The annual Neon Speaks Festival comes home to the Tenderloin Museum for a celebration of the historically inspired Tenderloin/Cadillac neon sign
Thursday September 12, 2024 | 5:30-7:30pm
At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA 94102
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.
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.
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 the Great American Music Hall.
Tickets include food and drinks. This is both a “Sounds of the Tenderloin” live music program and an official event of the Neon Speaks Festival & Symposium, in partnership with the Tenderloin Museum.
The full schedule in September of events and in-person tours can be found at neonspeaks.org