Sunset Junction Street Fair
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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-time Latino residents and the newer gay 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 of The Supremes, and Nick Name And The Normals among others.
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[edit] Festival Lineups
[edit] 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 the Gun Club, Radar Bros, DJ Colette, Soherrie Payne, Bluebird, Very Be Careful, The Warlocks, D Fuse, Arkestra Klandestina, Distortion Felix, Tony Watson, Burning Star
[edit] 2003
Saturday, August 23: Nick Name and The Normals, Guided By Voices, Circle Jerks, The Muffs, The Twilight Singers featuring Greg 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
[edit] 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 with Penelope 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
