Levitt Announces 2019 Concert Series

1. I know a few of the groups or personalities rekindle memories of past RibFests.

   #WhereAreTheRibs?

   #BringBackMcRib!

2. On the whole list I recognized 3 and that includes Phil Baker!!!!!!

   #NotImpressed

3. But will the condos across the street like the music? How Iconic, I mean ironic…

   “What I like about my condo is that it’s like it’s own transistor radio. Depending upon which window you open, you can hear different genres of music as if you were changing channels….”

4. JC, click on some of the links, there are some really good bands in the lineup. The opener is a fantastic Marioche band. Louis York is also this great throwback funk/Motown band, that show should be cooking.

5. I can smell the pot and hairy hippies already.

6. Ljl,

   August will be the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, and did you notice that the “High Kings” are performing that month at the local Levitt, too?

7. So much for their big reveal party tonight…

8. They revealed at 10 AM this morning.

9. A few years ago all the Levitts allowed BYOB and your own food. I knew the BYOB would never fly in SF…always a profit motive. How about packing your own food? Will that even be allowed?

10. You will be allowed to bring coolers with food and drink (not alchohol though). I guess they are going to not take much of the alcohol sales either.

11. This is an interesting entertainment venue. It should be popular and somewhat profitable. However, there will be extra police calls and noise complaints. What’s refreshing is that it affords the music groups exposure and provides affordable middle income entertainment.

12. Pleasantly surprised by the overall quality of artists.

13. I would agree, I expected like 4 bands that would be good, but some of those acts are fantastic, and it’s FREE!

14. How about parking?

15. WP, thank you for bringing this up, because it is an interesting tale.

    First off, the Levitt folks think that each concert will bring in 3,000 peeps per concert, I don’t think that will happen. My guess is closer to 4-500, especially in the first year. I think the concerts on the weekends will actually distract from other people hanging out DT. I think it will take a few years for people to understand they can go and watch a free concert until 9 PM then go hangout DT afterwards. The numbers will increase, but it will take a couple of years.

    One of the reasons I think the concerts will have a low turnout is because the majority of folks in SF either like pop country, hair metal or contemporary dogma. Americana, Swing, Funk, Jazz and Classical have a very small audience in SF. I joked with someone, it’s going to be great for me, because I won’t have to fight crowds to hear great music, and I am 10 minutes away on the bike trail.

    But the Levitt is betting on the high numbers so the Sioux Steel folks can say they need to build a parking ramp that will accomodate the concert goers, in which they will gladly give FREE parking to at night as long as they get their $25 million dollar TIF that they are salivating over.

    Of course when the low numbers occur for Levitt in the first year it will only give ammunition to the Sioux Steel folks to say, “See, the numbers are low because there is NO parking. Please give us a TIF so we can build parking.”

16. We can just all take an expensive Lyft to the free concert, that will solve the parking issue.

    #SaveTheSiouxSteelPupTents!

17. Friends of the Levitt have a big job ahead of them.

    They have to fund raise $334,000 every year to make this work.

    Wonder how long it will be before they come to the taxpayers looking for a hand out!!!

18. The $334,000 issue can easily be resolved: “Sanford/Levitt Shell”

19. Here is a good Q&A from the levitt in Arlington Texas.
    https://levittpavilionarlington.org/your-visit-to-the-levitt/faqs/

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