FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2014 

Contact: Mindy Linetzky, (415) 554-4829

DANCE PARTY AT UN PLAZA NIGHT MARKET TONIGHT 

DJs from nearby schools spin tunes at new market

San Francisco, CA – Public Works and the Market Street Association are teaming up with SF Beautiful and the Art Institute to hold a dance party tonight at the weekly Friday Night Market at United Nations Plaza. The dance party is part of the special event series, Pause, Play Connect at UN Plaza, a community-generated effort to make UN Plaza more active, fun and inviting.

Disc jockey students from the Washburn Studio will spin from 4-7 p.m., followed by the Art Institute’s electronic dance music artists’ dance party from 7- 9 p.m.

“We’re excited to give these DJs-in-training a public venue to hone their skills,” said San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru. “The Night Market has been packed the last few weeks – the dance party will just add to the excitement.”

• What: Night Market dance party 

• Date: Friday Sept. 19 

• Time: 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. 

• Location: United Nations Plaza, 8th and Market streets 

• What:     Food – six to eight food trucks     

                 Drinks – beer, wine, cocktails and soft drinks 

                 Vendors – artisan food startups and Bay Area makers, artists and designers 

                 Entertainment – dancing, games, face painting and more 

• Website: www.fridaynightmarket.com  

• Video: http://vimeo.com/106040438  

• Hash tag: #UNNightMarket 

• Photo opportunity: Crowds of people dancing under twinkling lights in historic UN Plaza

Located at UN Plaza, the Night Market is a destination event held Fridays Sept. 5 – Oct. 24 that showcases the plaza’s public space possibilities and historic grandeur. It is part of the City’s Make Your Market initiative that is inviting a new and vital public life into Market Street’s sidewalks and plazas. In partnership with community based organizations, the City is aiming to make San Francisco’s busiest street into a place where its most creative and engaged people experiment with how to make a more beautiful, livable and vibrant city.

The Night Market is produced by the Market Street Association and Ansanelli Productions in partnership with San Francisco Public Works, San Francisco Beautiful, United Playaz, Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, Invest in Neighborhoods, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Recreation and Park Department, Central Market Community Benefit District and several community organizations. Sponsors (partial list) include Trinity Properties, UC Hastings, BART, Shorenstein Hayes Nederlander, Odd Fellows of San Francisco, Group i and Mardikian Enterprises.

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