Press
11/16/10
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Gary Gordon/MSBIA, 310-899-9555
MAIN STREET HOLIDAY PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA!
Saturday, Dec. 4
Main Street invites its friends, neighbors and visitors to join in its Party Extravaganza to celebrate the holidays, on Saturday, Dec. 4.
Over 30 businesses on Main Street will be having parties featuring holiday beverages, snacks, sweets, door prizes and more.
Most of the parties will be from 6pm to 9pm. (Check www.mainstreetsm.com for details.)
The traditional Main Street tree lighting festivities will begin at 6pm on the lawn of the California Heritage Museum (2612 Main, just south of Ocean Park Blvd.) and this year will feature The Samohi Choir and Santa Claus.
After the tree lighting Santa will lead a candlelight walk from the museum to Edgemar’s famous Shopping Cart holiday tree, where that tree will be lit, and there will be more entertainment from The Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers. Then the Rockers, the Samohi Choir and Santa will stroll the street caroling and entertaining at the parties.
The public will have a chance to win prizes by participating as Judges in the 8th Annual Main Street Holiday Decorations Contest; the judging ballot doubles as a raffle entry.
Ballots will be available at some stores and on the Main Street website (www.mainstreetsm.com) and will be available at the Tree Lighting ceremony.
Judging will begin 5pm Friday, Nov. 26 and ends at 9pm on Dec. 4.
There will also be a sidewalk sale at participating merchants on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5, from 11am to 7pm.
The Main Street Holiday ’10 Event is produced by the Main Street Business Improvement Association and is sponsored in part by Edgemar, the Santa Monica Mirror, and the Santa Monica Daily Press.
Among businesses having parties: Accents Jewelry (2900 Main), Agabhumi (2665 Main), Arts & Letters (2665 Main), Beau + Aero (2307 Main), Bike Attack (2400 Main), Clever On Main (2823 Main), Clouds (2719 Main), Compliments Fashion (2804 Main), Deyermond Art + Books (2801 Main), Dolce Vita (2710 Main), Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main), Fedora Primo (216 Pier Ave.), Gioia (2721 Main), Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main), The Green Life (2409 Main), Mindfulnest (2711 Main), Monkie (2665 Main), Natural High Lifestyle (2400 Main), Next Salon (2400 Main), Pebbles (2400 Main), RK Apothecary (Edgemar), St. Matthew’s Thrift Shop (2812 Main), Ten Women (2651 Main), The Urban Craft Center (2433 Main), Uroborus (2407 Main), Yoga Works (2215 Main), Z.J. Boarding House (2619 Main).
Main Street businesses contributing prizes to the Holiday Decorations Contest Judges’ raffle include: Accent (2900 Main), Agabhumi (2665 Main), Arts & Letters (2665 Main), Bike Attack (2440 Main), Compliments Fashion (2804 Main), Deyermond Art + Books (2801 Main), Dhaba Indian Cuisine (2104), Dolce Vita (2710 Main), Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main), Fedora Primo (216 Pier Ave.), Gioia (2721 Main), Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main), Jadis (2701 Main), Mindfulnest (2711 Main), Moonlight Rugs (2727 Main), Next Salon (2400 Main), Paint Lab (2912 Main), Panini Garden (2715 Main), Puzzle Zoo (2910 Main), Ritual Adornments (2708 Main), Rudy’s Barbershop (3101 Main), Trendy Sunglasses (2817 Main), Varga (2714 Main), Yoga Works (2215 Main).
Last year the judges awarded the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes to Agabhumi, Clever On Main/Whippersnappers, and Amelia’s, respectively. The public voted 1st Prize to World Cafe, 2nd Prize to Precious Metal Arts, and 3rd Prize to Clever On Main/Whippersnappers.
This year, Accents Jewelry (2900 Main), Agabhumi (2665 Main), Berry Lee Shoes (2525 Main), Bike Attack (2400 Main), Clever On Main (2823 Main), Clouds (2719 Main), Deyermond Art + Books (2801 Main), Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main), Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main), The Green Life (2409 Main), Mindfulnest (2711 Main), Next Salon (2400 Main), Pebbles (2400 Main), Ritual Adornments (2708 Main), RK Apothecary (Edgemar), Sunny Blue (2728 Main), Ten Women (2651 Main), The Urban Craft Center (2433 Main), Varga (2714 Main), Yoga Works (2215 Main) are among those competing for the prizes.
Updated information can be found on the Main Street website: www.mainstreetsm.com
CONTACT: Gary Gordon
(310) 899-9555
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2010
THE 10TH ANNUAL MAIN STREET SUMMER SOULSTICE IS COMING!
Sunday, June 27th
Featuring over 20 bands on six stages the Annual Main Street Santa Monica Summer SOULstice celebrates its 10th Anniversary this Sunday on Main Street, Santa Monica.
And there’s the annual two-day Sidewalk Sale, a major component of the annual event, running on both Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and June 27, from 11am to 7pm.
It’s fun for the whole family, and everyone else!
Several tribute bands will return from previous years, and new contemporary music with diverse influences has been added to the festival.
Returning to perform are the popular tribute bands The Neil Deal (Neil Young tribute), Petty Theft (Tom Petty tribute), Dr. Wu (Steely Dan tribute), Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan tribute), Southbound (Allman Brothers Band tribute), Woodstock, Heartless, and Stone Soul.
Also returning are bands offering a variety of music: The Bonedaddys, Helios Jive, The Paul Chesne Band, The Sunshine Brothers, The Golden West, Ena Vie, and Killing Cassanova.
New to the event: The Zack Crocker Project, City Fritter, The Brandon Ummel Band, Zat Baraka, Joey Lugassy, Greg Ellis, Donna Delory, and Lisbeth Scott. And returning after a long absence: Jacqueline Fuentes. DJ Drez with also perform.
Live music starts at 1pm and ends at 7pm.
Pebbles and Natural High Lifestyle (2400 Main) will host a Kids Activities Area with music, bubbles, face painting and hula hoops from 11am to 6pm on Sunday.
The Main Street Business Improvement Association in Santa Monica will produce their 10th Annual Summer SOULstice Celebration, Sunday, June 27, 11am to 7pm, on Main Street, Santa Monica, between Pico and southern border of the city.
The SOULstice is sponsored by Edgemar, O’Brien’s Irish Pub, Enterprise Fish Co., The World Café, Library Alehouse, Euphoria Loves RAWvolution, and The L.A Weekly, with generous support from The Daily Bruin, The Santa Monica Mirror, and Wildflour Pizza.
Activities will be in parking lots, courtyards and on select side streets. Many Main Street merchants will have in-store parties or be offering items on sale as part of the Sidewalk Sale.
A schedule of all of the bands, playing times and locations is available on the Main Street website at SOULstice schedule
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Press Release
Feb. 22, 2010
Last Fridays Continues on Main Street
Bike Valet Added
Main Street merchants are busy getting set to produce their 2nd Last Fridays event this Friday when participating Main Street businesses will stay open late with special events and offers again.
The event began last month.
Participating stores and restaurants and their activities are listed on the Main Street website, www.mainstreetsm.com.
This month, and for the next few months, the City of Santa Monica will be running a Bike Valet in front of Library Alehouse, 2911 Main. The valet is free and will be managed similarly to the one at the Main Street Farmers’ Market every Sunday. The bike valet will operate from 5pm - 10pm.
Among the participants so far: Infinity Wireless, Gioia, ZJ Boarding House, Rudy’s Barbershop, Lula Cucina, Finn McCool’s, Agabhumi, Fedora Primo, Paint:Lab, The Urban Craft Center, Enterprise Fish Co., Weego Home, Patricia Junes, Kafe K, La Dolce Vita, The Doves Studio, Natures Grooming & Boutique, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, and Animal Wellness Centers.
Some businesses are offering discounts, some are featuring artwork and live music, some are offering refreshments, some are doing all of the above, and more.
“This is an effort to build on the success of the first Last Friday in January, in an effort to increase business on Main Street, to create an awareness of the uniqueness of Main Street and the variety of stores and restaurants on the street, and to add some fun to an already enjoyable street,” said Gary Gordon, Executive Director of the Main Street Business Improvement Association.
Jan. 25, 2010
Main Street Begins Last Fridays
Beginning Jan. 29, participating Main Street businesses will stay open late with special events and offers the last Friday of each month.
Participating stores and restaurants and their activities are listed on the Main Street website, www.mainstreetsm.com.
Among the participants so far: Infinity Wireless, Gioia, Natural High Lifestyle, The Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Doves Studio, Paint:Lab, Clever On Main, Agabhumi, Dolce Vita, Dhaba Indian Cuisine, Euphoria Loves RAWvolution, Fedora Primo, Weego Home, Weego Baby, and Deluxe Trim Nail Bar & Spa.
Some businesses are offering discounts, some are featuring artwork and live music, some are offering refreshments, some are doing all of the above, and more.
“This is an effort to increase business on Main Street, to create an awareness of the uniqueness of Main Street and the variety of stores and restaurants on the street, and to add some fun to an already enjoyable street,” said Gary Gordon, Executive Director of the Main Street Business Improvement Association.
11/30/09
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Gary Gordon/MSBIA, 310-899-9555
MAIN STREET HOLIDAY PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA!
Saturday, Dec. 5
Main Street invites its friends, neighbors and visitors to join in its Party Extravaganza to celebrate the holidays, on Saturday, Dec. 5.
Over 30 businesses on Main Street will be having parties featuring holiday beverages, snacks, sweets, door prizes and more.
Most of the parties will be from 6pm to 9pm. (Check www.mainstreetsm.com for details.)
The traditional Main Street tree lighting festivities will begin at 6pm on the lawn of the California Heritage Museum (2612 Main, just south of Ocean Park Blvd.) and this year will feature The Samohi Choir and Santa Claus.
After the tree lighting Santa will lead a candlelight walk from the museum to Edgemar’s famous Shopping Cart holiday tree, where that tree will be lit, and there will be more entertainment from The Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers. Then the Rockers, the Samohi Choir and Santa will stroll the street caroling and entertaining at the parties.
The public will have a chance to win prizes by participating as Judges in the 7th Annual Main Street Window Decorations Contest; the judging ballot doubles as a raffle entry.
Ballots are available at some stores, in the Santa Monica Mirror, on the Main Street website (www.mainstreetsm.com) and will be available at the Tree Lighting ceremony.
Judging began 5pm Friday, Nov. 27 and ends at 10pm on Dec. 5.
There will also be a sidewalk sale at participating merchants on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5 and 6, from 11am to 7pm.
On Sunday, Dec. 20, “Klezmer Juice” will be entertaining at the Main Street Farmer’s Market.
The Main Street Holiday ’09 Event is produced by the Main Street Business Improvement Association and is sponsored in part by Edgemar and by the Santa Monica Mirror.
Among businesses having parties: Accents Jewelry (2900 Main), Agabhumi (2665 Main), Arts & Letters (2665 Main), Bey’s Garden Day Spa (2919 Main), Clever On Main (2823 Main), Clouds (2719 Main), Compliments (2804 Main), Dino Clark Salon (3110 Main), The Doves (2000 Main), Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main), Fedora Primo (216 Pier Ave.) Free People (2925 Main), Gioia (2721 Main), Global Green (2218 Main), The Green Life (2409 Main), Infinity Wireless (2914 Main), LF Stores (2736 Main), J.D. Avaness (2433 Main), Kyss (2818 Main), Natural High Lifestyle (2400 Main), Nature’s Grooming (3110 Main), Next Salon (2400 Main), Ocean Park Merchants Mart (2411 Main), Paint:Lab (2912 Main), Patricia Junes (2711 Main), Pebbles (2400 Main), Rudy’s Barbershop (3101 Main), Ten Women (2651 Main), Uroborus (2407 Main), Whippersnappers (2823 Main), and Zenbunni (2307 Main).
Main Street businesses contributing prizes to the Window Decorations Contest Judges’ raffle include: Accents Jewelry (2900 Main), Agabhumi (2665 Main), Arts & Letters (2665 Main), Baci (2724 Main), Bey’s Garden (2919 Main), Clever On Main (2823 Main), The Doves (2000 Main), Euphoria Loves RAWvolution, (2301 Main), Gioia (2721 Main), Homeworks (2923 Main), Lorraine Colour Bar (2718 Main), Next Salon (2400 Main), The Novel Cafe (2705 Main), On The Move Pilates & Fitness, Paint:Lab (2912 Main), Patricia Junes (2711 Main), Ritual Adornments (2708 Main), Rudy’s Barbershop (3101 Main), Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau (1920 Main), Starbucks (2671 Main), Urban Craft Center (2433 Main), Whippersnappers (2823 Main), and World Cafe (2820 Main). (Check this list, too, on the website.)
Last year the judges awarded the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes to Clever On Main, Bey’s Garden Day Spa, and Accents Jewelry, respectively. The public voted 1st Prize to Clever On Main, 2nd Prize to Aura Shop, and 3rd Prize to Bey’s Garden Day Spa.
This year, Accents Jewelry (2900 Main), Agabhumi (2665 Main), Amelia’s (2645 Main), B.NY (2449 Main), Bey’s Garden Day Spa (2919 Main), Bubble Beach (2633 Main), Clever On Main (2823 Main), Global Green (2218 Main), The Green Life (2409 Main), Infinity Wireless (2914 Main), Jadis, (2701 Main), LF Stores (2736 Main), Ocean Park Merchants Mart (2411 Main), Paris 1900 (2703 Main), Patricia Junes (2711 Main), Pebbles (2400 Main), Ritual Adornments (2708 Main), Rudy’s Barbershop (3101 Main), Ten Women (2651 Main), The Urban Craft Center (2433 Main), Whippersnappers (2823 Main), and Zenbunni (2307 Main) are among those competing for the prizes.
Updated information can be found on the Main Street website: www.mainstreetsm.com
CONTACT: Gary Gordon
(310) 899-9555
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 21, 2009
Updated June 1, 2009
Updated June 19, 2009
THE 9TH ANNUAL MAIN STREET SUMMER SOULSTICE IS COMING!
Sunday, June 28th
Featuring 20 bands on six stages and for the first time, a Circus show, the 9th Annual Main Street Santa Monica Summer SOULstice is coming to Main Street, Santa Monica.
Dancers from Hoopnotica, along with clowns, jugglers, stiltwalkers and more will entertain children of all ages with two shows during the day!
And there’s the annual two-day Sidewalk Sale, a major component of the annual event, running on both Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and June 28, from 11am to 7pm.
It’s fun for the whole family, and everyone else!
Several tribute bands will return from previous years, and new contemporary music with diverse influences has been added to the festival.
Returning to perform are the popular tribute bands The Neil Deal (Neil Young tribute), Petty Theft (Tom Petty tribute), Dr. Wu (Steely Dan tribute), Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan tribute), Southbound (Allman Brothers Band tribute), The Summer of Love Show, and Heartless (Heart tribute).
Playing for the first time will be Helios Jive (with Carlos Vera, Live Painter), The Bonedaddys, Stevie Starlight, The Paul Chesne Band, The Sunshine Brothers, Minibar, The Golden West, The Shore, Aras, Ena Vie, Killing Cassanova, Undercover Live, and from San Francisco, BLVD. Both Helios Jive and BLVD performed at Coachella 2009.
And DJ Steve Prior will provide the entertainment at Bay Ave.
Circus acts will include Hoopnotica, Ravyn, HoopTease, The StiltRockers, and a number of clowns and stiltwalkers and entertainers including Jesselynn Desmond, Ross Steeves, Tom Neelan, Bill Parks; and Antonio Gomez-Rubio, the Stiltwalker. The circus show at the First Federal parking lot is produced by Another Jaw Dropping Production.
Also for the kids, there’ll be a petting zoo, and Rockie the Clown, who will do facepainting and balloons will return for her 8th year!
The Main Street Business Improvement Association in Santa Monica will produce their 9th Annual Summer SOULstice Celebration, Sunday, June 28, 11am to 7pm, on Main Street, Santa Monica, between Pico and southern border of the city.
The SOULstice is sponsored by T-Mobile, Edgemar, O’Brien’s Irish Pub, Joe’s Grill, The World Café, Library Alehouse, The Enterprise Fish Co., The Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Big Blue Bus, Euphoria Loves RAWvolution, The Doves, American Apparel, The L.A Weekly, The Daily Bruin, and The Santa Monica Mirror.
Activities will be in parking lots, courtyards and on select side streets. Many Main Street merchants will have in-store parties or be offering items on sale as part of the Sidewalk Sale.
The Big Blue Bus will run a free shuttle from the parking garage on 4th Street (next to the Police Station) to Main Street. Please see the Main Street website for details. (www.mainstreetsm.com/soulstice-09)
A schedule of all of the bands, playing times and locations and parking information is available on the Main Street website at www.mainstreetsm.com/soulstice-09
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