Silver Lake is known for its deep-rooted indie rock culture, its eclectic bars and nightlife and generally hip and laid-back lifestyle. What is less known is how Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Echo Park and surrounding neighborhoods are transforming Los Angeles into a music, arts, culture and food destination. These neighborhoods are home to some of LA’s best restau-rants, trend-defining music acts, accomplished writers, artists, gallerists and performers. Silver Lake Jubilee aims to bring together all the eclectic and vibrant cultural enclaves of these neigh-borhoods into a two-day music and arts street festival, held May 22 and 23, 2010.

Festival-goers can expect over 20 musical acts (both local and national), comedy, theatre per-formances, poetry readings and live performances by LA-based groups. For foodies there will be over 40 food vendors highlighting the best of Silver Lake/Echo Park/Los Feliz cuisine. For those looking for something unique, there will be over 60 merchandise vendors selling hand-crafted, unique and locally-sourced goods. The festival also includes an interactive children’s village, arts village, literary village and eco village.

For lineup and detailed event information, visit the official festival website at: www.silverlakejubilee.com

SLJ’s Green Commitment: With the help of Sustain LA, Silver Lake Jubilee is implementing Zero Waste initiatives with the goal of 90% landfill diversion and aims to source power from al-ternative energy sources. The festival will not utilize Styrofoam, single?use plastic bags or plastic water bottles. We encourage attendees to bring their own cups, reusable bags and a blank t-shirt to get a special Silver Lake Jubilee screen-printed T-shirt during the festival. A free bike valet will be available and the festival encourages Metro ridership.

About the event organizer: The Silver Lake Jubilee is organized by the Los Angeles Arts and Athletics Alliance (LAAAA), a community-based non-profit. Funds from the festival are used to further the mission of LAAAA: To support local arts and athletics programs, community organi-zations and other non-profits in the communities that LAAAA serves.

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