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While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Hey, it’s Ericka. Quick little note. The bay is looking for an intern. This is a 16 hour a week paid opportunity to help us make this show. The internship runs from January through June of 2024. So if you’ve got love for local news, the Bay Area and podcasting. Let’s chat. The deadline to apply is November 17th. We’ll give you a link to the application in our show notes. All right. Here’s the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Most Wednesday nights inside of a red barn in Half Moon Bay, you can hear the sound of farm workers learning how to play the accordion together. It’s a way to learn something new and spend time with people, but it’s also a form of therapy. Back in January, a gunman made his way through two farms, just like this one in Half Moon Bay, killing seven farm workers and completely rocking the community. And even though the camera crews are long gone, the pain of what happened here still lives on, which is why one community group has set up this small program to help these farmworkers heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>You know, I think that music elevates a soul. It speaks to the soul. It brings in memories of harm, calls to the joy. Sadness, too. But it’s also like a central language, I think, of healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, we take you inside the program in Half Moon Bay that’s offering healing through music. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So I went to Cabrillo Farms and Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Blanca Torres is a producer and reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>It’s right off Highway one. I drive down this dirt road and it’s lined by fields on each side, and there’s all this beautiful produce growing out of the ground. I arrived at this barn, you know, it’s just a regular farm. So I went to real farms to observe a music class for farm workers that was sponsored by Atlas, which stands for Uganda Latinos as one year, which means helping Latinos dream. And the idea behind the class was to provide, you know, not just accordion lessons, but also music therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>One by one, the students started coming in for the lesson and they are carrying these big black, bulky backpacks. And inside is their accordions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it was immediately kind of a very convivial atmosphere. Like everyone was excited to see each other. But you could tell people were excited to be there for the music and to see each other and to to have these, you know, this experience together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So you went to Half Moon Bay to see about this program. How did it come about and what is the purpose of it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, ALAS’ intention with it was to use music as therapy and to help students who normally wouldn’t have access to a music class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>ALAS was born from the cultural arts. We were born from political mariachi music celebration, Cultura.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And so Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga is the founder and executive director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>And we really believe in the power of cultural good to like culture as healing. I’m a clinician, so I do mental health therapy, and we understand that mental health is a big part of our program, along with the cultural arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, she has made it very clear that the intention is to to use music, not just as this is a fun pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>The sensory part of it is so important. We know that in order to heal trauma there, they say that one of the best ways of healing trauma is through sensory integration, and they do a lot of sensory work for trauma survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And after the mass shooting in January, Alaska is really trying to think of ways to address the community trauma and to actually bring a program into the fields directly and to connect their labor, you know, their daily existence with art and culture in a way that would promote healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>They’re going out, working the fields, coming home, eating, getting dressed, and then practicing. And so just thinking about how that stimulating them, too, is really impressive. And for us in this work, we see how they’re moving their fingers or having to think in different ways from, you know, stretching out the accordion sound, the music, the scales. It’s a lot that happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, tell me a little bit about some of the people in the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the classes, six students, which they told me was on purpose so that it would be a sizable group, but enough that the instructor could focus on each student. And so some of the students in the class were. The youngest one I talked to is 22 years old. There was someone who was into his sixties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I talked to Yesenia, who lives and works at Gabriel Farms and is a mom and was just really excited to learn to play music so that she could just play her accordion during family gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>Most of the students I talked to had never even picked up an accordion or any instrument. One of those students who had had no musical experience was Pedro Romero Perez, who is a survivor of the mass shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>He’s recovering. He’s actually not working right now because of, you know, his healing process. And he did express a lot of appreciation for the program. And, you know, when I asked him, how do you feel about being here, he said he was excited and that it was this calm moment. You know, having these weekly classes was like an opportunity for him to not be at home, to be around other people, to kind of focus on something else besides what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>About a week before I visited, ALAS had coordinated a community altar for Delos Martos, and he had put up an altar for his brother who passed away during the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>This class is a direct result of the shooting that happened in January. I feel like I totally understand, like the role and idea of music being healing, but why the accordion specifically? Why accordion classes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the accordion is a very integral instrument in Mexican music in a lot of different genres. A lot of the students in the class are from Mexico, and these classes were specifically focusing on like norteno music, which is literally means like music from the north and is a specific genre of Mexican music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>But you hear accordion music and popular music and just different genres. So the accordion is a very familiar sound. So when Alan was designing this classic specifically, we’re thinking about how to make it feel comforting and make it reminiscent of home. And, you know, for the music to feel like something you would want to listen to or play when you’re just hanging out with your family on a Sunday afternoon or something like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>It’s that instrument that’s we can say very much that it’s our own. It’s our it’s our instrument, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the instructor is Hernan Hernandez Jr, and his father is one of the members of Lost Egress and Northway, which is a huge Nathaniel band in Mexico. They’ve sold over 36 million records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, for for folks who aren’t familiar with his family’s background, you described it to me yesterday as being like having the son of Mick Jagger teaching you the accordion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I know. The reason I compared him to sort of being a spy on a like a pretty major band, like The Rolling Stones. I mean, I think that’s, you know, that little sticky desert. They’re just so big in Mexico and they’ve been around for so many decades and had so many hits and and they’ve been around for something like 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>My dad and my uncles are kind of that that tortured that light for it for their people, you know. And so he they kind of always instilled that into us. You know, it doesn’t matter at the end of the day where you come from, we come into this world with nothing and we leave this world with nothing. We’re all born the same way. We all have the same type of blood. And what’s important is that we give back to our people. And so I think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>They actually did a fundraiser for us after the shooting, and that was one of his introductions to to the organization. And so our last thing came to him and said, you know, will you teach this class? 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And they’re listening and they’re watching. And and it’s cool to really just kind of see that, you know, like there’s something that like, like my father showed me pass it down to me, his uncles pass it down to him. And we’re kind of doing the same thing for this next generations, you know, even if they don’t decide to pursue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>The happiness, the satisfaction that you get from seeing that progress as a student and for him as a as an instructor, you know, he talked about how that was that was really special for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>And as Latinos, I think that’s kind of what our community is lacking opportunities. And so that to me is what I see here. You know, this is a great opportunity for them to be able to learn something new, open their minds to something new. And even if it’s not according, that’s going to do it, but or music, but it will guide them into something new and something positive. And at the end of the day, that’s really what we’re trying to do just create a positive environment for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So at one point they wanted to engage in a song and so and non started playing upward. The Nagra, which is a famous song. Everyone was singing along because everyone knows the song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it’s actually a song about a couple where the parents of the young woman in this couple are keeping her from her love. And the leopard going negative means the black door. 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I’m a clinician, so I do mental health therapy, and we understand that mental health is a big part of our program, along with the cultural arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>You know, she has made it very clear that the intention is to to use music, not just as this is a fun pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>The sensory part of it is so important. We know that in order to heal trauma there, they say that one of the best ways of healing trauma is through sensory integration, and they do a lot of sensory work for trauma survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And after the mass shooting in January, Alaska is really trying to think of ways to address the community trauma and to actually bring a program into the fields directly and to connect their labor, you know, their daily existence with art and culture in a way that would promote healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga: \u003c/strong>They’re going out, working the fields, coming home, eating, getting dressed, and then practicing. And so just thinking about how that stimulating them, too, is really impressive. And for us in this work, we see how they’re moving their fingers or having to think in different ways from, you know, stretching out the accordion sound, the music, the scales. It’s a lot that happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, tell me a little bit about some of the people in the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the classes, six students, which they told me was on purpose so that it would be a sizable group, but enough that the instructor could focus on each student. And so some of the students in the class were. The youngest one I talked to is 22 years old. There was someone who was into his sixties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I talked to Yesenia, who lives and works at Gabriel Farms and is a mom and was just really excited to learn to play music so that she could just play her accordion during family gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>Most of the students I talked to had never even picked up an accordion or any instrument. One of those students who had had no musical experience was Pedro Romero Perez, who is a survivor of the mass shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>He’s recovering. He’s actually not working right now because of, you know, his healing process. And he did express a lot of appreciation for the program. And, you know, when I asked him, how do you feel about being here, he said he was excited and that it was this calm moment. You know, having these weekly classes was like an opportunity for him to not be at home, to be around other people, to kind of focus on something else besides what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pedro Romero Perez: \u003c/strong>*speaking in Spanish*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>About a week before I visited, ALAS had coordinated a community altar for Delos Martos, and he had put up an altar for his brother who passed away during the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>This class is a direct result of the shooting that happened in January. I feel like I totally understand, like the role and idea of music being healing, but why the accordion specifically? Why accordion classes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the accordion is a very integral instrument in Mexican music in a lot of different genres. A lot of the students in the class are from Mexico, and these classes were specifically focusing on like norteno music, which is literally means like music from the north and is a specific genre of Mexican music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>But you hear accordion music and popular music and just different genres. So the accordion is a very familiar sound. So when Alan was designing this classic specifically, we’re thinking about how to make it feel comforting and make it reminiscent of home. And, you know, for the music to feel like something you would want to listen to or play when you’re just hanging out with your family on a Sunday afternoon or something like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>It’s that instrument that’s we can say very much that it’s our own. It’s our it’s our instrument, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So the instructor is Hernan Hernandez Jr, and his father is one of the members of Lost Egress and Northway, which is a huge Nathaniel band in Mexico. They’ve sold over 36 million records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, for for folks who aren’t familiar with his family’s background, you described it to me yesterday as being like having the son of Mick Jagger teaching you the accordion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I know. The reason I compared him to sort of being a spy on a like a pretty major band, like The Rolling Stones. I mean, I think that’s, you know, that little sticky desert. They’re just so big in Mexico and they’ve been around for so many decades and had so many hits and and they’ve been around for something like 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>My dad and my uncles are kind of that that tortured that light for it for their people, you know. And so he they kind of always instilled that into us. You know, it doesn’t matter at the end of the day where you come from, we come into this world with nothing and we leave this world with nothing. We’re all born the same way. We all have the same type of blood. And what’s important is that we give back to our people. And so I think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>They actually did a fundraiser for us after the shooting, and that was one of his introductions to to the organization. And so our last thing came to him and said, you know, will you teach this class? And he had never taught music classes, but he was he jumped at it because he just thought it would be a really great opportunity to give back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, what does Hernan say about what he’s seen as an instructor? And I guess like the role that he sees music playing for the students that he’s that he’s teaching in Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>I think for Hernan you know, he talked about how, you know, just spending time with the students and getting to know them and getting to know their stories and just seeing their progress. Right. And it’s not like they’re all trying to be professional musicians or anything like that, but just to see them grow so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>You know, like I said, just anyone who lives here on the farm has two kids and and they’re in there with us learning accordion as well. And they’re listening and they’re watching. And and it’s cool to really just kind of see that, you know, like there’s something that like, like my father showed me pass it down to me, his uncles pass it down to him. And we’re kind of doing the same thing for this next generations, you know, even if they don’t decide to pursue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>The happiness, the satisfaction that you get from seeing that progress as a student and for him as a as an instructor, you know, he talked about how that was that was really special for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hernan Hernandez Jr: \u003c/strong>And as Latinos, I think that’s kind of what our community is lacking opportunities. And so that to me is what I see here. You know, this is a great opportunity for them to be able to learn something new, open their minds to something new. And even if it’s not according, that’s going to do it, but or music, but it will guide them into something new and something positive. And at the end of the day, that’s really what we’re trying to do just create a positive environment for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So at one point they wanted to engage in a song and so and non started playing upward. The Nagra, which is a famous song. Everyone was singing along because everyone knows the song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>And it’s actually a song about a couple where the parents of the young woman in this couple are keeping her from her love. And the leopard going negative means the black door. In the black door is like a metaphor for the parents keeping her from her true love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What is your biggest takeaway from this story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>So I grew up in an agricultural community in eastern Washington, and I actually when I was a kid, my dad, who worked full time at a potato processing plant, sometimes when he would have summer vacation, he would take me and my siblings out to the cherry harvest, which was during the summer, just to kind of show us like this is what agricultural work is like. This is what it’s like to work with your hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>We want our strawberries to cost $2 at the supermarket, but somebody had to pick that by hand. That’s honest, decent work that people are doing and should be well compensated for and should be treated as full people. Farm workers aren’t just here to get up at the break of dawn to pick our food, right? They also have interests and families and hobbies and trauma that they’re dealing with and deserve to to also, you know, not be forgotten once the headlines go away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, Blanca, thank you so much for sharing your reporting with us. I really appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blanca Torres: \u003c/strong>Thank you, Ericka. And the whole Bay team. This was really fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Blanca Torres, a producer and reporter for KQED. This 28 minute conversation with Blanca was cut down and edited by senior editor Alan Montecillo. Maria Esquinca is our producer. She scored this episode and added all the tape. The Bay is a production of member supported KQED in San Francisco. And if you’re not already subscribed to our show on Apple Podcasts or wherever it is, you’re listening, so you never miss a beat. I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks so much for listening. Talk to you next time.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Arlene Owseichik, San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731290/how-bill-grahams-nazi-escape-might-explain-his-fillmore-apples\">Fillmore Auditorium\u003c/a> has a “palpable soul.” It was the center of the countercultural music universe for a time, and bands like Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company launched their careers on its stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think every person that’s entered into that building that’s seen a show leaves a part of themselves there,” she says. “I always think of Jimi Hendrix being in that building and making his way down the narrow staircase behind the dressing room onto the stage.” [baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this soul and history is on display inside the Fillmore’s infamous Poster Room, a cavernous room whose walls are filled floor to ceiling with posters from decades of the venue’s shows. It’s the closest you can get to stepping into a musical time machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, when you see a show at the Fillmore, you might be lucky enough to get your very own poster for free. They’re a highly anticipated parting gift given out at the biggest shows. Bay Curious listener Ben Kaiser has his poster of the Psychedelic Furs at the Fillmore framed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A display of concert posters. On one wall are numerous framed posters for different musicians. On another wall, a large framed portrait of Grateful Dead guitarist, Jerry Garcia is visible. Garcia is playing a guitar.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters from the Fillmore hang on a wall next to a large portrait of Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead played at the Fillmore more than 50 times. \u003ccite>(Photo By Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The posters are artifacts, pieces of time,” he says. “They’re as much [a part] of the concert as the concert.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which got him wondering: the posters of the Fillmore are so legendary, who is the person behind them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 1985 to 2019, the answer was Arlene Owseichik.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Going to California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arlene Owseichik came to San Francisco in 1976 for one reason: “I was very aware that the [band] Jefferson Airplane were from San Francisco. We just, kind of on a whim and a prayer, loaded up the car and came west,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first things she did when she got here was ride past the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/obscuresf/article/sf-2400-fulton-jefferson-airplane-17751356.php\">Airplane House on Fulton Street\u003c/a>. “It was crazy,” she laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966782\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Close up on the hand of a woman holding a photograph of her younger self. In that image she is holding a camera to her eye. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlene Owseichik, long-time art director at Bill Graham Presents, holds a self-portrait of herself from her early years in San Francisco at her home in Berkeley on Sept. 28, 2023. Owseichik designed posters for Bill Graham Presents for 30 years and produced nearly 2000 of the iconic concert posters. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Owseichik studied art in college and wanted to work in photography and graphic design. She got a job doing “paste-ups” for a hip design studio, Ampersand. In a time before Photoshop, paste-ups were how you manually put images and photos together for printing, literally cutting with an X-acto knife and pasting layers onto a board like a collage. She primarily made announcements for shows that went inside the SF Chronicle’s entertainment section.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got pretty good with that X-Acto knife and actually stabbed myself a few times. Those were the hazards of the olden days of graphics,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, the phone rang while she was at work. Owseichik picked it up, and the concert promotion company Bill Graham Presents was on the other end. They asked her if anyone there would want to work for them doing paste-ups. She didn’t hesitate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Yeah, I’d love to. And that was the start of it.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven years later, Owseichik proposed that Bill Graham Presents hire her to do the paste-ups in-house as their first-ever art director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was pretty scary. They sat on the proposal for months,” she says. But she got the gig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owseichik had come to San Francisco for the music, and now she was plugged into one of the most influential music scenes of the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s how things happen. They’re just unexpected. A door opens. Take it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Working for Bill Graham\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arlene Owseichik’s boss at Bill Graham Presents was Bill Graham itself, the larger-than-life concert promoter. “He was riveting. He was handsome. He was funny. He was electric. He was the dream boss,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-800x1072.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk talking on phone with a cord. There are many photos and posters on the wall behind him. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-800x1072.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-1020x1366.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-160x214.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-1529x2048.jpg 1529w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">German-born American businessman Bill Graham (1931–1991), rock concert producer and promoter, talks on the phone in his office at the Fillmore West music club, San Francisco, California, August 1969. The walls are decorated with psychedelic concert posters and photographs, and a stack of record albums is on top of a bookshelf. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jon Brenneis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the ’60s, Bill Graham Presents made a name for themselves by booking the biggest musical acts of the counterculture. The psychedelic posters designed to promote these shows were originally created just as advertisements — but they quickly became sought-after collectibles, written about in national magazines and reprinted for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the mid-’80s, Graham decided to take the posters in a different direction. They weren’t going to be advertisements anymore, they were going to be mementos given out at the end of concerts, stand-alone works of art. And as art director, Arlene Owseichik was responsible for making nearly every single one of those posters happen from 1985 to 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a huge job, and she gave it her all: “I was working with different poster artists…[it was] fantastic, stimulating, wonderful. It just was never-ending, the amount of work that I loved and the people that were doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Making of a Fillmore Poster\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As art director, Owseichik was in charge of the many moving parts it took to create a Fillmore poster. At the beginning of each month, she got a list of upcoming shows from the booker. The shows that got posters were those that would sell out simply because it meant there would be money to pay for everything. Owseichik would research the bands (which she says definitely got easier once the Internet and iTunes came around), then call up one of the many talented poster artists from her arsenal that was the best aesthetic match. The poster artist would create a first draft, and then Owseichik would work with them to come up with a final design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-800x605.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of a woman wearing a white blazer, standing with her hands on her hips. Behind her is a wall filled with dozens of framed concert posters. \" width=\"800\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-800x605.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-1020x772.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlene Owseichik in 1989 in the Fillmore poster room. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Arlene Owseichik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As far as creative direction was concerned, there were only a few rules: no portraits and no guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never wanted punky boy art,” she says. “I really stood my ground on [that]. I wanted the posters to be a celebration of art and of music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final hurdle was getting the poster approved by management, which Owseichik says could be rocky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were different opinions. As fun as it was, it was also really hard and heartbreaking that somebody could spend a week doing a poster, and then basically it would just be tossed in the trash,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the posters were given away for free, Owseichik never had to involve the band in the poster approval process, so the final poster was just as much a surprise to them as it was to the audience. The exceptions were Tom Petty and the Counting Crows — they insisted on approving the posters before print. Generally, the bands loved their posters, but of course, there were some exceptions, notably Greg Allman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of her favorite posters was created by artist James Mecier for \u003ca href=\"https://www.dking-gallery.com/store/FIL_511.html\">Willie Nelson’s 2002 show\u003c/a>. It’s a collage of the musician’s face made with feathers, rocks, and stones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another of her favorites is a \u003ca href=\"https://visiblevibrations.com/product/b-b-king-concert-poster-2007-f-898-fillmore/\">2007 poster for BB King\u003c/a> done by illustrator Alan Forbes. It features a shiny black guitar drawn with outstretched angel wings and a jeweled crown circling its neck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The truth be said, I loved every one of them. They’re all my children,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"A concert poster for the band Jefferson Airplane, featuring a black and white image of the Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in fog, with a multicolored illustration of a bi-wing airplane flying over it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The poster for Jefferson Airplane was designed and illustrated by Arlene Owseichik. \u003ccite>(Arlene Owseichik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She even got to design and illustrate a poster for Jefferson Airplane, which she says was “a dream come true.” For the design, she drew a bi-winged airplane flying over a photo she had taken of the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another one of Owseichik’s duties as art director was designing the dressing rooms for big acts, especially as Bill Graham Presents expanded their venues across the Bay. When Jimmy Page came to play at the Oakland Coliseum with an Egyptian band, she used props and décor to transform his dressing room into an Egyptian oasis. When Page entered the room after the show to grab a beer from the cooler, Owseichik was “star-struck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her friends thought she had the coolest job in the world, and she agreed with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Final Act\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For thirty-three years, Bill Graham Presents — and these posters — were Arlene Owseichik’s entire world. So, her decision to retire in 2019 was a difficult one, even though she knew it was time. She remembers giving her notice, feeling like an “out of body experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fillmore’s longtime marketing manager, Ashley Graham (no relation to Bill Graham), stepped into the role as the venue’s art director and still holds the position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arlene says she’s still decompressing from the job’s long days: “There were times that I worked 24 hours…that I never left the office,” she says. She also doesn’t miss the deadlines, like in 2014 when she had less than two days’ notice to make a poster for Prince at the Fillmore. She and Frank Wiedemann were feeling good about their design \u003ca href=\"https://visiblevibrations.com/product/prince-concert-poster-2014-f-1256-fillmore/\">incorporating Prince’s guitar and the newly opened Bay Bridge\u003c/a> … and then she realized they had printed the wrong date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to redo the poster, like in an instant: change the file, reprint it, do it with the proper date,” she says. “That was pretty darn stressful. But hey, it was Prince.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman in a yellow shirt hold a concert poster for the artist \"Prince.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlene Owseichik looks at a Prince poster she created during her time as art director at Bill Graham Presents at her home in Berkeley on Sept. 28, 2023. Owseichik designed posters for Bill Graham Presents for 30 years and produced nearly 2000 of the iconic concert posters. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She says she used to be addicted to excitement, but these days, she’s happy to have a quieter daily routine: no shows, no deadlines, and no late nights. The thing she does miss about going to shows at the Fillmore is seeing concert-goers stream out of the building at the end to get their posters. People tell her stories about this all the time: “Like, ‘Oh, that’s where I met my wife,’ or ‘That was such an amazing night.’ And then it’s all embodied in this poster,” she says. “It’s part of San Francisco lore. It’s incredible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owseichik hasn’t cast aside the design world. She has her own business, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bigpicturedesign.biz/\">Big Picture Design\u003c/a>, which she says was partly inspired by how Bill Graham always had his eye on the “big picture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She may not be spending her days at the Fillmore anymore, but it’s undeniable that she has left her mark on the building the same way Jimi Hendrix did more than 50 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel really blessed,” she says. “It was just really an incredible place to be. I hope it lives forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Years ago, Bay Curious listener Ben Kaiser was seeing a show at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium … The Psychedelic Furs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[The Psychedelic Furs, “Love my Way” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a great show. The kind he’ll remember forever. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And luckily, that night, they were offering a free poster to everybody in attendance. That was my first poster of the Psychedelic Furs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s now framed in his Atlanta home. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a very dark and moody poster. It looks like somebody standing in an alley, walking away from the perspective of the viewer. It’s a beautiful poster. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free posters are a beloved parting gift for concert-goers at the Fillmore. They’re never guaranteed, only given out at the biggest shows. And they’re created just for the Fillmore audiences — so when folks do get one, it’s special.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">These posters are artifacts, pieces of time. They’re as much of the concert as the concert.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At this point, the free posters are almost as legendary as The Fillmore Auditorium itself — a center stage for the counterculture music scene during the 1960s. Bands like Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company launched their careers on that stage. The Grateful Dead played there more than 50 TIMES. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[The Grateful Dead “Friend of the Devil” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The posters. The venue. It’s history! This all got Ben wondering… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fillmore is legendary. The posters at the Fillmore are legendary. The poster wall at the Fillmore is legendary. But what I would like to know more about is the person behind the poster. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The creative director behind hundreds of the Fillmore’s storied posters — Arlene Owseichik.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today on Bay Curious, we’ve got a rocking collision of Bay Area art, music and history. I’m Olivia Allen-Price. We’ll be right back.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our listener Ben wanted to know more about the women behind the Fillmore’s legendary concert posters…. Reporter Bianca Taylor takes the mic … \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Arlene Owseichik came to San Francisco in her mid-twenties… drawn by the sounds of Haight Ashbury.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was very aware that the Jefferson Airplane were from San Francisco. And just kind of on a whim and a prayer, we loaded up the car and came west. And. And one of the first things we did was ride by the airplane mansion on Fulton Street,\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It was 1976, and although it had been almost a decade since the Summer of Love, the spirit of music and art was alive and well in the city. Arlene’s first job was waitressing at the infamous North Beach Beat hangout, Vesuvio Cafe. She had studied art in college and wanted to be a photographer, so she also started volunteering at Camerawork — a nonprofit art gallery which is still around today. She spent her days there working with glue and scissors, using a collage-type process to make ads in newspapers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would do the paste-up for the announcements for shows.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In a time before Photoshop, paste-ups were how you manually put images and photos together for copying or printing — literally cutting and pasting layers onto a board. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I got pretty good with that X-Acto knife and actually stabbed myself a few times. Those were the hazards of the olden days of graphics. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Soon, she got hired by a small design studio, Ampersand, and started working on paste-ups full-time. One day, the phone rang at work — Arlene picked it up, and on the other end .. was the concert promotion company, Bill Graham Presents. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was like, “Oh, might somebody at Ampersand Design, you know, be able to take on pasting up ads ?” So I said, ‘Yeah, I’d love to. And that was the start of it.’\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She started making paste-up newspaper ads for them… and then in 1985, after she proposed that they hire her in-house, Arlene became Bill Graham Presents’ first-ever art director. This was a dream job — she had always been a huge music fan… and now she was plugged into one of the most influential music scenes of the 20th century.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A door opens. Take it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> At the time, Bill Graham Presents was run by Bill Graham himself, the larger-than-life concert promoter. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Archival clip of Bill Graham: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think the artist is the most privileged of all species. I consider myself to be the next most fortunate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bill Graham was an enigmatic man with an unbelievable story. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born Wolfgang Grajonca in 1930s Berlin, he fled to New York as an orphaned 10-year-old, having lost his mother in the Holocaust. He changed his name to Bill Graham to sound more American…By the time Arlene met him, he had his signature thick Bronx accent. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I adored him. He was— He was riveting. He was handsome. He was funny. He was electric.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Aretha Franklin Live at the Fillmore album, “Respect” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In the ’60s, Bill and his company, Bill Graham Presents, had become famous for booking the biggest musical acts of the day: everyone from the Grateful Dead and Santana to Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The psychedelic posters designed to promote these shows were just created as advertisements — but they quickly became famous collectibles, written about in national magazines and reprinted for sale. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the mid-’80s, Bill Graham decided to take the posters in a different direction: they weren’t going to be advertisements anymore, they were going to be mementos given out at the end of concerts. Stand-alone works of art. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And as Art Director, Arlene was the person behind nearly every single one of those posters from 1985 to 2019. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was working with different poster artists, fantastic. Never never-ending, stimulating, wonderful. It just was never ending the amount …the work that I loved and the people that were doing it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Here’s how it worked: At the beginning of each month, Arlene got a list of upcoming shows from the booker…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shout out to Michael Bayley, who’s been the booker for the shows all these years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Shows that got posters were shows that would sell out… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because it meant there’s enough money floating around, you know, to pay for everything. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then, she would go through the list and start doing research on the bands.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As time went on, I have to say that it became much easier with iTunes and the Internet, and it’s all right at your fingertips.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Once she had a sense for the band’s style, she’d think about which poster artist’s aesthetic would be the best match.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By this time, I had worked with a roster of poster artists, and so I’d call up Frank Wiedemann and and I’d say, you know, whatever. Duran Duran! And then he’d go, “Yeah.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then the fun part — the artist would create a poster, show it to Arlene, and the two of them would work together to come up with a final design. There were only a few rules she enforced: The first was no portraits. The second was no guns. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I never wanted guns. I never wanted, you know, death masks. I never wanted, like, really kind of punky boy art. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When she and the artist got to a final design, she would take it to management for approval… which Arlene says was less fun. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That could be very rocky at times. There were perhaps different opinions. As fun, as it was, it was also really, really hard and really heartbreaking that somebody could spend a week doing a poster, and then basically, it would just be tossed in the trash because it was deemed, you know, not appropriate or whatever. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> One of her favorite posters was created by artist James Mecier for Willie Nelson’s 2 thousand 2 show. It’s a collage of the musician’s face made with feathers, rocks, and stones. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another of her favorites is a 2007 poster for BB King done by illustrator Alan Forbes. It features a shiny black guitar drawn with outstretched angel wings, a jeweled crown circling its neck. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The truth be said, I loved every one of them. They were. They’re all my children. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Because the posters were given away for free, Arlene NEVER had to involve the BAND in the poster approval process. The final poster was just as much a surprise to them as it was to the audience. The exceptions were Tom Petty and the Counting Crows — \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">they\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> insisted on approving the posters before print. … Generally, the posters were well-received, but of course, there were some exceptions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right, like Gregg Allman didn’t like his poster. I know Zero Seven didn’t like their poster.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She even got to design AND ILLUSTRATE a poster for the band that inspired her to MOVE to San Francisco… Jefferson Airplane. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “Today” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The poster consists of a photo that I took of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fog. And so it’s just this really nice photo. And then, I illustrated a bi-winged airplane flying over the bridge. It was like my dream come true: to do a poster for the airplane.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Another duty Arlene took on as Art Director was designing the dressing rooms for big acts —especially as Bill Graham Presents started booking shows at other venues across the Bay. She did the dressing room for Jimmy Page when he played the Oakland Coliseum — transforming it with props and decorations, almost like a film set.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I made his room Egyptian. They were touring with an Egyptian band. And then, after the show, I was sitting in the dressing room just waiting for the rest of the crew to come in and, like, take down the dressing room. And I was sitting there, and he came in, and he and he, like, got a beer out of the cooler. I was star-struck.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For thirty-three years, Bill Graham Presents — and these posters — were Arlene’s entire world. So, her decision to retire in 2019 was a difficult one.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I mean, I knew that it was time, but just physically, it was an out-of-body experience because it had meant so much to me, and it had been so long.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She says she’s still decompressing from the fast-paced days… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were times that I worked 24 hours. I mean, that I never left the office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the deadlines — like in 2014 when she had less than two days’ notice to make a poster for Prince… Arlene immediately called up illustrator Frank Wiedemann, and they came up with a design incorporating Prince’s guitar and the newly opened Bay Bridge…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Prince’s “Kiss” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> …and then they realized they had printed the wrong date. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We had to redo the poster like in an instant, to change the file, to reprint it, to do it with the proper date. So, I’d say that was pretty darn stressful. But hey, it was Prince. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Prince’s “Kiss” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I used to be addicted to excitement, I realize. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These days, she’s quite happy to have a much quieter daily routine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oh, my God. I went to so many shows, which is why I rarely go to shows. Yeah, it would take—not quite a crane to get me out of here, but…[laughs] But no, I had my fill of shows.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The thing she does miss about going to shows at the Fillmore is seeing concert-goers stream out of the building at the end to get their posters. People tell her stories about this all the time: \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like, Oh, that’s where I met my wife or that, you know, that was such an amazing night. And then it’s all embodied in this poster. It’s part of San Francisco lore. It’s. It’s incredible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When she reflects back on her three-decade career, she talks about the Fillmore like it’s an old friend.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I think buildings have soul. I think every person that’s entered into that building that’s seen a show leaves a part of themselves there. I think of all the performers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I always think of Jimi Hendrix being in that building and making his way down the narrow staircase behind the dressing room onto the stage. And I just think it’s just an incredible place that it’s so—it’s palpable how much soul it has. I hope it lives forever.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Arlene hasn’t cast aside the design world, though — she has her own business, Big Picture Design, which she says was inspired in part by the way Bill Graham always had his eye on the “big picture.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And If there’s one piece of career advice she can give to people, it’s to follow your bliss. After all… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” plays] \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I had to move to San Francisco, you know, I had to follow the Jefferson Airplane and had to just— I did what I loved. It came from my heart. And it really paid off.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” plays] \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was KQED’s Bianca Taylor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many moons ago, we aired a story about another tradition at the Fillmore Auditorium — how they also give away free apples at their shows. We’ll drop that link in our show notes if you want to learn more.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to Ben Kaiser for asking this week’s question, which was chosen by you in a public voting round earlier this year. Our November voting round is currently up, and you have some interesting choices, my friends: Questions about geese migration patterns, hot dog vendors, and a biscuit San Francisco was supposedly once known the world over for… Cast your vote at BayCurious.org!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member—supported KQED. The show is produced by Amanda Font, Christopher Beale, and Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Cesar Saldana, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan, and the entire KQED Family.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a great week!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Arlene Owseichik, San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731290/how-bill-grahams-nazi-escape-might-explain-his-fillmore-apples\">Fillmore Auditorium\u003c/a> has a “palpable soul.” It was the center of the countercultural music universe for a time, and bands like Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company launched their careers on its stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think every person that’s entered into that building that’s seen a show leaves a part of themselves there,” she says. “I always think of Jimi Hendrix being in that building and making his way down the narrow staircase behind the dressing room onto the stage.” \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this soul and history is on display inside the Fillmore’s infamous Poster Room, a cavernous room whose walls are filled floor to ceiling with posters from decades of the venue’s shows. It’s the closest you can get to stepping into a musical time machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, when you see a show at the Fillmore, you might be lucky enough to get your very own poster for free. They’re a highly anticipated parting gift given out at the biggest shows. Bay Curious listener Ben Kaiser has his poster of the Psychedelic Furs at the Fillmore framed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A display of concert posters. On one wall are numerous framed posters for different musicians. On another wall, a large framed portrait of Grateful Dead guitarist, Jerry Garcia is visible. Garcia is playing a guitar.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-1322089696-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters from the Fillmore hang on a wall next to a large portrait of Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead played at the Fillmore more than 50 times. \u003ccite>(Photo By Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The posters are artifacts, pieces of time,” he says. “They’re as much [a part] of the concert as the concert.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which got him wondering: the posters of the Fillmore are so legendary, who is the person behind them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 1985 to 2019, the answer was Arlene Owseichik.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Going to California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arlene Owseichik came to San Francisco in 1976 for one reason: “I was very aware that the [band] Jefferson Airplane were from San Francisco. We just, kind of on a whim and a prayer, loaded up the car and came west,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first things she did when she got here was ride past the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/obscuresf/article/sf-2400-fulton-jefferson-airplane-17751356.php\">Airplane House on Fulton Street\u003c/a>. “It was crazy,” she laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966782\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Close up on the hand of a woman holding a photograph of her younger self. In that image she is holding a camera to her eye. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-027-BL-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlene Owseichik, long-time art director at Bill Graham Presents, holds a self-portrait of herself from her early years in San Francisco at her home in Berkeley on Sept. 28, 2023. Owseichik designed posters for Bill Graham Presents for 30 years and produced nearly 2000 of the iconic concert posters. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Owseichik studied art in college and wanted to work in photography and graphic design. She got a job doing “paste-ups” for a hip design studio, Ampersand. In a time before Photoshop, paste-ups were how you manually put images and photos together for printing, literally cutting with an X-acto knife and pasting layers onto a board like a collage. She primarily made announcements for shows that went inside the SF Chronicle’s entertainment section.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got pretty good with that X-Acto knife and actually stabbed myself a few times. Those were the hazards of the olden days of graphics,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, the phone rang while she was at work. Owseichik picked it up, and the concert promotion company Bill Graham Presents was on the other end. They asked her if anyone there would want to work for them doing paste-ups. She didn’t hesitate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Yeah, I’d love to. And that was the start of it.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven years later, Owseichik proposed that Bill Graham Presents hire her to do the paste-ups in-house as their first-ever art director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was pretty scary. They sat on the proposal for months,” she says. But she got the gig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owseichik had come to San Francisco for the music, and now she was plugged into one of the most influential music scenes of the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s how things happen. They’re just unexpected. A door opens. Take it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Working for Bill Graham\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arlene Owseichik’s boss at Bill Graham Presents was Bill Graham itself, the larger-than-life concert promoter. “He was riveting. He was handsome. He was funny. He was electric. He was the dream boss,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-800x1072.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk talking on phone with a cord. There are many photos and posters on the wall behind him. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-800x1072.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-1020x1366.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-160x214.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572-1529x2048.jpg 1529w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/GettyImages-51696718-scaled-e1699476265572.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">German-born American businessman Bill Graham (1931–1991), rock concert producer and promoter, talks on the phone in his office at the Fillmore West music club, San Francisco, California, August 1969. The walls are decorated with psychedelic concert posters and photographs, and a stack of record albums is on top of a bookshelf. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jon Brenneis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the ’60s, Bill Graham Presents made a name for themselves by booking the biggest musical acts of the counterculture. The psychedelic posters designed to promote these shows were originally created just as advertisements — but they quickly became sought-after collectibles, written about in national magazines and reprinted for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the mid-’80s, Graham decided to take the posters in a different direction. They weren’t going to be advertisements anymore, they were going to be mementos given out at the end of concerts, stand-alone works of art. And as art director, Arlene Owseichik was responsible for making nearly every single one of those posters happen from 1985 to 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a huge job, and she gave it her all: “I was working with different poster artists…[it was] fantastic, stimulating, wonderful. It just was never-ending, the amount of work that I loved and the people that were doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Making of a Fillmore Poster\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As art director, Owseichik was in charge of the many moving parts it took to create a Fillmore poster. At the beginning of each month, she got a list of upcoming shows from the booker. The shows that got posters were those that would sell out simply because it meant there would be money to pay for everything. Owseichik would research the bands (which she says definitely got easier once the Internet and iTunes came around), then call up one of the many talented poster artists from her arsenal that was the best aesthetic match. The poster artist would create a first draft, and then Owseichik would work with them to come up with a final design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-800x605.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of a woman wearing a white blazer, standing with her hands on her hips. Behind her is a wall filled with dozens of framed concert posters. \" width=\"800\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-800x605.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-1020x772.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/img20231006_15482414-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlene Owseichik in 1989 in the Fillmore poster room. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Arlene Owseichik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As far as creative direction was concerned, there were only a few rules: no portraits and no guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never wanted punky boy art,” she says. “I really stood my ground on [that]. I wanted the posters to be a celebration of art and of music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final hurdle was getting the poster approved by management, which Owseichik says could be rocky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were different opinions. As fun as it was, it was also really hard and heartbreaking that somebody could spend a week doing a poster, and then basically it would just be tossed in the trash,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the posters were given away for free, Owseichik never had to involve the band in the poster approval process, so the final poster was just as much a surprise to them as it was to the audience. The exceptions were Tom Petty and the Counting Crows — they insisted on approving the posters before print. Generally, the bands loved their posters, but of course, there were some exceptions, notably Greg Allman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of her favorite posters was created by artist James Mecier for \u003ca href=\"https://www.dking-gallery.com/store/FIL_511.html\">Willie Nelson’s 2002 show\u003c/a>. It’s a collage of the musician’s face made with feathers, rocks, and stones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another of her favorites is a \u003ca href=\"https://visiblevibrations.com/product/b-b-king-concert-poster-2007-f-898-fillmore/\">2007 poster for BB King\u003c/a> done by illustrator Alan Forbes. It features a shiny black guitar drawn with outstretched angel wings and a jeweled crown circling its neck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The truth be said, I loved every one of them. They’re all my children,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"A concert poster for the band Jefferson Airplane, featuring a black and white image of the Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in fog, with a multicolored illustration of a bi-wing airplane flying over it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/jefferson-airplane-poster-sep-26-1989-sep-28-1989-qut-e1699479797416.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The poster for Jefferson Airplane was designed and illustrated by Arlene Owseichik. \u003ccite>(Arlene Owseichik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She even got to design and illustrate a poster for Jefferson Airplane, which she says was “a dream come true.” For the design, she drew a bi-winged airplane flying over a photo she had taken of the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another one of Owseichik’s duties as art director was designing the dressing rooms for big acts, especially as Bill Graham Presents expanded their venues across the Bay. When Jimmy Page came to play at the Oakland Coliseum with an Egyptian band, she used props and décor to transform his dressing room into an Egyptian oasis. When Page entered the room after the show to grab a beer from the cooler, Owseichik was “star-struck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her friends thought she had the coolest job in the world, and she agreed with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Final Act\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For thirty-three years, Bill Graham Presents — and these posters — were Arlene Owseichik’s entire world. So, her decision to retire in 2019 was a difficult one, even though she knew it was time. She remembers giving her notice, feeling like an “out of body experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fillmore’s longtime marketing manager, Ashley Graham (no relation to Bill Graham), stepped into the role as the venue’s art director and still holds the position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arlene says she’s still decompressing from the job’s long days: “There were times that I worked 24 hours…that I never left the office,” she says. She also doesn’t miss the deadlines, like in 2014 when she had less than two days’ notice to make a poster for Prince at the Fillmore. She and Frank Wiedemann were feeling good about their design \u003ca href=\"https://visiblevibrations.com/product/prince-concert-poster-2014-f-1256-fillmore/\">incorporating Prince’s guitar and the newly opened Bay Bridge\u003c/a> … and then she realized they had printed the wrong date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to redo the poster, like in an instant: change the file, reprint it, do it with the proper date,” she says. “That was pretty darn stressful. But hey, it was Prince.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11966784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman in a yellow shirt hold a concert poster for the artist \"Prince.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-009-BL-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlene Owseichik looks at a Prince poster she created during her time as art director at Bill Graham Presents at her home in Berkeley on Sept. 28, 2023. Owseichik designed posters for Bill Graham Presents for 30 years and produced nearly 2000 of the iconic concert posters. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She says she used to be addicted to excitement, but these days, she’s happy to have a quieter daily routine: no shows, no deadlines, and no late nights. The thing she does miss about going to shows at the Fillmore is seeing concert-goers stream out of the building at the end to get their posters. People tell her stories about this all the time: “Like, ‘Oh, that’s where I met my wife,’ or ‘That was such an amazing night.’ And then it’s all embodied in this poster,” she says. “It’s part of San Francisco lore. It’s incredible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owseichik hasn’t cast aside the design world. She has her own business, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bigpicturedesign.biz/\">Big Picture Design\u003c/a>, which she says was partly inspired by how Bill Graham always had his eye on the “big picture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She may not be spending her days at the Fillmore anymore, but it’s undeniable that she has left her mark on the building the same way Jimi Hendrix did more than 50 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel really blessed,” she says. “It was just really an incredible place to be. I hope it lives forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Years ago, Bay Curious listener Ben Kaiser was seeing a show at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium … The Psychedelic Furs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[The Psychedelic Furs, “Love my Way” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a great show. The kind he’ll remember forever. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And luckily, that night, they were offering a free poster to everybody in attendance. That was my first poster of the Psychedelic Furs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s now framed in his Atlanta home. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a very dark and moody poster. It looks like somebody standing in an alley, walking away from the perspective of the viewer. It’s a beautiful poster. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free posters are a beloved parting gift for concert-goers at the Fillmore. They’re never guaranteed, only given out at the biggest shows. And they’re created just for the Fillmore audiences — so when folks do get one, it’s special.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">These posters are artifacts, pieces of time. They’re as much of the concert as the concert.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At this point, the free posters are almost as legendary as The Fillmore Auditorium itself — a center stage for the counterculture music scene during the 1960s. Bands like Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company launched their careers on that stage. The Grateful Dead played there more than 50 TIMES. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[The Grateful Dead “Friend of the Devil” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The posters. The venue. It’s history! This all got Ben wondering… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fillmore is legendary. The posters at the Fillmore are legendary. The poster wall at the Fillmore is legendary. But what I would like to know more about is the person behind the poster. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The creative director behind hundreds of the Fillmore’s storied posters — Arlene Owseichik.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today on Bay Curious, we’ve got a rocking collision of Bay Area art, music and history. I’m Olivia Allen-Price. We’ll be right back.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our listener Ben wanted to know more about the women behind the Fillmore’s legendary concert posters…. Reporter Bianca Taylor takes the mic … \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Arlene Owseichik came to San Francisco in her mid-twenties… drawn by the sounds of Haight Ashbury.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was very aware that the Jefferson Airplane were from San Francisco. And just kind of on a whim and a prayer, we loaded up the car and came west. And. And one of the first things we did was ride by the airplane mansion on Fulton Street,\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It was 1976, and although it had been almost a decade since the Summer of Love, the spirit of music and art was alive and well in the city. Arlene’s first job was waitressing at the infamous North Beach Beat hangout, Vesuvio Cafe. She had studied art in college and wanted to be a photographer, so she also started volunteering at Camerawork — a nonprofit art gallery which is still around today. She spent her days there working with glue and scissors, using a collage-type process to make ads in newspapers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would do the paste-up for the announcements for shows.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In a time before Photoshop, paste-ups were how you manually put images and photos together for copying or printing — literally cutting and pasting layers onto a board. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I got pretty good with that X-Acto knife and actually stabbed myself a few times. Those were the hazards of the olden days of graphics. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Soon, she got hired by a small design studio, Ampersand, and started working on paste-ups full-time. One day, the phone rang at work — Arlene picked it up, and on the other end .. was the concert promotion company, Bill Graham Presents. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was like, “Oh, might somebody at Ampersand Design, you know, be able to take on pasting up ads ?” So I said, ‘Yeah, I’d love to. And that was the start of it.’\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She started making paste-up newspaper ads for them… and then in 1985, after she proposed that they hire her in-house, Arlene became Bill Graham Presents’ first-ever art director. This was a dream job — she had always been a huge music fan… and now she was plugged into one of the most influential music scenes of the 20th century.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A door opens. Take it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> At the time, Bill Graham Presents was run by Bill Graham himself, the larger-than-life concert promoter. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Archival clip of Bill Graham: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think the artist is the most privileged of all species. I consider myself to be the next most fortunate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bill Graham was an enigmatic man with an unbelievable story. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born Wolfgang Grajonca in 1930s Berlin, he fled to New York as an orphaned 10-year-old, having lost his mother in the Holocaust. He changed his name to Bill Graham to sound more American…By the time Arlene met him, he had his signature thick Bronx accent. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I adored him. He was— He was riveting. He was handsome. He was funny. He was electric.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Aretha Franklin Live at the Fillmore album, “Respect” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In the ’60s, Bill and his company, Bill Graham Presents, had become famous for booking the biggest musical acts of the day: everyone from the Grateful Dead and Santana to Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The psychedelic posters designed to promote these shows were just created as advertisements — but they quickly became famous collectibles, written about in national magazines and reprinted for sale. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the mid-’80s, Bill Graham decided to take the posters in a different direction: they weren’t going to be advertisements anymore, they were going to be mementos given out at the end of concerts. Stand-alone works of art. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And as Art Director, Arlene was the person behind nearly every single one of those posters from 1985 to 2019. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was working with different poster artists, fantastic. Never never-ending, stimulating, wonderful. It just was never ending the amount …the work that I loved and the people that were doing it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Here’s how it worked: At the beginning of each month, Arlene got a list of upcoming shows from the booker…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shout out to Michael Bayley, who’s been the booker for the shows all these years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Shows that got posters were shows that would sell out… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because it meant there’s enough money floating around, you know, to pay for everything. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then, she would go through the list and start doing research on the bands.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As time went on, I have to say that it became much easier with iTunes and the Internet, and it’s all right at your fingertips.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Once she had a sense for the band’s style, she’d think about which poster artist’s aesthetic would be the best match.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By this time, I had worked with a roster of poster artists, and so I’d call up Frank Wiedemann and and I’d say, you know, whatever. Duran Duran! And then he’d go, “Yeah.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then the fun part — the artist would create a poster, show it to Arlene, and the two of them would work together to come up with a final design. There were only a few rules she enforced: The first was no portraits. The second was no guns. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I never wanted guns. I never wanted, you know, death masks. I never wanted, like, really kind of punky boy art. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When she and the artist got to a final design, she would take it to management for approval… which Arlene says was less fun. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That could be very rocky at times. There were perhaps different opinions. As fun, as it was, it was also really, really hard and really heartbreaking that somebody could spend a week doing a poster, and then basically, it would just be tossed in the trash because it was deemed, you know, not appropriate or whatever. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> One of her favorite posters was created by artist James Mecier for Willie Nelson’s 2 thousand 2 show. It’s a collage of the musician’s face made with feathers, rocks, and stones. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another of her favorites is a 2007 poster for BB King done by illustrator Alan Forbes. It features a shiny black guitar drawn with outstretched angel wings, a jeweled crown circling its neck. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The truth be said, I loved every one of them. They were. They’re all my children. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Because the posters were given away for free, Arlene NEVER had to involve the BAND in the poster approval process. The final poster was just as much a surprise to them as it was to the audience. The exceptions were Tom Petty and the Counting Crows — \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">they\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> insisted on approving the posters before print. … Generally, the posters were well-received, but of course, there were some exceptions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right, like Gregg Allman didn’t like his poster. I know Zero Seven didn’t like their poster.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She even got to design AND ILLUSTRATE a poster for the band that inspired her to MOVE to San Francisco… Jefferson Airplane. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “Today” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The poster consists of a photo that I took of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fog. And so it’s just this really nice photo. And then, I illustrated a bi-winged airplane flying over the bridge. It was like my dream come true: to do a poster for the airplane.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Another duty Arlene took on as Art Director was designing the dressing rooms for big acts —especially as Bill Graham Presents started booking shows at other venues across the Bay. She did the dressing room for Jimmy Page when he played the Oakland Coliseum — transforming it with props and decorations, almost like a film set.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I made his room Egyptian. They were touring with an Egyptian band. And then, after the show, I was sitting in the dressing room just waiting for the rest of the crew to come in and, like, take down the dressing room. And I was sitting there, and he came in, and he and he, like, got a beer out of the cooler. I was star-struck.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For thirty-three years, Bill Graham Presents — and these posters — were Arlene’s entire world. So, her decision to retire in 2019 was a difficult one.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I mean, I knew that it was time, but just physically, it was an out-of-body experience because it had meant so much to me, and it had been so long.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She says she’s still decompressing from the fast-paced days… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were times that I worked 24 hours. 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But hey, it was Prince. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Prince’s “Kiss” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I used to be addicted to excitement, I realize. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These days, she’s quite happy to have a much quieter daily routine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oh, my God. I went to so many shows, which is why I rarely go to shows. Yeah, it would take—not quite a crane to get me out of here, but…[laughs] But no, I had my fill of shows.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The thing she does miss about going to shows at the Fillmore is seeing concert-goers stream out of the building at the end to get their posters. 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I think of all the performers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” plays]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I always think of Jimi Hendrix being in that building and making his way down the narrow staircase behind the dressing room onto the stage. And I just think it’s just an incredible place that it’s so—it’s palpable how much soul it has. I hope it lives forever.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bianca Taylor:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Arlene hasn’t cast aside the design world, though — she has her own business, Big Picture Design, which she says was inspired in part by the way Bill Graham always had his eye on the “big picture.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And If there’s one piece of career advice she can give to people, it’s to follow your bliss. After all… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” plays] \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Arlene Owseichik: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I had to move to San Francisco, you know, I had to follow the Jefferson Airplane and had to just— I did what I loved. It came from my heart. And it really paid off.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” plays] \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was KQED’s Bianca Taylor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many moons ago, we aired a story about another tradition at the Fillmore Auditorium — how they also give away free apples at their shows. We’ll drop that link in our show notes if you want to learn more.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to Ben Kaiser for asking this week’s question, which was chosen by you in a public voting round earlier this year. Our November voting round is currently up, and you have some interesting choices, my friends: Questions about geese migration patterns, hot dog vendors, and a biscuit San Francisco was supposedly once known the world over for… Cast your vote at BayCurious.org!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ben Kaiser: \u003c/b>Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member—supported KQED. The show is produced by Amanda Font, Christopher Beale, and Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Cesar Saldana, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan, and the entire KQED Family.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a great week!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11964064/peso-pluma-en-san-jose-estacionamiento-seguridad\">\u003cem>¿Buscas esta informacion en español? KQED en Español tiene lo que necesitas — haz clic aquí para leer nuestra cobertura bilingüe.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peso Pluma — \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/features/peso-pluma-regional-mexican-cover-story-interview-1235370073/\">who topped global Billboard charts twice this summer\u003c/a> — is coming to the Bay Area. The \u003ca href=\"https://remezcla.com/music/julio-preciado-talks-about-corridos-tumbados-calls-them-cochinadas/\">corrido tumbado\u003c/a> superstar will perform at San José’s SAP Center on Friday, October 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>October is shaping up to be a very exciting time in the Bay Area across the different genres of Latino music. 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And Peso Pluma returns to the Bay Area (featuring rapper Alemán) with high expectations from fans following his performance at the \u003cem>MTV Video Music Awards\u003c/em> and the release of his latest album, \u003cem>Génesis\u003c/em>, that reached No. 1 in Billboard’s Latin Albums chart in one week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s your very first concert or your 50th, we have some tips that can help you prepare, get there and back safely and ensure you have fun at the Peso Pluma concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading, or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parkingSAPcenter\">Where can I find parking for SAP Center?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SAPcenterbanneditems\">What’s the bag policy at SAP Center?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tailgatepesopluma\">Can I tailgate the Peso Pluma concert?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#pesoplumapolice\">What will the police presence be like?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#pesoplumatickets\">Can I still buy Peso Pluma tickets?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Wasn’t Peso Pluma’s performance in Tijuana recently canceled? Could that happen for the San José concert?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You may have heard that \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/peso-pluma-tijuana-mexico-concert-canceled-threats-1235417440/\">Peso Pluma’s Tijuana show — originally scheduled for Oct. 14 — was canceled\u003c/a> due to security concerns. Banners with threats against Peso showed up at several points in the Mexican city last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED asked Live Nation, which is in charge of putting on the San José concert, if there is the possibility that this Bay Area show would also be canceled. Live Nation staff have replied it is “very doubtful” that would happen, and that the show in San José is still scheduled to take place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I get to SAP Center by car?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re driving from out of town, you have several options to get to downtown San José. If you’re coming from the San Francisco/Peninsula direction, both Highway 101 and the I-280 freeways (and El Camino Real, if you have a lot of time to spare) take you straight to the city’s center. If you’re coming in from the East Bay, you can take either the I-680 or the I-880.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need an explainer on right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>According to Google Trends, \u003ca href=\"https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%201-m&geo=US-CA-807&q=peso%20pluma%20concert&hl=en\">places in the North Bay, including Santa Rosa and Larkspur, have shown some of the strongest interest for Peso’s concert.\u003c/a> If that’s where you’re coming from, the fastest option will likely be getting on the I-580, crossing the Richmond Bridge and then transferring on to I-880 that will take you straight to downtown San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"parkingSAPcenter\">\u003c/a>Where can I find parking at SAP Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One word: timing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAP Center has on-site parking at their ABC Lot but anyone who has been to a concert here knows that parking can fill up fast. “I’d just encourage everybody to arrive early,” says Jim Sparaco, director of public relations for SAP Center. “Most people like to arrive before the concert starts, but of course, that’s when everyone wants to arrive — and that can create longer lines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11959799\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-1-1020x680.jpg\"]The show is scheduled to start at 8 p.m., and Sparaco recommends you get to SAP Center at least an hour before the concert begins. Concert tickets are usually not cheap, and if you want to make the most of the show, make sure you’re in your seat when it begins — not sitting in your car waiting for a parking spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also reserve parking ahead of time, either at the main ABC Lot or at another, nearby parking lot, using \u003ca href=\"https://sapcenter.parkmobile.io/\">the SAP Center’s parking reservation tool\u003c/a>. Reservations range from $25 to $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also try looking for street parking — but keep in mind that others will have the same idea, and you may have to walk 15–20 minutes from your car to the venue depending on how busy it gets. And check signs for any parking restrictions, as you don’t want to return to your car after the concert to find a hefty parking ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I get to SAP Center using public transit?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’re in luck: downtown San José is very well connected by several public transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re coming from the city’s Eastside, you can take the light rail VTA from Alum Rock station straight to San José-Diridon, which is only one block away from SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain, which goes from San Francisco, all through San Mateo County, to the South Bay, also stops at San José-Diridon. Coming in from the East Bay? You can take BART and get off at Berryessa/North San José station and then get on a VTA bus, specifically the Rapid 500 bus line, which will quickly take you straight to SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that public transportation in San José does not run the whole night and \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/sites/default/files/route_schedule_pdfs/current/route_500/route_500_schedule.pdf\">the last Rapid 500 bus is scheduled to leave from the SAP Center area (from the Caltrain station) at 11:19 p.m. (PDF)\u003c/a> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/schedules/pdfs\">last Caltrain leaves San José at 11:12 p.m. (PDF)\u003c/a> and the last BART out of Berryessa is scheduled for 11:48 p.m., headed towards Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, VTA officials confirmed to KQED that the transit agency is not offering extra service for this concert. So if you’re getting home from the Peso Pluma concert by public transit, be very sure of when you need to get up from your seat and start heading out — you don’t want to be stranded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963911\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1719835577-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people perform on a blue and red toned stage, with red lighting cast on their faces and bodies, holding their arms in the air. Two men at the front hold microphones.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1719835577-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1719835577-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1719835577-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1719835577-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1719835577-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peso Pluma and Yng Lvcas perform onstage during the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on Oct. 5, 2023 in Coral Gables, Florida. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"SAPcenterbanneditems\">\u003c/a>Bag policy: What’s not allowed into SAP Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No food.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-time San José residents know this well: Their city is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\">a treasure trove of delicious cuisine from all over the world\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/san-jose-mexican-food-18167782.php\">the SR 408 is a particularly fantastic place to eat Sinaloa-style Mexican food\u003c/a> (fitting, as Peso Pluma has family in Sinaloa).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re thinking of grabbing some mariscos or aguachile before the concert, you will have to finish it before heading to the show as you are \u003cem>not\u003c/em> allowed to bring outside food into SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No alcohol.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nope, you won’t be allowed in with outside alcoholic beverages — so finish or throw away the michelada before you get to security. Cans, glass bottles and coolers are also not allowed in — doesn’t matter if they are open or closed. (Plastic bottles are fine, however, and you can refill your water bottle inside SAP Center.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, however, several spots inside SAP Center where you can pick up a drink that you can enjoy at your seat. But lines get long, especially as the concert is starting, so that’s another reason to make it to the concert with extra time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What kind of bag can I bring?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s talk bags and purses. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sapcenter.com/plan-your-visit/bag-policy\">You do not need to bring a transparent bag to carry your things.\u003c/a> If your bag or clutch is smaller than 5 x 9 x 2 inches, you can pass through security without a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if your bag is bigger than that — including larger fanny packs or diaper bags — your bag may go through X-ray inspection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There \u003cem>are\u003c/em> size limits, however. You can’t enter SAP Center with bags bigger than 20 x 14 x 11 inches (which is roughly similar to a medium-sized tote bag). So don’t try coming in with your backpack and ask to check it in as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sapcenter.com/plan-your-visit/bag-policy\">SAP Center no longer offers a bag check option or storage lockers onsite\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tailgatepesopluma\">\u003c/a>Can I tailgate the Peso Pluma concert?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you didn’t get tickets but still want to organize something with your friends on your truck at a nearby parking lot, we got bad news: Informal tailgating is prohibited due to a San José city ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may have heard that for the Taylor Swift concerts at Levi’s Stadium back in July fans were able to hear her singing from blocks away. But let’s keep it real: SAP Center is not an open-air stadium like Levi’s, and it can be pretty hard to hear what’s going on inside even from the main parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re bummed that you won’t see Peso Pluma this time around, keep reading for \u003ca href=\"#pesoplumatickets\">other things to do during the concert weekend.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"pesoplumapolice\">\u003c/a>What will the police presence be like during and after the event?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Jose Police Department did not accept KQED’s request for an interview for this story — and added in an email that they “do not comment on [their] planning or tactics when it comes to special event management.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For its part, VTA did share with KQED that it is not planning for extra security on its buses and trains, other than the Sheriff’s Office Transit Patrol and the private security firm it regularly has on its system.[aside postID=\"news_11959477\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/081723-CAR-BREAK-IN-BIPPED-AV-KQED-1020x680.jpg\"]If you are invited to a sideshow after the concert, keep in mind that both the City of San José and SJPD are taking stronger measures to clamp down on sideshows. Mayor Matt Mahan has already asked Snapchat and Meta (which owns Instagram and Facebook) to \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-mayor-wants-tech-giants-meta-facebook-instagram-snapchat-tiktok-to-moderate-sideshow-content-street-racing/\">temporarily suspend accounts that post content promoting sideshows\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-considers-penalties-for-encouraging-sideshow-spectators/\">It’s already illegal in San José to post content on social media encouraging people to go to sideshows.\u003c/a> Doing so could cost you $1,000 and potentially up to six months in jail. Being a spectator is also illegal and \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=7173635&GUID=BBF0067B-9707-472B-95FB-4AFBDA1852F6\">you could still get in trouble even if you’re within 200 feet of the sideshow\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"pesoplumatickets\">\u003c/a>Can I still find tickets for Peso Pluma in San José?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are still tickets for Peso Pluma’s Oct. 13 show, as long as you’re down to buy them on resale. But on Ticketmaster, even a seat in some of the last rows of the last section could cost you more than $300. As for a floor seat? Expect to cough up more than $1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may also want to check out Facebook Marketplace or Stubhub. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">The Better Business Bureau (BBB) issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a>, with many people discovering after sending money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed. Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">if you do choose to buy a resale ticket, use your credit card\u003c/a>, says the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.[aside label='More guides from KQED' tag='audience-news']And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">if you’re in a large group chat and get a ticket offer from someone you know\u003c/a>, call this person directly — to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The website\u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/SAP+Center/seating/all/?photo_type=concert\"> a view from my seat\u003c/a> shares what fans who have gone to SAP Center already could see from where they sat. You can check out different sections in the arena to see what works best for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And can’t make it at all to the concert? No worries. You can definitely hear Peso’s music play throughout San José all weekend. The Ritz, a club in downtown, is already organizing \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx1Wf29MTU-/\">a Peso Pluma night for Oct. 14, the day after the concert\u003c/a>. And Peso Pluma isn’t your only chance to hear corridos that put you in your feels in the Bay Area: Iván Cornejo has one show in San José on Oct. 25 and another one in Oakland on Oct. 26. Eslabon Armado will play at San Jose Civic on Nov. 3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Nisa Khan and Paloma Abarca. An earlier version of this story originally published on October 10.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The show is scheduled to start at 8 p.m., and Sparaco recommends you get to SAP Center at least an hour before the concert begins. Concert tickets are usually not cheap, and if you want to make the most of the show, make sure you’re in your seat when it begins — not sitting in your car waiting for a parking spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also reserve parking ahead of time, either at the main ABC Lot or at another, nearby parking lot, using \u003ca href=\"https://sapcenter.parkmobile.io/\">the SAP Center’s parking reservation tool\u003c/a>. Reservations range from $25 to $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also try looking for street parking — but keep in mind that others will have the same idea, and you may have to walk 15–20 minutes from your car to the venue depending on how busy it gets. And check signs for any parking restrictions, as you don’t want to return to your car after the concert to find a hefty parking ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I get to SAP Center using public transit?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’re in luck: downtown San José is very well connected by several public transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re coming from the city’s Eastside, you can take the light rail VTA from Alum Rock station straight to San José-Diridon, which is only one block away from SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain, which goes from San Francisco, all through San Mateo County, to the South Bay, also stops at San José-Diridon. Coming in from the East Bay? You can take BART and get off at Berryessa/North San José station and then get on a VTA bus, specifically the Rapid 500 bus line, which will quickly take you straight to SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that public transportation in San José does not run the whole night and \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/sites/default/files/route_schedule_pdfs/current/route_500/route_500_schedule.pdf\">the last Rapid 500 bus is scheduled to leave from the SAP Center area (from the Caltrain station) at 11:19 p.m. (PDF)\u003c/a> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/schedules/pdfs\">last Caltrain leaves San José at 11:12 p.m. (PDF)\u003c/a> and the last BART out of Berryessa is scheduled for 11:48 p.m., headed towards Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, VTA officials confirmed to KQED that the transit agency is not offering extra service for this concert. 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"content": "\u003cp>Few dates hold as much resonance in the history of American rock ’n’ roll as Feb. 3, 1959.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On that day, a single-engine plane with room for only three passengers crashed into a cornfield in Clear Lake, Iowa, just minutes after takeoff. The pilot and three budding stars of rock ’n’ roll — Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson Jr. aka The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens — all died. That winter day became known as “The Day the Music Died,” and was immortalized in the 1971 song “American Pie” by Don McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962655\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962655\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"An ornate pink and white book cover.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new book by award-winning poet J. Michael Martinez uses the life and music of ‘La Bamba’ singer Ritchie Valens to explore identity, culture and politics. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of J. Michael Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valens was the youngest on board at 17 years old. The Mexican-American singer from Pacoima, in the San Fernando Valley, had begun his career less than a year earlier. Yet, his legacy was already cemented through his timeless hits including, “We Belong Together,” “Donna,” and his widely beloved interpretation of the Mexican folk song, “La Bamba.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1987, the film \u003cem>La Bamba\u003c/em> starring Lou Diamond Phillips, captured Valens’ life story. Los Lobos, the veteran East Los Angeles rockers, performed Valens’ music. The band’s cover of “La Bamba,” went on to become a No. 1 hit upon the film’s release, reintroducing the music of Ritchie Valens to a new generation of fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 40 years later, award-winning poet and San José State professor J. Michael Martinez has created a new, poetic ode to Valens. \u003cem>Tarta Americana\u003c/em>, which is Spanish for American Pie, uses the life and music of Valens to better understand issues around race, culture and politics as they show up in Martinez’s own life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sasha Khokha’s interview with J. Michael Martinez has been edited for length and clarity — for the full version, listen to the audio at the top of the page.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sasha Khokha: \u003c/strong>How did you first get into Ritchie Valens’ music?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Martinez: \u003c/strong>My mother had “La Bamba” on vinyl, and it was actually the first record that she owned, so she would throw it on the record player growing up. After the movie came out, I was completely enthralled. And so, we ended up having the soundtrack always going and as a child, I would dance to “La Bamba.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom had such a visceral, joyous response to the sound of his voice and to that opening pluck of guitar. To see my mother immediately joyous and jovial, shaking and ready to dance, that was always a sign that it was going to be a good day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BycLmWI97Nc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You mention the film \u003cem>La Bamba\u003c/em> a lot in this book. Tell me your first memories of watching it.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I distinctly remember this. We were in our little TV room. We’d ordered pepperoni pizza and my mother pushed it into the VHS and [hit] play. And [there’s] the opening music that the film has and then this particular scene of Latinos and Latinas in the fields harvesting and gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962656\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-03-KQED-800x1110.jpg\" alt=\"A scan of a photo of you children smiling and posing for a photo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1110\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-03-KQED-800x1110.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-03-KQED-1020x1416.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-03-KQED-160x222.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-03-KQED-1107x1536.jpg 1107w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-03-KQED.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivan Martinez and 5-year-old J. Michael Martinez, around the time he first watched the film La Bamba. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of J. Michael Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No other film that I’d seen up to that point as a child had ever resonated with me in that way before. Because there were people that looked like my uncles and aunts, that looked like my mother, my father, and then Ritchie who was not able to speak Spanish fluently, like me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It really changed my perspective of racial identification. Even as a child, I was like, “Oh, here’s a Chicano that can’t speak Spanish fluently like me that is interested in art like me.” He was deeply, deeply important — a pivotal figure for me to comprehend what it means to be a Chicano, a Latino, in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are there parallels that you see in terms of Valens’ journey as an artist and yours?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was very much a presence in my young childhood, and so radically influenced my visions of what an artist can be. When he was singing, that music was meant to generate community and to generate hope and love, to bring people together, to see them in their joy. That full effort to pursue art, to pursue music, parallels for me the desire to pursue poetry in language and to cultivate community in the hopes of providing some avenue toward joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Valens’ name was actually whitewashed by his record producer. His real name was Richard Valenzuela, right?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certain people, because they’re lighter, they’re more digestible in terms of cultural perception and cultural difference. The more you look like me, the more I can comprehend you. And I think with Valens, that name becomes more legible to audiences that may not understand the “Zuela” of “Valenzuela.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But what’s incredible is that one of his hit songs ended up being in Spanish.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isn’t that ironic? Isn’t that beautiful? You don’t need to compromise in order to be popular, to create art that finds itself accessible to different audiences. That still informs my revolutionary attitude toward language, toward teaching; that there can be integrity and you don’t necessarily need to compromise in the name of capital to sell a product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people outdoors beside a house.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Martinez family gathering. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of J. 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One of my favorite letters is where you talk about an experience your niece had and how you reacted to it. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>Letters to Ritchie XI\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritchie,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning my seven-year-old niece told me a story\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>about a girl in her class asking her if she was a “dirty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mexican,” & frowning, I recalled a conversation with\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>my mother two days prior, when my mother reminded\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>me: when I was five, when we were the only “colored”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>people in the freshly painted suburban all-American\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>picket fence dream on the northwest side of a pretty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>square town; my mother said, one day, after playing on\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>the sparkly slide side of the park, I stumbled home,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>crying, & Baby-Me told my Mom-Then that an older,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>tall, freckle-faced, red-haired boy kept calling me a\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“dirty Mexican,” & my mom said I cry-sighed to her, “I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>take showers, Mommy, I’m not\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">dirty,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">&, Ritchie,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">heart emojis\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 160px;\">pop-tart\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>around me as I try to remember being such a small\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>bucktoothed bowl-cut, &, Ritchie, this morning, forty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>years older than four feet, I asked my niece how she\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>replied, & my niece flipped her long, chestnut-brown\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hair over her shoulder, & after an intentionally dramatic\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>pause, she lifted her chin, & rocking her head on her\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>neck, all Beyoncé-Queen-B-has-deemed-you-Oh-No-\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You-Didn’t, she said, “I told her I was a Martinez, & then\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I pushed her butt to the ground,” &, Ritchie, fireworks\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>smiling out of the corner of her eyes, for one moment we\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>were both one anticipation, then, heads thrown back,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>we’re braying trombones, stomping merry—joy our\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>preferred stereotype.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Stories on the Arts' tag='arts']\u003cstrong>Valens almost becomes the listener and somebody to bear witness to your own biographical journey as you’re mining his.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, I think that’s really right on. 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That winter day became known as “The Day the Music Died,” and was immortalized in the 1971 song “American Pie” by Don McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962655\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962655\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"An ornate pink and white book cover.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-02-KQED.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new book by award-winning poet J. Michael Martinez uses the life and music of ‘La Bamba’ singer Ritchie Valens to explore identity, culture and politics. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of J. Michael Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valens was the youngest on board at 17 years old. The Mexican-American singer from Pacoima, in the San Fernando Valley, had begun his career less than a year earlier. Yet, his legacy was already cemented through his timeless hits including, “We Belong Together,” “Donna,” and his widely beloved interpretation of the Mexican folk song, “La Bamba.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1987, the film \u003cem>La Bamba\u003c/em> starring Lou Diamond Phillips, captured Valens’ life story. Los Lobos, the veteran East Los Angeles rockers, performed Valens’ music. The band’s cover of “La Bamba,” went on to become a No. 1 hit upon the film’s release, reintroducing the music of Ritchie Valens to a new generation of fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 40 years later, award-winning poet and San José State professor J. Michael Martinez has created a new, poetic ode to Valens. \u003cem>Tarta Americana\u003c/em>, which is Spanish for American Pie, uses the life and music of Valens to better understand issues around race, culture and politics as they show up in Martinez’s own life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sasha Khokha’s interview with J. Michael Martinez has been edited for length and clarity — for the full version, listen to the audio at the top of the page.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sasha Khokha: \u003c/strong>How did you first get into Ritchie Valens’ music?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Martinez: \u003c/strong>My mother had “La Bamba” on vinyl, and it was actually the first record that she owned, so she would throw it on the record player growing up. After the movie came out, I was completely enthralled. And so, we ended up having the soundtrack always going and as a child, I would dance to “La Bamba.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom had such a visceral, joyous response to the sound of his voice and to that opening pluck of guitar. To see my mother immediately joyous and jovial, shaking and ready to dance, that was always a sign that it was going to be a good day.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/BycLmWI97Nc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/BycLmWI97Nc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You mention the film \u003cem>La Bamba\u003c/em> a lot in this book. Tell me your first memories of watching it.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I distinctly remember this. We were in our little TV room. We’d ordered pepperoni pizza and my mother pushed it into the VHS and [hit] play. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Valens’ name was actually whitewashed by his record producer. His real name was Richard Valenzuela, right?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certain people, because they’re lighter, they’re more digestible in terms of cultural perception and cultural difference. The more you look like me, the more I can comprehend you. And I think with Valens, that name becomes more legible to audiences that may not understand the “Zuela” of “Valenzuela.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But what’s incredible is that one of his hit songs ended up being in Spanish.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isn’t that ironic? Isn’t that beautiful? You don’t need to compromise in order to be popular, to create art that finds itself accessible to different audiences. That still informs my revolutionary attitude toward language, toward teaching; that there can be integrity and you don’t necessarily need to compromise in the name of capital to sell a product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people outdoors beside a house.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230927-TARTA-AMERICANA-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Martinez family gathering. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of J. Michael Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A lot of this book is in the form of letters from you to Valens. One of my favorite letters is where you talk about an experience your niece had and how you reacted to it. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>Letters to Ritchie XI\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritchie,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning my seven-year-old niece told me a story\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>about a girl in her class asking her if she was a “dirty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mexican,” & frowning, I recalled a conversation with\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>my mother two days prior, when my mother reminded\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>me: when I was five, when we were the only “colored”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>people in the freshly painted suburban all-American\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>picket fence dream on the northwest side of a pretty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>square town; my mother said, one day, after playing on\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>the sparkly slide side of the park, I stumbled home,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>crying, & Baby-Me told my Mom-Then that an older,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>tall, freckle-faced, red-haired boy kept calling me a\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“dirty Mexican,” & my mom said I cry-sighed to her, “I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>take showers, Mommy, I’m not\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">dirty,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">&, Ritchie,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">heart emojis\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 160px;\">pop-tart\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>around me as I try to remember being such a small\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>bucktoothed bowl-cut, &, Ritchie, this morning, forty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>years older than four feet, I asked my niece how she\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>replied, & my niece flipped her long, chestnut-brown\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hair over her shoulder, & after an intentionally dramatic\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>pause, she lifted her chin, & rocking her head on her\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>neck, all Beyoncé-Queen-B-has-deemed-you-Oh-No-\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You-Didn’t, she said, “I told her I was a Martinez, & then\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I pushed her butt to the ground,” &, Ritchie, fireworks\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>smiling out of the corner of her eyes, for one moment we\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>were both one anticipation, then, heads thrown back,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>we’re braying trombones, stomping merry—joy our\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>preferred stereotype.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, often just called “Hardly Strictly” or HSB, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934630/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-san-francisco-2023\">San Francisco’s 20-year-plus free music festival\u003c/a> for all ages, and boasts a 73-artist lineup this year, with performances from country, folk, and R&B artists — and yes, bluegrass. No RSVP is needed for the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it may have been known as something of a free-for-all in the past, there are now \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">some newer rules to keep in mind\u003c/a>, especially if it’s been a while since you attended. Read more to learn how to best plan for Hardly Strictly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And can’t make the festival but want to watch? KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/hsb\">will livestream Hardly Strictly here\u003c/a>, with performances from the Banjo Stage all weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TPSFFJ_85Z0?si=307LSY944UlsGcMx\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#schedule\">What’s the Hardly Strictly schedule?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parking\">Where is parking for Hardly Strictly?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bring\">What food and drink can I still bring into Hardly Strictly (and what’s now banned)?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are the basics at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hardly Strictly will be held at Hellman Hollow, and Lindley and Marx meadows in Golden Gate Park on Friday, Sept. 29, Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entrances will open on Friday at 11 a.m., and at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Attendees are asked to enter via any of these four openings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive and Transverse Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fulton Street and 30th Avenue.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive and 36th Avenue.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>South Polo Field.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Here is a map of entrances, bathrooms and more:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-800x619.png\" alt=\"A 2023 map of the Hardly Strictly festival.\" width=\"800\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-800x619.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-1020x789.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map.png 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Performances end daily at 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It gets crowded at Hardly Strictly, so it’s good to get there early to claim your spot (although this might make subsequent stage-hopping hard). There is also a \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">“sweep” of the park by waste management\u003c/a> each night after performances end, so you can’t “save your place” the day before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s Golden Gate Park, so remember: It can get cold — even during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984306/best-bay-area-hikes-fall-cool-temperatures\">the Bay Area’s “second summer.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"schedule\">\u003c/a>What’s the Hardly Strictly schedule, and which artists are playing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/schedule/\">entire lineup and schedule can be found on the Hardly Strictly website\u003c/a>. KQED recommends some of these highlight performers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Valerie June, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891516/to-the-moon-stars-and-beyond-with-musician-valerie-june\">appeared on KQED Forum last year\u003c/a>, where she played some of her tunes that she described as “organic moonshine roots music.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Returning Hardly Strictly favorites: Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Jimmie Dale Gilmore.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>R&B and blues stars like Bettye LaVette, Irma Thomas, Kingfish.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Local artists Laurie Lewis and Chuck Prophet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Non-bluegrass acts like Beth Orton, The Church, Lucero, Rufus Wainwright, Dawes, Kurt Vile, M. Ward.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bring\">\u003c/a>What can I bring to Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Expect a security presence at Hardly Strictly, meaning body scanners and potential search of bags and coolers. If you haven’t been to HSB for a while, many of these measures will be new to you — including the fences and being asked to enter at the four main entry points (as described above). These \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/hardly-strictly-announces-new-security-measures-leave-your-cooler-at-home\">security measures were implemented in 2019\u003c/a> after a wave of mass shootings across the U.S. at large events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11962336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsbbags.jpg\" alt=\"A list of things you can and cannot bring to the Hardly Strictly Festival\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsbbags.jpg 791w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsbbags-160x207.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clear bags are recommended for the easiest access. Regular bags (like a non-transparent backpack) over 22″ x 15″ x 10″ will be redirected to a physical search, which will probably cause some delay as you enter the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soft-sided coolers that are under 9″ x 6″ x 3″ will also go through a normal security search, and will get you through the line quicker. Larger hard-sided coolers, like the one seen in the image above, are “discouraged” and will be searched before you can bring them in — which HSB organizers advise may also cause delays in entering. Organizers say that the festival “reserves the right to reject any cooler for any reason.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beer and wine can be brought, but should be in non-glass containers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blankets and tarps up to 5′ x 7′ and short-backed chairs are allowed, as well as collapsible wagons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are allowed to join in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You cannot bring:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">Bicycles, scooters, regular skateboards, electric skateboards, Segways, Onewheels or other types of motorized devices\u003c/a> inside the venue. (Bicycle parking locations can be found on the map).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>High-backed chairs.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tables.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tents.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Umbrellas and shade structures.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Items with an open flame, firearms, drones, fireworks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kegs, beverages for the purpose of vending.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hard alcohol.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Glass containers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Devices for amplified sound, or any item/device that could cause damage or injury.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cameras are okay but without tripods or \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">“intrusive equipment.”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Smoking is also not allowed in any area in Golden Gate Park, due to a San Francisco ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about food at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guests are also allowed to bring their own food (just no glass containers).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/vendors/\">scope out the list of vendors on Hardly Strictly’s website\u003c/a>. Plan for things to be cashless. Here is \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com:444/wp-content/themes/hsb/images/2023/HSB23-vendors-v3.pdf\">a map of where the vendors will be (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bluegrass General Story is a new feature this year where attendees can pick up picnic supplies, clothing, ice, water and more. There is free water available between Banjo Stage and Arrow Meadow.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will there be a bus running in the park during Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The park service will be \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1159/Getting-to-Golden-Gate-Park\">running their bus during the music festival\u003c/a>. More information about the Hardly Strictly bus route can be \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1617/Golden-Gate-Park-Free-Shuttle\">found on the Golden Gate Park website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-800x336.png\" alt=\"A map of the HSB shuttle stops.\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-800x336.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-1020x428.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-160x67.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-1536x645.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-2048x859.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-1920x806.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does public transit look like during Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-sept-30-oct-2-2022\">SFMTA’s webpage here for the quickest updates for the Muni\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-sept-30-oct-2-2022#extra\">extra services during the festival\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be a post-event service from 6 to 8:30 p.m.: the 5R Fulton Rapid service from Fulton and 30th Avenue to the UN Plaza/Civic Center Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These Muni lines will be affected during the weekend: N Judah; 5 Fulton; 5R Fulton Rapid; 7 Haight/Noriega; 18 46th Avenue; 28 19th Avenue; 29 Sunset; and 44 O’Shaughnessy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-800x611.jpg\" alt=\"SF MTA's road closure map.\" width=\"800\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-800x611.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-1020x779.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These streets will be closed to biking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive from Transverse to Spreckels.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hellman Bike Path.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Middle Drive Bike Lane.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962340\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-800x613.jpg\" alt=\"Map of HSB bike closures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-800x613.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-1020x781.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What roads will be closed around Golden Gate Park?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to Hardly Strictly’s website, these roads will be closed before and during the event:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive between Transverse Drive and Chain of Lakes Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>36th Avenue between Fulton and JFK Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30th Avenue between Fulton and JFK Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Transverse Drive between Crossover Drive (25th Avenue) and MLK Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Overlook Drive between Transverse and Middle Drive West.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Middle Drive West between Transverse and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Metson Drive between Middle Drive West and MLK.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Parking area at Polo Fields at North Stables and on Metson Drive (south side of Polo fields).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"parking\">\u003c/a>What parking is available at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hardly Strictly encourages public transportation to the event. If you choose to drive however, there may be paid parking on a first-come, first-serve basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are the paid parking lots that were available last year, independently owned, so Hardly Strictly \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#transportation\">cannot guarantee it will be the same this year.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>George Washington High School — 600 32nd Ave. (Enter at 30th Avenue between Geary & Anza).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Argonne — 680 18th Ave. (Enter at Cabrillo between 17th and 18th avenues).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jefferson Elementary School — 1725 Irving St. (Enter on 18th Avenue between Irving and Judah)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lawton Alternative School — 1570 31st Ave. (Enter on 30th Avenue between Kirkham and Lawton).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lafayette Elementary — 4545 Anza St. (Enter on 36th Avenue between Anza and Balboa).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Hardly Strictly, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">break-ins are common in San Francisco\u003c/a> — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. Don’t leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Read more about how to potentially reduce your risk of getting your car broken into.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Hardly Strictly, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” says SFMTA. Of course, that’s not giving you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How does rideshare pickup/drop-off work at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There will be taxi stands at Fulton from 22nd Avenue to 24th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are pickups and drop-offs for rideshare around “Washington High School on both 30th Avenue between Anza and Balboa and on Balboa between 30th and 31st [avenues],” according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/\">Hardly Strictly website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are pickups on Irving between 25th Avenue and 27th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Due to the large amounts of traffic coming to and from the park, ridesharing apps will only allow pin drops from the designated pickup area, so you should make your way to the drop-off/pickup location before calling for your ride,” the website notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guests who seek \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#accessibility\">accessibility can get a wristband\u003c/a>. This map highlights accessible services at Hardly Strictly, like entrances, viewing spots and accessible portable bathrooms. There are also shuttles throughout the park, the stops include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK and Bernice Rodgers Way.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>JFK and Chain of Lakes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>JFK near the Gate 3 entry.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>GGP Senior Center — 6101 Fulton St.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-800x593.png\" alt=\"HSB 2023 accessibility map\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-800x593.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-1020x757.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-160x119.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility.png 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For ADA parking, rideshare and paratransit drop-off, you should enter from Fulton/43rd Avenue or Lincoln/41st Avenue onto Chain of Lakes Drive E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Accessibility Ambassador tent is at “JFK and 36th Ave., adjacent to Gate 3 at Spreckels Lake,” according to their website. You will get a number at the tent to text, in case you need to request a golf cart to reach you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessible golf-cart stops are along JFK:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lloyd Lake (pedestrian path) for Banjo and Arrow.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marx Meadow for Rooster.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30th Avenue for Swan and Towers of Gold.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There will be a medical team at the festival. The nearest hospital is Health Connection St. Mary’s Hospital & Medical Center at 450 Stanyan St.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do in a crowd?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crowds can be overwhelming for some people. With \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054765905/what-went-wrong-at-astroworld-the-deadly-dynamics-of-crowd-surge\">past tragic incidents at other festivals\u003c/a>, it does not hurt to be cautious and prepared. Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd and put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">Moussaïd told NPR in 2022\u003c/a>. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nastia Voynovskaya and Gabe Meline contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, often just called “Hardly Strictly” or HSB, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934630/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-san-francisco-2023\">San Francisco’s 20-year-plus free music festival\u003c/a> for all ages, and boasts a 73-artist lineup this year, with performances from country, folk, and R&B artists — and yes, bluegrass. No RSVP is needed for the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it may have been known as something of a free-for-all in the past, there are now \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">some newer rules to keep in mind\u003c/a>, especially if it’s been a while since you attended. Read more to learn how to best plan for Hardly Strictly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And can’t make the festival but want to watch? KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/hsb\">will livestream Hardly Strictly here\u003c/a>, with performances from the Banjo Stage all weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TPSFFJ_85Z0?si=307LSY944UlsGcMx\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#schedule\">What’s the Hardly Strictly schedule?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parking\">Where is parking for Hardly Strictly?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bring\">What food and drink can I still bring into Hardly Strictly (and what’s now banned)?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are the basics at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hardly Strictly will be held at Hellman Hollow, and Lindley and Marx meadows in Golden Gate Park on Friday, Sept. 29, Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entrances will open on Friday at 11 a.m., and at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Attendees are asked to enter via any of these four openings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive and Transverse Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fulton Street and 30th Avenue.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive and 36th Avenue.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>South Polo Field.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Here is a map of entrances, bathrooms and more:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-800x619.png\" alt=\"A 2023 map of the Hardly Strictly festival.\" width=\"800\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-800x619.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-1020x789.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/HSB23map.png 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Performances end daily at 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It gets crowded at Hardly Strictly, so it’s good to get there early to claim your spot (although this might make subsequent stage-hopping hard). There is also a \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">“sweep” of the park by waste management\u003c/a> each night after performances end, so you can’t “save your place” the day before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s Golden Gate Park, so remember: It can get cold — even during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984306/best-bay-area-hikes-fall-cool-temperatures\">the Bay Area’s “second summer.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"schedule\">\u003c/a>What’s the Hardly Strictly schedule, and which artists are playing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/schedule/\">entire lineup and schedule can be found on the Hardly Strictly website\u003c/a>. KQED recommends some of these highlight performers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Valerie June, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891516/to-the-moon-stars-and-beyond-with-musician-valerie-june\">appeared on KQED Forum last year\u003c/a>, where she played some of her tunes that she described as “organic moonshine roots music.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Returning Hardly Strictly favorites: Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Jimmie Dale Gilmore.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>R&B and blues stars like Bettye LaVette, Irma Thomas, Kingfish.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Local artists Laurie Lewis and Chuck Prophet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Non-bluegrass acts like Beth Orton, The Church, Lucero, Rufus Wainwright, Dawes, Kurt Vile, M. Ward.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bring\">\u003c/a>What can I bring to Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Expect a security presence at Hardly Strictly, meaning body scanners and potential search of bags and coolers. If you haven’t been to HSB for a while, many of these measures will be new to you — including the fences and being asked to enter at the four main entry points (as described above). These \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/hardly-strictly-announces-new-security-measures-leave-your-cooler-at-home\">security measures were implemented in 2019\u003c/a> after a wave of mass shootings across the U.S. at large events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11962336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsbbags.jpg\" alt=\"A list of things you can and cannot bring to the Hardly Strictly Festival\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsbbags.jpg 791w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsbbags-160x207.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clear bags are recommended for the easiest access. Regular bags (like a non-transparent backpack) over 22″ x 15″ x 10″ will be redirected to a physical search, which will probably cause some delay as you enter the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soft-sided coolers that are under 9″ x 6″ x 3″ will also go through a normal security search, and will get you through the line quicker. Larger hard-sided coolers, like the one seen in the image above, are “discouraged” and will be searched before you can bring them in — which HSB organizers advise may also cause delays in entering. Organizers say that the festival “reserves the right to reject any cooler for any reason.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beer and wine can be brought, but should be in non-glass containers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blankets and tarps up to 5′ x 7′ and short-backed chairs are allowed, as well as collapsible wagons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are allowed to join in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You cannot bring:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">Bicycles, scooters, regular skateboards, electric skateboards, Segways, Onewheels or other types of motorized devices\u003c/a> inside the venue. (Bicycle parking locations can be found on the map).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>High-backed chairs.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tables.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tents.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Umbrellas and shade structures.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Items with an open flame, firearms, drones, fireworks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kegs, beverages for the purpose of vending.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hard alcohol.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Glass containers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Devices for amplified sound, or any item/device that could cause damage or injury.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cameras are okay but without tripods or \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#venue\">“intrusive equipment.”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Smoking is also not allowed in any area in Golden Gate Park, due to a San Francisco ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about food at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guests are also allowed to bring their own food (just no glass containers).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/vendors/\">scope out the list of vendors on Hardly Strictly’s website\u003c/a>. Plan for things to be cashless. Here is \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com:444/wp-content/themes/hsb/images/2023/HSB23-vendors-v3.pdf\">a map of where the vendors will be (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bluegrass General Story is a new feature this year where attendees can pick up picnic supplies, clothing, ice, water and more. There is free water available between Banjo Stage and Arrow Meadow.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will there be a bus running in the park during Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The park service will be \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1159/Getting-to-Golden-Gate-Park\">running their bus during the music festival\u003c/a>. More information about the Hardly Strictly bus route can be \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1617/Golden-Gate-Park-Free-Shuttle\">found on the Golden Gate Park website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-800x336.png\" alt=\"A map of the HSB shuttle stops.\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-800x336.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-1020x428.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-160x67.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-1536x645.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-2048x859.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23shuttle-1920x806.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does public transit look like during Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-sept-30-oct-2-2022\">SFMTA’s webpage here for the quickest updates for the Muni\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-sept-30-oct-2-2022#extra\">extra services during the festival\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be a post-event service from 6 to 8:30 p.m.: the 5R Fulton Rapid service from Fulton and 30th Avenue to the UN Plaza/Civic Center Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These Muni lines will be affected during the weekend: N Judah; 5 Fulton; 5R Fulton Rapid; 7 Haight/Noriega; 18 46th Avenue; 28 19th Avenue; 29 Sunset; and 44 O’Shaughnessy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-800x611.jpg\" alt=\"SF MTA's road closure map.\" width=\"800\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-800x611.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-1020x779.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23roadclosure.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These streets will be closed to biking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive from Transverse to Spreckels.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hellman Bike Path.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Middle Drive Bike Lane.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962340\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-800x613.jpg\" alt=\"Map of HSB bike closures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-800x613.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-1020x781.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23bikes.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What roads will be closed around Golden Gate Park?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to Hardly Strictly’s website, these roads will be closed before and during the event:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK Drive between Transverse Drive and Chain of Lakes Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>36th Avenue between Fulton and JFK Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30th Avenue between Fulton and JFK Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Transverse Drive between Crossover Drive (25th Avenue) and MLK Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Overlook Drive between Transverse and Middle Drive West.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Middle Drive West between Transverse and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Metson Drive between Middle Drive West and MLK.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Parking area at Polo Fields at North Stables and on Metson Drive (south side of Polo fields).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"parking\">\u003c/a>What parking is available at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hardly Strictly encourages public transportation to the event. If you choose to drive however, there may be paid parking on a first-come, first-serve basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are the paid parking lots that were available last year, independently owned, so Hardly Strictly \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#transportation\">cannot guarantee it will be the same this year.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>George Washington High School — 600 32nd Ave. (Enter at 30th Avenue between Geary & Anza).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Argonne — 680 18th Ave. (Enter at Cabrillo between 17th and 18th avenues).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jefferson Elementary School — 1725 Irving St. (Enter on 18th Avenue between Irving and Judah)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lawton Alternative School — 1570 31st Ave. (Enter on 30th Avenue between Kirkham and Lawton).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lafayette Elementary — 4545 Anza St. (Enter on 36th Avenue between Anza and Balboa).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Hardly Strictly, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">break-ins are common in San Francisco\u003c/a> — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. Don’t leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Read more about how to potentially reduce your risk of getting your car broken into.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Hardly Strictly, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” says SFMTA. Of course, that’s not giving you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How does rideshare pickup/drop-off work at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There will be taxi stands at Fulton from 22nd Avenue to 24th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are pickups and drop-offs for rideshare around “Washington High School on both 30th Avenue between Anza and Balboa and on Balboa between 30th and 31st [avenues],” according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/\">Hardly Strictly website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are pickups on Irving between 25th Avenue and 27th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Due to the large amounts of traffic coming to and from the park, ridesharing apps will only allow pin drops from the designated pickup area, so you should make your way to the drop-off/pickup location before calling for your ride,” the website notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Hardly Strictly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guests who seek \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/info/#accessibility\">accessibility can get a wristband\u003c/a>. This map highlights accessible services at Hardly Strictly, like entrances, viewing spots and accessible portable bathrooms. There are also shuttles throughout the park, the stops include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>JFK and Bernice Rodgers Way.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>JFK and Chain of Lakes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>JFK near the Gate 3 entry.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>GGP Senior Center — 6101 Fulton St.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11962342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-800x593.png\" alt=\"HSB 2023 accessibility map\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-800x593.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-1020x757.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility-160x119.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/hsb23accessibility.png 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For ADA parking, rideshare and paratransit drop-off, you should enter from Fulton/43rd Avenue or Lincoln/41st Avenue onto Chain of Lakes Drive E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Accessibility Ambassador tent is at “JFK and 36th Ave., adjacent to Gate 3 at Spreckels Lake,” according to their website. You will get a number at the tent to text, in case you need to request a golf cart to reach you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessible golf-cart stops are along JFK:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lloyd Lake (pedestrian path) for Banjo and Arrow.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marx Meadow for Rooster.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30th Avenue for Swan and Towers of Gold.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There will be a medical team at the festival. The nearest hospital is Health Connection St. Mary’s Hospital & Medical Center at 450 Stanyan St.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do in a crowd?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crowds can be overwhelming for some people. With \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054765905/what-went-wrong-at-astroworld-the-deadly-dynamics-of-crowd-surge\">past tragic incidents at other festivals\u003c/a>, it does not hurt to be cautious and prepared. Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd and put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">Moussaïd told NPR in 2022\u003c/a>. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 3 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/b>By a vote of 10–1, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday afternoon approved a proposal to bring more concerts to Golden Gate Park. The lone dissenter was Connie Chan, who cited concerns that the events would cause disruptions in the Richmond District where her constituents live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original \u003c/b>\u003cb>story\u003c/b>\u003cb>, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is set to vote on a proposal Tuesday that would bring more concerts to Golden Gate Park the weekend after Outside Lands in addition to three free concerts scattered throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The concerts would be organized by Berkeley-based promoter Another Planet Entertainment, the company that also produces the Outside Lands music festival every August, and would take place at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659844/does-anyone-play-polo-at-the-golden-gate-park-polo-field-anymore\">the same location as Outside Lands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the proposal, Another Planet would pay the city of San Francisco up to $1.4 million for a two-day event, or $2.1 million for a three-day event, annually, during the duration of the permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the extra weekend of entertainment slated for Golden Gate Park, Another Planet has also committed to staging three free concerts in downtown San Francisco on the same summer weekend if the city approves the permit. One event would take place at Civic Center Plaza, followed by concerts at Union Square and the Embarcadero Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal has the support of Mayor London Breed and other city officials. The Budget and Finance Committee unanimously voted last week to forward the proposal to the full board for a vote after a hearing that was dominated by supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Dennis Phillips, executive director of the city’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, said the downtown concerts would draw more people to an area that has experienced less foot traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are an absolute fulfillment to the mayor’s roadmap to San Francisco’s future that she put out just as COVID was ending,” Phillips said. “One of the key strategies in that roadmap was to transform downtown into a leading arts, culture and nightlife destination, so these concerts fit exactly within the strategies the mayor put forward to try to revitalize downtown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Andrew Solow, San Francisco resident\"]‘I live two miles away and it is so loud that I can’t think. I can’t work. I can’t even talk on the phone.’[/pullquote] Some San Francisco residents, however, are concerned about the noise that Outside Lands brings to their neighborhoods and said they dread another round of concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live two miles away and it is so loud that I can’t think. I can’t work. I can’t even talk on the phone,” said Andrew Solow, who lives in the Inner Sunset neighborhood. “What they are doing is bad for people and it’s illegal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solow said that he chose to leave San Francisco and live in a hotel during Outside Lands because he had detected noise levels of 70 decibels at his home during the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solow and resident Stephen Somerstein filed an unsuccessful appeal to the San Francisco Planning Department in 2019 when the city extended the permit for Outside Lands for another 10 years. Solow said he spent $25,000 in legal fees and many hours looking at the legality of the festival’s noise levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite these concerns, city departments argue these concerts will bring citywide benefits to San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for San Francisco Recreation and Parks, Tamara Aparton, said they came up with the plan for more concerts with Another Planet in response to a projected city budget deficit of $780 million over the next two years. Aparton said the extra funds are necessary to avoid cuts in park maintenance, classes and recreation programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Stories' tag='golden-gate-park'] She added that the new concerts would have the same support system for neighbors and the same infrastructure for attendees as Outside Lands, despite having smaller headliners. Attendance will be a third of the size of Outside Lands, which has a permit for 75,000 attendees per day during its duration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those support systems for neighbors is a community hotline that will respond in real-time to complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Montes, a Rec and Parks spokesperson, confirmed to KQED via email that there are no limits for noise levels in the contract that Another Planet has with the city. KQED reached out to Another Planet for a request for comment, but did not hear back in time for publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, the festival has never been held to an environmental study \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/environmental-review-documents?title=outside+lands&field_environmental_review_categ_target_id=All&items_per_page=10\">because state law considers it a temporary event\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Inner Richmond resident Mark Ernest Pothier, the hotline is not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just no way you can have a concert on that scale comfortably in a densely populated neighborhood. One of the most densely populated places west of Chicago,” Pothier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Giuliana Salomone contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> She added that the new concerts would have the same support system for neighbors and the same infrastructure for attendees as Outside Lands, despite having smaller headliners. Attendance will be a third of the size of Outside Lands, which has a permit for 75,000 attendees per day during its duration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those support systems for neighbors is a community hotline that will respond in real-time to complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Montes, a Rec and Parks spokesperson, confirmed to KQED via email that there are no limits for noise levels in the contract that Another Planet has with the city. KQED reached out to Another Planet for a request for comment, but did not hear back in time for publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, the festival has never been held to an environmental study \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/environmental-review-documents?title=outside+lands&field_environmental_review_categ_target_id=All&items_per_page=10\">because state law considers it a temporary event\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Inner Richmond resident Mark Ernest Pothier, the hotline is not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just no way you can have a concert on that scale comfortably in a densely populated neighborhood. One of the most densely populated places west of Chicago,” Pothier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Giuliana Salomone contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/event/beyonce-renaissance-tour/\">Beyoncé is bringing her Renaissance World Tour\u003c/a> — her first solo tour in over six years, dedicated to her album of the same name — to the Bay Area, with a one-night stop at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Wednesday, August 30. (The \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@big_bey1981/video/7272752077766544682?_r=1&_t=8fFSc12Emcg\">city has named the singer honorary mayor for the day\u003c/a> to celebrate the concert. Beyoncé is even getting the key to the city.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re attending Beyoncé’s Renaissance show, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/06/live-music-prices-tickets-economy/674573/\">you almost certainly spent a good amount of money on tickets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1593359272016060417\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps you’ll be spending even more simply getting to the Renaissance show, if you’re traveling to the South Bay from out of town — and you may be looking for a game plan for parking and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets\">getting in and out of the crowded, hectic stadium\u003c/a> as painlessly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s got you. Including \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">the specific wisdom of folks on Reddit\u003c/a> about this topic, our guide is divided into sections for logistics, alternative events and the vast history behind this album. Keep checking this guide for updates — and\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LevisStadium\"> stay tuned to the Levi’s Stadium Twitter account\u003c/a> for any last-minute alerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumparking\">What parking is available at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whattimeisbeyonce\">What time does Beyoncé’s show start in Santa Clara? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">What is the bag policy at \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">? Can I bring a phone charger?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbart\">How can I get to Levi’s Stadium on public transit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumtailgate\">Is tailgating at the Beyoncé concert allowed?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#beyoncesantaclaratickets\">Can I still buy a ticket for Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour in Santa Clara?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#beyoncepartiesbayarea\">Where can I find Renaissance-themed parties in the Bay to celebrate the legacy of Black queer dance music?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But first, let’s get the most important thing out of the way:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Don’t let the Bay Area down during the ‘mute challenge’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At every concert, Beyoncé sings the track “Energy” from her latest album Renaissance. About a minute into the song, she sings: \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/O9rk6ldyFkA?t=53\">“Big wave in the room, the crowd gon’ move / Look around, everybody on mute.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-new-winner-of-beyonce-everybody-on-mute-war-after-first-show-in-atlanta\">She and her dancers then pause and put their fingers over their lips\u003c/a>. The audience then is supposed to be statue-still and quiet with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/codydonair/status/1690225678598144000\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RenaissanceWT/status/1688536247445151744\">Atlanta and DC have been noted winners of the challenge\u003c/a>. Let’s get the Bay Area up there too — practice at home, if you need to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/beyonceaccess/status/1693441971677782505?s=21&t=6Ki10OUXjH96BfOtUlAOmg\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whattimeisbeyonce\">\u003c/a>When does the Renaissance show start at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There is no opener — it is all Beyoncé for around two-and-a-half hours. (Although you may get a cameo at some point during the show from \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@logandew31/video/7266293265333325099\">11-year-old Blue Ivy Carter.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show itself starts at 8 p.m. Pacific Time, but it varies when Beyoncé actually shows up on stage. However KQED staffers who have attended previous shows at the stadium advise that fans get to the venue early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/event/beyonce-renaissance-tour/\">Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>, the parking lot opens at 3 p.m. The gate opens at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be a merch outside in Red Lot 1, opening at 1 p.m. Wednesday until the end of the concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/22/curfew-for-beyonce-show-at-levis-stadium-gets-pushed-back-one-hour/\">have extended its curfew for the show, allowing it to go on until 11 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t mind spoilers, you can\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7A1M8FjAbfMXbJH0Q1KFdD\"> view a playlist of the songs Beyoncé is expected to sing at the concert ahead of time\u003c/a>. But you may get some surprises — the artist pulled out “Thique,” “All Up In Your Mind,” and “Drunk in Love” for her Atlanta show (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/B7Album/status/1691287228696158208\">the first time since her first show in Europe\u003c/a>.) However, she hasn’t played the songs since (prompting some fans to bring “Justice 4 for Thique” signs to the concert.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2li8I8IVn0\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How should I dress for Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.35&lon=-121.96\">check the weather forecast before heading to Santa Clara\u003c/a> and dress for a hot, dry day. Wear sunscreen and drink lots of water. You can bring sealed plastic water bottles and reusable transparent water bottles into the stadium. Levi’s is an open stadium, meaning it will likely cool down at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">Levi’s Stadium’s bag policy and the list of banned items \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">a thorough guide on how to stay safe during a heat wave\u003c/a>, if there is one that week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go all-out for your outfit on this night — and if you are particularly stylish, you might be featured in \u003ca href=\"https://tour.beyonce.com/rwt/detroit/\">the photos on Beyoncé’s official tour website\u003c/a>. (Although KQED staff members emphasize wearing comfortable footwear. You’ll likely be waiting in long lines to get in, for concessions, merchandise, and then on your feet throughout the entire performance.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyoncé is asking fans to wear silver and chrome for this show as a birthday wish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Beyoncé requests silver and chrome fashions to celebrate Virgo season and “the last month” of The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/RENAISSANCEWorldTour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RENAISSANCEWorldTour\u003c/a>. 🪩 \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/sBKOqOWhte\">pic.twitter.com/sBKOqOWhte\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— BEYONCÉ LEGION (@BeyLegion) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BeyLegion/status/1694199294629191852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Common accessories include a disco cowboy hat, like Beyoncé dons on the Renaissance cover. You can find versions of this hat online — after all, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/shop/beyonce-disco-cowboy-hat-where-to-buy-renaissance-tour-1235302136/\">Beyoncé’s stylist found the original hat on Etsy\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you might want to bring a portable paper cooling fan for the Beyoncé concert, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3WqRPM6M0A\">especially for her song Heated.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@trinityestelle3/video/7262544964779855150\" data-video-id=\"7262544964779855150\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@trinityestelle3\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@trinityestelle3?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@trinityestelle3\u003c/a> She was a fast learner! Counting down the minutes 🫡 \u003ca title=\"heatedfanclicks\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/heatedfanclicks?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#heatedfanclicks\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"beyonce\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beyonce?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#beyonce\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"renaissanceworldtour\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/renaissanceworldtour?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#renaissanceworldtour\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - trin w\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7262544984254139182?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – trin w\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@renaissancefan\">There are fan-made fans on TikTok\u003c/a>, and some fans have been decorating their own — just make sure your fan can open and close easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@ajadang/video/7242360859001965866\" data-video-id=\"7242360859001965866\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@ajadang\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@ajadang?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ajadang\u003c/a> Replying to @Violet Banks he needs to stick to the small fan… @Brian Puspos \u003ca title=\"renaissancetour\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/renaissancetour?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#renaissancetour\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"renaissance\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/renaissance?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#renaissance\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"beyoncechallenge\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beyoncechallenge?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#beyoncechallenge\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"beyoncerenaissance\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beyoncerenaissance?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#beyoncerenaissance\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"screammovie\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/screammovie?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#screammovie\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ HEATED - Beyoncé\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/HEATED-7125598550062270466?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ HEATED – Beyoncé\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumbagpolicy\">\u003c/a>What’s the Levi’s Stadium bag policy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/bagpolicy/\">Levi’s Stadium does not allow non-transparent bags\u003c/a> — meaning any bag you bring must be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Clear (i.e., transparent, so the contents within can be clearly seen).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No bigger than 12 x 6 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The only exception to that “clear bag” rule is for clutches — meaning you can bring a clutch with a shoulder or a wrist strap that’s not transparent, but has to be smaller than 4.5 x 6.5 inches. There is no bag check service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956137\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1779px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of the different types of bags approved for entry into Levi's stadium.\" width=\"1779\" height=\"1096\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy.jpg 1779w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-800x493.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-1020x628.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-1536x946.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1779px) 100vw, 1779px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi’s Stadium’s list of approved bags for entry. \u003ccite>(levisstadium.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here are some more \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LevisStadium/status/1684715797527371776?s=20\">things you cannot bring to Levi’s stadium\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cans, glass bottles, thermoses, non-transparent water bottles that are not plastic and not sealed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Signs over 11 x 17 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Banners and poles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">“Professional” cameras, video, and audio recording equipment (lights and tripods are also not allowed).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Glow sticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Selfie sticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Backpacks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>What else can you bring to Levi’s Stadium? These items include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sealed plastic water bottles and reusable transparent water bottles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Blankets.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seat cushions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Diaper bags (if you’re accompanying a child).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Binoculars.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As for phone chargers, if you remember Levi’s Stadium initially stating that battery packs with portable external phone chargers would not be permitted at the Taylor Swift Eras show, that decision was reversed the day of the first show. “We are allowing portable phone chargers as long as they are about the same size as a phone,” a spokesperson told KQED by email. “In other words, as long as it isn’t a massive battery pack for a computer or professional camera. Portable phone chargers with USB cables ARE allowed.” We’ll watch for confirmation that this indeed holds true for Beyoncé’s show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium says that\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide/\"> phone charging stations are also available at all Guest Service Stations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can \u003ca href=\"http://levisstadium.io-media.com/web/index.html\">check out the view from your seat using Levi’s Stadium’s Virtual Venue map\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/venues/levi-s-stadium/seating-chart/views\">Seatgeek\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Levi%27s+Stadium/seating/concert/\">A View From My Seat\u003c/a> also are good resources for this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956144\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial phot of a huge stadium, overlaid with graphics illustrating different seating.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-1536x1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can look at where your seat is on the Levi’s Stadium site. \u003ccite>(levistadium.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium has an \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/guest-services/ada-services/\">online guide to their accessible services\u003c/a>, which includes information about accessible seating and companion seats, bathroom services, elevator facilities and how to request access to closed captioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s says that any wheelchair services should be requested in advance when applicable by emailing mobilityservices@levisstadium.com or calling (408) 579-4610 with your requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/ada-parking/\">accessible parking and drop-off at Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>. The headline: Red Lot 1 is the place to park but is on a first-come first-serve basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumparking\">\u003c/a>What should I know about parking at and near Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce-parking-santa-clara-california-08-30-2023/event/1C005E23A8F2343F\">you can still buy parking tickets at Levi’s Stadium officially\u003c/a>, for around $50. (At this stage pre-show, all official parking for Levi’s Stadium’s last huge show — Taylor Swift’s two-night Eras tour — was already sold out, so you may consider acting fast.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/ada-parking/\">Accessible parking information can be found on the Levi’s Stadium site.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can check \u003ca href=\"https://www.parkwhiz.com/levi-s-stadium-parking/?daily=1\">independent services like ParkWhiz\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/\">SpotHero\u003c/a> for non-stadium parking spots nearby, although these will likely still be a long walk — almost a mile — to the stadium. If you’re doing this, be sure to map the route using a tool like Google Maps, to make sure you know how long you have to walk and the shortest route to do so. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">Some of your walk will be on a gravel path\u003c/a>, which can be hard on the feet. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">Reddit users advised that there may be pedicabs\u003c/a> around to take you to the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about using rideshare services like Uber or Lyft to get to or from Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We should note that \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">Reddit users actually recommended against using rideshares\u003c/a>, saying that the wait time for one is long and expensive. However, if you are planning on getting an Uber or Lyft, you should be dropped off for the show “curbside on Great America Parkway, between Tasman Drive and Old Glory Lane,” according to the Levi’s Stadium website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you are taking a rideshare out of the stadium after the show ends, exit Gates A, B or F to get picked up at Red Lot 7. (Due to surge pricing, it will likely be expensive to get an Uber out the stadium.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I’m dropping off and picking up somebody. Where should I go?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium has \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/parking/\">pickup and drop-off locations on their site for different types of vehicles. \u003c/a>For Taylor Swift’s recent Eras Tour at the same venue, officials at Levi’s Stadium provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/#parent\">a Special Parent Pick-Up zone,\u003c/a> located on Great America Parkway by Tasman Drive and Old Glory Lane for drop-off and then on Patrick Henry Drive for pickup. We’ll update this guide when more details are released for the Renaissance Tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/ada-parking/\">Accessible drop-off, with wheelchair assistance available\u003c/a>, is at Patrick Henry Drive and Great America Parkway. Accessible pick-up is at Red Lot 7. Guests can head to Gate C’s mobility services to get transportation to Red Lot 7\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumbart\">\u003c/a>How to take public transit to the Beyoncé concert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail and bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED staffers highly recommend taking the VTA light rail to the venue itself. And if you’re taking a connecting transit service to VTA, keep reading for details of timings and additional services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1469\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-800x619.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-1020x789.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-1536x1188.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a VTA stop on the North side of the stadium, called the Great America Station. \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/getting-here/public-transportation/\">Routers are “scheduled daily to and from Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, San José, Santa Clara, and Campbell.”\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/events/levis-stadium\">See the VTA schedule.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/trip-planner\">You can schedule this journey out on the VTA’s site\u003c/a> by toggling to the “Trip Planner” tab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the VTA, there will be 30% more passenger capacity for the night. The release said that the VTA, BART and Caltrain will be in communication to prevent fans from being stranded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extra service to the stadium will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, throughout the light rail system. Extra bus service will be on standby to supplement light rail if needed. After the concert, VTA will run light rail trains continuously until all passengers are cleared from the Great America light rail station,” the release reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Passengers connecting to BART should take the VTA Orange Line to the Milpitas Transit Center no later than 11:15 p.m. to make their connection to BART’s last regular service leaving at 11:51 p.m. In addition, BART will run two limited stop trains from Milpitas at 12:30 a.m. and will serve only the following East Bay stations: Bay Fair, MacArthur, Pleasant Hill, and El Cerrito del Norte.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets\">Taylor Swift Eras tour last month\u003c/a>, VTA’s spokesperson recommended people driving to the Milpitas Transit Center to pay for \u003ca href=\"https://vta.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal\">parking permits online\u003c/a> or by \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/passport-parking/id501324867\">using the app\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/projects/bart-sv/phase-i/parking\">Get more information on parking at Silicon Valley BART stations\u003c/a>. The Clipper mobile app is also useful for easier VTA light rail payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/getting-here/public-transportation/\">The VTA offers accessible cart or wheelchair services\u003c/a> from the Great America station to the Stadium’s west gate. To book these services ahead of time, call (408) 579-4610.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VTA bus reaches the greater San José area, Mountain View, Cupertino and Sunnyvale (\u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/routes\">see the VTA bus schedule\u003c/a>). The buses will drop you off at either the intersection of Tasman Drive and Great America Parkway or the intersection of Tasman Drive and Calle Del Sol. Please note that accessible cart services are not available for the latter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">BART’s website\u003c/a> advised fans to transfer from BART at Milpitas Station to VTA’s Orange Line and ride to VTA’s Great America Station, located on the north side of Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be special services after midnight for the concert, according to BART’s spokesperson. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2023/news20230822\">view BART’s guide to transportation for the Renaissance concert on its website\u003c/a>. Be sure to view what times the trains leave Levi’s Stadium the day of the concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11959383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0-800x800.png\" alt=\"BART map for the Beyoncé concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0-800x800.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0-160x160.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also take Caltrain to the show, but will need to connect with the VTA light rail. \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/location/levis-stadium\">You can get a double Caltrain pass here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the VTA’s email, “Caltrain connections in Mountain View will run up to 75 minutes after the concert ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Capitol Corridor train\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/blogs/get_on_board/take-the-capitol-corridor-to-see-beyonce-at-levis-stadium-on-8-30/\">Capitol Corridor is offering special hours for the Beyoncé show\u003c/a>. The Westbound Train 543 will arrive at Levi’s Stadium at 5:05 p.m. Eastbound Train 550 will depart the station at 11:59 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ticketed passengers should give themselves at least 15 minutes to get to the station after the concert,” the release reads. “For the return trip, please make your way close to the exit doors prior to the arrival at the next station. Trains do not remain in the station for long, so you will need to be ready to offboard upon arrival at your destination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a regular user of the train, Capitol Corridor’s news release advises people to\u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/blogs/get_on_board/train-service-adjustments-for-beyonce-concert-8-30-23/\"> take an early train to avoid crowds on Trains 541 and 543\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Train 548 is CANCELLED. Passengers are advised to take Train 546 or earlier trains if you have flexibility in your schedule,” the release reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ACE train\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://acerail.com/schedules/\">use the ACE train to travel to Santa Clara\u003c/a> from Stockton, Lathrop/Manteca, Tracy, Vasco, Livermore, Pleasanton and Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not quite public transportation, but there are also \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-for-bike-parking-taylor-swift-concert-at-levis-stadium-2-days-tickets-532608084117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">bike valets from the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-for-bike-parking-taylor-swift-concert-at-levis-stadium-2-days-tickets-532608084117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">who are looking for volunteers\u003c/a>). However, as one Reddit user informed us, \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/public-works/engineering/traffic-engineering/bicyclist-and-pedestrian-detour-on-event-days\">the bike trail is often closed during busy events like game days\u003c/a> so don’t assume you’ll be able to use this trail to reach Levi’s Stadium on the nights of the shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike parking opens at 3 p.m. and is located at Dignity Health Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Private shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could consider looking into a private ride or shuttle to and from Levi’s Stadium, especially if there’s a large group of you going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mride.com/event\">Private M Ride round-trip shuttles\u003c/a> are offered to Levi’s Stadium from Westwood, a venue in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Prepare for a super-crowded stadium experience\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://wjla.com/news/local/beyonce-fans-renaissance-tour-describe-chaos-danger-concert-severe-weather-lightning-leads-crowd-fedex-field-washington-commanders-shelter-in-place-safety-heat-exhaustion\">Beyoncé’s Renaissance show at FedEx Field in Maryland saw large crowds pushed together\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/06/beyonce-concert-storm-delay/\">fans were asked to shelter in place after lightning was reported in the area\u003c/a>, with ABC7 News reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://wjla.com/news/local/beyonce-fans-renaissance-tour-describe-chaos-danger-concert-severe-weather-lightning-leads-crowd-fedex-field-washington-commanders-shelter-in-place-safety-heat-exhaustion\">some fans had to be treated for heat exhaustion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no shame in getting a little antsy in big crowds like this — in a packed stadium, it’s normal to feel a little overwhelmed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">Read NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense\u003c/a>. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd and put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” Moussaïd told NPR in 2022. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to know about using the bathroom at the Beyoncé show\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide/\">find all of the bathroom locations at Levi’s Stadium here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Try to head to the bathroom before the show, but one KQED staffer recommended that you also sift through the playlist and see if there is a song you may be comfortable ducking out of to run to the restroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"beyoncesantaclaratickets\">\u003c/a>Can I still get a ticket for Beyoncé at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce-renaissance-world-tour-santa-clara-california-08-30-2023/event/1C005E3AD45076FE?CAMEFROM=CFC_49ERS_WEB_LS_EVENTPAGE\">Tickets for Beyoncé’s Santa Clara Renaissance show are still being offered on Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, which is the most official way to secure your seat at the Beyoncé show. You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/beyonce-santa-clara-tickets-8-30-2023/event/151441642/?quantity=2\">find Renaissance resales on sites like StubHub\u003c/a>. You can also look for better deals and seats on Facebook marketplace resales and Eventbrite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walk-up tickets may also be available at the Visa Box Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">The Better Businesses Bureau (BBB) issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a> during Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed. Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">if you do choose to buy a resale, use your credit card,\u003c/a> says the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are getting a resale from a friend, make sure you call your friend directly — to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumtailgate\">\u003c/a>Can I tailgate at Levi’s Stadium if I didn’t get tickets?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levi’s is an open stadium, and many on social media report that the noise leaks out if you’re nearby. But a Levi’s Stadium spokesperson wrote to KQED in an email that tailgating is not permitted (as per its policy on all concerts.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasman Drive “will be closed starting at 9:30am on 8/30. This is the same policy we use for any weekday event at the stadium,” the spokesperson wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of tailgating caused some back-and-forth during the Taylor Swift concert last month. \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide/\">Levi’s Stadium usually allows tailgating for football games for ticketed fans\u003c/a>, as long as the party is wrapped up by kick-off. But Levi’s — in an email to KQED as well as \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230726203720/https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/\">a notice addressing tailgating on its website on July 26\u003c/a> — heavily discouraged fans \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2023/05/15/taylor-swift-eras-tour-parking-lot/\">without tickets from showing up during the Eras tour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson told KQED in an email, “Tailgating is prohibited for the Taylor Swift concerts and there will be no designated viewing areas outside of Levi’s Stadium. Fans without event tickets will not be allowed to enter stadium parking lots, and should not plan to gather outside the stadium.” \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230726203720/https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/\">Levi’s Stadium’s security information confirmed this seeming ban on tailgating on its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/taylor-swift-santa-clara-tailgate-18262219.php\">Santa Clara Councilmember Kathy Watanabe criticized the stadium for the move.\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/\">However, Levi’s Stadium then \u003cem>removed\u003c/em> its strict notice on tailgating\u003c/a> from its Eras Tour release, and issued \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/levisstadium/status/1684711680377307136?s=11&t=1XnM9o3OuyNtfSPYu_INTw\">a more subdued tweet asking fans to just avoid overcrowding\u003c/a> the surrounding areas of the stadium. (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1685176674856603648?s=21&t=6Ki10OUXjH96BfOtUlAOmg\">Fans did end up showing up\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parking lot parties aren’t a new phenomenon — especially at Levi’s Stadium. In 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10794116/hey-deadheads-heres-your-guide-to-great-america\">Grateful Dead fans gathered in the shared lot with the Great America amusement park\u003c/a> (and even caught a few rides.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whatever you do — just make sure to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/codydonair/status/1690225678598144000\">stay quiet during the mute challenge.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"beyoncepartiesbayarea\">\u003c/a>The ‘Bey’ Area — aka, the Beyoncé events to attend whether you got a ticket or not\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>(Yes, we know “Bey” doesn’t rhyme with Bay.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://crybaby.live/event-details/13458018/a-renaissance-day-party-presented-by-les-play-house-make-room/#\">Crybaby in Oakland is throwing a Renaissance party\u003c/a> before the concert on August 27.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kevin-aviance-the-cvnty-ball-tour-renaissance-afterparty-tickets-694212818227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Oasis is throwing an after-party the night of the concert\u003c/a> on August 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/safada-a-celebration-of-beyonce-and-renaissance-world-tour-tickets-697131538197?aff=erelexpmlt\">Oasis is also celebrating Renaissance and the Beyoncé tour\u003c/a> on September 1.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And if you’re feeling daring, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dance-for-you-7-week-chair-dance-class-to-beyonces-hit-then-perform-tickets-689651826177?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">learn Beyoncé chair choreography\u003c/a> and, after seven weeks, be a part of a nightclub performance for friends.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Celebrate the Bay Area’s own Black queer history (whether you got a Renaissance ticket or not)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beyoncé’s Renaissance is, above all else, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/1114613243/beyonces-new-album-renaissance-pays-homage-to-black-queer-music-history\">a tribute to Black queer and trans music history \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.out.com/music/2022/7/29/beyonces-renaissance-honors-ballrooms-queer-trans-pioneers\">the ballroom scene\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a40755552/who-was-beyonces-uncle-johnny/\">The record is dedicated to her Uncle Johnny\u003c/a>, who Beyoncé said introduced her to the music that inspired the album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/abcnewslive/status/1598494238886760448\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vulture podcaster — and former host of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510317/its-been-a-minute\">NPR’s podcast It’s Been a Minute\u003c/a> — Sam Sanders breaks down the references and musicology behind Beyoncé’s album with Charlie Harding in \u003ca href=\"https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/beyonce-renaissance-sam-sanders\">this episode of Switched On Pop\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanders said Beyoncé and her team “have done a lot of research or done a lot of reading and have found these pockets of culture that are very niche. And then found a way to put them into songs that still feel effortlessly Beyoncé. It doesn’t sound like she is trying these skins on and not getting it right. It sounds good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/program/pride-as-protest\">The Bay Area has a part in this dazzling history\u003c/a>, which KQED’s Nastia Voynovskaya featured in a panel called “Mighty Real” with local figureheads Tita Aida, Steve Fabus, DJ Black and David Harness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh6rnMO_kxI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also check out San Francisco’s all-Black drag show Reparations, which has a monthly showing at Oasis. Formed in response to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13899312/all-black-drag-show-reparations-moves-from-the-internet-to-oasis\">Reparations’ host Nicki Jizz told KQED that the show “is not just a fad\u003c/a>. This is not just a summer thing. This is a forever thing. 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The bar was opened by Rodney Barnette, and was meant to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914457/rightnowish-searching-for-a-kiki-sfs-first-black-owned-gay-bar\">an affirming space for the Black queer community\u003c/a> due to the racism he experienced when first moving to the city in 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914457/rightnowish-searching-for-a-kiki-sfs-first-black-owned-gay-bar\">“We had women DJs, which they didn’t have at that time in any of these gay bars,” Barnette told KQED’s Rightnowish podcast\u003c/a>. “They didn’t have any Black DJs. 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It is permission to dance and dream, to call the names of those lost, and to see one another as we are in the glow of our own small moments of freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://studiomuseum.org/eagle-creek-saloon-zine\">view Sadie Barnett’s zine, dedicated to her father’s bar, online \u003c/a>— paired with pictures and newspaper clippings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why Black-owned made a difference … to practice our culture,” reads one note in the zine, scribbled next to old photos of the bar’s patrons. “Sharing our experiences, contributions, and talent … reflect our own life experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Gabe Meline and Lilly Payne contributed to this story. An earlier version of the story was published on August 23.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Perhaps you’ll be spending even more simply getting to the Renaissance show, if you’re traveling to the South Bay from out of town — and you may be looking for a game plan for parking and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets\">getting in and out of the crowded, hectic stadium\u003c/a> as painlessly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s got you. Including \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">the specific wisdom of folks on Reddit\u003c/a> about this topic, our guide is divided into sections for logistics, alternative events and the vast history behind this album. Keep checking this guide for updates — and\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LevisStadium\"> stay tuned to the Levi’s Stadium Twitter account\u003c/a> for any last-minute alerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumparking\">What parking is available at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whattimeisbeyonce\">What time does Beyoncé’s show start in Santa Clara? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">What is the bag policy at \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbagpolicy\">? Can I bring a phone charger?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumbart\">How can I get to Levi’s Stadium on public transit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#levisstadiumtailgate\">Is tailgating at the Beyoncé concert allowed?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#beyoncesantaclaratickets\">Can I still buy a ticket for Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour in Santa Clara?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#beyoncepartiesbayarea\">Where can I find Renaissance-themed parties in the Bay to celebrate the legacy of Black queer dance music?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But first, let’s get the most important thing out of the way:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Don’t let the Bay Area down during the ‘mute challenge’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At every concert, Beyoncé sings the track “Energy” from her latest album Renaissance. About a minute into the song, she sings: \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/O9rk6ldyFkA?t=53\">“Big wave in the room, the crowd gon’ move / Look around, everybody on mute.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-new-winner-of-beyonce-everybody-on-mute-war-after-first-show-in-atlanta\">She and her dancers then pause and put their fingers over their lips\u003c/a>. The audience then is supposed to be statue-still and quiet with her.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whattimeisbeyonce\">\u003c/a>When does the Renaissance show start at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There is no opener — it is all Beyoncé for around two-and-a-half hours. (Although you may get a cameo at some point during the show from \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@logandew31/video/7266293265333325099\">11-year-old Blue Ivy Carter.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show itself starts at 8 p.m. Pacific Time, but it varies when Beyoncé actually shows up on stage. 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But you may get some surprises — the artist pulled out “Thique,” “All Up In Your Mind,” and “Drunk in Love” for her Atlanta show (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/B7Album/status/1691287228696158208\">the first time since her first show in Europe\u003c/a>.) However, she hasn’t played the songs since (prompting some fans to bring “Justice 4 for Thique” signs to the concert.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/J2li8I8IVn0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/J2li8I8IVn0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How should I dress for Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.35&lon=-121.96\">check the weather forecast before heading to Santa Clara\u003c/a> and dress for a hot, dry day. Wear sunscreen and drink lots of water. 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You’ll likely be waiting in long lines to get in, for concessions, merchandise, and then on your feet throughout the entire performance.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyoncé is asking fans to wear silver and chrome for this show as a birthday wish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Beyoncé requests silver and chrome fashions to celebrate Virgo season and “the last month” of The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/RENAISSANCEWorldTour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RENAISSANCEWorldTour\u003c/a>. 🪩 \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/sBKOqOWhte\">pic.twitter.com/sBKOqOWhte\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— BEYONCÉ LEGION (@BeyLegion) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BeyLegion/status/1694199294629191852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Common accessories include a disco cowboy hat, like Beyoncé dons on the Renaissance cover. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumbagpolicy\">\u003c/a>What’s the Levi’s Stadium bag policy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/bagpolicy/\">Levi’s Stadium does not allow non-transparent bags\u003c/a> — meaning any bag you bring must be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Clear (i.e., transparent, so the contents within can be clearly seen).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No bigger than 12 x 6 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The only exception to that “clear bag” rule is for clutches — meaning you can bring a clutch with a shoulder or a wrist strap that’s not transparent, but has to be smaller than 4.5 x 6.5 inches. There is no bag check service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956137\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1779px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of the different types of bags approved for entry into Levi's stadium.\" width=\"1779\" height=\"1096\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy.jpg 1779w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-800x493.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-1020x628.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/Levis-Bag-Policy-1536x946.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1779px) 100vw, 1779px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi’s Stadium’s list of approved bags for entry. \u003ccite>(levisstadium.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here are some more \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LevisStadium/status/1684715797527371776?s=20\">things you cannot bring to Levi’s stadium\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cans, glass bottles, thermoses, non-transparent water bottles that are not plastic and not sealed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Signs over 11 x 17 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Banners and poles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">“Professional” cameras, video, and audio recording equipment (lights and tripods are also not allowed).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Glow sticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Selfie sticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Backpacks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>What else can you bring to Levi’s Stadium? These items include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sealed plastic water bottles and reusable transparent water bottles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Blankets.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seat cushions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Diaper bags (if you’re accompanying a child).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Binoculars.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As for phone chargers, if you remember Levi’s Stadium initially stating that battery packs with portable external phone chargers would not be permitted at the Taylor Swift Eras show, that decision was reversed the day of the first show. “We are allowing portable phone chargers as long as they are about the same size as a phone,” a spokesperson told KQED by email. “In other words, as long as it isn’t a massive battery pack for a computer or professional camera. Portable phone chargers with USB cables ARE allowed.” We’ll watch for confirmation that this indeed holds true for Beyoncé’s show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium says that\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide/\"> phone charging stations are also available at all Guest Service Stations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can \u003ca href=\"http://levisstadium.io-media.com/web/index.html\">check out the view from your seat using Levi’s Stadium’s Virtual Venue map\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/venues/levi-s-stadium/seating-chart/views\">Seatgeek\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Levi%27s+Stadium/seating/concert/\">A View From My Seat\u003c/a> also are good resources for this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956144\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial phot of a huge stadium, overlaid with graphics illustrating different seating.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/levis-stadium-map-1536x1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can look at where your seat is on the Levi’s Stadium site. \u003ccite>(levistadium.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium has an \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/guest-services/ada-services/\">online guide to their accessible services\u003c/a>, which includes information about accessible seating and companion seats, bathroom services, elevator facilities and how to request access to closed captioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s says that any wheelchair services should be requested in advance when applicable by emailing mobilityservices@levisstadium.com or calling (408) 579-4610 with your requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/ada-parking/\">accessible parking and drop-off at Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>. The headline: Red Lot 1 is the place to park but is on a first-come first-serve basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumparking\">\u003c/a>What should I know about parking at and near Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce-parking-santa-clara-california-08-30-2023/event/1C005E23A8F2343F\">you can still buy parking tickets at Levi’s Stadium officially\u003c/a>, for around $50. (At this stage pre-show, all official parking for Levi’s Stadium’s last huge show — Taylor Swift’s two-night Eras tour — was already sold out, so you may consider acting fast.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/ada-parking/\">Accessible parking information can be found on the Levi’s Stadium site.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can check \u003ca href=\"https://www.parkwhiz.com/levi-s-stadium-parking/?daily=1\">independent services like ParkWhiz\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/\">SpotHero\u003c/a> for non-stadium parking spots nearby, although these will likely still be a long walk — almost a mile — to the stadium. If you’re doing this, be sure to map the route using a tool like Google Maps, to make sure you know how long you have to walk and the shortest route to do so. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">Some of your walk will be on a gravel path\u003c/a>, which can be hard on the feet. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">Reddit users advised that there may be pedicabs\u003c/a> around to take you to the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about using rideshare services like Uber or Lyft to get to or from Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We should note that \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/14zra5p/going_to_shows_at_levis_stadium_what_do_you_wish/\">Reddit users actually recommended against using rideshares\u003c/a>, saying that the wait time for one is long and expensive. However, if you are planning on getting an Uber or Lyft, you should be dropped off for the show “curbside on Great America Parkway, between Tasman Drive and Old Glory Lane,” according to the Levi’s Stadium website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you are taking a rideshare out of the stadium after the show ends, exit Gates A, B or F to get picked up at Red Lot 7. (Due to surge pricing, it will likely be expensive to get an Uber out the stadium.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I’m dropping off and picking up somebody. Where should I go?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium has \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/parking/\">pickup and drop-off locations on their site for different types of vehicles. \u003c/a>For Taylor Swift’s recent Eras Tour at the same venue, officials at Levi’s Stadium provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/#parent\">a Special Parent Pick-Up zone,\u003c/a> located on Great America Parkway by Tasman Drive and Old Glory Lane for drop-off and then on Patrick Henry Drive for pickup. We’ll update this guide when more details are released for the Renaissance Tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/plan-your-visit/ada-parking/\">Accessible drop-off, with wheelchair assistance available\u003c/a>, is at Patrick Henry Drive and Great America Parkway. Accessible pick-up is at Red Lot 7. Guests can head to Gate C’s mobility services to get transportation to Red Lot 7\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumbart\">\u003c/a>How to take public transit to the Beyoncé concert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail and bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED staffers highly recommend taking the VTA light rail to the venue itself. And if you’re taking a connecting transit service to VTA, keep reading for details of timings and additional services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1469\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-800x619.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-1020x789.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/VTA-map-1536x1188.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a VTA stop on the North side of the stadium, called the Great America Station. \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/getting-here/public-transportation/\">Routers are “scheduled daily to and from Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, San José, Santa Clara, and Campbell.”\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/events/levis-stadium\">See the VTA schedule.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/trip-planner\">You can schedule this journey out on the VTA’s site\u003c/a> by toggling to the “Trip Planner” tab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the VTA, there will be 30% more passenger capacity for the night. The release said that the VTA, BART and Caltrain will be in communication to prevent fans from being stranded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extra service to the stadium will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, throughout the light rail system. Extra bus service will be on standby to supplement light rail if needed. After the concert, VTA will run light rail trains continuously until all passengers are cleared from the Great America light rail station,” the release reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Passengers connecting to BART should take the VTA Orange Line to the Milpitas Transit Center no later than 11:15 p.m. to make their connection to BART’s last regular service leaving at 11:51 p.m. In addition, BART will run two limited stop trains from Milpitas at 12:30 a.m. and will serve only the following East Bay stations: Bay Fair, MacArthur, Pleasant Hill, and El Cerrito del Norte.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets\">Taylor Swift Eras tour last month\u003c/a>, VTA’s spokesperson recommended people driving to the Milpitas Transit Center to pay for \u003ca href=\"https://vta.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal\">parking permits online\u003c/a> or by \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/passport-parking/id501324867\">using the app\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/projects/bart-sv/phase-i/parking\">Get more information on parking at Silicon Valley BART stations\u003c/a>. The Clipper mobile app is also useful for easier VTA light rail payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/getting-here/public-transportation/\">The VTA offers accessible cart or wheelchair services\u003c/a> from the Great America station to the Stadium’s west gate. To book these services ahead of time, call (408) 579-4610.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VTA bus reaches the greater San José area, Mountain View, Cupertino and Sunnyvale (\u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/routes\">see the VTA bus schedule\u003c/a>). The buses will drop you off at either the intersection of Tasman Drive and Great America Parkway or the intersection of Tasman Drive and Calle Del Sol. Please note that accessible cart services are not available for the latter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">BART’s website\u003c/a> advised fans to transfer from BART at Milpitas Station to VTA’s Orange Line and ride to VTA’s Great America Station, located on the north side of Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be special services after midnight for the concert, according to BART’s spokesperson. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2023/news20230822\">view BART’s guide to transportation for the Renaissance concert on its website\u003c/a>. Be sure to view what times the trains leave Levi’s Stadium the day of the concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11959383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0-800x800.png\" alt=\"BART map for the Beyoncé concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0-800x800.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0-160x160.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/BeyonceEvent-Rider-Guide-2023_Getting-To_0.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also take Caltrain to the show, but will need to connect with the VTA light rail. \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/location/levis-stadium\">You can get a double Caltrain pass here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the VTA’s email, “Caltrain connections in Mountain View will run up to 75 minutes after the concert ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Capitol Corridor train\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/blogs/get_on_board/take-the-capitol-corridor-to-see-beyonce-at-levis-stadium-on-8-30/\">Capitol Corridor is offering special hours for the Beyoncé show\u003c/a>. The Westbound Train 543 will arrive at Levi’s Stadium at 5:05 p.m. Eastbound Train 550 will depart the station at 11:59 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ticketed passengers should give themselves at least 15 minutes to get to the station after the concert,” the release reads. “For the return trip, please make your way close to the exit doors prior to the arrival at the next station. Trains do not remain in the station for long, so you will need to be ready to offboard upon arrival at your destination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a regular user of the train, Capitol Corridor’s news release advises people to\u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/blogs/get_on_board/train-service-adjustments-for-beyonce-concert-8-30-23/\"> take an early train to avoid crowds on Trains 541 and 543\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Train 548 is CANCELLED. Passengers are advised to take Train 546 or earlier trains if you have flexibility in your schedule,” the release reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ACE train\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://acerail.com/schedules/\">use the ACE train to travel to Santa Clara\u003c/a> from Stockton, Lathrop/Manteca, Tracy, Vasco, Livermore, Pleasanton and Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not quite public transportation, but there are also \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-for-bike-parking-taylor-swift-concert-at-levis-stadium-2-days-tickets-532608084117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">bike valets from the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-for-bike-parking-taylor-swift-concert-at-levis-stadium-2-days-tickets-532608084117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">who are looking for volunteers\u003c/a>). However, as one Reddit user informed us, \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/public-works/engineering/traffic-engineering/bicyclist-and-pedestrian-detour-on-event-days\">the bike trail is often closed during busy events like game days\u003c/a> so don’t assume you’ll be able to use this trail to reach Levi’s Stadium on the nights of the shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike parking opens at 3 p.m. and is located at Dignity Health Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Private shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could consider looking into a private ride or shuttle to and from Levi’s Stadium, especially if there’s a large group of you going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mride.com/event\">Private M Ride round-trip shuttles\u003c/a> are offered to Levi’s Stadium from Westwood, a venue in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Prepare for a super-crowded stadium experience\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://wjla.com/news/local/beyonce-fans-renaissance-tour-describe-chaos-danger-concert-severe-weather-lightning-leads-crowd-fedex-field-washington-commanders-shelter-in-place-safety-heat-exhaustion\">Beyoncé’s Renaissance show at FedEx Field in Maryland saw large crowds pushed together\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/06/beyonce-concert-storm-delay/\">fans were asked to shelter in place after lightning was reported in the area\u003c/a>, with ABC7 News reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://wjla.com/news/local/beyonce-fans-renaissance-tour-describe-chaos-danger-concert-severe-weather-lightning-leads-crowd-fedex-field-washington-commanders-shelter-in-place-safety-heat-exhaustion\">some fans had to be treated for heat exhaustion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no shame in getting a little antsy in big crowds like this — in a packed stadium, it’s normal to feel a little overwhelmed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">Read NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense\u003c/a>. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd and put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” Moussaïd told NPR in 2022. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to know about using the bathroom at the Beyoncé show\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide/\">find all of the bathroom locations at Levi’s Stadium here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Try to head to the bathroom before the show, but one KQED staffer recommended that you also sift through the playlist and see if there is a song you may be comfortable ducking out of to run to the restroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"beyoncesantaclaratickets\">\u003c/a>Can I still get a ticket for Beyoncé at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce-renaissance-world-tour-santa-clara-california-08-30-2023/event/1C005E3AD45076FE?CAMEFROM=CFC_49ERS_WEB_LS_EVENTPAGE\">Tickets for Beyoncé’s Santa Clara Renaissance show are still being offered on Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, which is the most official way to secure your seat at the Beyoncé show. You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/beyonce-santa-clara-tickets-8-30-2023/event/151441642/?quantity=2\">find Renaissance resales on sites like StubHub\u003c/a>. You can also look for better deals and seats on Facebook marketplace resales and Eventbrite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walk-up tickets may also be available at the Visa Box Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">The Better Businesses Bureau (BBB) issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a> during Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed. Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">if you do choose to buy a resale, use your credit card,\u003c/a> says the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are getting a resale from a friend, make sure you call your friend directly — to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"levisstadiumtailgate\">\u003c/a>Can I tailgate at Levi’s Stadium if I didn’t get tickets?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levi’s is an open stadium, and many on social media report that the noise leaks out if you’re nearby. But a Levi’s Stadium spokesperson wrote to KQED in an email that tailgating is not permitted (as per its policy on all concerts.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasman Drive “will be closed starting at 9:30am on 8/30. This is the same policy we use for any weekday event at the stadium,” the spokesperson wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of tailgating caused some back-and-forth during the Taylor Swift concert last month. \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide/\">Levi’s Stadium usually allows tailgating for football games for ticketed fans\u003c/a>, as long as the party is wrapped up by kick-off. But Levi’s — in an email to KQED as well as \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230726203720/https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/\">a notice addressing tailgating on its website on July 26\u003c/a> — heavily discouraged fans \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2023/05/15/taylor-swift-eras-tour-parking-lot/\">without tickets from showing up during the Eras tour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson told KQED in an email, “Tailgating is prohibited for the Taylor Swift concerts and there will be no designated viewing areas outside of Levi’s Stadium. Fans without event tickets will not be allowed to enter stadium parking lots, and should not plan to gather outside the stadium.” \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230726203720/https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/\">Levi’s Stadium’s security information confirmed this seeming ban on tailgating on its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/taylor-swift-santa-clara-tailgate-18262219.php\">Santa Clara Councilmember Kathy Watanabe criticized the stadium for the move.\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.levisstadium.com/event/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-july-28-2023/\">However, Levi’s Stadium then \u003cem>removed\u003c/em> its strict notice on tailgating\u003c/a> from its Eras Tour release, and issued \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/levisstadium/status/1684711680377307136?s=11&t=1XnM9o3OuyNtfSPYu_INTw\">a more subdued tweet asking fans to just avoid overcrowding\u003c/a> the surrounding areas of the stadium. (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1685176674856603648?s=21&t=6Ki10OUXjH96BfOtUlAOmg\">Fans did end up showing up\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parking lot parties aren’t a new phenomenon — especially at Levi’s Stadium. In 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10794116/hey-deadheads-heres-your-guide-to-great-america\">Grateful Dead fans gathered in the shared lot with the Great America amusement park\u003c/a> (and even caught a few rides.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whatever you do — just make sure to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/codydonair/status/1690225678598144000\">stay quiet during the mute challenge.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"beyoncepartiesbayarea\">\u003c/a>The ‘Bey’ Area — aka, the Beyoncé events to attend whether you got a ticket or not\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>(Yes, we know “Bey” doesn’t rhyme with Bay.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://crybaby.live/event-details/13458018/a-renaissance-day-party-presented-by-les-play-house-make-room/#\">Crybaby in Oakland is throwing a Renaissance party\u003c/a> before the concert on August 27.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kevin-aviance-the-cvnty-ball-tour-renaissance-afterparty-tickets-694212818227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Oasis is throwing an after-party the night of the concert\u003c/a> on August 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/safada-a-celebration-of-beyonce-and-renaissance-world-tour-tickets-697131538197?aff=erelexpmlt\">Oasis is also celebrating Renaissance and the Beyoncé tour\u003c/a> on September 1.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And if you’re feeling daring, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dance-for-you-7-week-chair-dance-class-to-beyonces-hit-then-perform-tickets-689651826177?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">learn Beyoncé chair choreography\u003c/a> and, after seven weeks, be a part of a nightclub performance for friends.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Celebrate the Bay Area’s own Black queer history (whether you got a Renaissance ticket or not)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beyoncé’s Renaissance is, above all else, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/1114613243/beyonces-new-album-renaissance-pays-homage-to-black-queer-music-history\">a tribute to Black queer and trans music history \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.out.com/music/2022/7/29/beyonces-renaissance-honors-ballrooms-queer-trans-pioneers\">the ballroom scene\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a40755552/who-was-beyonces-uncle-johnny/\">The record is dedicated to her Uncle Johnny\u003c/a>, who Beyoncé said introduced her to the music that inspired the album.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Vulture podcaster — and former host of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510317/its-been-a-minute\">NPR’s podcast It’s Been a Minute\u003c/a> — Sam Sanders breaks down the references and musicology behind Beyoncé’s album with Charlie Harding in \u003ca href=\"https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/beyonce-renaissance-sam-sanders\">this episode of Switched On Pop\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanders said Beyoncé and her team “have done a lot of research or done a lot of reading and have found these pockets of culture that are very niche. And then found a way to put them into songs that still feel effortlessly Beyoncé. It doesn’t sound like she is trying these skins on and not getting it right. It sounds good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/program/pride-as-protest\">The Bay Area has a part in this dazzling history\u003c/a>, which KQED’s Nastia Voynovskaya featured in a panel called “Mighty Real” with local figureheads Tita Aida, Steve Fabus, DJ Black and David Harness.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/yh6rnMO_kxI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/yh6rnMO_kxI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>You can also check out San Francisco’s all-Black drag show Reparations, which has a monthly showing at Oasis. Formed in response to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13899312/all-black-drag-show-reparations-moves-from-the-internet-to-oasis\">Reparations’ host Nicki Jizz told KQED that the show “is not just a fad\u003c/a>. This is not just a summer thing. This is a forever thing. We need to support Black arts every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next shows are on September 8, featuring \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-w-kornbread-jete-tickets-700540283847?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 contestant Kornbread Jet\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-w-kornbread-jete-tickets-700540283847?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">é\u003c/a> and October 13, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-w-lala-ri-tickets-700546703047?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">Lala Ri of \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-w-lala-ri-tickets-700546703047?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/whitehorsebar/\">The White Horse in Oakland, “the oldest operating gay bar in the nation” according to its Instagram\u003c/a>, is Black-owned and hosts DJs, drag shows, and karaoke nights.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearesoulovely/\">There is also Soulovely every second Sunday in Oakland\u003c/a> — a queer, trans BIPOC day party. (\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB_4zgdahRYuICzKCKV8esR4npE5uCQdz2bUD_rNZ-MKRJLQ/viewform\">They are also looking for volunteers (DOC)\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandpride.org/\">Oakland Pride is also coming up on September 9 and 10\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar — New Eagle Creek Saloon — closed in the early ’90s. The bar was opened by Rodney Barnette, and was meant to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914457/rightnowish-searching-for-a-kiki-sfs-first-black-owned-gay-bar\">an affirming space for the Black queer community\u003c/a> due to the racism he experienced when first moving to the city in 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914457/rightnowish-searching-for-a-kiki-sfs-first-black-owned-gay-bar\">“We had women DJs, which they didn’t have at that time in any of these gay bars,” Barnette told KQED’s Rightnowish podcast\u003c/a>. “They didn’t have any Black DJs. So we were able to provide the entertainment that people wanted and provide employment for talented Black people that weren’t able to express themselves in other establishments in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His daughter \u003ca href=\"https://www.sadiebarnette.com/projects/\">Sadie Barnette, a local artist from Oakland, created an exhibition\u003c/a> dedicated to a recreation of the New Eagle Creek Saloon.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/5OGltpQHmpM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/5OGltpQHmpM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“I built the glittering bar structure — glowing somewhere between a monument and an altar — as an invitation, a place to be, and an invocation,” she wrote on her website. “I did not want to make a project about the bar; I needed to make a project that was the bar, that bent space and time and reanimated the bones of the Eagle Creek in an intergenerational revival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, my bar is not quiet as it honors; it is a party. It is all my friends and my dad’s people. It is permission to dance and dream, to call the names of those lost, and to see one another as we are in the glow of our own small moments of freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://studiomuseum.org/eagle-creek-saloon-zine\">view Sadie Barnett’s zine, dedicated to her father’s bar, online \u003c/a>— paired with pictures and newspaper clippings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why Black-owned made a difference … to practice our culture,” reads one note in the zine, scribbled next to old photos of the bar’s patrons. “Sharing our experiences, contributions, and talent … reflect our own life experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Gabe Meline and Lilly Payne contributed to this story. An earlier version of the story was published on August 23.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917310/outside-lands-2022-photos-review\">San Francisco’s biggest music festival, Outside Lands\u003c/a>, is coming to Golden Gate Park this weekend with a 2023 lineup that includes Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13913890/la-dona-ybca-san-francisco-guaranteed-income-pilot-artists\"> local San Francisco star La Doña\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you managed to get a ticket to this\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/\"> now-sold-out three-day festival that starts Friday, Aug. 11 and lasts through Sunday, Aug. 13\u003c/a>, you might have questions about maps, parking, public transit, road closures, the bag policy and more. After all, Outside Lands is a huge, sprawling event that takes over a large part of Golden Gate Park and impacts a lot of the surrounding areas of the Richmond and Sunset districts in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So keep reading for our guide to this year’s Outside Lands festival with everything you need to know, with maps, links, resources and more. (And if you want the rundown from an Outside Lands veteran, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">read KQED Arts’ archive guide to the festival\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parkingoutsidelands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outsidelandsroadclosures\">What are the Outside Lands road closures, and where can I get dropped off?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wristbandoutsidelands\">Can I take off my wristband, or leave Outside Lands to re-enter?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outsidelandsbartmuni\">What’s the best way to get to Golden Gate Park using public transit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#banneditemsoutsidelands\">What’s the bag policy at Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957342\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion, seen here performing at the 2023 Essence Festival of Culture at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, is one of the headliners for 2023 Outside Lands. \u003ccite>(Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"outsidelandsroadclosures\">\u003c/a>Getting to Outside Lands by car: Where are the road closures?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Outside Lands organizers (and KQED reporters) recommend ticket holders\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\"> \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> drive to the festival\u003c/a> — and when you read our information about road closures and the parking situation, you may understand why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">entrances closed on the north side of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>, according to the park’s official website: Transverse Drive at Crossover Drive, JFK Drive at Transverse Drive, 30th Avenue, 36th Avenue, 43rd Avenue (Chain of Lakes), 47th Avenue, and The Great Highway at JFK Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the south side of the park: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Crossover Drive, 25th Avenue, Sunset Boulevard at Irving Street, 41st Avenue (Chain of Lakes), and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Lincoln Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a map of the road closures near the park. Roads will be closed from Thursday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 13 at 11 p.m.:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957300\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957300\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1424\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-1536x1139.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of Golden Gate park illustrating road closures for Outside Lands. \u003ccite>(sfoutsidelands.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/a> include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park west of Park Presidio and Crossover, and Sunset between Irving and Martin Luther King from Thursday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 13 at 11 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Avenue will also be closed on certain days before and after the festival\u003c/a>, starting Monday, Aug. 7 and lasting through Thursday, Aug. 10, and then again from Monday, Aug. 14 through Wednesday, Aug. 16.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where can I get picked up or dropped off at Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a good pickup or drop-off point — either for yourself, or because you’re someone else’s ride — Outside Lands recommends “several blocks north or south of the park” — particularly advising that you try Geary Boulevard or Balboa Street to the north, or Irving Street to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">You can also be picked up or dropped off for Outside Lands by vehicles or private buses in the Outer Sunset\u003c/a> (south of the park) on the north side of Irving, between 25th and 27th avenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Outer Richmond (the north side of the park near the high school), you can get picked up or dropped off at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The north side of Balboa, between 30th and 31st avenues, or\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The west side of 30th Avenue, between Balboa and Anza.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Advice for using rideshares and taxis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">If you are using rideshare apps like Lyft or Uber\u003c/a>, the official Outside Lands pickup and drop-off locations are Balboa & 30th Avenue or Irving Street between 25th and 27th avenues. Be aware that these apps will impose dynamic pricing for an event like Outside Lands, which will make even a short ride much more expensive than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">using a taxi to get to or from Outside Lands\u003c/a> any time from Friday, Aug. 11 at 9 a.m. to Monday, Aug. 14 at 2 a.m., there are taxi stands on the south side of Fulton at 28th and 29th avenues and the south side of Fulton at 24th and 25th avenues.[aside postID='news_11910495,news_11953853,science_1983522' label='More Guides from KQED']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are there no-go areas for pickup and drop-off for Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">these areas are strictly forbidden to pick someone up or drop someone off\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outer Sunset, south side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lincoln Way, between 25th and 41st avenues.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Outer Richmond, north side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fulton, between 26th and 37th avenues.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th avenues, between Fulton and Cabrillo.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park from Friday at 11 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park including Crossover.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"parkingoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: There is no “official” general parking for Outside Lands. (Jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#accessibilityoutsidelands\">more information on accessible parking below\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. Don’t leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else would you like to read a guide about?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894419\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11894419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. \u003ccite>(Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where you definitely can’t find parking for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">parking restrictions in the following nearby neighborhoods\u003c/a>: Fulton, Lincoln, La Playa, and Lower Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">Overnight parking of “vehicles taller than 7 (feet) or longer than 12 (feet) any day, street cleaning and 72-hour prohibition violations may result in tickets and towing,”\u003c/a> warns Outside Lands’ website. They also note that the SF Department of Parking and Traffic will be “on high alert during this period of time.” In other words: don’t risk it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I use a resident’s parking spot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some schools near Golden Gate Park sell their parking during Outside Lands to fundraise money, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.argonnesf.org/outsidelandsparking.html\">Argonne Elementary School (which does not take reservations.)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook, or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person, and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about blocking a driveway, even if it’s mine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">the San Francisco Transportation Code allows residents to park in the street and block their own driveway\u003c/a> “provided the driveway does not serve more than two tenants.” Any multifamily units of three or more, says SFMTA, may not block their own driveway. Vehicles may also never be parked on the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Outside Lands, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” says SFMTA. Of course, that’s not giving you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for local residents\u003c/a>, for any updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"outsidelandsbartmuni\">\u003c/a>How to get to Outside Lands using public transit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/imce-images/2022/map_-_outside_lands_-_transportation_map.png\">SF Muni has a useful map of your options for transportation routes to Outside Lands (PNG)\u003c/a>, and the agency has its own\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\"> guide on getting to Golden Gate Park on Muni.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni will be providing extra service on the N Judah and 5R Fulton Rapid. However, remember: The extra service on 5R will not serve the entire route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957307\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-800x346.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-1020x441.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-160x69.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-1536x664.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map illustrating the various SF Muni routes to Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands \u003ccite>(sfmta.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each night of the festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023#MuniService\">there will be a Muni 5X Fulton Express service from Golden Gate Park to Civic Center BART Station\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023#MuniService\">Bookmark the SFMTA website\u003c/a> for a comprehensive list of extra stops provided by Muni for the weekend of Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023#MuniService\">Other public transit advisories\u003c/a>, as noted on SFMTA’s website:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/7-haight-noriega\">7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/28-19th-avenue\"> 28 19th Avenue\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/29-sunset\">29 Sunset\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/44-oshaughnessy\">44 O’Shaughnessy\u003c/a> serve areas of Golden Gate Park and may be subject to crowds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38-geary\">38 Geary\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38r-geary-rapid\">38R Geary Rapid routes\u003c/a>, which are four blocks north of the Fulton/30th entrance to Golden Gate Park, may also be considered as alternative options to and from the event.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">plan your Muni trip on 511.org\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">check Muni’s arrival information on Next Bus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Using the official Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hop a ride on \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/jwep9jf4wjyfqkyl\">Outside Lands’ shuttle, which departs from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium\u003c/a> to the south entrance of Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. Civic Center BART station is next to the Bill Graham Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/jwep9jf4wjyfqkyl\">These “coach-style buses” are pre-paid, and cost $26\u003c/a> for a one-day pass (with a $3.50 to $5.50 fee.) As of Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/jwep9jf4wjyfqkyl\">only the highest tier of 3-day ticket is available, for $69\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service will begin running each day at 11 a.m. and run “continuously all day with limited coverage” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m, with the last shuttle to the festival leaving Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at 8 p.m. As for getting back, return shuttles run until one hour after the music ends each night, say festival organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands on BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearest BART station to Golden Gate Park is Civic Center. From there, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">travel onward to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">use the official paid Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/a> which departs from the nearby Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">BART service will run until “around midnight” on all three days\u003c/a>, says the Outside Lands official guidance. Parking at BART stations with BART-run parking lots is free after 3 p.m. on Friday, and free all day on Saturday and Sunday (except for the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose stations, which still charge on weekends.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">use the BART Trip Planner to hash out the details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands by bike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can park your bikes at the festival, available at the eastern and southern parts of the festival site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/bikes/bay-wheels\">Bay Wheels, run by rideshare app Lyft\u003c/a>, is available at the festival on JFK Drive, just east of Transverse Drive, to park your bike or get a bike home. \u003ca href=\"https://account.baywheels.com/map\">Use this website to find Bay Wheels near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Make a plan for getting home each night (and know your last transit option)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">Music ends at 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9:40 p.m. on Sunday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, told KQED that exit routes are “very well marked and the strategies for both entering and leaving the festival are pretty well stablished at this point and we’ll have tons of security and there’s a lot of lightning in the area to keep people safe as they exit the festival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit\">SF MTA’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to check what time the last service of the day is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wristbandoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>Can I take off my wristband, or leave Outside Lands to re-enter?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, keep your wristband on your wrist if you’re attending multiple days of Outside Lands. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/news/know-before-you-go/\">It’s waterproof, so you can shower with it.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ticketholders all get a wristband — and festival organizers want you to “treat it like cash.” In other words, the festival won’t replace your wristband if it gets lost or stolen. Do not cut it or twist your wristband, because it can fray and the festival will not replace it in those cases either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Same day re-entry is not allowed. But if you \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to leave the festival, festival organizers ask that you speak with a supervising staff member at an exit before leaving, to work out the details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"accessibilityoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>What to know about accessibility at Outside Lands\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There is a designated ADA Entrance at 36th Avenue & JFK\u003c/a>. This is where the Access Center is and you can request a golf cart inside, or get a collar for your service animal. Accessible pickup and drop-off is at 36th and Fulton. If you are taking a rideshare, let your driver know to tell the parking staff that you need access to the ADA parking, which is also at the 36th and Fulton entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is limited ADA parking available and is first come, first served. You can access this parking by entering 36th Avenue and Fulton and talking to the gate agents. It is worth noting that some of the ADA parking is on roads with uneven terrain, with a walk to the ADA gate. Notify the parking staff so they can request a shuttle for you to the gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a lot of demand for shuttles, so Outside Lands is limiting “capacity to our disabled patrons plus one companion. Because of the “limited number” of shuttles, Outside Lands organizers advise disabled festival goers to “please expect a wait, and plan your requests accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside Lands provides elevated platforms at the following stages: Sutro, Twin Peaks and Lands End stages. \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There are “banquet style” folding chairs available at all of the platforms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ADA restrooms are next to all of the accessible viewing platforms. Restrooms at Outside Lands also have accessible options at the ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Festival organizers recommend that you email \u003ca href=\"mailto:access@sfoutsidelands.com\">access@sfoutsidelands.com\u003c/a> ahead of time with any accessibility questions or requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I need to bring a jacket to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. Yes, it’s Golden Gate Park. Yes, you still need to bring a jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4196\">the National Weather Service’s forecast for San Francisco\u003c/a> as the festival draws closer. But the park is near the ocean and it gets \u003cem>cold\u003c/em>. Forgetting layers is a classic mistake to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, another outfit suggestion from experienced KQED reporters: Comfortable shoes you don’t mind getting dirty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-earplugs-for-concerts/\">buying earplugs that allow for sounds to get through for around $30\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"banneditemsoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>What can I bring to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some items you can bring to Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Clear backpacks and bags.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Non-clear small bags, fanny packs, and purses up to 6” x 8” x 3”.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Empty dedicated hydration packs with a capacity under 2.5L/150 inches, and just one pocket (standard-size backpacks with hydration bladders will not be allowed into the festival.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A reusable container for water.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can reserve a locker on the festival grounds in advance, but be sure to do so as soon as possible, as these reservations can sell out quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957311\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957311\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration showing the bag policy at Outside Lands \u003ccite>(sfoutsidelands.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some items you \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> bring to Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Glow-sticks, laser pointers (however glow bracelets and necklaces are allowed).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Weapons, fireworks (including pocket knives).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alcohol.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pets (apart from service dogs).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Glass or cans.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Video or audio recording equipment (including drones, GoPros and selfie sticks).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Professional still camera equipment with “a detachable lens longer than 2 inches, tripods, big zooms, or commercial use rigs.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Skateboards, scooters or bikes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers, wagons, or carts.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hammocks, umbrellas, picnic baskets, coolers, liquids (excluding personal-sized hand sanitizers).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chairs with legs or tents.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">See the full list of items allowed or prohibited at Outside Lands.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about eating at Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w5omnyv46scie5j1ys4kb/OL23-Taste-of-The-Bay-Area-Release-Updated-7-28.docx?rlkey=7gkz2pg8dec8txxkkvd2n9nc2&dl=0\">see the Outside Lands food vendor list ahead of time (DOCX)\u003c/a>, with vegan options marked, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ozi9fn7wdoreb0e74k1dj/OL23-Drink-Release_7-28-Update.docx?rlkey=5hfb8rfe22zxi8mjp1qg8wdvs&dl=0\">the drinks list (including alcoholic and non-alcoholic options)(DOCX)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or, as KQED Arts reported back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">another option apparently favored by some locals is to “bury bottles of liquor in Golden Gate Park a week before the festival\u003c/a> and dig it up later after you’ve slid past security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Any other useful Outside Lands tips I should know?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for shortcuts to other stages (like a tunnel between Polo Field and Sutro Stage) or emergency exits, \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/assets/osl23_patron-map_final.jpg\">save the festival’s official map to your Camera Roll (JPG)\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957319\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957319\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-800x372.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-1020x474.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-160x74.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-1536x714.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustrated map of Golden Gate Park showing the various stages available for Outside Lands \u003ccite>(sfoutsidelands.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here some other insider tips from KQED reporters:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you are trying to see someone on the Polo Field, get there early. It gets very crowded quickly.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There have been bleachers and ADA platforms in Hellman Hollow, near the Twin Peaks stage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sometimes artists hang out at the food trucks, talking to fans (and, if you are lucky, performing a quick song.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/dolores/dolores/\">Dolores’ is a new open-air dance club\u003c/a>, “celebrating the queer and trans communities and the DIY spaces that are vital to San Francisco nightlife and culture.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/soma-tent/soma-tent/\">The SOMA tent will play house and electronic music\u003c/a>, and can have long lines (or as one Reddit commenter writes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OutsideLands/comments/11vher0/soma_tent/\">“if you want to get in, you have to show up way early and never leave.”\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862534/headed-to-outside-lands-heres-everything-you-need-to-know#:~:text=The%20festival%20has%20a%20Sober,sane%20among%20all%20party%20people.\">There is a sober tent available at Outside Lands\u003c/a>, for those who feel like they need someone to talk to among the partying. It is near the food trucks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What should I do in a crowd?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">SFMTA expects around 75,000 people each day of the festival\u003c/a> — and crowds can be overwhelming for some. With \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054765905/what-went-wrong-at-astroworld-the-deadly-dynamics-of-crowd-surge\">past tragic incidents at other festivals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/urge-outside-lands-to-have-better-exits-to-prevent-astroworld-festival-like-crowd-crush\">Outside Lands fans even asking for better exits to prevent crowd crushes\u003c/a>, it does not hurt to be cautious and prepared. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">Read NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd and put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">Moussaïd told NPR in 2022\u003c/a>. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I wasn’t able to get tickets — are there other related performances I can enjoy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/night-shows/night-shows/\">Outside Lands has several after-parties around San Francisco for which you can get tickets\u003c/a>, from Thursday through Sunday. These shows include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/OSL-DIESELSHAQ/556186?afflky=1015Folsom\">DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal)\u003c/a> is performing at 1015 Folsom on Friday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://apeconcerts.com/events/trixie-mattel-230812/\">RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner Trixie Mattel\u003c/a> is hosting a DJ set at Bimbo’s 365 Club on Saturday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C005ED0D41C5EFB\">ME Live & Trikk\u003c/a> is performing at the Great Northern on Sunday.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Gabe Meline and Nastia Voynovskaya contributed to this story\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was published on August 4.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917310/outside-lands-2022-photos-review\">San Francisco’s biggest music festival, Outside Lands\u003c/a>, is coming to Golden Gate Park this weekend with a 2023 lineup that includes Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13913890/la-dona-ybca-san-francisco-guaranteed-income-pilot-artists\"> local San Francisco star La Doña\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you managed to get a ticket to this\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/\"> now-sold-out three-day festival that starts Friday, Aug. 11 and lasts through Sunday, Aug. 13\u003c/a>, you might have questions about maps, parking, public transit, road closures, the bag policy and more. After all, Outside Lands is a huge, sprawling event that takes over a large part of Golden Gate Park and impacts a lot of the surrounding areas of the Richmond and Sunset districts in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So keep reading for our guide to this year’s Outside Lands festival with everything you need to know, with maps, links, resources and more. (And if you want the rundown from an Outside Lands veteran, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">read KQED Arts’ archive guide to the festival\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parkingoutsidelands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outsidelandsroadclosures\">What are the Outside Lands road closures, and where can I get dropped off?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wristbandoutsidelands\">Can I take off my wristband, or leave Outside Lands to re-enter?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outsidelandsbartmuni\">What’s the best way to get to Golden Gate Park using public transit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#banneditemsoutsidelands\">What’s the bag policy at Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957342\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67687_GettyImages-1514097416-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion, seen here performing at the 2023 Essence Festival of Culture at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, is one of the headliners for 2023 Outside Lands. \u003ccite>(Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"outsidelandsroadclosures\">\u003c/a>Getting to Outside Lands by car: Where are the road closures?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Outside Lands organizers (and KQED reporters) recommend ticket holders\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\"> \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> drive to the festival\u003c/a> — and when you read our information about road closures and the parking situation, you may understand why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">entrances closed on the north side of Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>, according to the park’s official website: Transverse Drive at Crossover Drive, JFK Drive at Transverse Drive, 30th Avenue, 36th Avenue, 43rd Avenue (Chain of Lakes), 47th Avenue, and The Great Highway at JFK Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the south side of the park: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Crossover Drive, 25th Avenue, Sunset Boulevard at Irving Street, 41st Avenue (Chain of Lakes), and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Lincoln Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a map of the road closures near the park. Roads will be closed from Thursday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 13 at 11 p.m.:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957300\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957300\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1424\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Map-1536x1139.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of Golden Gate park illustrating road closures for Outside Lands. \u003ccite>(sfoutsidelands.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/a> include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park west of Park Presidio and Crossover, and Sunset between Irving and Martin Luther King from Thursday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 13 at 11 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Avenue will also be closed on certain days before and after the festival\u003c/a>, starting Monday, Aug. 7 and lasting through Thursday, Aug. 10, and then again from Monday, Aug. 14 through Wednesday, Aug. 16.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where can I get picked up or dropped off at Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a good pickup or drop-off point — either for yourself, or because you’re someone else’s ride — Outside Lands recommends “several blocks north or south of the park” — particularly advising that you try Geary Boulevard or Balboa Street to the north, or Irving Street to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">You can also be picked up or dropped off for Outside Lands by vehicles or private buses in the Outer Sunset\u003c/a> (south of the park) on the north side of Irving, between 25th and 27th avenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Outer Richmond (the north side of the park near the high school), you can get picked up or dropped off at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The north side of Balboa, between 30th and 31st avenues, or\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The west side of 30th Avenue, between Balboa and Anza.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Advice for using rideshares and taxis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">If you are using rideshare apps like Lyft or Uber\u003c/a>, the official Outside Lands pickup and drop-off locations are Balboa & 30th Avenue or Irving Street between 25th and 27th avenues. Be aware that these apps will impose dynamic pricing for an event like Outside Lands, which will make even a short ride much more expensive than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">using a taxi to get to or from Outside Lands\u003c/a> any time from Friday, Aug. 11 at 9 a.m. to Monday, Aug. 14 at 2 a.m., there are taxi stands on the south side of Fulton at 28th and 29th avenues and the south side of Fulton at 24th and 25th avenues.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are there no-go areas for pickup and drop-off for Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">these areas are strictly forbidden to pick someone up or drop someone off\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outer Sunset, south side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lincoln Way, between 25th and 41st avenues.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Outer Richmond, north side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fulton, between 26th and 37th avenues.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th avenues, between Fulton and Cabrillo.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park from Friday at 11 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park including Crossover.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"parkingoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: There is no “official” general parking for Outside Lands. (Jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#accessibilityoutsidelands\">more information on accessible parking below\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. Don’t leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else would you like to read a guide about?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894419\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11894419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. \u003ccite>(Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where you definitely can’t find parking for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">parking restrictions in the following nearby neighborhoods\u003c/a>: Fulton, Lincoln, La Playa, and Lower Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">Overnight parking of “vehicles taller than 7 (feet) or longer than 12 (feet) any day, street cleaning and 72-hour prohibition violations may result in tickets and towing,”\u003c/a> warns Outside Lands’ website. They also note that the SF Department of Parking and Traffic will be “on high alert during this period of time.” In other words: don’t risk it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I use a resident’s parking spot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some schools near Golden Gate Park sell their parking during Outside Lands to fundraise money, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.argonnesf.org/outsidelandsparking.html\">Argonne Elementary School (which does not take reservations.)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook, or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person, and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about blocking a driveway, even if it’s mine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">the San Francisco Transportation Code allows residents to park in the street and block their own driveway\u003c/a> “provided the driveway does not serve more than two tenants.” Any multifamily units of three or more, says SFMTA, may not block their own driveway. Vehicles may also never be parked on the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Outside Lands, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” says SFMTA. Of course, that’s not giving you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for local residents\u003c/a>, for any updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"outsidelandsbartmuni\">\u003c/a>How to get to Outside Lands using public transit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/imce-images/2022/map_-_outside_lands_-_transportation_map.png\">SF Muni has a useful map of your options for transportation routes to Outside Lands (PNG)\u003c/a>, and the agency has its own\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\"> guide on getting to Golden Gate Park on Muni.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni will be providing extra service on the N Judah and 5R Fulton Rapid. However, remember: The extra service on 5R will not serve the entire route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957307\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-800x346.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-1020x441.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-160x69.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Muni-MAP-1536x664.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map illustrating the various SF Muni routes to Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands \u003ccite>(sfmta.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each night of the festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023#MuniService\">there will be a Muni 5X Fulton Express service from Golden Gate Park to Civic Center BART Station\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023#MuniService\">Bookmark the SFMTA website\u003c/a> for a comprehensive list of extra stops provided by Muni for the weekend of Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023#MuniService\">Other public transit advisories\u003c/a>, as noted on SFMTA’s website:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/7-haight-noriega\">7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/28-19th-avenue\"> 28 19th Avenue\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/29-sunset\">29 Sunset\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/44-oshaughnessy\">44 O’Shaughnessy\u003c/a> serve areas of Golden Gate Park and may be subject to crowds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38-geary\">38 Geary\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38r-geary-rapid\">38R Geary Rapid routes\u003c/a>, which are four blocks north of the Fulton/30th entrance to Golden Gate Park, may also be considered as alternative options to and from the event.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">plan your Muni trip on 511.org\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">check Muni’s arrival information on Next Bus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Using the official Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hop a ride on \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/jwep9jf4wjyfqkyl\">Outside Lands’ shuttle, which departs from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium\u003c/a> to the south entrance of Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. Civic Center BART station is next to the Bill Graham Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/jwep9jf4wjyfqkyl\">These “coach-style buses” are pre-paid, and cost $26\u003c/a> for a one-day pass (with a $3.50 to $5.50 fee.) As of Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/jwep9jf4wjyfqkyl\">only the highest tier of 3-day ticket is available, for $69\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service will begin running each day at 11 a.m. and run “continuously all day with limited coverage” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m, with the last shuttle to the festival leaving Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at 8 p.m. As for getting back, return shuttles run until one hour after the music ends each night, say festival organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands on BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearest BART station to Golden Gate Park is Civic Center. From there, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">travel onward to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">use the official paid Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/a> which departs from the nearby Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">BART service will run until “around midnight” on all three days\u003c/a>, says the Outside Lands official guidance. Parking at BART stations with BART-run parking lots is free after 3 p.m. on Friday, and free all day on Saturday and Sunday (except for the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose stations, which still charge on weekends.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">use the BART Trip Planner to hash out the details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands by bike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can park your bikes at the festival, available at the eastern and southern parts of the festival site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/bikes/bay-wheels\">Bay Wheels, run by rideshare app Lyft\u003c/a>, is available at the festival on JFK Drive, just east of Transverse Drive, to park your bike or get a bike home. \u003ca href=\"https://account.baywheels.com/map\">Use this website to find Bay Wheels near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Make a plan for getting home each night (and know your last transit option)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">Music ends at 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9:40 p.m. on Sunday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, told KQED that exit routes are “very well marked and the strategies for both entering and leaving the festival are pretty well stablished at this point and we’ll have tons of security and there’s a lot of lightning in the area to keep people safe as they exit the festival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit\">SF MTA’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to check what time the last service of the day is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wristbandoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>Can I take off my wristband, or leave Outside Lands to re-enter?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, keep your wristband on your wrist if you’re attending multiple days of Outside Lands. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/news/know-before-you-go/\">It’s waterproof, so you can shower with it.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ticketholders all get a wristband — and festival organizers want you to “treat it like cash.” In other words, the festival won’t replace your wristband if it gets lost or stolen. Do not cut it or twist your wristband, because it can fray and the festival will not replace it in those cases either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Same day re-entry is not allowed. But if you \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to leave the festival, festival organizers ask that you speak with a supervising staff member at an exit before leaving, to work out the details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"accessibilityoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>What to know about accessibility at Outside Lands\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There is a designated ADA Entrance at 36th Avenue & JFK\u003c/a>. This is where the Access Center is and you can request a golf cart inside, or get a collar for your service animal. Accessible pickup and drop-off is at 36th and Fulton. If you are taking a rideshare, let your driver know to tell the parking staff that you need access to the ADA parking, which is also at the 36th and Fulton entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is limited ADA parking available and is first come, first served. You can access this parking by entering 36th Avenue and Fulton and talking to the gate agents. It is worth noting that some of the ADA parking is on roads with uneven terrain, with a walk to the ADA gate. Notify the parking staff so they can request a shuttle for you to the gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a lot of demand for shuttles, so Outside Lands is limiting “capacity to our disabled patrons plus one companion. Because of the “limited number” of shuttles, Outside Lands organizers advise disabled festival goers to “please expect a wait, and plan your requests accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside Lands provides elevated platforms at the following stages: Sutro, Twin Peaks and Lands End stages. \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There are “banquet style” folding chairs available at all of the platforms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ADA restrooms are next to all of the accessible viewing platforms. Restrooms at Outside Lands also have accessible options at the ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Festival organizers recommend that you email \u003ca href=\"mailto:access@sfoutsidelands.com\">access@sfoutsidelands.com\u003c/a> ahead of time with any accessibility questions or requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I need to bring a jacket to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. Yes, it’s Golden Gate Park. Yes, you still need to bring a jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4196\">the National Weather Service’s forecast for San Francisco\u003c/a> as the festival draws closer. But the park is near the ocean and it gets \u003cem>cold\u003c/em>. Forgetting layers is a classic mistake to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, another outfit suggestion from experienced KQED reporters: Comfortable shoes you don’t mind getting dirty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-earplugs-for-concerts/\">buying earplugs that allow for sounds to get through for around $30\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"banneditemsoutsidelands\">\u003c/a>What can I bring to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some items you can bring to Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Clear backpacks and bags.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Non-clear small bags, fanny packs, and purses up to 6” x 8” x 3”.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Empty dedicated hydration packs with a capacity under 2.5L/150 inches, and just one pocket (standard-size backpacks with hydration bladders will not be allowed into the festival.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A reusable container for water.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can reserve a locker on the festival grounds in advance, but be sure to do so as soon as possible, as these reservations can sell out quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957311\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957311\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/outside-lands-bag-policy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration showing the bag policy at Outside Lands \u003ccite>(sfoutsidelands.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some items you \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> bring to Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Glow-sticks, laser pointers (however glow bracelets and necklaces are allowed).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Weapons, fireworks (including pocket knives).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alcohol.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pets (apart from service dogs).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Glass or cans.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Video or audio recording equipment (including drones, GoPros and selfie sticks).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Professional still camera equipment with “a detachable lens longer than 2 inches, tripods, big zooms, or commercial use rigs.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Skateboards, scooters or bikes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers, wagons, or carts.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hammocks, umbrellas, picnic baskets, coolers, liquids (excluding personal-sized hand sanitizers).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chairs with legs or tents.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">See the full list of items allowed or prohibited at Outside Lands.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about eating at Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w5omnyv46scie5j1ys4kb/OL23-Taste-of-The-Bay-Area-Release-Updated-7-28.docx?rlkey=7gkz2pg8dec8txxkkvd2n9nc2&dl=0\">see the Outside Lands food vendor list ahead of time (DOCX)\u003c/a>, with vegan options marked, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ozi9fn7wdoreb0e74k1dj/OL23-Drink-Release_7-28-Update.docx?rlkey=5hfb8rfe22zxi8mjp1qg8wdvs&dl=0\">the drinks list (including alcoholic and non-alcoholic options)(DOCX)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or, as KQED Arts reported back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">another option apparently favored by some locals is to “bury bottles of liquor in Golden Gate Park a week before the festival\u003c/a> and dig it up later after you’ve slid past security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Any other useful Outside Lands tips I should know?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for shortcuts to other stages (like a tunnel between Polo Field and Sutro Stage) or emergency exits, \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/assets/osl23_patron-map_final.jpg\">save the festival’s official map to your Camera Roll (JPG)\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957319\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957319\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-800x372.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-1020x474.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-160x74.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/Outside-Lands-Festival-Map-1536x714.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustrated map of Golden Gate Park showing the various stages available for Outside Lands \u003ccite>(sfoutsidelands.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here some other insider tips from KQED reporters:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you are trying to see someone on the Polo Field, get there early. It gets very crowded quickly.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There have been bleachers and ADA platforms in Hellman Hollow, near the Twin Peaks stage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sometimes artists hang out at the food trucks, talking to fans (and, if you are lucky, performing a quick song.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/dolores/dolores/\">Dolores’ is a new open-air dance club\u003c/a>, “celebrating the queer and trans communities and the DIY spaces that are vital to San Francisco nightlife and culture.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/soma-tent/soma-tent/\">The SOMA tent will play house and electronic music\u003c/a>, and can have long lines (or as one Reddit commenter writes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OutsideLands/comments/11vher0/soma_tent/\">“if you want to get in, you have to show up way early and never leave.”\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862534/headed-to-outside-lands-heres-everything-you-need-to-know#:~:text=The%20festival%20has%20a%20Sober,sane%20among%20all%20party%20people.\">There is a sober tent available at Outside Lands\u003c/a>, for those who feel like they need someone to talk to among the partying. It is near the food trucks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What should I do in a crowd?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-11-13-2023\">SFMTA expects around 75,000 people each day of the festival\u003c/a> — and crowds can be overwhelming for some. 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