Thursday September 12, 2024 | 5:30-7:30pm
At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA 94102
$20 | Register via SF Neon’s Eventbrite
The annual Neon Speaks Festival comes home to the Tenderloin Museum for a celebration of the historically inspired Tenderloin/Cadillac neon sign! Ft. a sign seminar with SF Neon, a DJ set by celebrated SF songwriters & neon aficionado Chuck Prophet, plus food & drink.
Hosted by Al and Randall of SF Neon, “Tenderloin Neon & Punk” highlights the crowning achievement of the long and rich collaboration between SF Neon & the Tenderloin Museum: a 25-foot neon sign proclaiming "The Tenderloin". The recently illuminated, historically informed Tenderloin/Cadillac neon sign proclaims our neighborhood’s rich neon lineage by re-instituting a lost landmark while acknowledging the solidarity of the Tenderloin community today. Learn all about this extraordinary sign and its journey into existence, the story of which is a masterclass in the history, craft, and culture of neon in SF.
To celebrate the feat that is the Tenderloin/Cadillac sign, Al and Randall have invited their friend and neon aficionado Chuck Prophet. Chuck will be spinning LP’s and singles from the golden era of SF Punk and Proto-Punk. Many of which were recorded right here in the cool grey city of love, the greatest city in the union to live and dream. In addition to being a neon enthusiast, Chuck Prophet has long been an essential voice in the San Francisco music scene. Prophet is a prolific songwriter who records and performs with Stephanie Finch in their band Mission Express. Bona-fide Frisco-philes, Prophet and his band often celebrate our town in their music–Prophet’s 2012 album Temple Beautiful is “open love letter” to San Francisco. Those songs later formed the basis for an epic concert-film made at, in our opinion, SF’s most iconic venue: the Great American Music Hall located right here in the TL!
Come celebrate the sign and San Francisco in the beating heart of the city! Tickets include food and drinks. This is an official event of the Neon Speaks Festival & Symposium, in proud partnership with the Tenderloin Museum. Check out the full schedule in September of events and in-person tours at neonspeaks.org
This program is part of Tenderloin Museum’s ongoing “Sounds of the Tenderloin” live music series, which seeks to animate the TL’s undersung cultural history through live music, the current season of which is funded by the Specified General Fund for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.