Despite high temperatures, people came out in their thousands to enjoy the annual tradition of the Solano Avenue Stroll.
Solano Stroll
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Ask Berkeleyside: Why no toilets at the Solano Stroll?
It wasn’t a conspiracy, and it wasn’t by design. There were no portable toilets at the Solano Stroll on Sunday due to “a simple error,” event organizer Allen Cain of the Solano Avenue Association told Berkeleyside this week. Exactly whose error is a matter of dispute. Cain said he emailed in the toilet order months before the […]
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Photo Gallery: The 42nd Berkeley-Albany Solano Stroll
“I feel the Stroll represents the best of Berkeley — such good feelings, such diversity — of both humans and animals,” said Berkeleyside contributing photographer Nancy Rubin commenting on this year’s event.
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Visit Berkeleyside, Nosh at the Solano Stroll
Find the Berkeleyside team Sunday in our usual spot, between Pegasus Books and iScream, where northbound Colusa Avenue hits Solano Avenue. We hope you’ll come by to say hello.
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Photo Gallery: The 41st annual Solano Stroll
The weather was perfect — not too hot, not too cold — and the Berkeley-Albany institution that is the Solano Stroll was a tremendous affair for the 41st straight year. Billed as “one mile of free family fun,” the event saw a great big parade and tens of thousands of people ambling along Solano Avenue in […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
SOLANO STROLL The forecast is for a break in the heatwave this weekend, so it should be pleasant to amble down Solano Avenue with tens of thousands of others on Sunday at the annual Solano Stroll. As always, Berkeleyside is a media sponsor of the Stroll, and we’ll be there with our booth — conveniently located in […]
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Live Oak Park Fair is leaving Berkeley after 44 years
One of Berkeley’s most treasured outdoor celebrations, the Live Oak Park Fair, is leaving the city after 44 years. Jan Etre, the producer of the fair since 1988, is moving it to the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond and turning it into a benefit for the radio station KPFA. It will still be a fair focused […]
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Photo gallery: A great day out for all at Solano Stroll 2014
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
LIVE OAK PARK’S 100TH BIRTHDAY North Berkeley’s first nature park, Live Oak Park, celebrates its 100th anniversary Saturday afternoon. The Live Oak Park Centennial Celebration and Ice Cream Social will include an old-time BYO community picnic and traditional games like croquet and three-legged races. Wavy Gravy and the Berkeley High Jazz Combo will be there. And, at 2:30 p.m., the 100 Dog […]
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40th Solano Stroll, one mile of free family fun, on Sunday
The East Bay’s largest street festival is back for its fortieth year on Sunday Sept. 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors to the Solano Stroll can look forward to a mile-long stretch of attractions, including food, music, rides and live entertainment. The annual festival, which is hosted each year by the cities of Albany and […]
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Photo gallery: Another great day out at the Solano Stroll
The 39th annual Solano Stroll on Sunday was another glorious day of community gathering. The East Bay’s largest street festival, hosted jointly by Albany and Berkeley, featured 500 street vendors, as well as all the merchants that line Solano Avenue’s 26 blocks. The highlight, as always, was the parade. But for the thousands of people who came to enjoy […]
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The Solano Stroll returns on Sunday for 39th year
By Eli Wolfe Labor Day weekend may be over, but Bay Area residents can still look forward to some downtime at the Solano Stroll. The East Bay’s largest street festival is back on Sunday Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors can celebrate the Stroll’s 39th year with a mile-long stretch of attractions, including fantastic food, music, […]