The Khatsahlano Street Festival, after a two\u002Dyear COVID hiatus, was in full swing on Saturday, headlined by the punk/new wave band Pointed Sticks, dream\u002Dpop upstarts Harlequin Gold, indie progressive rockers Hey Ocean! and world\u002Dmusic masters the Boom Booms.
They’d be comfortable with, if not in awe of, the pot shops, at home in the yoga studios and, hey, that hard-to-find Doors LP you searched high and low for just for the song Riders on the Storm in 1971, you can probably find it at Zulu Records, in mint condition to boot.
“This is awesome, I love it,” Grant McDonagh said as passersby rummage through the hundreds of vinyl discs on sale for 99 cents out front of Zulu Records.Article content “We’re still predominantly independent businesses,” McDonagh said. “And it’s a great walking street.” The latter, ranging from gyms and karate classes to lap- and pole-dance lessons to increase flexibility, might have had our time-travelling hippies wide-eyed and wondering what ever happened to “Turn on, tune in, and drop out.”
“I am so impressed with the community,” Janice McLean, who was chaperoning the girls, said. “People have been amazing.”