
Janelle Monae performs at Outside Lands 2010
It’s that time of year again when San Francisco’s largest outdoor music festival will take place in Golden Gate Park. Here are a few tips for festival neighbors to help negotiate the event.
LINEUP, SCHEDULE AND HOURS
If the festival’s Twitter is to be believed, this will be the most popular festival yet. Tickets are nearly sold out for all three days of music, food, wine and art that features top bands like Muse, Phish, Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Deadmau5, MGMT and Erykah Badu (view the full lineup and schedule).
Festival hours are:
Friday: 11am – 10pm
Saturday: 11am – 10pm
Sunday: 11am – 9:45pm
PARKING
With the popularity of this year’s festival, parking should be tighter than ever for concertgoers and residents during all three days.
If you encounter parking issues like someone blocking your driveway or other illegal parking, the festival is staffing up to handle it. Two dedicated tow trucks and one parking control officer will be available on each side of the park to respond to parking issues. Call the Outside Lands community hotline at (415) 379-9063 from 10am – 11pm on festival days for assistance. You can also call SFMTA Parking Enforcement at 553-1200 (press 1 for English, then press 5 for blocked driveway).
If you have friends or family coming in for the event, let them know about the shuttle service that will be running from Bill Graham Civic Center Auditorium. For $29.50, shuttle riders get roundtrip transportation on all three days.
If you’re an enterprising resident with a parking space you can lend out, why not earn on it? Check out startup parkcirca.com where you can list and rent out your parking space / driveway.
And if you see bewildered concertgoers driving in circles, looking for parking, try directing them to the local schools who will be opening up their lots: Lafayette at 36th & Anza, Argonne at 17th & Cabrillo, and Presidio Middle School at 30th & Geary. Rates start at $25 for all-day parking.
TRAFFIC & PARK CLOSURES
The festival takes place in the west end of Golden Gate Park, which means many of the driving and walking areas will be closed off. The main stage is at the Polo Fields with the rest of the festival area spanning out eastward from there. View festival map (PDF)
The map below shows the park entrances that will be closed to car traffic from Thursday, August 11th at 8pm through Sunday, August 14th at 11pm:
If you need to cross through Golden Gate Park this weekend, Park Presidio/19th Avenue is your only option.
Within Golden Gate Park, some of the popular west end areas will be closed off to be used as festival venues. This includes the Polo Fields, Lindley Meadow and Speedway Meadow.
Lloyd Lake and Metson Lake will also be closed August 12 – August 14. Spreckels Lake and the Dog Run will be closed to vehicles August 12 – August 14.
Visit the Neighborhood 311 page on the Outside Lands website for more information.
LOCAL EATERIES
If you’re attending the festival, be sure to look for some of our favorite neighborhood restaurants in the Taste of the Bay area including Namu (Korean tacos, chicken yakitori, loco moco), Gordo Taqueria (chicken, beef and carnitas burritos), and Q Restaurant (tater tots with Smilin’ Andy’s Mojo mix).
Whether you’re headed to this year’s festival or sitting it out, we hope everyone has a good weekend that is fog free!
Sarah B.
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