Housekeeping SF Loses Halloween Treats; Tricks Remain Plentiful
posted by on October 12 at 14:18 PM
Despite San Francisco city leaders attempt to stop—just, you know, stop—all Halloween festivities in the Castro District, thousands of drunken amateur drag queens, spandex-clad superhero wanna-bes and curious onlookers are expected to descend upon the historically gay neighborhood anyway, and neighborhood residents are freaking out:
After last year’s violence and ensuing public outcry, city leaders decided to try to stop any Halloween night street celebrations in the Castro this year. But the neighborhood still looks like it is getting ready for a party, and some residents are demanding more information about plans to shut down the celebration and keep the area safe.
The city’s refusal to provide a police or street closures angers area residents, and the absence of porta-johns threatens to ruin the evening for Larry Craig-costumed revelers, who will be stuck wandered the streets of San Francisco looking like insurance salesmen.
Hey Seattle—show SF how it’s done. Send along your party info for The Stranger’s Halloween listings for the weekend of October 26-27, and for the 31st too, of course. Send all the details to music@thestranger.com, and be sure to put something about Halloween in the subject line.
A title that works on so many levels. Bravo I say! BRAVO!
But canceling Halloween? That sucks.
actually the "curious onlookers" [read: under-aged, over-armed east bay suburbanites in street clothes] make up about 99% of the crowd, which is why most people who actually live in SF stopped going to the castro for halloween years ago.
personally, i'll be celebrating halloween in the castro the same way i have for the past several years - closing the blinds, covering my head with a pillow, and hoping i don't get winged by a stray bullet.
Boomer has a three hour head start, but can't get his first entry in until after five his time? What, do you have a JOB or something?
My favorite comment from the SF Gate story: If Alix Rosenthal is the leader, it should be called "Straight White Citizens of Parnassus Heights Who Think Gay People Owe Them A Party, Even If Some Queers or People of Color Get Killed. Whatever. Woo! I'm Really Drunk! Wait! I Gotta Pee on This Door!"
@4 Such a great quote.
It hurts sometimes to live in the middle of the party.
What I read was that the city is UPPING police presence in the Castro and not shutting down the street and the police are going to be harder on violations than they are during street fiars like Halloween in the past.
The "Getting ready for a party" that's happening in the Castro is that some store fronts are putting up Halloween themed window displays. That happens all over every city, including this one.
I went once to the Castro Halloween, left early and never returned. But I live in the immigrant slums of SF where we have kids that actually trick or trat door to door so that's what I do on Halloween nowadays anyway.... I'm such a loser, huh? However, I will be going to the Polk that Friday and partying with Anna Conda.
What will danny boy and the serious party gods DO?!?!?!
whippets.
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