Annual Hillcrest Cityfest Street Fair
Address:
Hillcrest
San Diego, CA
Phone Numbers
619-299-3330
8/09/09
The 26th annual Hillcrest Street Fair under the Hillcrest Sign. CityFest celebrates community spirit with Music, Arts and Crafts, a celebratory lantern parade and rededication of the neighborhood sign. Join over 150,000 people beneath the Hillcrest Sign at the largest neighborhood street fair of its kind. CityFest 2009 is a celebration of art, music, food and Spirit in San Diego’s premiere urban neighborhood. CityFest will feature a Grand Stage beneath the Hillcrest Sign, a massive open air beer garden on University Ave., a kid’s carnival, mechanical bull, dunk tank, celebratory lantern parade at dusk and a “relighting” of the neighborhood sign.
Arts and Crafts Village
CityFest has one of the largest crafters areas of any similar street fair. With over 250 vendors CityFest is the perfect place to get that one of a kind specialty that you’ve been looking for. The Arts and Crafts Village will be occurring from 12 noon through 8:30pm on Fifth Ave. between Washington and Pennsylvania.
Grand Stage
The Grand Stage is located at the heart of Hillcrest in front of the neighborhood sign. It is visible from University Ave., Fifth Ave. and the “Spirit’s Beer Garden”. The Grand Stage will feature ten hours of local and regional entertainment and will be seen by everyone who attends the event. The current lineup for the Grand Stage includes:
• Ubuv
• Pauhana
• The Tighten Ups
• Team Abraham
• F.U.Z.Z
• Royal Campaign
• Knives
• China Clippers
• Local favorite Laura Jane will MC.
Gigantic Food Court
CityFest’s gigantic food court will bring together flavors from across the city and the world! With over 30 food vendors at the event, attendees will satisfy whatever taste they have.
Spirit’s Beer Garden
The Spirit’s Beer Garden: An entire block of University Ave will be an over 21 area that will feature drink stations, Drags Queens in the dunk tank, interactive entertainment and a view of the Grand Stage. Sit and enjoy Blue Moon Beer, a margarita, or one of our many Redbull recipes while listening to hours of terrific performers on the Grand Stage.
Hillcrest Hotel Deals
Lantern Parade
Everyone is welcome to participate in the CityFest Lantern Parade. Make a lantern at the CityFest Pavilion, or bring one for this participatory and fun event. The Parade will start at 8:30pm at Fifth and Robinson. The parade will be lead by a gigantic stilt walker “the Spirit of Hillcrest” who will guide participants through the festival to the Grand Stage under the Hillcrest Sign. Free lantern making classes will be held all day at the CityFest Pavilion (while supplies last).
Lighting of the Historic Hillcrest Sign
The lighting of the Historic Hillcrest Sign will be the culmination of the entire event. At about 9:30pm MC Laura Jane will lead the crowd in a dramatic “count down” to the relighting of the Famous Hillcrest Sign. Expect to see some “fireworks” as the neighborhood celebrates the lighting of its spirit and sign.
City Fest 2009 DJ Lineup
CityFest 2009 will feature DJs spinning tunes throughout the day and into the twilight. The DJ will be located at the heart of the festival at Robinson and Fifth. The DJ Lineup includes Mix Architekt, DJ Patrick, Shane Bakker, Red Sonya, Alien Tom, Mike Mae and Eddie Kon.
Offsite Parking and Shuttles
Over 125,000 people are expected at CityFest 2009! CityFest has set up a satellite parking area at the San Diego Unified School District property at 4100 Normal in University Heights. Shuttles will be running all day from this large parking lot. Shuttles will begin at 12n oon and run through 9:30pm and will stop at the CityFest Pavilion at Fifth and Robinson.
