"It's like you're taking a nightclub instead of a bus," said performer J. A. Valentine, who dressed up in '20s garb and traipsed up and down the car.
As the street car lumbers down Market Street, commuters and tourists filter in and out of the concert. Among them are a shirtless man in a 49ers hat, two nurses in scrubs, two Portuguese tourists, and a man with rubber bands in his beard, tapping his feet to Gershwin's "I've Got Rhythm." These travelers weren't expecting a jazz concert, but they're far from disappointed.
At the stops, two men in neon SFMTA vests lean out of the open doorways and wave people in, assuring them that this is, in fact, a real Muni car: "Don't worry about it. It's OK."
"From the outside, it looked a little like a private party," Robert Moses said. Moses got onboard after walking to Market Street from City Lights Bookstore. He knew that Downtown First Thursdays were.
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