Obliteride brings Michael Franti & Spearhead to Gas Works

The first-ever Obliteride, a charity bike ride benefitting cancer research through the Fred Hutch, kicks off tomorrow night, Friday August 9th with an opening night celebration at Gas Works Park featuring Michael Franti and Spearhead. Now, there are lots of different kinds of people in Wallingford: The Lycra Set read that sentence, and thought "charity bike ride! How long and where do I sign up?" The Aging Bleeding Hearts said "oh, cancer research! Can I donate without riding?" Whatever set I…

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Honk! Fest West

This weekend, June 21 – 23, is Honk Fest West, the annual conclave of community street bands from across the nation, and Saturday, June 22nd they'll be taking to the streets at the Fremont Solstice Parade, beginning at 3:00PM, before traveling on to Gas Works Park for an afternoon of musical revelry until 8 p.m. What exactly is HONK! you ask? Well, we're glad you asked and all too happy to provide the answer (thanks to the HONK! website, or course) : HONK!…

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A Benefit Concert to celebrate the life of Felipe Cañete

Last month, we told you about the sudden passing of Felipe Cañete - a Wallingford resident who performed with bands Luc and the Lovingtons and Sing with Señor. A benefit concert will be held at the Neptune Theater (1303 NE 45th St.) this Saturday (June 15, beginning at 6:00pm), to honor Felipe. This is an all-ages show and the suggested donation is $10 at the door (to benefit Felipe's family). Here are more details from the Seattle Theatre Group's webpage: Join us for…

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A house concert in the ‘hood

Kevin writes: My wife and I are hosting a house concert on Burke Avenue North a few blocks up from GasWorks Park.  Our group, Dinas o Frain, plays Welsh music and we will have Molly Bauckham, harpist and singer, as special guest. Here are the deets: House Concert featuring Molly Bauckham with Dinas O Frain, “The City of Crows” Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. (3616 Burke Avenue North) Tickets $15 For ticket information and reservations call 206-633-3577 or email [email protected] Molly Bauckham…

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Sing your heart out, Wallingford

Singers young and old, experienced, or just starting out - here's your chance to put those musical pipes to use. Dan Hegelund, an internationally renowned choir director from Sweden, is starting four new choirs in Wallingford called Common Ground Gospel. One group is for kids, ages 10 to 15; one for youth, ages 15 to 25; one for adults; and he also wants to build a professional performance choir for talented singers. His choirs are well known in Europe, where Dan has performed…

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Total Experience Gospel Choir

Wallingford United Methodist Church (42nd and Bagley) invites the neighborhood to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King, Jr. this Sunday, January 20, at 11:00AM., featuring the Wallingford United Methodist Church choir and The Total Experience Gospel Choir, under the direction of Rev. Patrinell Wright. The Total Experience Gospel Choir was founded in 1973 at the Mt. Baptist Church here in Seattle, initially comprising students from Roosevelt and Franklin High Schools. Over the years, the choir has toured throughout the United States and in…

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Christmas light show extravaganza

Boy, I'll tell ya, Greenlake resident Jeff Rodenburg has a thing about Christmas lights. Since 2001, Jeff has put on a nightly Christmas light show in front of his home that dazzles NE 57th Street throughout the month of December. He's got a whopping 30,000 lights in all, with 19,000 of them used for a huge Christmas tree. The lights are synchronized to music that you can listen to on your car radio (or portable, if you walk), tuned to 102.1…

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