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Tangletown PorchFest 2026 this Saturday, June 20th

Post author:Elizabeth Connolly
Post published:June 18, 2026
Post category:Music
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PorchFest is back for its sixth year! After officially renaming the festival last year to reflect its current geography, Tangletown PorchFest returns with an all-day line-up of music for neighbors to enjoy. This year, the kid- and pet-friendly fest will be held on Saturday, June 20th, the same day as the Fremont Solstice Parade and Fremont Fair—making for a very busy day of celebrations in our neck of the woods. The line-up features 20(!) bands, which will be playing sequentially at…

2026 Fremont Solistice Parade Returns on June 20th

Post author:Chhandita Das
Post published:June 15, 2026
Post category:Art Dancing Dogs Food Holiday Music Parade PI
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Summer officially arrives in Fremont with one of Seattle’s most colorful and creative traditions—the 2026 Fremont Solstice Parade. An epic celebration of summer, community, and art, the 35th Annual Fremont Solstice Parade kicks off on Saturday, June 20th, at 1 pm. The parade starts at 3rd Avenue NW and NW Leary Way, continues along N 36th Street, turns onto N 35th Street, and finishes up near the Fremont Rocket and Seattle Art Cars display inside the Fremont Fair (see map below).…

Afrobeat Show at Sea Monster Lounge This Friday, May 29th

Post author:Elizabeth Connolly
Post published:May 28, 2026
Post category:Music Night Life
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On May 29, The Brighton Beat, an Afrobeat/Jazz/Funk/World music ensemble, is coming to Seattle to play their first show on the West Coast at Sea Monster Lounge, 2202 N 45th Street. Greg Schettino, a Seattle-based member of the band, shared more information about The Brighton Beat and their philanthropic activities. All the way from New York City, their first time in Seattle, The Brighton Beat is a unique and engaging spectacle for all ages. A huge band playing funk…

Spring Performances at Lincoln High School

Post author:Elizabeth Connolly
Post published:May 6, 2026
Post category:Jazz Lincoln High School Music Theater
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It’s that time of year again: musical performance time at Lincoln High School! This fantastic performing arts program is putting on shows in several genres to cap off the school year, and the public is invited to attend. All events will be held in the auditorium at Lincoln, entrance on Woodlawn Avenue near N 44th Street. There will be food for sale, including banh mi sandwiches and sweet treats, with all proceeds benefitting Performing Arts at Lincoln. Theater The theater arts program…

May Day “Sunrise” Celebration at Gas Works Park

Post author:Larry Bush
Post published:April 29, 2026
Post category:Dancing Folk Music Holiday Parks PI
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The following was received from Kimberly Christensen of the Sound and Fury Morris Dancers: The Sound and Fury Morris Dancers would like to invite the neighborhood to join us for our traditional May Day sunrise greeting at dawn this Friday, May 1, at Gas Works Park. This celebration has been going on at least 40 years and is a gathering of all of the local Morris dancing teams in Seattle. We dance, sing, and ensure that the sun rises to usher…

April 5th @ Good Shepherd Center: Gregory Allison & Slow Meadow

Post author:rostastny
Post published:March 28, 2024
Post category:Music

Wallingford welcomes Gregory Allison & Slow Meadow, two neoclassical musicians who will perform at the Good Shepherd Center on April 5th, 2024 at 8pm. This performance is part of their 2024 spring tour presented by Holy Volcano, a record label, studio, and collective started by Allison in Los Angeles. This performance is part of a series of concerts curated by Nonsequitur, highlighting adventurous and experimental music. Gregory Allison blends his classical sensibility as a film composer with improvisation inspired by South…

The Daphnes perform at the Chapel at Good Shepherd Center

Post author:daranee
Post published:October 24, 2018
Post category:Art Jazz Music

https://soundcloud.com/harppoet/mood-indigo-sonarchy-session In 2016 I felt pretty depressed about the state of the world. One day I picked up an old New Yorker from years back. In it was a fantastic article that I had never read by David Remnick about Aretha Franklin. It occurred to me that the same country that produced our horrifying racial past (and present) also produced the most amazing artist ever. I started listening to Aretha constantly. One day I turned to my neighbor and musician Monica…

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