People are asked to bring food for a mega-potluck, as well as their own artwork for display. Musical instruments are welcome, and entertainment is slated on five stages. The event, like everything City Repair does, is an effort to break public space free of the commercialism that characterizes most public gatherings. There's no affiliations or entry price. The environment and openness create their own dynamic.
Sharing brings out more abundance, and reduces our psychological necessity for material rewards.
If you want to talk about simplification, start with sharing. There's no cause here. It's just community, which is really the ultimate cause. Creating community is a political issue and it has to do with space. But it's a natural joining at the intersection of two personal pathways.