- Sunset Junction Street Fair
The Sunset Junction Street Fair is an event held annually in the Sunset Junction neighborhood of the Silver Lake community in
Los Angeles, California . Occurring annually in late August, the two-day neighborhood festival was first held in 1980 as a way to quell tensions between the neighborhood's long-timeLatino residents and the newergay residents, who some felt were causing the neighborhood to become gentrified. ( ["Los Angeles Business Journal"] ,December 9 ,2002 )The festival, put on by the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance, closes off a large portion of Sunset Boulevard and features live music, rides, food and merchandise vendors. Over the years many noted musicians and musical acts have performed, including
Beck ,Elliott Smith ,Sleater-Kinney , X,Camper Van Beethoven ,Redd Kross ,Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ,Eels ,Chaka Khan , the Ladies ofThe Supremes , and Nick Name And The Normals among others. And then, in 2008, the Black Keys gave on of the most memorable performances in Sunset Junction's long and rich history.Festival Lineups
2002
"Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 25":
Sonic Youth ,Chaka Khan ,Sleater-Kinney ,Mary Wilson ,Mudhoney ,Juan Atkins ,Pansy Division ,DJ Irene ,Arthur Adams ,Mondo Generator ,Richard Humpty Vission , tribute to theGun Club ,Radar Bros ,DJ Colette ,Soherrie Payne ,Bluebird ,Very Be Careful ,The Warlocks ,D Fuse ,Arkestra Klandestina ,Distortion Felix ,Tony Watson ,Burning Star 2003
"Saturday, August 23": Nick Name and The Normals,
Guided By Voices ,Circle Jerks ,The Muffs ,The Twilight Singers featuringGreg Dulli ,Kennedy ,Icarus Line ,Brian Jonestown Massacre , Metric,Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang ,Moving Units ,Silversun Pickups "Sunday, August 24":
The Dandy Warhols ,Isaac Hayes ,Phantom Planet ,Rilo Kiley ,Folk Implosion ,Earlimart ,Alaska ,The Tyde ,Nervous Return ,Midnight Movies ,The 88 ,The Lisa Marr Experiment 2004
"Saturday, August 21":
The Donnas ,Ashford & Simpson ,Ben Kweller ,Ima Robot ,Har Mar Superstar ,The Like ,The Unicorns ,Dengue Fever ,Giant Drag ,Autolux ,The Like ,Los Abandoned ,Starlite Desperation ,The Unicorns ,Bedroom Walls ,Christine Ortega ,Quinto Sol "Sunday, August 22":
X ,Camper Van Beethoven ,Thelonious Monster ,Juliette and The Licks , The scAvengers withPenelope Houston ,Arthur Lee &Love ,Stephanie Mills ,Very Be Careful ,Ritmo Flamenco ,Dios Malos ,The Vacation ,Dirty Little Secret ,Your Enemies Friends ,The High Speed Scene 2005
"Saturday, August 27":
Rilo Kiley ,John Cale ,The Walkmen ,Jason Falkner ,Black Mountain ,Foreign Born ,Something For Rockets ,Run Run Run ,Vagenius ,Let's Go Sailing ,The Ettes "Sunday, August 28":
The New York Dolls ,Suicide Girls ,Eagles of Death Metal ,The Gossip ,The Weirdos ,Burning Brides ,Nebula ,The Leaving Trains ,Rolling Blackouts ,Viva K ,The Willowz 2006
"Saturday, August 26":
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ,The Eels ,Redd Kross ,The Elected ,Ashford & Simpson ,Millie Jackson ,Arthur Adams ,Lavender Diamond ,Darker My Love ,Monsters Are Waiting ,The Little Ones ,Great Northern ,A Minor Canon "Sunday, August 27":
The Cramps ,Drive By Truckers ,Hank Williams III ,Richard Street ,Nona Hendryx ,Dave Alvin ,Candye Kane ,Mike Stinson ,Cousin Lovers ,I See Hawks In LA ,Restaurant 2007
"Saturday, August 18":
Ben Harper ,Blonde Redhead ,Morris Day & The Time ,Autolux ,Deniece Williams ,Sea Wolf ,Broken West ,The Pity Party ,The Parson Redheads ,Division Day ,Renee Dawson ,Breakestra ,Renaissance ,Raks Majnoun ,Bobby Matos ,Ritmo Flamenco "Sunday, August 19":
She Wants Revenge ,Buzzcocks ,Hot Hot Heat ,The O'Jays ,The Bronx ,The Aggrolites ,Millie Jackson ,The Airborne Toxic Event ,The Movies ,Eskimohunter ,Tawny Ellis ,Vilma Diaz ,Cheb i Sabbah ,Rocky Dawuni ,Mesmera ,Conjunto Jardin External links
* [http://www.sunsetjunction.org/streetfair.htm Street Fair home page]
* [http://www.sunsetjunction.org Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance]
* [http://www.silverlakechamber.com Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce]
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