The 2010 Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park, oozing more green than a Nickelodeon game show and boasting a diverse lineup ranging from soul crooner Al Green to post-punk band Tokyo Police Club to indie darling Cat Power, is quintessentially San Franciscan. While organic vintners and vegan vendors will attract the Lake Tahoe-frequenting, Keen-sporting types that compost all their neighbors’ leftovers for their sustainable gardens, acts like Further (with remaining Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir) promise to draw aging Deadheads wielding medical marijuana co-op cards and wilted dancing bear tattoos. The two-day affair features valet bike parking and the Panhandle Solar Stage, which is powered entirely by solar energy. (Never mind that San Francisco is shrouded in perpetual fog.) An inclusive schedule of music promises something for everyone. Raver kids will be able to brandish their glow sticks at the DJ Stage, while hipsters will enjoy grooving to electro-dance group Phoenix and gypsy-punk troubadours Gogol Bordello. This weekend, MAGNET correspondent Maureen Coulter will be reporting from the festival and eating free gourmet vegan food from the press tent.
