AUGUST 27, 2009 -- Want to manage your Street Scene experience like a pro? Go to iTunes on your iPhone and download a free StreetScene application. Just type in StreetScene2009 and use the app to get instant updates on bands, hear their music and download your pictures of the concerts.
You know what Street Scene is, right? From 4 p.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday, nearly 50 bands will perform on five stages set up in East Village while tens of thousands of music aficionados eat, drink and gesticulate wildly to the music of Black Eyed Peas, Cake, M.I.A, Public Enemy and Ozomatli.
Street Scene is celebrating its 25th anniversary. This is the second year it’s been held in this East Village location (the main drag is 14th Street between J Street and Imperial Avenue). Before that it was at Coors Ampitheater (now Cricket Wireless), and in 2005 and ’06 it was staged at Qualcomm Stadium. Street Scene abutted Petco Park in ’04, and was in the Gaslamp Quarter years prior.
“We’ve been like a traveling show,” says Street Scene director of community relations Michael Trimble. “But we’re happy to be downtown, because people seem to like best the urban, gritty feel.”
Unlike last year, there will be two exit/entrances, including a new one at 14th and Imperial (near a trolley stop). An organic tequila bar will debut, as well as a Green Stage that’ll be totally solar-powered, and VIP tickets will be sold for $125/day. The VIP experience (inside the Wonder Bread building) includes special food and drink privileges and private concerts.
Regular tickets are $65/day; $95 for both days. Ticket booths are now onsite, and tickets can also be purchased at street-scene.com.