West Seattle, Washington

04 Saturday

64℉

WS culture/arts 2988 results

THIS WEEKEND: Young Shakespeare Workshop performance @ Roxhill Park
July 17, 2019 1:34 pm
|      3 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle parks | Westwood | WS culture/arts

(Photo courtesy Young Shakespeare Workshop)

It’s not your first chance this summer to see a Shakespeare play in a West Seattle park – but it’s the only one featuring the national-award-winning Young Shakespeare Workshop: 6 pm Sunday (July 21st) at Roxhill Park (29th/Barton), you’re invited to see YSW’s production of “The Merchant of Venice.” From YSW director Darren Lay (a Vashon resident):

The Revolving Company of the nationally awarded Young Shakespeare Workshop presents a free performance in the birch grove at Roxhill Park. Bring a picnic dinner if you like and dine with the Doge, no Gondola required.

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

“Tell me where is fancy bred, or in the heart, or in the head?”

– a question posed in song in this curious and complex play in which Shakespeare also explores the antithetical question of where is loathing bred, and of course some silliness by way of the clown Launcelot Gobbo.

This event is made possible with funding from Arts in Parks by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Parks and Recreation.

Free, all ages welcome. YSW is in its third decade!

Share This

VIDEO: 2019 Concert in the Park with West Seattle Big Band
July 16, 2019 7:30 pm
|      4 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

7:30 PM: Great night for a concert, and the West Seattle Big Band has drawn a great crowd to the east lawn at Hiawatha.

You still have time to get there – the free concert’s on until about 8:30. More coverage to come!

ADDED: The WSBB, directed by Jim Edwards, played up a storm until almost 8:45! A sample, featuring vocalist Jenaige Lane:

And the big finale:

One more thing to add – the special Orville Rummel Trophy for Outstanding Service to the Community presentation to philanthropist Adah Rhodes Cruzen!

ADDED WEDNESDAY: Adah (above with Michelle Edwards, WSBB member and West Seattle Grand Parade co-coordinator) accepted the award after an introduction by Barbara Edwards, who detailed her philanthropy. Her donations have enabled restoration of some of the murals her late husband, Earl Cruzen, made happen, as well as the new Welcome to West Seattle sign. She noted in her remarks that he had left her “extra zeroes” to carry on his legacy. You can cheer her as she rides with the trophy in Saturday’s parade (11 am, southbound on California SW from Lander to Edmunds).

Share This

CANOE JOURNEY: Alki Beach stop this week
July 16, 2019 12:16 pm
|      3 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle beaches | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

(WSB photo, July 2018)

On Thursday, some of the canoe families participating in this year’s Intertribal Canoe Journey, the Paddle to Lummi, will stop at Alki Beach. We’ve confirmed with the Alki-hosting Muckleshoot Tribe‘s cultural director Willard Bill Jr. that they are expected to start arriving around noon on Thursday. Fewer canoes this year because the journey is northbound – he says they’re expecting about 15. They will then travel by land to the Muckleshoot Powwow Grounds in Auburn and depart Alki on Friday morning for the next stop – here’s a map of the stops before and after (those stopping here will have been with the Puyallup Tribe the night before, and headed to Suquamish the night after). Every year a different tribe/nation in the region hosts the celebration at the end of the journey route.

Share This

TUESDAY: Concert in the Park 2019 with West Seattle Big Band!
July 15, 2019 2:26 pm
|    Comments Off on TUESDAY: Concert in the Park 2019 with West Seattle Big Band!
 |   Fun stuff to do | West Seattle news | West Seattle parks | WS culture/arts

(Video courtesy Ralph Lane Productions)

That video is from yesterday, when the West Seattle Big Band played to a big crowd at the Ballard Locks – and tomorrow night, you can see them right here at home, during their 24th annual Concert in the Park. Free! Just BYO chair/blanket to the east lawn at Hiawatha Community Center, along Walnut south of Lander – the music starts at 7 pm Tuesday (July 16th).

(WSB photo from WSBB Concert in the Park 2018)

The WSBB is directed by Jim Edwards, also a coordinator of the West Seattle Grand Parade, and the concert has another connection to Saturday’s parade – presentation of the Orville Rummel Trophy for Outstanding Service to the Community. As reported here last week, this year’s honoree is philanthropist Adah Rhodes Cruzen, and you can applaud her at tomorrow night’s concert. Side note – its past winners include WSBB director Jim and wife Barbara Edwards, who as the video clip above shows, just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary!

P.S. Don’t let today’s rain worry you … tomorrow’s forecast looks dry. All ages are welcome to come enjoy the WSBB’s outstanding music. You can even get up and dance if you feel like it.

Share This

West Seattle weekend scene: Shakespeare in High Point Commons Park
July 13, 2019 5:15 pm
|    Comments Off on West Seattle weekend scene: Shakespeare in High Point Commons Park
 |   High Point | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Thanks to Judy Waring for the photo! That’s from last night’s “Backyard Bard” edition of condensed Shakespeare at High Point Commons Park, courtesy of GreenStage. After “Merry Wives of Windsor” last night, tonight it’s an hourlong edition of “Measure for Measure,” also at High Point Commons Park (right behind Neighborhood House at 6400 SW Sylvan Way), 7 pm, free. Judy advises, “Easy parking nearby, not crowded, bring cushion for sitting on a rock or a lawn chair for tonight’s play.” GreenStage has other performances – both “Backyard Bard” and full length – coming up this month and next at other West Seattle parks; we have them all in the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar and you can check out the GreenStage website too.

Share This

SHOWTIME: West Seattle Summer Fest 2019 stage scenes from Friday night
July 12, 2019 11:56 pm
|    Comments Off on SHOWTIME: West Seattle Summer Fest 2019 stage scenes from Friday night
 |   West Seattle festivals | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

(Photo by Paul Weatherman)

The West Seattle Summer Fest excitement rolled north to the main stage and beer garden as night arrived. Paul Weatherman‘s aerial view shows the crowd during Common Market‘s performance; then came the final band of the night, Polyrhythmics:

(WSB photos/video from here down)

A bit of video:

Tomorrow’s main-stage music is scheduled to run 12 full hours, all the way through Blackie’s 10 pm performance, with other highlights including Jeremy Enigk at 5:30 pm and Jenn Champion at 8:30.

Share This

MUSICIANS WANTED: Be part of ‘The Art of Music’ in The Junction
July 8, 2019 11:56 pm
|    Comments Off on MUSICIANS WANTED: Be part of ‘The Art of Music’ in The Junction
 |   West Seattle Art Walk | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

As mentioned here last month, The Junction plans to add music to the monthly West Seattle Art Walk. So the call has gone out for interested musicians. The announcement:

Call for Musicians — The Art of Music:

The West Seattle Junction Association plans to present several performances by musicians in the West Seattle Junction to take place during the Junction’s Second Thursday Art Walks. The first two are scheduled to take place on, and to complement, Second Thursday Art Walk evenings on August 8 and on September 12.

For further details and to submit an application for consideration as a performer, please click here. Performances on those two dates will begin at 6 p.m.

Share This

VIDEO: Music Under the Stars, in evening West Seattle sunshine
July 8, 2019 10:15 pm
|      1 COMMENT
 |   Puget Ridge | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Perfect night on Puget Ridge! This was the second of four Monday nights for the relocated Music Under the Stars events at the Seattle Chinese Garden on the north side of the South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) campus. The grassy space north of the garden’s iconic courtyard proved to be a perfect setting for the live half-hour recital preceding the broadcast audio from the Seattle Chamber Music Society‘s Benaroya Hall concert. The recital is performed by student musicians, tonight an excellent quartet from the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra:

We recorded them performing Haydn‘s String Quartet #1, Opus 77. They were scheduled to return during the broadcast intermission with a Schubert piece. Admission is free and you are welcome to bring family, friends, neighbors, a picnic dinner, and stay for as little or as much of the event as you want. You have two more chances, July 15 and 22, mini-recital at 7:30 pm, live broadcast at 8. This map of the SSC campus shows where to find the garden.

SIDE NOTE – MORE SUMMER OUTDOOR MUSIC: This weekend (Friday through Sunday), West Seattle Summer Fest in The Junction; one week from tomorrow, the West Seattle Big Band Concert in the Park (7 pm July 16th, east lawn at Hiawatha Community Center); six Thursday nights starting July 18th (6:30 pm), Summer Concerts at Hiawatha. And more – watch our calendar!

Share This

SUMMER CAMP & MORE! What’s new at Mode Music Studios
July 2, 2019 9:55 pm
|    Comments Off on SUMMER CAMP & MORE! What’s new at Mode Music Studios
 |   Delridge | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

That’s a new video chronicling what it’s like to learn music with the professional musicians who own and teach at Mode Music Studios (WSB sponsor) in North Delridge. Mode proprietor Erin Rubin told us about it while sharing word that Mode expanded its summer-camp lineups and now has “availability in the all-day camps as well as private music lessons for summer and fall, enrolling now.” You can explore the camp and lesson info by scrolling through Mode’s website – and see what musicmaking at Mode is like by watching the video.

P.S. Mode is representing at West Seattle Summer Fest (now just a week and a half away) – the music lineup includes Blackie (Erin Rubin’s in the band), Jenn Champion (Mode teacher alum), Nils Petersen with Jeremy Enigk (Mode teacher alum), and the Mode Music Studios Kids!

Share This

CONTINUING SUNDAY: 2019 Arts in Nature Festival
June 29, 2019 6:07 pm
|    Comments Off on CONTINUING SUNDAY: 2019 Arts in Nature Festival
 |   West Seattle festivals | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Until 8 tonight, and again 11 am-6 pm Sunday, you are invited to be part of the 20th Arts in Nature Festival at Camp Long (5200 35th SW). You can create, and/or contemplate …

The late afternoon sun sparkled off the park’s pond, highlighting the “nature” part of the festival’s name. Nearby, Cabin 8 offered a chance to make paper cranes for peace outside …

…while inside the cabin, artist Joselynn Tokashiki Engstrom‘s installation “The Boys in the Barracks” offers a view into her Green Beret father’s everyday life during the Vietnam War.

Performing arts are a festival feature, too. We were there for Show Brazil! on the stage in the meadow:

A night full of headliners has just begun – see the schedule here. Admission is free; the festival is presented by the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association.

Share This

COUNTDOWN: 3 weeks until the start of Summer Concerts at Hiawatha 2019
June 27, 2019 12:28 pm
|    Comments Off on COUNTDOWN: 3 weeks until the start of Summer Concerts at Hiawatha 2019
 |   Fun stuff to do | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

(WSB photo from August 2018)

Before the day gets busier, one more reminder/preview … we are now three weeks away from the start of this year’s Summer Concerts at Hiawatha series. For a decade, the Admiral Neighborhood Association has presented this series of six free Thursday night outdoor concert, on the east lawn at Hiawatha Community Center (off Walnut south of Lander). This year’s lineup was rolled out in phases, starting at March’s ANA meeting (WSB coverage here). In its entirety:

July 18 – SWAY WILD featuring Mandy Fer & Dave McGraw
July 25 – THE NOT-ITS
August 1st – ALEC SHAW
August 8th – RANGER AND THE REARRANGERS
August 15th – THE HIGHSTEPPERS
August 22nd – CASPAR BABYPANTS

(For more info on the performers, see the ANA website.) All concerts start at 6:30 and run till about 8 pm. Bring your own chair/blanket for seating. In case of rain, the concert will usually just move into the Hiawatha gym, but check here for updates. (WSB has been a series co-sponsor since the start.)

Share This

New West Seattle location for ‘Music Under the Stars’ this summer
June 24, 2019 11:56 am
|      6 COMMENTS
 |   Puget Ridge | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

(WSB photo, July 2018)

One week from tonight, the Seattle Chamber Music Society‘s “Music Under the Stars” series of free outdoor events returns to West Seattle for a third summer. This year, though, a new location, as SCMS spokesperson Alexander Hawker explains:

Music Under the Stars is a free community event that takes place in parks throughout Seattle. It features classical chamber music performances and live broadcasts of our concerts in Benaroya Hall. It is family friendly, and a great opportunity to bring a picnic, enjoy beautiful Seattle weather, and listen to some great chamber music.

In previous years we have held the West Seattle events at Delridge Playfield. We had an exciting opportunity this year to partner with the Chinese Garden so we are moving from Delridge Playfield to the new location at Seattle Chinese Garden for these performances.

The details for the event are the same as previous years, with the exception of the change in location. Music Under the Stars in West Seattle takes place on the first four Monday evenings in July, beginning July 1st at 7:30 pm, and takes place in Seattle Chinese Garden. The event begins with a live student performance of classical chamber music, which is followed by an HD radio broadcast of chamber music from Benaroya Hall.

The Chinese Garden is on the north end of the South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) campus on Puget Ridge, 6000 16th SW.

Share This

Another Desmond Hansen signal-box portrait, this time in Admiral
June 20, 2019 3:57 pm
|      6 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Thanks to Andy for the photo – Desmond Hansen‘s newest signal-box portrait is at California/Stevens, just outside the West Seattle High School campus. This one depicts Mia Zapata, the rising Seattle singer murdered in 1993. And yes, for those who have asked, the artist is still crowdfunding to cover expenses. We first reported on Hansen’s project – which started with a Jimi Hendrix portrait in Morgan Junction – in March 2018.

Share This

West Seattle scene: WordsWest Literary Series sails into the sunset
June 20, 2019 10:21 am
|      1 COMMENT
 |   West Seattle books | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Congratulations to Susan Rich, Harold Taw, and Katy E. Ellis, the local writers who founded WordsWest Literary Series, for its successful five-year run, which ended last night with a celebration at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor).

Among the accomplished authors and poets who joined them one last time for readings, West Seattle-residing Claudia Castro Luna, our state’s Poet Laureate:

As the three co-founders told WSB just before season 4, the idea behind WordsWest was to be able to go to readings without having to cross the bridge. But this year, various life changes led Ellis, Rich, and Taw to decide it was time to close the book on a good run.

Share This

Desmond Hansen paints another Seattle music legend
June 17, 2019 7:27 pm
|      27 COMMENTS
 |   High Point | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Thanks to Lynda B for the photo – that’s Desmond Hansen’s latest signal-box portrait, Seattle’s own Sir Mix-A-Lot, at 35th/Raymond near the High Point Library.

Share This

VIDEO: West Seattle Elementary School’s Multi-Cultural Night
June 16, 2019 10:43 pm
|      1 COMMENT
 |   High Point | West Seattle news | West Seattle schools | WS culture/arts

As the weekend ends, a look at how it began:

(WSB photos/video)

On Friday night, students, families, staff, and neighbors gathered at West Seattle Elementary School in High Point to celebrate this year’s Multi-Cultural Night. The program began with students singing African songs of welcome:

The program also included hula from Hawai’i and a folkloric dance from México:

Vietnam, Eritrea, and Bangladesh were represented too – as were U.S. art forms from hiphop to cheerleading, the latter courtesy of next year’s Chief Sealth International High School varsity cheer squad:

While performing was a joy …

… visual art was shown off too:

Multi-Cultural Night at WSES was the result of lots of community support as well as school planning and practice.

Share This

West Seattle Junction notes: .5K, mural, Market
June 15, 2019 10:01 pm
|    Comments Off on West Seattle Junction notes: .5K, mural, Market
 |   West Seattle Farmers' Market | West Seattle news | WS beverages | WS culture/arts

Three West Seattle Junction notes:

FIRST WEST SEATTLE .5 K: The first-time West Seattle .5K today was a sudsy success, with seven venues participating in the sold-out event that put a different twist on the term “beer run.” The Beer Junction was packet-pickup central before the four-hour .5K began:

More than 200 peoole signed up. If you missed out, watch for early word next year.

MURAL RESTORATION: Work continued this week on the next historic Junction mural to get some TLC:

THat’s Bob Henry at work on the “West Seattle Ferries” mural behind the KeyBank/Bin 41/Pharmaca building. As we reported last month, crowdfunding continues to cover the costs of restoration, and a commemorative keychain remains available through the end of this month for donations of $50 and up. Here’s how to donate.

FARMERS’ MARKET PARTY SUNDAY: And one more reminder that tomorrow brings a party at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market in the heart of The Junction – it’s celebrating 20 years, with cake (first-come first-served) and founder Chris Curtis ringing the opening bell at 10 am. See you there!

Share This

2 days to West Seattle Art Walk!
June 11, 2019 11:02 pm
|    Comments Off on 2 days to West Seattle Art Walk!
 |   West Seattle Art Walk | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Two days – well, nights – until the June West Seattle Art Walk, with a warm Thursday night expected. You can make your plan now! The venues on the map – food/drink specials as well as art – are only the start:

Also on Thursday, you’re invited to HomeStreet Bank (4022 SW Alaska; WSB sponsor), where you can get in the mood for the West Seattle Garden Tour (June 23rd) by enjoying the art created for this year’s contest – plus, we’re told, “some additional works.” You are welcome to stop by the bank (which has plenty of parking) 5-7:15 pm Thursday, and help HomeStreet support the Garden Tour.

Another stop of interest: It’s the last Art Walk at Wallflower Custom Framing (4735 42nd SW), which is closing soon. Wallflower will feature a retrospective by Jessica Creager. A closing sale is under way, too.

For other highlights, here’s a roundup on the Art Walk website.

Share This

SATURDAY: How to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day in West Seattle
June 7, 2019 2:50 pm
|    Comments Off on SATURDAY: How to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day in West Seattle
 |   West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

We mentioned this last weekend when visiting Seattle Yarn to see the local knitters who made it into the semifinals of a big competition: Tomorrow (Saturday, June 8th) is Worldwide Knit in Public Day. The shop has some festivities planned, co-proprietor Destiny Itano tells us:

We will have Knit In Public Bingo cards that anyone can pick up and take with them – they can be returned later to be entered in a drawing
.
We will have an excursion to C&P Coffee from noon-2 pm. We and C&P have a special available to folks who join us at both businesses.

Weather permitting, one of our regulars is going to lead a walk-and-knit trek to Morgan Junction Park, probably around 3.

You’re invited to take part in any or all of the above. Seattle Yarn is at 5633 California SW.

Share This

WEST SEATTLE ART: Desmond Hansen’s latest rock ‘n’ roll signal box
June 5, 2019 4:00 pm
|      11 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Thanks to Mike for the tip – he saw West Seattle artist Desmond Hansen painting that signal box on the northwest corner of 15th/Roxbury on Tuesday; we went by to see the finished work today. This one’s another Seattle rock ‘n’ roll tribute – Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. Hansen’s signal-box tributes started with Jimi Hendrix in Morgan Junction in March 2018.

Share This

17 options for your West Seattle Saturday!
June 1, 2019 6:03 am
|    Comments Off on 17 options for your West Seattle Saturday!
 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

(River Otter, photographed by Robin Sinner, shared via the WSB Flickr group)

It’s a huge Saturday! From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar and preview coverage:

KIDS’ FISHING POND: ~250 trout are in a temporary pond at Seacrest, awaiting kids/youth trying their hand at catching them, 8 am-11 am:

We photographed the fish after they were trucked in on Friday afternoon. The West Seattle Sportsmen’s Club presents the fishing pond every year and provides all the gear, free, first come first served while the fish last. (1660 Harbor Avenue SW)

DISASTER DRILL: 9 am-noon, two of West Seattle’s volunteer-staffed Emergency Communication Hubs will be “activated” as part of a citywide drill. You’re welcome to stop by and watch, learn, maybe even get drafted into role-playing. One hub is on the baseball field at Hiawatha (2700 California SW), the other is at Morgan Junction ParK (6383 California SW).

EMERALD WATER ANGLERS FLY FEST: Me-Kwa-Mooks gets taken over by a celebration of fly fishing, 9 am-3 pm, from gear to demos to camp cooking. Presented by Emerald Water Anglers (WSB sponsor). Here’s a schedule with the highlights. (4503 Beach Drive SW)

DELRIDGE TRIANGLE: 9 am, be at Highland Park Improvement Club to help plan the future of the Delridge/Barton “triangle,” as previewed here. (1116 SW Holden)

‘WALK NATIVE LAND’: Celebrate National Trails Day by joining the West Duwamish Greenbelt Trails group on a walk with Ken Workman of the Duwamish Tribe. 10 am. Details in our preview. Meet at trailhead near the Seattle Chinese Garden, located on South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) north side. (6000 16th SW)

ORCA ACTION MONTH KAYAK TOUR: You might not see an orca but you’re guaranteed to learn about them! Special Saturday 10 am tours this month with Alki Kayak Tours – info here. (1660 Harbor SW)

GATOR GREEN FEST: The Gatewood Elementary PTA invites everyone to join the school celebration of sustainability and the environment – special activities and more on the playground, 11 am-2 pm. (4320 SW Myrtle)

HABIT BURGER FREEBIES: 11:30 am-1:30 pm and 5-7 pm are the first soft-open sessions for the new burger joint – as previewed here, up to 200 freebies for each session. (3501 SW Avalon Way)

COLMAN POOL: Another pre-season weekend at the city-owned outdoor pool on the shore at Lincoln Park, noon-7 pm – see the session schedule here. (8603 Fauntleroy Way SW)

HONK! FEST WEST IN WHITE CENTER: 1-6 pm, the free street-band festival goes wild on four informal stages. 16th SW will be closed between Roxbury and 98th. Map here; band schedule here.

WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL ALL-CLASS REUNION: 4-7 pm at WSHS – note the format is different this year. See that explanation, plus the schedule, here. (3000 California SW)

FLY TYING WITH KATE WATSON: 6 pm at Emerald Water Anglers (WSB sponsor), follow up the Fly Fest with Kate, tying traditional summer steelhead flies. Check here for tickets. (4502 42nd SW)

THE ’80S ARE BACK: Tickets still available for this party raising money for the Sanislo Elementary PTA. 6 pm at South Seattle College’s Brockey Center. (6000 16th SW)

HIGHLINE BEARS OPENING NIGHT: Festivities at 6:45 pm, game starts at 7:10 pm at Steve Cox Memorial Park as the summer collegiate baseball team the Highline Bears (WSB sponsor) play the Laces. Get your tickets here. (1310 SW 102nd)

CHRISTY McWILSON: 7-9 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor). No cover. All ages. (5612 California SW)

UNOFFICIAL WSHS REUNION AFTER-PARTY: 7:30 pm at Whisky West. Tim Turner‘s last year hosting. Details here. 21+. (6451 California SW)

PSYCH ROCK/SHOEGAZE: Trio of bands at Parliament Tavern, 9 pm: Black Night Crash, Head Band, Floored Faces. $7. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

EVEN MORE … for tonight/tomorrow/beyond, all on our complete calendar.

Share This

VIDEO: Silversun Pickups at Easy Street Records
May 31, 2019 10:57 pm
|      3 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Story and photos by Jason Grotelueschen
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

Alternative rockers Silversun Pickups played an acoustic in-store show for a big crowd at Easy Street Records tonight.

The band’s Brian Aubert and Nikki Monninger performed to celebrate the release of their new album Widow’s Weeds next week (June 7).

The band, formed in Los Angeles in 2000, was introduced by guest emcee Mark from 107.7 The End:

He also hosted an interview between band members before they met with fans upstairs:

Here are two video clips of the performance:

Upcoming in-store shows are listed on Easy Street’s website, including The Derelicts on June 7 and Duff McKagan (of Guns N’ Roses fame) on June 18.

Share This

JUST REVEALED: Music lineup for West Seattle Summer Fest 2019!
May 31, 2019 1:00 pm
|      13 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle festivals | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Just six weeks until West Seattle Summer Fest 2019 (July 12-14)! The music lineup has just been revealed – here’s the announcement:

Music is once again taking center stage with a stellar line-up that includes some of the best bands in the Northwest. Big names for this event also include Night Beats, Jeremy Enigk, Spirit Award, and Stas THEE Boss. West Seattle’s Ben Jenkins and Troy Nelson, co-founders of Killroom Records, booked the event lineup and had this to say:

“We had a lot of fun rounding up the artists for West Seattle Summer Fest 2019. Showcasing artists that are making a significant impact in our city is something we focused heavily on this year. We also wanted to represent all genres from our vibrant music scene. We’re excited to see this line-up come together!”

In addition to the headliners, festivalgoers can catch more than 24 artists performing on the California main stage Friday through Sunday. The diverse lineup includes artists like Boss Martians, Dyed, Actionesse, and West Seattle Soul.

This FREE 3-day party in the streets celebrates West Seattle as a thriving music and arts community.

In addition to the main stage, check out the Community Stage located in Junction Plaza Park, The Community Stage features local Seattle artists and musicians who are brimming with a wide-variety of talents. At the South end of the festival, the totally unplugged Wooden Instrument Stage will offer buskers, kids’ music and local singer songwriters. Sidewalk cafes, local arts and crafts shopping, gaming tents, kids’ rides, and a beer garden next to the festival stage, means there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Find out more about the music lineup on the official Summer Fest website.

Friday, July 12

3:30 Razor Clam
4:30 Sweet Jesus
5:30 Stas THEE Boss
6:30 West Seattle Soul
7:30 The Grizzled Mighty
8:30 Common Market
9:30 DJ Kurt Bloch
10:00 Polyrhythmics

Saturday, July 13

11:30 Rockaroke
12:30 School of Rock
1:30 Mr. Dinkles
2:30 Pom Pom
3:30 Actionesse
4:30 DYED
5:30 Jeremy Enigk
6:30 Spirit Award
7:30 Night Beats
8:30 JENN CHAMPION
9:30 DJ Mister Moon
10:00 Blackie (Blondie Tribute)

Sunday, July 14

11:00 Dance Powered
12:00 Mode Studio Kids
1:00 Projections On A Wall
2:00 FIX
3:00 Frond
4:00 Boss Martians

Not familiar with them all? Want to preview their music? Here’s a YouTube playlist!

Share This