NASHVILLE |DATE: JUNE 16, 2008
FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON
STREET SCENE 2008:
24TH ANNUAL EVENT
RETURNS TO THE STREETS OF
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO;
HEADLINERS
BECK
AND
THE BLACK CROWES
AMONG THE 35 BANDS
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 19 and 20;
TICKETS GO ON SALE
MONDAY, JUNE 16
Look for one of California’s longest running music festivals to get back to its roots Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 when STREET SCENE returns to the streets of downtown San Diego with headliners Beck and The Black Crowes.
The STREET SCENE line-up will include performances from Tegan and Sara, Justice, Spoon, TV on the Radio and more than 30 acts on four stages–with music from 4:00 PM to midnight–set throughout San Diego’s East Village neighborhood. The venue site will include Tailgate Park (adjacent to Petco Park) in the heart of East Village incorporating 14th Street as the main thoroughfare and bordered by Imperial Avenue to J Street.
The 2008 STREET SCENE line-up is as follows: Beck, The Black Crowes, Justice, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), Michael Franti & Spearhead, The National, Spoon, TV on The Radio, Atmosphere, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, X, Vampire Weekend, The Hives, Cold War Kids, Ghostland Observatory, Spiritualized, Antibalas, Man Man, The Mother Hips, Tokyo Police Club, DeVotchKa, The Night Marchers, Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Del The Funky Homosapien, Eagles of Death Metal, Foals, The Muslims, Dengue Fever, MGMT, Sea Wolf, West Indian Girl and Chester French.
STREET SCENE was launched in 1984 with two versions of the event (one in May, the other in August). It was originally set in a one-block area of downtown San Diego (on 5th Avenue between J & K Streets), and the event’s first-year performers included Los Lobos and The Blasters in May, and X, Robert Cray, and the Neville Brothers in August.
STREET SCENE founder Rob Hagey has teamed with Casbah’s Tim Mays this year in an effort to reinvent the festival as it returns it to its roots in downtown San Diego. Most of the bands in this year's lineup got their start in San Diego at the Casbah or at other local venues on shows produced by Tim Mays/Casbah. The pairing up of Casbah and Street Scene brings a fresh approach to the event with many of the bands making their first STREET SCENE appearance ever.
“This is a return to our roots both musically–with a band like X who played our first year in 1984–and our location that started in the streets of downtown San Diego,” stated Rob Hagey, producer and founder of Street Scene. “This year’s line-up–with acts like DeVotchKa, Spiritualized and Hot Chip–and being back in the streets will have such a cool vibe with so many great indie artists in an urban setting.”
A limited number of two-day tickets are available at the special price of $75.00. For up-to-the-minute updates, hotel information, transportation, parking and other facts, please visit www.street-scene.com.
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STREET SCENE 2008: 24TH ANNUAL EVENT RETURNS TO THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO; HEADLINERS BECK AND THE BLACK CROWES AMONG THE 35 BANDS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 19 and 20; TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY, JUNE 16
