A good overview of what in happening in San Francisco for parents wanting to get out of the house with their kids while still attending bars and rock venues.
sfgate.com, 3/18/07, Rockin' With kids: "With Dan Zanes leading the pack of hipster rockers whom parents enjoy as much as, if not more than, their kids do, record labels, concert promoters and even the cafe around the corner are sensing profits in the Pampers crowd. As iTunes takes off, album sales across the board are down about 2 percent. But children's music sales (for hissy-fit-free car trips) are up nearly 60 percent. Colvert's tour (he's now on the Disney Sound label) is sponsored by Rice Krispies. Last summer's Jamarama kids' music festival was sponsored by Noggin. And Grammy winner Zanes, who recently sold out the house at Carnegie Hall, is talking TV with Disney.
Locally, restaurant family nights, baby happy hours, kid-friendly club venues and adult-friendly kid concerts are helping parents get out of the house and avoid seeing 'My Little Pony Live: The World's Biggest Tea Party.'
Whether at 12 Galaxies, family music night at Dolores Park cafe or baby happy hours (Wine and Whiners, Tots and Tonic, Strollerbar), city parents are enjoying 'age-desegregated music' (as Zanes calls it) in age-desegregated watering holes.
The rise in middle-aged parenting, 35- to 40-year-olds just now becoming parents, may have contributed to this trend. Older parents are more set in their ways and maybe less willing to drop their former lifestyle to stay home and listen to lousy music."
San Francisco
all ages
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