Saturday was the one and only day to #seizethesunfest. It was Inglewood’s day to showcase its charm, and the mostly-sunny weather helped with reining the crowds in, but the actual festivities did the rest. After I finished my volunteering shift there, I was able to check it out!
Being a neighbourhood street festival, this meant having lots of vendors from the Business Revitalization Zone, street performers, and food trucks, the usual elements. With a similar structure between most, I tend to forget the fact that each festival has unique sweet spots to be discovered:
The vendors – I had time to stay at the vendors area and check out lots of booths in detail as opposed to just skimming through the area. Many set up shop directly in front of their store locations, giving a look at the diverse range of stores in the heart of Inglewood. I was personally impressed at the exotic selection of merchandise from the butterfly specimen to the persian rugs. Each festival has their own mix, and this one was fascinating – if you remember the names of any of these vendors, please let me know because they deserve all the credit.
The performers – The two street performances I watched were thrilling at first glance – that being said, I’ll try to not ruin the shows for you (and let the pictures be your hook!). Oh, and then who can forget the coin operated girl with her humorous reaction?
The food – A 3 dollar double cone deal at Olivier’s Candies for the festival was truly awesome. And watch for a review of Subs n’ Bubbles from me!
The layout – Sunfest spanned three blocks on 9th Avenue from 11th Street to 14th Street. Despite that it seems short, the straight line helped with checking out the whole festival from one end to the other.
The partnership with 2 other festivals – I believe that how Sunfest partnered up with the International Street Theatre Festival and Fringe Festival was a win-win situation. I was lucky to get the chance to enjoy incredible performances. On the other hand, the more festivals the merrier. (Despite not being able to check out either of the two festivals)
That’s my take. Too bad I wasn’t able to catch the pie-eating contest which I was hoping to head to and drool at the sheer amount of pie! 🙁 Next year it must be then.
As I always say, do remember to have a read of our other blogger’s festival posts through the yycstreetfestivals tag. 🙂 Watch for more posts here on the site as we head to festivals all over Cowtown!
