Recap: San Diego Indie Fest 7

Zune Social: raiderette 87 | By: Alfa Santos | 3/22/2011 |

Whoa.. It's been a minute since I've posted anything. You can blame Life for that one.




So anyway. On 12 March 2011, my sister, Amy, and I headed over to the seventh annual San Diego Indie Fest at the NTC Promenade in Liberty Station in San Diego, CA ('cause I live there again).


Previous Indie Fests were held in a San Diego neighborhood called North Park.


North Park is home the largest concentration of pubs, bars, breweries, dives, mirco breweries.. North Park (and South Park) is home to THE beer street in the US. Seriously. Look it up.


Why they moved the Indie Fest elsewhere might have to do with parking. You can let me know on that one.


Amy and I wanted to the Indie Fest early because she is friends with the manager of Vokab Kompany. But for this reason and that one, we ended up being fashionably late and we missed them. However, I keep insisting that we've seen them before, at the 2009 Kick Gas Festival.


Once at Liberty station, Amy and I find that there are little hippie booths in one direction, so we walk over. There's a small stage where a band is prepping and I spot Coconut Jewelry. If you have gauged ears, you should check these guys out. They have very cool earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces, you get the idea. Hell, you can buy earrings from them even if you don't have gauged lobes. Like how I do.. Or is it don't? Point is, Amy blew all her cash there. That's how lovely Coconut Jewelry's products are. I also got in on some of the earring action. Woot.


After that, we walked to the next booth and Amy got us some really nice hats. I'd share the proprietor's name and website, but I already looked them up and there wasn't anything to be found. Damn pot heads..


We then checked out some artwork and toured the restroom facilities.


Once all that was said and done, Amy and I made our way to the Durga Sound Main Stage as presented by 91X . But first, we bought the $22 (for students) tickets (full price was $25). Since Amy won't be 21 until the end of July, we both had to kick it in the <21 area. After a little while, Amy says that she's thirsty. No problem 'cause there are some food vendors in the fenced off area. But! They're cash only. Come to find out that the only ATM to be found is in the 21+ space. So after thinking it over for two seconds, Amy and I decide that I'll go in (since I'm 24) and I'll withdraw some cash from the ATM that's 20 feet (..give or take) from the beer garden entrance.  I go through the flashing-my-CA-license procedure, getting braceleted (yes), and I walk over to the ATM. All for not. The machine doesn't seem to work. I slid the card a couple times and the screen didn't even flicker. "Amy's gonna be maaaaad," I say out loud (because I talk to myself and everyone there was drunk anyway). I walk back to the awkward age area and let Amy know what happened. We end up having to leave the Main Stage and buying some Boba Chai Tea (mine) and Raspberry Green Tea with Jelly (Amy's) right outside the fenced off area. Yes, I let the Indie Fest people know that they may have boo-booed on that one; I don't pointlessly rant. I Tweeted them the predicament and they agreed with me.
Once quenched, we head back inside the fenced off 91X Main Stage and get to watch Jorge and Alexa Narvaez perform their four song set. After all that cuteness, we discover what had already existed: AWOLNATION. Amy and I both really liked what they have to offer. They used like three different genres within each song; punk, reggae, screamo. I thought it was really awesome. I'm still getting to know AWOLNATION, so I'm not entirely sure what songs were in their set. But you should definitely check them out.


After that, we decided to call it quits for the night since we had to head home via public transportation. And it was really cold.


If you're in the San Diego area some time around Indie Fest season, I think you'll really enjoy what San Diego has to offer in that respect. I'm bummed that I wasn't able to show up earlier in the day.
I can't wait for next year's.. Where ever in San Diego it may be.






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