By Alex Luthi
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The San Francisco LoveFest took over the city’s financial district on Oct. 4, with an estimated 70,000 festival goers in attendance, according to LoveFest officials.

With its beginnings as Loveparade San Francisco, LoveFest has become San Francisco’s yearly electronic music parade that travels down Market Street each fall, beginning at 2nd and Market Streets and ends at the Civic Center Plaza, where the parade route ends and each float takes up a position around the plaza late into the evening.

This year 28 floats surrounded the Civic Center Plaza, both featuring local and international talent. Fans anticipating big names like Benny Benassi, Lee Burridge, Dave Dresden and Armin van Buuren had to wait for Saturday evening’s sold-out afterparty, with tickets going for $80 at the door.