Held over the weekend on Sunset Boulevard between Fountain Avenue and Edgecliffe Drive, the Sunset Junction Festival lures in hundreds for food (think pupusas and takoyaki), games, rides, bands (this year including the Black Keys, !!!, Kinky and the Cold War Kids) and health information. Here the crowd fills the street in 2006. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Strolling and snacking at Sunset Junction in 2006. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Spinning carnival rides had people up in the air during the second day of the 26th Annual Sunset Junction Street Fair in 2006. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Lonnie Marshall, lead singer for the group Weapon of Choice, performs Sunday during the 26th annual Sunset Junction Street Fair in Silver Lake. More than 45 acts played at the neighborhood event. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Vaccinations to help prevent Hepatitis A and B, where given by HEP Team to those interested, free of cost. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Flamenco dancers entertained the masses at Sunset Junction Street Festival in 2006. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Danny Stewart waited on the sidewalk before local DJ “Colette,” performed, Sunday night at Sunset Junction Street Fair, in Silver Lake, August 25, 2002. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Chicago-reared and current L.A. resident, DJ Colette walked around booths with her pineapple drink prior to her performance, Sunday night at Sunset Junction Street Fair in 2002. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
The crowd dances to music at Sunset Junction Street Fair Sunday afternoon, August 25, 2002. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
DJ “Colette” spins discs at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in 2002. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Listeners dance throughout DJ Colette’s hourlong set at the Sunset Junction Street Festival in 2002. Afterward, she went out to meet her fans. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Andrew D’Andrea, left, and Steve Belscher mix tribal body art with the Levi leather look at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in 2002. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Kealani Simpson models wings and the vibrant markings of a “desert fairy,” at the neighborhood street fair in 2002. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Cellist Chelsea Rasmussen at the 2002 Sunset Junction Street Festival. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Anahata sports the look of what she called “tribal belly dance braids” at the Sunset Junction Street Festival in 2002. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Cat Cipriotti exhibits multiple piercings of the gothic punk look at the festival in Silver Lake in 2002. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
