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<\/a>\u201cWe added a beer stroll this year called \u2018Unplugged On Tap\u2019 where participants can sample 12 different beers at 12 different retail and service locations spread along Adams Avenue,\u201d said Scott Kessler, executive director of Adams Avenue Business Association, which produces both events as a fundraiser for the organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cMusicians are playing inside the taste locations as well. And, we have a trolley running on Saturday only, to make the beer stroll and the festival\u2019s longer Saturday hours, more accessible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The idea this year, Kessler said, is to pair Adams Avenue\u2019s unique dining and drinking establishments with free musical performances that match with their ambience. It\u2019s a dream of connecting musical aficionados and foodies to a neighborhood rich in culture, he said.<\/p>\n
No streets will be closed and no outdoor stages will be constructed again this year \u2014 although food booths will be set up outside Smitty\u2019s Service, an auto repair shop located at 3441 Adams Ave.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerformances are happening at business locations only and at the United Methodist Church, which will showcase two of the festival\u2019s headliners [The Cactus Blossoms and Sam Outlaw]. The other headliner, Augie Meyers, will be at Kensington Club and is the only performance with a cover charge of $15-$20,\u201d Kessler said.<\/p>\n
Sam Outlaw will give concerts at 3 and 6 p.m. on May 1 at the church. The singer-songwriter may have been born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, but he grew up in Southern California and he calls his music \u201cSoCal country.\u201d He said he was inspired and influenced by the music of Asleep at the Wheel, The Beatles, Emmylou Harris and George Jones. His first album, \u201cAngeleno,\u201d was released in 2015 by Six Shooter Records.<\/p>\n Augie Meyers will headline at 9 p.m. April 30 at Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave. He will be backed by Action Andy & The Hi-Tones, with The Sleepwalkers tagged for the opening set. The legendary Texan is known for fusing Tex-Mex with Conjunto and soulful rock, backed by his trademark Vox organ. His musical partnership with Doug Sahm created the Sir Douglas Quintet in the 1960s. Later he would launch The Texas Tornadoes, famed for its Grammy Award-winning South Texas sound.<\/p>\n To read the biographies of all of the performers, visit bit.ly\/1S7WVbO<\/a>.<\/p>\n Participating in the craft beer crawl will be Mona Lizzy\u2019s, Maven, Dink\u2019s Barber Shop, Heights Optometry, Back From Tomboctou, Ken Video & Vidajuice, Zac\u2019s Attic, Liquid Eden, Adams Avenue Integrative Health, Brooklyn Bicycles, Home Start Thrift Boutique and Zen Sanctuary.<\/p>\n Parking, which is always a challenge along Adams Avenue, is limited to residential neighborhood streets. A good alternative to the congestion would be to take MTS bus routes 2 and 11, which service the neighborhoods. Wear comfortable walking shoes to explore the two-mile stretch of Adams Avenue that is participating in the festival.<\/p>\n \u2014Ken Williams is editor of Uptown News and Mission Valley News and can be reached at\u00a0ken@sdcnn.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0o al 619-961-1952. S\u00edguelo en Twitter en\u00a0KenSanDiego<\/span><\/a>, cuenta de Instagram en\u00a0KenSD<\/span><\/a>\u00a0o Facebook en\u00a0KenWilliamsSanDiego<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Por Ken Williams | Editor<\/p>","protected":false},"author":846,"featured_media":250076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Unplugged on Tap joins popular music festival","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11550,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-top-stories","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>Hosting concerts will be the Ken Caf\u00e9, Ponce\u2019s Mexican Restaurant, The Haven, Dos Palmas Cafe, Java Joe\u2019s, DiMille\u2019s Italian Restaurant, Rosie O\u2019Grady\u2019s, Proprietor\u2019s Reserve Wine Bar, The Rabbit Hole, The Ould Sod, Adams Avenue Integrative Health, Triple Crown Pub, El Zarape Restaurant, Air Conditioned Lounge, Polite Provisions, Cantina Mayahuel, and Twiggs Bakery & Coffeehouse.<\/p>\n