Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend with a diverse Mainstage lineup, from Bob Dylan and Hole to The Decemberists,…
Read Full ArticleWest Seattle Summer Fest will rock the Junction with Hell’s Belles and more
The West Seattle Summer Fest, now in its 28th year, is shaping up to be a great party. The all-ages, absolutely free outdoor festival is…
Read Full Article‘Wine, Women and Song’ pairs local songwriters with women winemakers
Singer-songwriters Kim Virant, Sera Cahoone, Star Anna, Victoria Wimer Contreras, Barbara Ireland, Betsy Olson and others — an impeccable array of artists — are performing…
Read Full Article40 ways to celebrate Bumbershoot festival’s 40th anniversary this summer
One Reel, producers of the annual Bumbershoot Festival Labor Day weekend, has announced “40 Ways to Celebrate Bumbershoot’s 40th Festival” this summer. In addition to…
Read Full ArticleQuirky, communal Doe Bay Fest announces its 2010 band lineup
What began in 2008 as a communal neo-hippie party has grown into an impressive annual music event on Orcas Island. The Doe Bay Fest Aug.…
Read Full ArticleElvis is long gone, but the King of rock ‘n’ roll hasn’t left the building
Fans are gearing up for what would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday on Friday, Jan. 8. The Elvis Presley Birthday Celebration 2010 is Jan.…
Read Full ArticleSoul survivor Steve Cropper grooves to his Founders Award
All four Beatles once bowed from the waist in the presence of the man honored Thursday night with a Founders Award at the Experience Music…
Read Full ArticleEMP honors a music-industry legend: Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper, the man who co-founded Booker T. & the MGs and helped pen the classic “In the Midnight Hour” will be the recipient of…
Read Full ArticleTeatro ZinZanni celebrates tenth anniversary with zin-zational show
It was billed as a ZinZanniversary! — a riot of song, dance, stunts, antics and comedy celebrating Teatro ZinZanni’s 10th anniversary. The anniversary celebration and…
Read Full ArticleSeattle City of Music Awards makes its debut
In light of Seattle’s spotty history with music-awards shows, it’s impossible to predict how long the Seattle City of Music Awards will last. But Wednesday…
Read Full ArticleRemembering the Beatles
Beatlemania consumed Seattle when the Fab Four played its first concert in 1964. The Edgewater Hotel, apparently the only Seattle hotel to accept them as…
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