(Photos by Dave Gershgorn for WSB)

You can shop, nosh, sip – and play, at West Seattle Summer Fest. We’re going into the first night of the festival and mainstage music is ramping up too, with Madman Across the Water onstage right now, and these three acts up next:

8:00 – Couch Riffs presents Funkadelic Tribute
9:00 – THEM
10:00 – Jenn Champion

(added) Here’s some of the Madman set (Elton John music):

The West Side Stage has shut down for the night; it’s by the Wells Fargo drive-thru off the west end of SW Alaska. Vendor booths are open until about 8, on California north and south of SW Alaska:

One of the booths features authors – stop by the Author Event Network booth to learn about writers and their work:

No matter what your age or size, you’re likely to find something of interest:

And year-round businesses have sales and deals too, so stroll the sidewalk while you’re here! Updates to come…