weekend agenda: pride, rock, marathon, market, georgetown
Posted By josh On June 26, 2009 @ 7:30 pm In daily agenda | Comments Disabled
 [1]photo by b. k. dewey [flickr [2]] via our group pool [# [3]]. |
- Pride engulfs Seattle this weekend, with club nights around town (Comeback @ Chop Suey tonight) and events ranging from a night with the Storm, BendIt [4] performances in Cal Anderson tonight and extravaganza all weekend; a march/rally, and three-level four-hour cruise on the high seas tomorrow; the official parade (beginning at 11) running through downtown into Seattle Center for all-day festivities on Sunday. [seattlepride [5]]
- Beginning just after dawn on Saturday, the Rock & Roll Marathon [6] commences in Tukwila and leads racers past live music performances [gif [7]] for each of the next twenty-six miles leading into a racers-only festival in Quest Field. [rnrseattle [6]]
- It’s a Wolf Parade side-projects year, bringing Spencer Krug and Sunset Rubdown [8] on tour just weeks in the wake of a Handsome Furs appearance; they’ll in town on Saturday showing off tracks from the recently-released Dragonslayer. $13, 8pm [chopsuey [9]]
- Georgetown hosts its annual free music festival on Saturday with a ton of local bands spread over three stages in conjunction with Artopia. [georgetownmusicfest [10]]
- The West Seattle Farmer’s market celebrates its 10th birthday with free berry sundaes, cooking demonstrations, live music, and giant vegetable puppets. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., The Junction (California Ave. SW & SW Alaska St.)
- Looking far ahead: Tickets for Girl Talk (18 September, SoDoShow [11]) and Sunny Day Real Estate (16 October, Paramount [12]) go on sale Saturday morning on the Ticketmaster.
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[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdewey/3655462533/in/pool-mb_seattle
[2] flickr: http://www.flickr.com/people/bdewey/
[3] #: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mb_seattle/
[4] BendIt: http://www.myspace.com/bend_it
[5] seattlepride: http://www.seattlepride.org/
[6] Rock & Roll Marathon: http://www.rnrseattle.com/
[7] gif: http://www.rnrseattle.com/elite/Assets/rnrsea/images/sea_09_band_chart.gif
[8] Sunset Rubdown: http://www.sunsetrubdown.net/
[9] chopsuey: http://www.chopsuey.com/
[10] georgetownmusicfest: http://www.georgetownmusicfest.com/
[11] SoDoShow: http://showboxonline.com/sodo/eventdetail.php?id=23451&venue_id=891
[12] Paramount: http://theparamount.com/artists/?artist=1084
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