Music

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 15, at 11:00AM.  The Total Experience Gospel Choir will be the congregation's guest choir, and the Reverend Rubye Hayden, from Ebenezer A.M.E. Zion Church, will be the guest preacher at that service. 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…

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Gypsy Squares Square Dance

This Friday, swing your partner and dosey doe Gypsy Squares-style. The Gypsy Squares along with the Rabbit Stew String Band hold an old-fashioned, foot-stompin' square dance at the Gypsy Cafe (3510 Stone Way N.) The hoe-down happens every third Friday of each month from 8pm - 11pm. "No experience is necessary as live callers ensure everyone knows what to do and when to do it," according to Alex from the Rabbit Stew String Band. The Gypsy Cafe is a great all…

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Alexandre Saada

Looking for something a little bit different this Thursday, peut-être? French Pianist Alexandre Saada will be performing at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N), 7:30 - 9:00 pm, hosted by the Alliance Française de Seattle: Saada recieved classical training in Avignon, and continued his studies with Michel Petrucciani, Daniel Goyone and Serge Forté. Through his involvement with a wide variety of musical projects, Saada broadened his musical horizons beyond the classical. After touring South America, he recently performed in…

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Goddess Festival in Wallingford

This Saturday, August 13th from 11 am - 10 pm is the second of two (unrelated) music festivals happening in August in Wallingford at Meridian Park: The Goddess Festival. Spearheaded by Tara Shuttleworth (also the Wallingford Art Walk coordinator for the past year), it's being billed as a fundraiser for local charities in addition to a rockin' good time: FREE and Open to the Public Three stages Local musicians, live art, theatrical performances and dancers Over thirty arts, crafts and food vendors…

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Wallingford Music Festival

There are two, count them two, music festivals by local musicians in Meridian Park (4649 Sunnyside Ave N) in the next two weeks. This coming Sunday, August 7th from 11 am - 7 pm, is the Wallingford Music Festival. That's their poster at right, and we know what you're thinking: homage to the Egyptian revolution by kindergartners, or reminisce from a DMT trip spent watching the TeleTubbies? Difficult to say. Don't worry about it too much. Here's the point: nine local bands, many based…

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Rubber Side Down bike polo party

Don't ask me how they get the horses on the bikes. But horse or no horse, everyone (everyone 21 and up, that is) is invited to a fundraising party at The Wherehouse (3310 Wallingford Ave) from 7pm Saturday night and supposedly ending at 5am on Sunday. From Seattle Bike Polo: BIKES, BANDS, BEER AND MORE!!! All proceeds will go towards the 2011 World Hardcourt Bicycle Polo Championship [September 7-8, 2011 in Magnuson Park] in Seattle. Live bands, bike games, drinks, dj...everything…

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Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard recalls his old Wallingford apartment

All week long, MTV online is running a series called Death Cab for Cutie: Seattle Sonics, in honor of the band's latest album, Codes and Keys. The article talks about the band's origins, which began in Bellingham; but did you know that when they packed up and moved to Seattle in 1999, front man Ben Gibbard took up residence in the brick apartment building on Corliss? It's true! And you can watch the clip below where they stand in front of…

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