Friday 11:30 a.m. – Seattle Lunch 2.0 @ The Wishpot – Eat lunch and network with startup-y folks, if you’re anglin’ for a job or such.

Friday 6 p.m. – 11th Annual Downhill and Messenger Challenge @ Redline Music & Sports Bar (4439 35th SW) – “Bikes, bands, beverages, food, fun!” after the race. I saw a leather jacket with a logo for the org. running this gig, and I was, well, a little disturbed. But, I think that’s exactly what they were going for, so, it’s ok. Link is ever-so-slightly NSFW.

Friday-Saturday – Magnolia Summer Fair and Art Show @ W. Smith St. and 32nd Ave. W., Magnolia. Normally I don’t list a summer fair unless there’s at least something out of the ordinary going on. But, I list this because I so rarely get to Magnolia, I’m not even sure it’s still there. Can someone go and verify? Thanks.

Friday – Hell’s Belles @ El Corazon – I LOOOVVVEEE this all-gal AC/DC tribute (don’t call ‘em a cover) band. They become AC/DC. It’s terrific.

Saturday 7 a.m. – 4th Annual Mud Bog @ Ethel, WA – “Just 75 miles south of Tacoma!” Looks like they have a huge ditch of mud that they drive big SUVs through. Ah, America, what a country. Have to get there early to register, if you just want to watch you can slide in at 9. Heck, that early, you need to go down the night before and stay in a Motel 6.

Saturday 2 p.m. – Sound Outside @ Cal Anderson Park – Relax to free music while you, uh, relax. Last one of the summer. First post with that sentence in it, and it makes me a little sad.

Saturday – Westcoast Kickball League (WKL) Play-offs Party @ McLeod Residence – “The Westcoast Kickball League ‘encourages deep, dark rivalries, intractable grudges, and an obsessive, unhealthy desire to achieve kickball supremacy.’ Sounds like fun…” If you’ve been meaning to get into kickball, go meet some people, so you can be in for the fall season (I assume there is one).

1st 3 weekends in August – Washinton Renaissance Fantasy Faire @ Gig Harbor – Time to haul out your Renaissance gear and ferry it over to Gig Harbor.