By Melanie Ruiz
Two years after Mayor Gavin Newsom shut down the Halloween celebration in the Castro, killing off one of San Francisco’s signature party events, a local flash mob dance promoter is trying to bring back the spirit, with an unauthorized dance party on the Embarcadero.
Amandeep “Deep” Jawa is organizing a “Take Back Halloween” party Saturday night in front of the Ferry Building. He’s arranged for at least two mobile DJs to spin and more than 300 people have signed up on Facebook. However, he has no permits for the event, and admits it’s entirely possible the police will shut him down.
“This is all a big experiment,” Deep told me. “We have no idea how it will turn out, but let’s try. We think it will be awesome.”
Aside from the obvious how-to’s (ahem: Wear a costume!), his web site message encourages people to do such outlandish things as “HELP clean up after yourself AND OTHERS” and “Sure, have a drink if you want! But make sure drinking isn’t the focus of the night.”