A sideshow (so-called in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a street takeover in the Los Angeles area[1][2]) is an informal and often illegal demonstration of automotive stunts now often held in vacant lots, and public intersections, originally seen in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, United States. Sideshows first appeared in Oakland, California in the 1980s as informal social gatherings of Bay Area youth.[3]
In the present day, sideshows, in addition to being inherently illegal, often involve crime and or shootings.
- ^ Fuller, Elizabeth (September 21, 2020). "What's a Street "Takeover" and Why Should You Be Concerned?". Larchmont Buzz - Hancock Park News.
- ^ "2 women killed in Compton car crash not involved in street takeover, authorities say". Los Angeles Times. June 13, 2022.
- ^ Allen-Taylor, J. Douglas (November 5, 2009). "Undercurrents: Making an Alternative to Sideshows Work". Berkeley Daily Planet.