The 38th annual Sun God Festival will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. Due to the construction of event infrastructure, Hopkins Drive will close from 6 a.m. through 9 p.m. on April 30. Hopkins Drive will also close in that period to all traffic between Scholars Drive North and Voigt Drive.
Additionally, as part of health and safety initiatives related to the Festival, Scholars Drive North will close to all traffic between the Pangaea Parking Structure and North Point Drive from 6 a.m. through 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 30.
UC San Diego community members planning to be on campus Saturday, but not attending the event, may want to avoid the northwest area of campus, as road access and parking will be impacted.
Please note these additional impacts to parking and transportation to allow for the set-up and teardown of the Sun God Festival:
- Voigt Drive between Matthews Lane and Hopkins Drive will close intermittently between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. and no vehicles will be allowed on Voigt Drive between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 30.
- Access to Hopkins Parking Structure, Marshall Lower Apartments Lot (P308) and Library Loop on Hopkins Drive (P309) will may be impacted from 6 a.m. through 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. The Hopkins Parking Structure will only be accessible from Voigt Lane; the Hopkins entrance will be closed. No inbound or outbound traffic from any of these parking areas will be permitted between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
- Spanos Loop on Northpoint Lane (P359) and the Rady Parking Lot (P357) will be closed from 8 p.m. on Friday, April 29, through 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. Parking in the Rady Parking Lot (P357) will be impacted throughout the day on Friday, April 29.
We urge all festival attendees to use an alternative transportation option to get to and from the event on Saturday, April 30. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System will provide light rail and bus service to the campus Saturday, April 30 and AS Safe Rides will offer a limited number of vouchers for festival attendees. Lyft and Uber drop off and pick up will be on the upper deck of the Pangea parking structure. To learn more about transportation options available on the day of the Sun God Festival, please visit: http://sgf.ucsd.edu/.
If you have questions, please contact Ace Antonio, Interim Director of the University Events Office, at aceantonio@ucsd.edu.
