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Axios
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- Axios
Your D.C. Weekend: Pride parade, Capital Jazz Festival
It's the final weekend of WorldPride, and the month-long celebration is closing with a party-packed line-up of events. The big picture: It's the end of an event years in the making that commemorates the 50th anniversary of Pride events in D.C. Here's what's happening across D.C. Thursday through Sunday: 🎤 WorldPride Music Festival: The two-day festival takes place Friday and Saturday across three stages at the RFK Festival Grounds. Headliners include Jennifer Lopez, Galantis, Paris Hilton and Rita Ora (Friday), and Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Purple Disco Machine and Sofi Tukker (Saturday). Tickets range from $139 to $509, depending on tier. 🎈 WorldPride Parade: The parade kicks off Saturday at 2pm at 14th and T streets NW, and ends on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, near the Mall. Stick around after the parade for a free concert featuring Cynthia Erivo. (VIP tickets are available for $335.) 🎉 WorldPride Street Festival: The free two-day celebration takes place Saturday and Sunday on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, between 9th and 3rd streets. Swing by starting at noon for exhibits, dance parties, food and drinks, and several musical performances, with Doechii headlining the closing concert on Sunday. (VIP tickets are available for $366.) 📣 International Rally + March: End the weekend with a rally and march for human rights on Sunday. The rally begins at 9:30am in front of the Lincoln Memorial, after which there will be a noon march toward the Capitol. The bottom line: Want more Pride info? Check out our full guide. More events to check out this weekend: 🎨 Celebrate Pride at the Phillips Collection's Phillips After 5 event Thursday from 5-8:30pm, with a drag performance, talks about LGBTQ+ works on display, food from Bread Furst and samples from Republic Restoratives distillery. ($20, free for members) 🎶 Wiggle those jazz hands at the Capital Jazz Fest, running Friday to Sunday at Merriweather Post Pavilion. There will be 30 acts across three days, plus a marketplace, artist Q&As, and a food court. (Ticket prices vary)
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Yahoo
St. Fratty's Day arrests and citations fall sharply from year before
After St. Fratty's Day citations and arrests hit record highs in 2024, the annual party saw a stark drop in both this year, according to police. In total, St. Fratty's Day 2025 saw 45 citations and 25 arrest, the San Luis Obispo Police Department said Tuesday in a news release. In contrast, there were 159 citations and 35 arrests in 2024. Much of that could be credited to the fact that the illegal street party — which drew more than 6,000 people to the neighborhoods near California and Foothill boulevards in 2024 — did not happen this year. 'The street party was eliminated, and alcohol and noise related violations were managed swiftly,' the release said. San Luis Obispo Police Department partnered with 23 other law enforcement agencies to deploy nearly 300 officers to prevent the event and maintain order. Officers told people who were walking in the neighborhoods, 'Go home or get arrested.' Cal Poly also organized the 'Morning on the Green' music festival as an alternative event, with EDM artists Galantis and Zhu headling the festival. At its peak, the music festival drew around 6,000 people, the university said. 'We are pleased with the results — even as we acknowledge there are lessons to be learned and areas where we can improve in the future,' Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong said in a statement following the event. The festival had a chaotic start, with students breaking down barriers and crowd crushing to enter the event. The city again employed safety enhancement zones across two weekends to deter unruly partying. Safety enhancement zones are periods in which fines are double from $350 to $700 for a first citation, then increase to $1,000 for all subsequent citations. Last year was the first where the city had stricter enforcement over two weekends. Before, the enhancement zone took place from midnight on March 17 to 7 a.m. on March 18 — a total of 31 hours. Also, the city warned revelers that arrests this year would also not be eligible for misdemeanor diversion, meaning the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office will file criminal charges against those who were arrested. Ultimately, the majority of the arrests and citations did not happen on March 15, the day of the party. That day, four people were arrested for public intoxication, San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune. She said there were 20 citations that Saturday as well — 11 open container, seven noise, one unruly gathering and one public urination. She added that the public urination citation took place in downtown San Luis Obispo, not in the neighborhoods or at the festival. In total for the weekend of March 14-18, police arrested 11 people for minor in possession of alcohol, six for public intoxication and three for DUI, the news release said. They issued 17 open container citations, 14 noise citations, four public urination citations and one unruly gathering citation. From March 7-10 — the prior weekend also deemed in the safety enhancement zone — there were three DUI arrests, two drunk in public arrests, eight noise citations and one public urination citation.
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Thousands pack Cal Poly concert, neighborhoods empty: See photos, video of St. Fratty's in SLO
After the annual street party took a destructive turn last year, St. Fratty's appeared to be a much quieter affair in San Luis Obispo on Saturday, with no street parties and no major property damage. Thousands instead turned out for an early-morning concert on Cal Poly's campus to watch EDM groups Galantis and Zhu. Despite students swarming the barricades around the concert venue to get in, Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said there were no other major issues stemming from the Saturday event. Meanwhile Mayor Erica Stewart lauded the city's Police Department and law enforcement agencies that offered aid to help dissuade students from taking to the streets. See photos and video from St. Fratty's Day in San Luis Obispo:
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Yahoo
SLO, Cal Poly beefed up enforcement for St. Fratty's Day. Did students stay off the street?
The city of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly made prevention of property destruction at the hands of St. Fratty's Day partiers a priority this year — and on the morning of the big celebration, the famously large crowds failed to materialize in the neighborhoods around campus. In the weeks leading up to Saturday's festivities, the city and university officials teamed up to introduce enhanced enforcement measures after last year's party drew over 6,000 people. In January, the city expanded the usual safety enhancement zone — which previously ran on St. Fratty's Day only — to include the weekend before and the days surrounding the event as well, while the university staged a 5,000-person concert with headliners Zhu and Galantis on campus. As the sun rose over the neighborhoods surrounding the university, crowds flocked to the on-campus music festival, then trickled out to the streets as the concert wore on. 'I would say it's good enforcement, but they should have gave a better option for all the students,' third-year student Emily Lopez said while hanging out on Hathway Avenue at 8 a.m. 'I like the concert idea, but they should have made it available to all students.' In 2024, Hathway was packed shoulder-to-shoulder with partiers, with little breathing room and crowds covering more than two blocks of streets, sidewalks and yards. This year, scattered groups of people searched the street for places to party as police officers set up checkpoints throughout the neighborhoods nearest Cal Poly and patrolled the area on foot, bike, motorcycle and horseback, keeping crowds from accumulating. Law enforcement appeared to place an emphasis on keeping crowds from collecting in the street, corralling the masses onto the sidewalks and away from any one neighborhood. Though law enforcement permitted students to walk through the neighborhoods that have historically been home to the party, they gave the crowds a short leash when it came to lingering anywhere. Their message: 'Go home or you get arrested.' San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune that it looked like the city's work to prevent street partying appeared successful as of Saturday morning. 'We are appreciative of the support of the agencies that came in to assist,' she said. 'We were able to manage the people who were in the neighborhoods looking to create a street party and disseminate them (before) anything could really get going.' San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart told The Tribune the St. Fratty's Day management was 'heartening' — but also asserted that it was not over yet. She credited local police as well as the law enforcement that traveled from around the state to help the city and university prevent the block party. Still, Stewart said the city was moving forward with 'heightened awareness.' 'We're still all very aware that St. Patrick's Day is not done and the safety enhancement zone is still here throughout Tuesday,' she said. As of mid-morning on Saturday, Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said there had been no major incidents of on-campus vandalism or damage related to partying. 'Some partying activity with minor damage,' Lazier told The Tribune around 7:30 a.m. 'So far, nothing on the order of what we saw last year.' San Luis Obispo resident Kathie Walker, who lives in the vicinity of the traditional block party, told The Tribune she was happy with the neighborhood management Saturday morning. Walker is active in Residents for Quality Neighborhoods, a community group that has advocated for better management of St. Fratty's Day partying. 'The response by law enforcement exceeded our expectations and we are really happy with how everything was handled this morning,' she said. 'We all hope this continues in future years.' Cindy Vix, another San Luis Obispo resident and Residents for Quality Neighborhoods affiliate, owns a rental home on Bond Street that was vandalized during last year's block party. She had concerns about this year's celebration, but was ultimately happy with how the city and university managed the party. 'I'm just thrilled,' she told The Tribune on Saturday after the bulk of the celebration wound down. She said she would remain 'cautiously optimistic' this weekend and hoped law enforcement would maintain a strong presence in the neighborhoods. Many students said while they understood the reasons for the enhanced enforcement measures, they were disappointed that the mass party was off the table. 'Being a criminology major, I understand the conflict,' second-year student Scott Craig said. 'I think the law enforcement want everyone to have a good time but they want to keep the street safe, and I understand why they're trying to stop it, but at the same time it's Cal Poly. Let the kids live and have fun.' San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune that nearly 300 officers from agencies across several counties helped with the response. In total, Wallace said, 24 law enforcement agencies worked the event. At least eight of those agencies were local to San Luis Obispo County: the San Luis Obispo Police Department, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, police departments from Arroyo Grande, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach and Grover Beach, the San Luis Obispo County Probation and Atascadero State Hospital. Six were state agencies: the California Highway Patrol, State Fish and Wildlife, State Parks, the California Deptartment of Alcohol Beverage Control, the Department of Corrections and the California National Guard. The National Guard was not in the field but was assisting with technology related to field deployment, Wallace said. The other out-of-county agencies were the sheriff's offices from Ventura County, Santa Barbara County and Kings County and police departments from Guadalupe, San Francisco, Shafter, Oxnard, Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Barbara. Kings County and Santa Barbara County sheriff's offices both provided equestrian units.
