Outside Lands Fast Facts and Quick Links:
When: August 28-30, 2009
Where: Golden Gate Park, Lindley Meadow / Polo Field
In the photo: Tom Petty at Outside Lands 2008
Getting to Golden Gate Park
Volunteer to work the Outside Lands Festival
The Lineup! See who will be performing
Tickets
The BEST place for deli sandwiches nearby
EcoLands - the Green Committment
The Barbary - by the Vau de Vire Society
Winehaven - 25 local winemakers
Crowdfire - upload your music and videos online
California Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park - this is a MUST SEE!
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the de Young Museum
San Francisco Visitor's Guide from SF Visitor & Convention Bureau
Transit Tools - arrivals, schedules, routes, info
San Francisco Taxicab scams - Read this warning!
San Francisco History - links and resources
Pot Clubs (medical marijuana dispensaries) - list with addresses and phone numbers
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San Francisco Outside Lands website: www.sfoutsidelands.com
Live in San Francisco?
If you live in the Richmond District (on the North side of Golden Gate park) or the Sunset District (on the Southside) you need this very useful and well prepared "survival guide", A Resident's Guide to Outside Lands Festival from the Richmond District blog - richmondsfblog.com
Other Remarkable Things to See at Golden Gate Park
Japanese Tea Garden
A complex of paths, ponds and a teahouse features native Japanese and Chinese plants. Also hidden throughout its five acres are beautiful sculptures and bridges. Makato Hagiwara, a Japanese master classical gardener with a deep appreciation for zen balance, took over the garden in 1895 and his family continued to develop and manage the garden until 1942. That was the year Japanese Americans were rounded-up and slammed into race-based "relocation camps".
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Makato Hagiwara also has a famous invention to his credit. He invented the fortune cookie at the teahouse inside the Japanese Tea Garden as a treat to serve guests along with green tea. I guess this means the fortune cookie is more properly Japanese and not Chinese. You can enjoy some of Mr. Hagiwara's original cookies and sip traditionally-brewed delightfully hot Japanese green tea in the teahouse to this day.
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The Japanese Tea Garden is located just east of Stow Lake, between JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. drives. It is next door to the de Young Museum. For Tea Garden admission info, call . Learn more about the Japanese Tea Garden.
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Conservatory of Flowers
Since 1879, locals and visitors have marveled at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers, the oldest glass-and-wood Victorian greenhouse in the Western Hemisphere and home to more than 10,000 plants from around the globe. It was badly damaged by a 1995 storm and closed to the public for eight years, and is finally open again after a $25 million restoration.
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The plant life is spectacular. Located beneath the conservatory dome, the warmest and most humid section of the building, is the conservatory's prized century-old imperial philodendron. The east wing houses the Highland Tropics collection and aquatic plants display (including real lily pads that can hold the weight of a small child), while the west side is dedicated to seasonal flowering plants and educational exhibits (the first, all about plant pollination, features 800 live butterflies that will flit about among the visitors.) Signs are kept to a minimum so visitors can simply soak up the beauty.
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The Conservatory of Flowers is located at the eastern end of the park, just off Conservatory Drive.
Learn more about the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers.
Learn more about the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers.
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San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum
Begun in 1937 with WPA funds ( the WPA was part of President Roosevelt's Great Depression stimilus package) and charitable donations, this 70-acre horticultural extravaganza entices the senses with more than 6,000 plant species. The garden of fragrance -- with signs in Braille -- brings flowers alive with scent alone. The main entrance is on Ninth Avenue at Lincoln Way. Also accessible from the Japanese Tea Garden through the Friend's Gate. Free guided walks are given daily at 1:30 pm.
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The Gardens are open weekdays, 8 am-4:30 pm and weekends and holidays, 10 am-5 pm. Free. Learn about the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum.
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de Young Museum
One of the great fine arts museums in the world. Founded in 1895, the de Young Museum has been an integral part of the cultural fabric of the City and a cherished destination for millions of residents and visitors to the region for over 100 years.
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The de Young houses one of the finest collections of American paintings in the United States. Strengthened by the acquisition of the Rockefeller Collection of American Art, the de Young's treasures include more than 1000 paintings that represent a spectrum of American art from colonial times through the twentieth century. Learn about the de Young Museum.
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
More than 3,000 years after his reign, and 30 years after the original exhibition opened in San Francisco, Tutankhamun, ancient Egypt’s celebrated “boy king,” returns to the de Young Museum. This summer the de Young presents Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, a glorious exhibition of over 130 outstanding works from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials.
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At the de Young from June 27, 2009 through March 28, 2010. Learn more about the Tutankhamun exhibition.
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National AIDS Memorial Grove
The National AIDS Memorial Grove, located just behind the California Academy of Sciences in a particularlu lush area of the Park, is a dedicated space in the national landscape where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope, and remember. For all the promising prospects on the horizon, AIDS continues to invade our lives, violate our past, and rob us of our comfortable assumptions about the future. The sacred ground of this living memorial honors all who have confronted this tragic pandemic both those who have died and those who have shared their struggle, kept the vigils, and supported each other during the final hours.
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Lunch at the Academy
If you visit the California Academy of Sciences you will have two surprisingly good choices for lunch. The Academy Cafe offers a delightful menu in a comfortable and relaxing setting. The outdoor patio dining is particularly popular (except on foggy days). The Academy also offers a first-class dining experience operated by one of San Francisco's most celebrated chefs, Charles Phan. It is the Moss Room.
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Dining at the Academy: Learn more and see menus here.
Best deli-sandwiches near the concert site:
The hands-down no-contest best place for great deli sandwiches (plus imported beer, liquor, wine) near the concert site (just outside the park - about a two-block walk) is the Handy Deli. Read this review (map, phone # included).
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Best deli-sandwiches near the concert site:
The hands-down no-contest best place for great deli sandwiches (plus imported beer, liquor, wine) near the concert site (just outside the park - about a two-block walk) is the Handy Deli. Read this review (map, phone # included).
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