Sunset Junction announces lineup for 30th anniversary celebration
The lineup for the 30th annual Sunset Junction Fair, produced by Silver Lake business owner Michael McKinley, was announced Wednesday. The five stages will present plenty of local talent but so far, the festival is curiously bereft of the marquee names of the past -- Beck, X, Lucinda Williams, Sonic Youth -- that made the festival a citywide destination.
On the new, "locals only" stage presented by The Fold, which books acts at Silverlake Lounge, the Bootleg Theater and other neighborhood clubs, the bands will include: Leslie and the Badgers, the Deadly Syndrome, the Crystal Antlers, Sam Sparro and Pollyn. On other stages, we've got Fitz and the Tantrums, Mayer Hawthorne, Lee Scratch Perry, Dam-Funk, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. And some special highlights: Bad Brains, Ghostland Observatory (who will snazz up the proceedings with a laser light show) and a Miles Davis tribute based around remixing his seminal double album, "Bitches Brew."
In terms of tapping into the zeitgeist of young, hip Silver Lake bands, the Silver Lake Jubilee, held earlier in the year, seems to have stolen some of the fair's thunder, though it also didn't really feature any band you couldn't see in an average month at Spaceland or the Echo.
The festival's full lineup is available after the jump.
--Margaret Wappler
Photo of crowd cheering for Nico Vega at last year's festival. Credit: Ann Johansson / For The Times
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
BATES STAGE
HOOVER STAGE
SANBORN STAGE
1:00
1:00
12:00
WHITE APPLE TREE
BALANDUGU KAN
DJ PELAU
2:00
2:00
1:30
FEROCIOUS
FEW
JIMMIE & MORAL
GROOVE DJ
JEREMY SOLE
3:00
3:00
3:30
HANNI EL KHATIB
RHYTHM ROOTS ALLSTARS
MALECO
COLLECTIVE
4:00
4:00
5:00
SAINT MOTEL
ORGONE
B-SIDE PLAYERS
5:00
5:00
6:30
CHRIS PIERCE
MEDUSA
BIG DADDY KANE
6:30
7:00
8:00
DAM FUNK
EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING
FISHBONE
7:30
8:30
9:30
MILES DAVIS/
THE OHIO
PLAYERS
BAD BRAINS
BITCHES BREW RE-MIX
9:00
GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY
ELECTRO DANCE STAGE
THE FOLD STAGE/LOCALS
ONLY (EDGECLIFFE)
1:00
1:00
CHRISTOPHER
YATES CIRCUS
THE SILVERLAKE CHORUS
3:00
2:00
HYPHY CRUNK
MOSES
CAMPBELL
4:15
3:00
DJ BRENT BOLTHOUSE
SWEATERS
5:30
4:05
DJ
ERIC CUBEECHEE
ANDY CLOCKWISE
6:45
5:05
SPEAKER JUNKIES
POLLYN
7:50
6:15
PARTY CRASHERS F/DJ
EASTERN
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
RUCKUS & CORY ENEMY
7:25
9:00
CHIEF
SHINY
TOY GUNS -- HYBRIDIGITAL
f/WILD
CHILD
8:35
SPECIAL GUEST TBA
9:50
SPECIAL GUEST TBA
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22
BATES STAGE
HOOVER STAGE
SANBORN STAGE
1:00
1:00
12:00
RAHEEM COHEN
SPELLBOUND
DJ WING KO
2:00
2:00
1:30
AURUM
RAY RICKY RIVERA
DJ CARLOS NINO
3:30
3:00
3:30
ROLLING RADIO
PERMANENT
ABILITY
PALENKE SOUL TRIBE
5:00
4:00
5:00
GIRL IN A COMA
FITZ & THE
TANTRUMS
BOBO MEETS RHETTAMATU
6:00
5:30
6:30
INSITE
MAYER HAWTHORNE
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
7:00
6:45
8:00
DIVISION MINUSCALA
FREDDIE POOLE w/ ELLIS HALL
LEE SCRATCH PERRY
8:00
8:00
EDWARD SHARPE &
THE WHISPERS
THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
ELECTRO DANCE STAGE
THE FOLD STAGE/LOCALS ONLY (EDGECLIFFE)
1:00
12:00
CHRISTOPHER YATES CIRCUS
GWENDOLYN & THE GOOD TIME BAND
3:00
1:00
DJ ERIC NEUTRON
THE JANKS
4:00
2:00
DJ
GUSTO
WHEELHOUSE
5:00
3:00
DJ DEXTEROUS
LESLIE & THE BADGERS
6:00
4:05
DJ SPLYCE
RED CORTEZ
7:10
5:15
CC SHEFFIELD
THE DEADLY SYNDROME
7:25
6:25
CAROLINE D’AMORE
THE CRYSTAL ANTLERS
8:45
7:35
DJ DOC MARTIN
SAM SPARRO
8:45
INFINITY
(female fronted tribute to Journey)
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