After Tel Aviv’s summer of social protest (before the Occupy movement was the Occupy movement) took Rothschild Blvd. by storm, people sort of got used to spending time there and partying all day and all night for free (in between protesting and learning about / discussing issues, of course). The Tel Aviv mayor got a lot of flack for shutting down the tent camps, so now the city’s trying to regain its funky image by bringing the street parties back to Rothschild (after moving them away somewhere else last year). So come by today from 12:00-16:00 for two stages of DJs playing various electronic music as well as local favourites such as reggae, dancehall and some indie. There’ll also be some sort of urban fashion market and stuff like that. The city-funded parties are usually very very commercial with adverts everywhere for all kinds of sponsors, but the DJ list this time is actually pretty promising and it’s all free, so should be a fun afternoon. The party will take place on Rothschild Blvd. between Allenby and Herzl.
