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PostMay 02, 2008#16

I wanted to let everyone know that at the Cherokee Cinco de Mayo street festival tomorrow there are going to be 2 stages. The Apop Records stage located at Oregon and Cherokee will have:



Bunnygrunt 1:30 - 2:30

Bargain Basement 2:30-3:30

Vickroids 3:30-4:30

Monads 4:30 - 530

Jerusalem and the Starbaskets 5:30-6:30

the 75's 6:30-7:30

Airport Elementary School 7:30



The California & Cherokee stage will have:

11:30 - 12:30 "Banda Aires del Sur" - 18 piece Mexican Band

1:00 - 2:00 St. Louis Symphony Brass/Jazz Group

2:00 - 3:00 Mariachi Los Compadres

3:00 - 5:00 Boogie Chyld

5:30 - 7:00 Javier Mendoza

7:30 - 9:00 Tamborazo Mixteco



The festival runs from 11am to 9pm and is a block longer this year than last. Several of the beer booths are run by neighborhood associations so pick a neighborhood that you want to support and start drinking.
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PostMay 03, 2008#17

Sounds good. I think we will show up. Anyone know of any other activities or anything?
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PostMay 05, 2008#18

I was there. very cool event. I want more hispanics to move to this area!
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PostMay 05, 2008#19

I was there as well. I really love cherokee street. It has so many cool shops and the food is always delicious. I just hope the area doesn't become victim of gentrification and lose its unique culture.
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PostMay 05, 2008#20

went on Saturday afternoon. Other than having the temperature 15 degrees warmer I wouldn't have changed a thing! Much more authentic than the West county meat market that is Hacienda on Cinco.
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PostMay 05, 2008#21

We had a real good time on Saturday. Went down after the Cardinal game and was amazed at the wide makeup of the crowd. Great people watching as all different types and colors hung out and had fun.
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PostMay 05, 2008#22

You are all foolish. You should be at La Salsa's in Creve Coeur today. That's the only authentic celebration around.
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PostMay 06, 2008#23

I just hope the area doesn't become victim of gentrification and lose its unique culture


I disagree. This area gentrified means North Grand or South Broadway one day might be the next Barrio. We have PLENTY of streets to revive in the city.
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PostMay 06, 2008#24

The event was 1 block larger this year and while it seemed like it wasn't as crowded I think it gave more space and allowed people to move around easier. Especially as it got later and some people had too much Tequiza in them. I think I saw 1 fight last year and none this year.



A few images from Cherokee on Saturday.





Javier Mendoza



The 75's on the Apop records stage



The headliners Tamborazo Mixteco
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PostMay 03, 2009#25

Here is an article from the paper.



http://tinyurl.com/cinco-cherokee



I have some pics that I will post in a bit.

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PostMay 04, 2009#27

njenney wrote:


The lady in the #10 Minerva jersey was at the game against LA. I wasn't sure which side she was supporting though, but I guess since she's at the Athletica booth, she must be a home supporter.



Looks like it was a fun time.
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PostMay 04, 2009#28

That would be Minerva Lopez, owner of the soccer-oriented store, Gooolll, on Cherokee Street. Additionally she has a small Mexican cultural center at the same location.
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PostMay 05, 2009#29

St. Louis has got to be top 3 strangest cities in America. New Orleans sets the bar pretty high, but St. Louis also gets strange. Certainly much more so than any other mid-western, northeastern, mid-Atlantic, or southwestern city. San Fransisco might be up their (certainly was) but their oddity is threatened by programmers and bankers. Portland is supposed to have a nice weirdo coefficient. But seriously: City Museum, Brewery, Venice Cafe, tons of music, the entire Northside, laissez-faire liquor laws and police, decadent Gilded Age history colliding with rambunctious Missouri and Ill-side wahoos. St. Louis is strange in all the right ways, typified by these Cinco de Mayo photos. Nice work. Wish I'd been there.
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PostMay 05, 2009#30

Wabash wrote:St. Louis has got to be top 3 strangest cities in America. New Orleans sets the bar pretty high, but St. Louis also gets strange. Certainly much more so than any other mid-western, northeastern, mid-Atlantic, or southwestern city. San Fransisco might be up their (certainly was) but their oddity is threatened by programmers and bankers. Portland is supposed to have a nice weirdo coefficient. But seriously: City Museum, Brewery, Venice Cafe, tons of music, the entire Northside, laissez-faire liquor laws and police, decadent Gilded Age history colliding with rambunctious Missouri and Ill-side wahoos. St. Louis is strange in all the right ways, typified by these Cinco de Mayo photos. Nice work. Wish I'd been there.


I agree that it's up there for strangeness, and I believe this to be it's one of our greatest strengths. Add Mardi Gras to your list.



The problem is again that contingent of people that do not see this as a strength, and rather focus on silly mottos that change every couple years...like being "connected". (I still prefer simply "Meet me in St. Louis") Horrible horrible horrible marketing. The folks who run the marketing of St. Louis need to be fired, IMO.



Most people outside of stl don't see stl being strange, only those who have friends to introduce them to those parts. Most people outside stl see only downtown, the arch, beer, and baseball...pretty much a typical Midwest town, and I blame most of that on how city promoters have promoted the city in the past decades. More than likely, those in charge of marketing st. louis are not "strange" individuals and do not see the relevancy of this "strangeness".



Great pics!!!! I wish I couldve made it.
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PostMay 06, 2009#31

phoaddict wrote:I still prefer simply "Meet me in St. Louis"


Continue OT: I think you're onto something...



What a great, simple and probably effective marketing campaign (moreso than recent efforts anyway)...



Meet me in St. Louis... for Cinco de Mayo

Meet me in St. Louis... for a Cardinals game

Meet me in St. Louis... for Mardi Gras

Meet me in St. Louis... at the Zoo

Meet me in St. Louis... at the Arch

Meet me in St. Louis... for a convention

Meet me in St. Louis... for a flight to China :wink:

Meet me in St. Louis... (enter anything going on in St. Louis)
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PostMay 06, 2009#32

Those pictures are fantastic, njenney - I feel like I was there!
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PostMay 06, 2009#33

Too often St. Louis is marketed to folks in Witchita and Des Moines as basically those cities with Cardinals baseball, a zoo, and a brewery.



And nothing against Witchita and Des Moines, but those who experience STL, really experience it, know that it is not your typical midwestern city.



as phoaddict said, we'll never be New Orleans or San Francisco. But we are more like those cities than most people realize.



I think the best marketing for STL is to promote it as the most funky city in the midwest. Yes we are a midwestern city, and that is a selling point in itself, but you can find neighborhoods and customs here that aren't what you would expect.
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PostMay 07, 2009#34

Anyone else think Javier Mendoza looks like Adam Sandler in this pic?!



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PostMay 07, 2009#35

I like the "meet me in st. louis....." theme. FAR BETTER than remarkably centered or whatever it is..can't even remember it's so lame. St. LouIS.....come on Fleishman....
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PostMay 07, 2009#36

JakeKTU wrote:
phoaddict wrote:I still prefer simply "Meet me in St. Louis"


Continue OT: I think you're onto something...



What a great, simple and probably effective marketing campaign (moreso than recent efforts anyway)...



Meet me in St. Louis... for Cinco de Mayo

Meet me in St. Louis... for a Cardinals game

Meet me in St. Louis... for Mardi Gras

Meet me in St. Louis... at the Zoo

Meet me in St. Louis... at the Arch

Meet me in St. Louis... for a convention

Meet me in St. Louis... for a flight to China :wink:

Meet me in St. Louis... (enter anything going on in St. Louis)
Yeahhh or even get rid of the St. Louis part and just make it "Meet me at the zoo/downtown/soulard/city museum" because the "meet me at" part implies St. Louis anyway. I like it.
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PostMay 07, 2009#37

because the "meet me at" part implies St. Louis anyway. I like it.


no it doesn't. only if you are from St. Louis would you think of that. this would be an ad for the rest of the country/ world.
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PostMay 07, 2009#38

Now all they need is a "Meet me in St Louis" t-shirt logo, like the "I (heart) NY"



Seems so simple.



How in the world did they think "St. Lou is all within reach" was a good campaign? :? :?:
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PostMay 07, 2009#39

make it "Meet me at the zoo/downtown/soulard/city museum" because the "meet me at" part implies St. Louis anyway. I like it.


So, it could work something like this: "Meet Me at The Muny . . . The Muny in Forest Park!" Maybe, it could even be set to music, like a little jingle. :wink:
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PostMay 07, 2009#40

^^check here

http://stl-style.com/tshirts.html



they have both the G rated "Meet Me in St. Louis" design and a PG-13 one that adds "b*tch"



the latter is in my closet :)
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