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2009 LovEvolution Parade/Festival Review Thread.
Okay guys so I have not seen a thread for the LovEvolution parade or festival, so I have decided to open it.
I unfortunately did not make it till 4pm, which turns out to be great because when I got there it was pack as hell and could barely move. I can only imagine how pack it was earlier.
So how was the Parade itself? What do you guys think the attendance was and do you think the city will allow for this event to continue in the same location next year??
I have heard reports that they are plans to make it 18+ and charge $20??
Pictures: http://mvgals.net/gallery/love09
I doubt the city would let them make it 18+ and $20. I'd be shocked.
Although the person on bayraves who saw it on the news did say it was SFPD who said it.
But I'm not sure if the "city" would allow it.
And the event would largely lose a lot of its purpose. If parents are worried about their kids, they should make sure they don't go. That's what parents are for.
In the end, if anything, i wouldnt be amazed to see the event moved.
Someone mentioned doing it on Treasure island because they could even use the buildings for stuff...
me and my girl didnt get there till 6 or 630, we were running a day behind and really didnt do much as we wanted too. Bigperf, i still owe him a drink for some reason my iphone was acting up, getting mixed up with other calls and such, thats a first on tmobiles network for me. Anyways, we squeezed until we got to the spundae float and caught eddie do his thing, and then at 730 it was over. Sucked. We didnt plan for the after party since i know it gets all kinds of packed and it gets worse than a can of sardines. But here is what i caught..
Love is in the air along S.F.'s Market Street by Chronicle
Love is in the air along S.F.'s Market Street
Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, October 4, 2009
People dance and party along the parade route as LovEvolu... Participants in the LovEvolution parade dance their way a... Jeremiah Simpson gets into the spirit as LovEvolution mak... LovEvolution makes its way down Market Street to Civic Ce... More...
(10-03) 17:19 PDT San Francisco -- Thousands of people dressed in neon wigs, sparkly butterfly wings, tutus - or occasionally nothing at all - and danced, hula hooped and hugged their way down San Francisco's Market Street on Saturday for the city's sixth annual celebration of love.
Based on Berlin's Love Parade, San Francisco's LoveFest was renamed this year to LovEvolution to avoid legal action from the promoters of the Love Festival in Los Angeles who had trademarked their name. But potential lawsuits - or the dire economy or the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - didn't appear to be on anybody's mind.
"It's people coming together, having fun, dancing their asses off and just forgetting the world's troubles for a day," said Sterling Alexander, who danced wearing silver devil horns affixed to his bald head and red, feathery wings.
Also celebrating were several people dressed as hot dogs, a man in a furry pink outfit walking on stilts, a girl giving out free hugs and bare-chested men offering free kisses.
The event shut down Market Street between Second Street and Civic Center and was expected to draw 10,000 revelers. Shoppers and tourists on the busy thoroughfare looked downright perplexed, several stopped to ask what the 20-plus floats blaring electronic music as scantily clad people gyrated on them were all about. The naked man covered in gold body paint and carrying a red bow and arrow proved particularly worthy of double-takes.
Megan Lehrer, 18, and her friends had traveled from Discovery Bay for the event and looked like extras from the movie "Flashdance" in headbands and ripped T-shirts.
"It's cracking - it's fun!" she said. "It's about peace and love."
E-mail Heather Knight at [email protected].
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...&type=printable
Love in the Afternoon at City Hall
By SAJID FAROOQ
Updated 9:45 AM PDT, Sun, Oct 4, 2009
Even before the City got a chance to recover from the hoards of leather clad men and women that descend on it last weekend for the Folsom Street Fair, the steps of city hall were turned into a wild dance club.
The San Francisco LovEvolution embraced the City in one giant techno filled hug Saturday. But don't worry, you didn't need to a shot for the love they dished out.
The after-party continued Sunday at the appropriately named bar "The End Up."
The annual dance festival brought out tens of thousands of brightly dressed (though some choose to not dress at all) dance enthusiasts to Civic Center Park to revel in music, food, floats and just plain old love.
The event is in its sixth year and bills itself as the biggest dance music party in the country and it was "born of the original Love Parade event in Berlin." It is sometimes now as the LoveFest and others call it a technoparade after its German influence.
Last year more than 100,000 people turned out to cheer the parade down Market Street and to dance at Civic Center, according to event organizers. Once the 25 floats make it to Civic Center, they are turned into dance clubs on wheels and that is when the real party begins.
The party clearly had adult themes, but was open to people of all ages.
First Published: Oct 4, 2009 9:27 AM PDT
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...y-63477677.html
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| Originally posted by DaveT If parents are worried about their kids, they should make sure they don't go. That's what parents are for. |
it was a amazing parade the only problem was not enough bathrooms hahhaha the streets turned into bathrooms. but overall it was an amazing day
what a weekend! about to head out of SF, but it was good seeing the ta's i ran into. Darude and myon/shane 54 on friday was a blast. local love float was fun and catching the last hour at spundae float was insane! took it easy sat nite and went to vessel to meet up with some friends and yesterday did the touristy thing and then made it to the 414 after party, thanks to those who were of assistance this weekend, much appreciated!
in summary: shiz was crackin!
long version: got to sf around noon and took the bart to powell. once i got out of the subway, the parade was in full swing. holy sh!t...the parade route was freakin packed and people on floats dancing - crazy sight - i loved it.
checked into hotel and got down to the festival around 3ish. got to one entrance close to market street and the line was long. but i knew with so many freakin people and the size of the event, there had to be another entrance. low and behold, walked around the block, there was another entrance no one in line, sweet, I was in in about less than one minute.
But once inside, you couldn�t event move, it took about 30 mins just to walk to the other side. It was crazy how packed it was inside. But I am used to crowds and typical edm packed events/festivals, so I didn�t care. everyone was in a good party mood, lots of musically good choices to pick from. My fave was the end up float � music and crowd was bangin. Lots of beer and good tunes, I was set.
Only two negatives � not enough bathrooms and it was wayyyyyyyyyyy crowded, but then again, sometimes a packed place can be fun. so maybe its only one negative.
I have to applaud the organizers, I think they did a great job given the size of the crowd, maybe next year you may just have to expand the festival site, cause that sh!t was hella packed!
Went to the official afterparty, got there after freshing up around 11 or so. musically nothing groundbreaking, but I had a GREAT time. imo, fischerspooooner was terrible. Can someone please tell them to shut the f up. I just want to hear a good set, and not him blabbin on the feakin microphone. Am I the only one who thought this was annoying? Saying over and over DANGERMOUuuuuuuuussee I thought was rude, please call the next artist by their correct name.
Anyways, I tend to like dj�s and sets that take you on some sort of journey � ie like a sasha set or whatever � something that progresses or is cohesive. I thought fischerspooner/deadmau5/groovearmada didn�t do this. It seemed like �ok, here is the next track I am putting on�, no flow, ugh. BUT I have to say, I had a great time at the party, production was good, ease of getting in was good, there was seating, etc�but just not my fave dj sets. (oh no, please let the flaming begin�but this is IMO)
I look forward to going to the festival next year. I already told all my friends that they HAVE to come up for next year�s festival �and I cant wait.
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| Originally posted by pnutttty I thought fischerspooner/deadmau5/groovearmada didn�t do this. It seemed like �ok, here is the next track I am putting on�, no flow, ugh. BUT I have to say, I had a great time at the party, production was good, ease of getting in was good, there was seating, etc�but just not my fave dj sets. (oh no, please let the flaming begin�but this is IMO) |
The Solid Gold after-party @ Mezzanine with DJ Heather & LA Riots was off the chain!!! DJ Heather tore it up... real funky, hard, disco, tribal, and deep.
Wow. I would like to start off by saying I had a ton of fun and this was my 2nd time going. There were a TON of people. At first I thought there were fewer because I went straight to the Skills float area, but then I realized I had just arrived 2 hours earlier than I did last year. By about 4pm it was massively packed. I noticed there were more people this year at the stages either side of the Skills stage. The LED screen was a first that I remember and it was AWESOME. I just wish they played some cooler visuals, but beggars can't be choosers. While all in all I had a great time the dynamic was way different this year... here are my thoughts:
Good:
-Better Music
-LED Screen
-More People
Bad:
-Some of the floats were too loud (should be able to listen to music without worrying about permanent hearing damage. I know I can bring plugs, but I and the rest of the 120,000 people shouldn't HAVE to.)
-More hip-hopish horny drunk party crowd
-Less "Plury" people
I am iffy on whether or not I will be attending this again next year. While I had a fabulous time, the crowd has just straight up changed. Maybe it was just because it was so crowded or something, but I felt like everyone was bumping into me like at a rock show and that people were just way less friendly. I felt like it was more about going to a party, drinking, getting fucked up, just seeing what this whole "lovefest" thing is about than it was about going out, having a good time, making friends, and most importantly enjoying EDM and dancing. A big gripe I had with it was that compared to last year I felt like new people couldn't really enjoy the music because 90% of the people there were just walking around looking for a party or something and the other 10% were actually into the music and dancing. I honestly enjoyed Bay to Breakers this year more than I enjoyed the day parade, but hopefully I will feel better about it come this time next year. =]
On the flip side the Afterparty had a great vibe to it as usual. Guess the price scares off the less friendly people.
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| Originally posted by rudypoochris On the flip side the Afterparty had a great vibe to it as usual. Guess the price scares off the less friendly people. |
The Trance room was the only way to go, when we walked into the main room around 2 we turned and walked right back out, it smelled SO bad and was so dark and stuffy, worst main room i have ever seen. The vibe was all wrong!
The festival itself was great! SOOO many people, cant wait to hear some number projections....
i will be there next year if it happens again, and i will try to have a bigger part next year, volunteering was great. Not very organized feeling though
I will say it again... best event ever. Thank you again to everyone who organized it and put such hard work into its success.
I had an amazing time! An ocean of people descended on the steps of city hall.
Fucking insane.
It was my 5th time going, and it was the biggest one yet for sure.
Probably my best Love whatever experience yet! Great music and the best friends.
Was fortunate enough (thanks to my girlfriend) to find myself on the Skills/Spundae float with two of my favorite DJs, Jon O'Bir and Menno de Jong. Such an amazing experience to be on a float during the parade and then in civic center with DJs you love. Got off the float when JOC went on and wondered around and damn was it packed. Had to be the largest yet. Only downside is there appeared to a lot of people not into EDM. And there were non-stop people being taken out in ambulances by the bathrooms where the floats entered. Has to look bad to the city and police etc. People need to learn how to handle their shit before they ruin it for the rest of us.
Went to the official Skills/Spundae afterparty and was excited when I heard all the trance DJs were going to be in the side room. The main room is always a clusterfuck. The side room was full front to back but you had plenty of room to dance, great sound, an amazing lineup, a great crowd and no etards on the dance floor. Who ever layed the speakers out should get a raise. Sounded great everywhere.
Jon O'Bir was already banging it out when we got there at 9:30. Played a little harder than normal. Loved it. Menno played yet another wonderful set. This guy can do no wrong in my mind.
Surprise of the night for me was Andy Moor. His recent set in LA was rather boring IMO but here his set was maybe the best of the weekend. The sound guy kept coming out and turning it down, too low I might add, and Andy would turn it back up. Sound guy did this one too many times and pissed Andy off. He gave hime the finger and cranked the mixers out put to the max. Was loud as hell lol. He wouldn't let the sound guy near the mixer again. Maybe Andy plays best when he is pissed off lol.
When JOC came on, the sound guy took the opportunity to turn down the sound. So low, you could only here the monitors. We were all wtf and he could tell something was wrong. Turned off his monitors and no sound lol. Called the sound guy over to show him what was up. Was obviously pissed at him. Whoever the sound guy was, please don't use him again!
Gil looked to be doing a great job when we left at 3:15. Wanted to beat the crowd and make sure we could get a taxi.
Was a great lineup from parade to the end of the afterparty for trance heads. Thanks to all responsible!
Sunday we decompressed by hiking with the redwoods in the Muir Woods. Absolutely beautiful.
my review:
Friday: Got fucking smashed at Ruby. Menno stopped by to hang out and got even more smashed. Every year i remind myself to take it easy on Friday. Every next morning i still wake up with a massive hangover and puke all around the toilet seat.
Saturday: Work day started off at 11AM and didn't end till 5AM. I don't know what the hell happened between those times but someone told me there was a parade and after party going on
Sunday: Woke up and ate... ate A LOT!!! Got drunk at 414 with a horrible gang of misfits and losers. Why i even bother to hang out with them, is something i'm still trying to figure out.
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| Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal Sunday: Woke up and ate... ate A LOT!!! Got drunk at 414 with a horrible gang of misfits and losers. Why i even bother to hang out with them, is something i'm still trying to figure out. |
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| Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal my review: Friday: Got fucking smashed at Ruby. Menno stopped by to hang out and got even more smashed. Every year i remind myself to take it easy on Friday. Every next morning i still wake up with a massive hangover and puke all around the toilet seat. Saturday: Work day started off at 11AM and didn't end till 5AM. I don't know what the hell happened between those times but someone told me there was a parade and after party going on Sunday: Woke up and ate... ate A LOT!!! Got drunk at 414 with a horrible gang of misfits and losers. Why i even bother to hang out with them, is something i'm still trying to figure out. |
listed listed listed listed. this was the best love paradefestevolution to date and i thank listed for making it so with danny howells, lee burridge, craig richards, bill patrick, even naveen g. most of all i would just like to say DANNY FUCKING HOWELLS. that was the most insane set i've ever heard at a love paradefestevolution period. my condolences to all who missed it. the best party of the week was without a doubt morning after the love at endup. that 15 hours went by so damn fast. my only regret was missing danny howell's tagteam with craig richards because i had to go clean up all the shit people left behind at the assembly lot. big thanks to gil for helping out with that! i wish i had the energy to hang out with the spundae homies sunday night too, but i was completely done for on all levels. there was even a FREE lee burridge, danny howells, three after after after party at vessel that i would be at in a heartbeat on any other day, but tullination made the decision for me by getting me so blasted on hash oil sunday night that i couldn't think of anything other than sleep 
ah rich, now i'm even regretting missing the endup. i blame it on danny though. caught a ride back downtown with him and he said he was playing at 6pm. I figured i'd go home, catch a few z's and then head down there and catch his set and some of the tags. as it turned out, i came back, was awake for a while, and then fell asleep until about 9pm. shit!
i shall not make the same mistake next year.
that said, gallop sessions was by far the highlight or the weekend for me, awesome sets by Naveen G and Barclay. Danny's set was beyond words, IMO. Rich and rizo, had a great time hanging with you guys and meeting quite a few other TAs throughout the weekend.
Listed for President!
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| Originally posted by R!CH listed listed listed listed. this was the best love paradefestevolution to date and i thank listed for making it so with danny howells, lee burridge, craig richards, bill patrick, even naveen g. most of all i would just like to say DANNY FUCKING HOWELLS. that was the most insane set i've ever heard at a love paradefestevolution period. my condolences to all who missed it. |
seriously likely top com# party ive been to and ive been to a lot there 
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| Originally posted by R!CH listed listed listed listed. this was the best love paradefestevolution to date and i thank listed for making it so with danny howells, lee burridge, craig richards, bill patrick, even naveen g. most of all i would just like to say DANNY FUCKING HOWELLS. that was the most insane set i've ever heard at a love paradefestevolution period. my condolences to all who missed it. the best party of the week was without a doubt morning after the love at endup. that 15 hours went by so damn fast. my only regret was missing danny howell's tagteam with craig richards. there was even a FREE lee burridge, danny howells, three after after after party at vessel |
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