The Puyallup Fair begins each year with a new slogan. The 2010 slogan is “Free Your Glee,” which sounds more like a catch phrase for…
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Led by Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins are currently criss-crossing the country on an extended tour of intimate venues that includes a sold-out show Friday…
Read Full ArticleBumbershoot’s final day offers soggy surprises and unexpected delights
By MIKEL TOOMBS The final day (Monday, Sept. 6) of Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival, soggy and somewhat sparsely populated, yielded some offbeat, even unexpected delights. What…
Read Full ArticleParting shots: Bumbershoot’s smaller music stages offered rich rewards
Indie rockers ruled Bumbershoot’s smaller stages on Sunday, the second day of the 40th annual festival at Seattle Center. Here’s a gallery of photos by…
Read Full ArticleVisqueen, Raveonettes, Decemberists, Neko Case rock Bumbershoot
The 40th annual Bumbershoot festival opened Saturday (Sept. 4) with a raucous lineup of performers, from 69-year-old Bob Dylan to hot Seattle band Visqueen. Among…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Star Anna and her all-star band at Bumbershoot
By MIKEL TOOMBS Bumbershoot 2010 got off to a rousing start Saturday, in part because of a surprising set by local favorite Star Anna that…
Read Full ArticleBumbershoot celebrates its 40th with a diverse lineup, from Drake to Dylan
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 ArticleMusicians create sense of community at ‘Hootenanny for Healthy Gulf’
Singer-songwriter Rachel Flotard’s soaring version of “Blue Bayou” easily could have been the theme song of last night’s “Hootenanny for a Healthy Gulf” at the…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: ‘Hootenanny for a Healthy Gulf’ draws local rock stars
Are you satisfied that oil-eating microbes will tidy up the Gulf of Mexico after this year’s mammoth oil spill? Or would you prefer to do…
Read Full ArticleDoe Bay Fest brings indie-music crowds to idyllic Orcas Island resort
It was definitely a case of “three’s a charm” for the third annual Doe Bay Fest on Orcas Island. The mini music festival drew enthusiatic…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Joe Pug brings his inspired tunes to ZooTunes series
By MIKEL TOOMBS Singer-songwriter Joe Pug, who opens Wednesday (Aug. 11) for the remarkable Levon Helm Band at the Woodland Park Zoo, has earned quite…
Read Full ArticleBelle and Sebastian, Blue Scholars tapped for first City Arts Fest
The first Heineken City Arts Festival, created by City Arts magazine, should brighten those dreary autumn days with more than 30 events — most of…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Day 3 at CHBP with The Dead Weather, Blue Scholars
The final day of the Capitol Hill Block Party may have been the best of the three-day urban music festival in Seattle’s Pike Street nightclub…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Chris Pureka, Fences, Unnatural Helpers at raucous CHBP
The 2010 Capitol Hill Block Party may have been one of the most photographed music festivals of the year in Seattle. More than 40 photographers…
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