Festival Highlights!
Live Music on stage
Arts & Crafts Booths
Clothing Booths
Food & Drinks
Wine Tasting
Children's Activity Area
Grand Lake Farmers Market
Lake Merritt & Fairyland
Business Networking - Promotion - Advertising
Hood Games!
Lakefest Press Release: July 23, 2009
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Green Living Expo
Green exhibitors are businesses and non-profits whose products and services cover a range of market sectors and sub-sectors, such as: Green building supplies, socially responsible investing and "green stocks", eco-tourism and more. Brand your company as a leader in the “green” movement by sponsoring the Green Living Expo.
Lakefest Main Stage – line-up TBA
Located at the Trestle Glen intersection, the main music stage will feature quality performances by well-known Bay Area musicians. The line-up will be available here soon.
Kid’s Fun Zone
Located on the Mandana side of the festival, the kid’s fun zone will feature giant bounce houses, slides, train rides, interactive games, face painting, jugglers, vendors geared towards families and children. As the sponsor of this area your company name will be listed on a banner at the entrance to the Kid’s Fun Zone.
Did you know that 8 out of 10 people overpay for their wireless service? Find out if you’re one of them. Stop by the T-Mobile tent for a Mobile Makeover. It’s free. It’s easy. We’ll compare your current plan to all the other national carriers and then recommend the best plan at the best price. Find the coverage you need at the price you want.
Enjoy a Lake Shore Sale! Deep discounts from shops all along
Lakeshore.
- Skate Contest
- Art Installations
- Skate Companies
- Youth related vendors
- Food & Beverage Booths
- Roots & Branches Stage
Hood Games by tha Lake 11am-4pmSunday August 2 at Splash Pad Park
The Hood Games was created in 2005, in East Oakland to bring positive and uplifting skateboard jams to neighborhoods and communities always showcasing the talents of our youth in Skate, Art, Music, Dance & Fashion. Many Pro-Skateboarders have graced our events including our Official Hood Games Pro’s Karl Watson & Paul “P-Rod” Rodriguez. We have produced over 14 events in Oakland, San Francisco, Napa, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and we are coming to Long Beach. Hope to see you soon at a Hood Games event.
Event Elements:
Youth Stage by Roots & Branches 11am-4pm
Sunday August 2 at Splash Pad Park
SPLASH PAD STAGE featuring artists from Roots & Branches and Youth Movement Records
Highlights
Youth Stage – at Hood Games on Sunday at Splash Pad Park
11-12
Baby Bumps
DJ BASTA
12-1
Youth Movement Records intro
YMR Showcase
1-2
Bumpitythump w/ Inspirational Movement
DJ BASTA
2-3
Baby Champ
Special Guests
3-4
VT & Young Naughdy
Closing
All times are subject to change
The Official Release of Roots and Branches Sound System Vol. 3.
Featuring performances by Baby Champ, VT & Young Naughdy, Bumpitythump, DJ BASTA and more. www.rootsandbranches.info
Baby Champ
http://www.myspace.com/scraperbikeking
The Scraper Bike Movement seeks to capture the creativity of youth living within dangerous communities. It gives them a positive outlet that is fun, educational, and promotes healthy lifestyles. The Scraper Bike Movement offers youth a sustainable group of peers that is positive and motivating. We want to expand and enlighten young peoples perspective on life through fixing and painting bicycles. Our goal is to support youth entrepreneurship and cultural innovation.
The Music Behind the Scraper Bike Movement brings together the Green Collar Movement, The Bicycle Culture, and Bay Area Hip Hop all in one. Baybe Champ The Scraper Bike King (Tyrone Stevenson), a member of the popular rap group known as The Trunk Boiz has put together a solo music project that highlight this Grassroots Movement, with eco-friendly and kid-friendlyy lyrics. The upcoming Scraper Bike album is sure to have a positive effect on the world, due to our positive inpack of our community. With Scraper Bike Fans ranging from all over the world, different age groups and ethnic backgrounds were sure to have a successful project when its complete.
Check out what they are doing in our community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQGLNPJ9VCE
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94318161
www.wiretapmag.org/activism/43927/
http://current.com/items/89500136_oakland-scraper-bikes.htm
VT & Young Naughdy
http://www.myspace.com/vtonthetrack
http://www.myspace.com/youngnaughdymusic
Bumpitythump
http://www.myspace.com/bumpitythump
DJ BASTA
http://rootsandbranches.info/
The Lakefest artwork was inspired by the Grand Lake Theatre marquee and roof sign.
The Grand Lake was designed as a single auditorium theater by the Reid Brothers for West Coast Theaters, Inc. After it opened on March 6, 1926, it held vaudeville and silent movie showings, but with the arrival of "talkies" it began to exclusively show sound films. In 1928, the Grand Lake became part of the Fox Theaters chain, and in total, changed ownership five times until 1980. In 1980, the theater was purchased by Allen Michaan of Renaissance Rialto, Inc.
The theater's exterior is surmounted by a giant illuminated rooftop sign which is the largest rotary contact sign west of the Mississippi River. It measures 52 feet (15.85m) high by 72 feet (21.95m) wide and consists of 2,800 colored bulbs and was designed by Theodore Wetteland. The firing sequence is controlled by a device much like a music box. The sign is typically lit Friday and Saturday, from dusk until the start of the last show of the night.
The theater is also well-known for its progressive political marquee messages. Grand Lake Theater is at the corner of Grand and MacArthur. -Wikipedia
To learn more about the Grand Lake Theatre, check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p_Dt0RhE74
Grand Lake Theatre
(510) 452-3556
3200 Grand Ave. Oakland, CA 94610
Click Here for movie showtimes
Splash Pad Park
Located between Grand and Lakeshore Avenues adjacent to Highway 580 at the corner of Grand and Lake Park Avenues directly across from the Grand Lake Theatre. http://www.splashpad.org/
Saturday, August 1st
Grand Lake Farmers' Market: The Grand Lake Farmers Market is adjacent to Highway 580 at the corner of Grand and Lake Park Avenues directly across from the Grand Lake Theatre. Hours are 9 AM to 2 PM each and every Saturday. Splash Pad Park, Lake Park Ave., (800) 897-3276. (Web site)
