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# Summer Strummer Fest rocks Bergamot Station
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/summer-strummer-fest-rocks-bergamot-station/
- Published: 2007-08-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:43:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Mid-City, #archive-import

*By EMILY SKEHAN Special to the Daily Press*

MID-CITY If you’re a tattooed, punk dad with a preteen daughter hooked on bub-blegum pop, this weekend could provide that elusive bonding experience.

Families can rock out to an assortment of old and new school punk, country and pop rock bands this Sunday at the second annual Summer Strummer Festival at Bergamot Station. The festival takes place across four stages and will also include a petting zoo, skateboarding expo and local vendors in attempts to unite two generations through music and Dogtown culture.

“When my partners and I decided to start the festival, we wanted to put something together that would appeal to everyone from hip parents to their young teenage kids,” said Phil Jaurigui, president of Swing House Rehearsal, the com-

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PRIMAL SCREAM: The Summer Strummer Festival will feature the best in alternative culture. (Photo: Photo courtesy Summer Strummer Festival)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 30, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/083007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)