San Francisco's Oktoberfest on Front takes place on Friday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. between Sacramento and California Streets. A free outdoor concert at Civic Center Plaza will also be taking place.
Gloria RodríguezOktoberfest on Front takes place on Friday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on San Francisco's Front Street between Sacramento and California Streets.On Friday morning, crews in San Francisco sprayed water to clean the sidewalks, applied fresh paint on street sign poles, and got barricades in place to prepare for the state's first entertainment zone event.
The Downtown SF Partnership, along with Shroeder's Restaurant and other sponsors, are organizing "Oktoberfest on Front," which goes from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday on Front Street between Sacramento and California Streets.
San Francisco is authorized to create these zones under SB 76, a bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener, which allows outdoor drinking and is intended to help revitalize downtown."They can stay in the immediate vicinity of the street and, kind of, the concept of Bourbon Street, where you can take your beverage outside, mingle and talk," said Che Walton, assistant general manager of Shroeder's Restaurant.
In years past, the city would block off the event and people could drink in a certain area. Now, businesses don't have to foot the bill for that fencing."This will be the very first one, but there are definitely more coming down the pipeline," Buckminster said. "I know that there are plans for some other locations around the city, downtown."onlineIn a separate event, Grammy Award-winning band, Portugal.
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