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Somehow it’s already time to throw back a few drinks for the kids. Last year, the citywide drink-a-thon to support the excellent work of the Vera Project ^[2] fell in October, but who are we to complain about a great excuse for summer cocktails or india pale ales and a Fleet Fox headlining a show?

Beginning Sunday as a perfect closer to your Independence Day baccanalia and continuing through the rest of next week, bars and clubs around town will be donating the proceeds from certain beverages to a good cause as part of A Drink for the Kids ^[1]. Each night, you’ll find a local music luminary or three haunting the bar to keep the party and chatter rolling. On top of that, the opening and closing nights feature live music. In particular, the week of do-good drinking closes with a grand finale at Neumo’s starring Robin Pecknold of the world-conquering Fleet Foxes performing solo as White Antelope ^[3] and Throw Me the Statue ^[4] of the soon-to-be [if the rumors about their forthcoming album, Creaturesque, are true, which they probably are] world-charming Throw Me the Statue.

We’d like at least one of you to have a pair of tickets to this unmissable finale event, if only to preserve dollars in your wallet for purchasing ice cold beverages (or just tossing some cash into the donation buckets). If you want a shot at the tickets, please dash off an e-mail to seattle.metblogs @ gmail.com. Put “ADFTK” in the subject and your full name in the message body. Add in a few fun facts about fireworks for extra credit and we’ll let you know if you’re the winner by Monday.

Don’t want to try your luck? Advance ticket are $15 [neumos ^[5]]. The rest of the schedule, all 21+ btw (so that you can support the kids without being humbled by their youthful vigor), after the jump.

• Sunday July 5, 6-10pm; Cha Cha Lounge, with host Eric Grandy — the Stranger, and music from Telepathic Liberation Army, Unnatural Helpers
• Monday July 6, 6-10pm; Hazlewood, with host Ben London — National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
• Tuesday July 7, 6-10pm; West 5 Lounge, with host Megan Jasper — Sub Pop Records
• Wednesday July 8, 6-10pm; Twilight Exit, with hosts Joshua Powell — Vera Program Director & Crescentia — Vera Supporter
• Thursday July 9, 6-10pm; Linda’s Tavern, with hosts James Keblas, Shannon Stewart, & Kate Becker — Vera Co-Founders
• Friday July 10, 6-10pm; Solo Bar, with hosts Jesse Flores — Easy Street Records, Troy Nelson — Easy Street Records and KEXP
• Friday July 10, 6-10pm; Funhouse, with hosts Jeffrey McNulty — Guitarist of Android Hero and Nick Turner — Co-Host of KEXP’s Sonic Reducer
• Saturday July 11, Doors at 8pm; Neumo’s Grand Finale Show with Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes and Throw Me the Statue. ($15 adv)