Street Scene Changes This Year?

Monday, August 2, 2004, 7:43 —by Michael Allen Smith
This item was posted in San Diego Events category and has 6 Comments so far.

Every week since the original lineup was announced, I’ve been going back to the official Street Scene site looking for something. No offense to the artists already announced, but the reason I go to Street Scene each year is for the electronica and the drag queen karoke. It appears neither are coming.

Does anyone know if Street Scene’s move to go all ages on Friday and Saturday killed the Dragon House? I looked at the location map (moved again) and couldn’t see a spot for either the drag show or electronica.

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6 Responses to “Street Scene Changes This Year?”

  1. Joe Crawford said on Monday, August 2, 2004, 15:19

    It looks to me like the show is *seriously* abbreviated from previous years. 3 stages and 3 stages ONLY. That’s what I can glean from the site anyway. There are two email addresses I can see on the site – neither is really “ask a question” — there’s joe (at) street-scene.com and a frank (at) street-scene.com

    Maybe try both? The date is coming up fast!

    Maybe you could drop them a line

  2. MAS said on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 10:06

    Thanks. I emailed them both as well as 2 of the drag queens. Once I get a reply, I’ll post back.

  3. Joe Crawford said on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 11:31

    Joe Callahan of Street scene has replied:

    Thanks for the inquiry…I wish I had a straight answer for you. Our lineup is totally done, there will be no DJs or electronica added (not my choice!). Dragon House is still up in the air. As our map and venue change almost on a daily basis, it’s hard to say whether or not Dragon House will be back. All I can tell you is the website will announce it if it’s confirmed.

    San Diego Blog GREATLY appreciates this reply and looks forward to a full line up!

  4. MAS said on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 12:48

    Tootie contacted me and confirmed that due to the
    ALL AGES, Street Scene won’t be inviting back the Dragon House this year.

    No drag queen or DJs. RIP Street Scene.

  5. Ken W said on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 23:33

    I think the new setup really sucks.
    Some of my favorite Street Scene activities
    - wandering the STREETS from stage to stage
    - Zydeco stage
    - the Cajun food (I wonder what surprises the SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TASTE section holds?!)
    - hearing bands I’ve never heard of before
    - people watching

  6. Vince Outlaw said on Thursday, August 26, 2004, 14:09

    Great comments on this thread. A lot of the spontaneous Things about SS don’t seem like they will be possible with the new setup, but I’ll give it a shot just to see if something New might just start.

    If anyone is going, check out The Street Scene Weblog which includes a Moblog for anyone who goes to Street Scene to post camera phone pictures live to the Moblog: http://TheNewJazzThing.com/streetscene

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