Stern Grove Festival 2010: Caravan Palace (Electro-Swing)

Caravan Palace brings traditional jazz “manouche” into the twenty-first century with their “electro-swing” style. The group was founded in Paris in 2005 by trio Hugues Payen (violin), Arnaud Vial (guitar), and Charles Delaporte (double bass) when they met working on a film project. The Parisians rounded out the ensemble through an extensive online search, adding Zoé Colotis (chanteuse), Camille Chapiliére (clarinetist), Antoine Toustou (“machines”/trombone), and Charles Delaporte (guitar/DJ) a year after the project was picked up and nurtured by producer Loïc Barrouk.

Since 1938, Stern Grove Festival has been the Bay Area’s home for outstanding performing arts in a beautiful outdoor setting, completely admission-free.

2010 Concert Schedule:
June 20, 2010 – ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO / Sarazino
June 27, 2010 – HAPA / Academy of Hawaiian Arts
July 4, 2010 – SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
July 11, 2010 – SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
July 18, 2010 – CARAVAN PALACE / DePedro
July 25, 2010 – JOVANOTTI / Bomba Estéreo
August 1, 2010 – RICKIE LEE JONES / Meklit Hadero
August 8, 2010 – SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
August 15, 2010 – MACEO PARKER / Darondo
August 22, 2010 – THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS / Rogue Wave

Seating
Concerts begin Sunday at 2pm. Bring a picnic and arrive early as the main Concert Meadow (and hillside)  often fills up early and is closed to admittance once capacity is reached.

What if the Concert Meadow is filled up? There is overflow seating in the West Meadow. Although there is no direct view of the stage from the west meadow, there are speakers set up for you to still be able to enjoy the concert and enjoy a nice picnic.

Free Picnic Table Lottery: Households can enter to receive free reservations to six picnic table seats in the concert meadow at one concert per season. Entries will be chosen at random and notified the week before the concert.  Entries must be received by the Monday before the concert you want to attend.  Households may submit one entry per concert or indicate multiple concert dates on one entry. To Enter the Lottery: www.sterngrove.org/2010picnictable.html

• Are You Mr. Moneybags? Why risk losing the lottery? Instead, donate $100+ to the Friends of Stern Grove Festival and receive two picnic table seats to one concert per season [details]

  

Getting to Stern Grove:

 Public Transportation:
Muni buses: 23 and 28, exit at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard
Muni Metro: K or M, exit at St. Francis Circle
Please note that for 2010 construction will affect K, M and 23 service

 

Bike Valet Service
Stern Grove Festival will provide complimentary bike valet service for Festival patrons every concert Sunday.

The bike valet is located at the top of the main entrance to the park at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. The valet service will open at 10:00 a.m. and close one hour after the concert ends. Bikes will not be allowed in the Concert Meadow or Esplanade area of Stern Grove.

Driving / Parking:

• From the North Bay: Golden Gate Bridge to 19th Avenue/Park Presidio exit. Continue on 19th Avenue. Turn right at Sloat Boulevard.
• From the South Bay: 280-North to 19th Avenue exit. At the first stoplight, bear right onto Junipero Serra. Turn left at Sloat Boulevard.
• From the East Bay: Bay Bridge to 101-South to 280-South. Exit at Ocean Avenue and turn right. Bear right onto Junipero Serra. Turn left at Sloat Boulevard.

There is no public parking at Stern Grove and street parking is extremely limited.

 

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE

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Categories: Kids & Families, Live Music, San Francisco, Top Pick Submitted by David