searchlight- Toronto Int'l Film Festival
  • "Game Changers" Premiere After Party- NYC
  • "Becoming A God in Central Florida" premiere party w/ Showtime
  • MTV VMA Curated Playlist 
  • Tijuana YMCA fundraiser w Ashley Margolis and Zoe Saldana 
  • HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones" Premiere Party
  • Entertainment Weekly Comic-Con Party 
  • Guest Set- Pikes Hotel, Ibiza 
  • IMG Wimbledon Party, UK
  • E3 Gamer Event- Harriet's
  • Sunset Room Launch w/ woman. 
  • "Yellowstone" Season 2 premiere party
  • "Catch 22" premiere party for Hulu with George Clooney, Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler and Hugh Laurie
  • Living Beauty Foundation X Stella McCartney Gala 
  • First Fridays at the Natural History Museum L.A. 
  • Ol' Dirty Sundays- Tampa 
  • Coachella Music Festival- Absolut tent headliner 
  • Private Event spinning alongside Usher, J. Balvin and Gwen Stefani
  • Communities in Schools L.A. Gala 
  • Marie Claire and Times Up honor Change Makers w woman. (myself, Daisy O'Dell and Ana Calderon) behind the turntables. 
  • The Webster and Burberry celebrate their Spring/Summer 2019 collection by Riccardo Tisci 
  • Warner Bros. Oscar Party (including Lady Gaga, Best Original Song winner)
  • Night Before Oscar Party with the Motion Picture Television Fund
  • Cadillac Pre-Oscar Party at the Chateau Marmont
  • WME Pre-Oscar Party 
  • The Recording Academy's Official Grammy After-Party with En Vogue and TLC
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards Gala hosted by People Magazine
  • Entertainment Weekly's Pre-Screen Actor's Guild Awards Party
  • Sundance Film Festival: WME Late Night Lounge
  • Private Event- OMNIA- Main Room- Las Vegas
  • Smashbox's "LA Looks Good On You" Event w woman. 
  • "Black Monday" Premiere Party w Showtime
  • Instyle Magazine's Golden Globe Awards After-Party
  • Art of Elysium's Heaven Gala w woman. 

2018

  • "BumbleBee" Premiere with Paramount
  • Warner/Chappell Holiday Party at Delilah
  • Variety Hitmakers Event w Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Migos, Coach "K" Lee and Pierre "Pee" Thomas
  • Cadillac Fall Awards Season kick-off
  • Coach x Viper Room launch party
  • Casamigos Halloween Party
  • Animal Equality Event
  • Pre-Emmy Party- Motion Picture Television Fund's 'Evening Before'
  • Pre-Emmy Party- Entertainment Weekly
  • Pre-Emmy Party- Paradigm
  • Toronto International Film Festival- Fox Searchlight Party
  • Toronto International Film Festival- Instyle/ HFPA Party
  • Toronto International Film Festival- WME Party
  • Showtime's "Kidding" Premiere Party w/ Jim Carrey, Catherine Keener
  • BOLD Beverly Hills Closing Night
  • VMA Pre-Party curated playlist for MTV
  • OGBD at Blind Dragon- LA
  • Tenants of The Trees w/ woman.
  • Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con Party- San Diego
  • Sony's "Equalizer 2" Premiere Party w/ Denzel Washington
  • Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" Season 2 Finale Party
  • "Thelma & Louise" at Cinespia- Hollywood Forever Cemetary
  • Night Swim @ The Roosevelt w/ woman.
  • Fox Studios LA Screenings Party
  • Curated Playlist for Viacom at Cannes Lions
  • Los Angeles Times Food Bowl Night Market w/ woman.
  • Coach x Disney- Dark Fantasy Event
  • 'Handmaid's Tale' Season 2 Premiere
  • Coachella - Absolut tent headliner
  • Cadillac's NY Auto Show party
  • Fox Searchlight and 20th Century Fox's OSCAR After-Party
  • Motion Picture Television Fund's 'Night Before' Oscar Party
  • WME's Pre-Oscar Party
  • Cadillac Pre-Oscar Party at the Chateau Marmont
  • Ol' Dirty Sundays- Tampa
  • Off The Wall with Tendaji Lathan- The Dime, LA
  • Nielsen's Pre-Grammy Event with Khalid and Preservation Hall Jazz Band- NYC
  • Official Screen Actors Guild Awards After-Party with People Magazine
  • Entertainment Weekly Pre-SAG party- Chateau Marmont
  • Sundance Film Festival- Stella Artois House
  • Sundance Film Festival- WME Late Night Party
  • Sundance Film Festival- women. panel 'Women and the Power of Change'
  • Golden Globes After-Party- Instyle/ Warner Bros.
  • Golden Globes Pre-Party- Relevant PR/ Cadillac/ Off The Wall
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival After-Party

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