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BACONFEST? WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT. A NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL? NOT SO FAST. AND HIGH SCHOOL PARKING
PROBLEMS — BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THINK. THAT AND MORE .. TODAY IN THE SIFT.
WELCOME TO THE SIFT … I’M VICTORIA BABU IN FOR GABRIELLE BIONDO WITH THE BEST OF WHAT
ST. LOUIS IS TALKING ABOUT. SO, BACONFEST IS CANCELLED. OH, WAIT. THIS
JUST IN… BACONFEST IS BACK! UMM...HANG ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE...BACONFEST IS OFF.
YEAH. CONFUSING. WITH CONFLICTING REPORTS FROM KSDK AND TWO RIVAL BACONFEST FACEBOOK
PAGES, EVERYONE’S STILL TRYING TO SORT IT OUT.
ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE FACEBOOK PAGES, THE EVENT “HAS CEASED TO EXIST AND WILL BE ENFORCED
BY COURT ORDER IF NEEDED.” BACONFEST WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ON AUG.
16 AT SOLDIERS MEMORIAL. WE’LL UPDATE THE LATEST BELOW.
MAYBE PORK PRICES ARE THE PROBLEM? FOX 2 REPORTS A VIRUS IS KILLING PIGS IN THE SHOW-ME STATE
— AND THAT MIGHT MEAN HIGHER PRICES FOR BACON AND OTHER PORK PRODUCTS.
FROM ONE FESTIVAL TO ANOTHER. REMEMBER LAST WEEK’S NEWS ABOUT BLUESWEEK MOVING TO CHESTERFIELD?
LEAPING INTO THE BREACH, CITY LEADERS ARE CONSIDERING LEGISLATION TO LAUNCH A NEW DOWNTOWN
MUSIC FESTIVAL, BUT NOT EVERYONE’S EXCITED. THE ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL NOTES THAT
OPPONENTS HAVE ORGANIZED AN ONLINE PETITION DRIVE. THEY SAY NON-COMPETE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE NEW FESTIVAL AND A LACK OF LOCAL MUSIC MAKE IT A NON-STARTER FOR THEM.
ONE SIGNER CALLED THE PROPOSAL “MONOPOLIZATION BY AN OUT OF TOWN COMPANY” AND SAID “WE
HAVE SO MANY GREAT EVENTS, WE DON’T NEED” THIS ONE.
ANOTHER SAID, “WHEN COMPETITION IS ELIMINATED, SO TOO IS THE DRIVE FOR QUALITY.”
THE PETITION WAS CLOSING FAST ON ITS GOAL OF 1,000 SIGNATURES.
AND TWO QUICK NOTES: FIRST, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF ST. LOUIS AS A TOWN FOR HIPSTERS?
THAT’S THE VIBE FROM A USA TODAY ARTICLE SUGGESTING ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS FOR A WEEKEND
VISIT BY THE GELLED HAIR AND THICK-RIMMED-GLASSES SET. ITS MOST INTERESTING ADVICE: CHECK OUT
THE COMEBACK OF CHEROKEE STREET WEST OF JEFFERSON. SECOND: IT’S THE INVASION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS! FOX 2 SAYS WENTZVILLE RESIDENTS ARE UP IN ARMS. THE PROBLEM: SO MANY TIMBERLAND
AND HOLT HIGH KIDS ARE OVERFLOWING THE SCHOOL PARKING LOTS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
AT LEAST THEY’RE JUST PARKING AND NOT...YA, KNOW. *PARKING*.
CHECK THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE ON *ALL THESE STORIES.
AND… DON’T FORGET TO FOLLOW REALTIME-S-T-L ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE PLUS AND YOUTUBE.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH OUR ST. LOUIS META MOMENT… WITH A 50-DEGREE TEMPERATURE SWING IN THE
OFFING THIS WEEK, WE THOUGHT THIS TWEET HIT JUST THE RIGHT NOTE. I THINK I’D LIKE TO
HEAR HIS BAND...