Happening This Week
Tues. 7/3 5:00 pm
Mambo Cocktail Hour with Elspeth Savani
Free
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Traditional rhythms of Cuba and South America are given flight with jazz arrangements and sensibility. The songs breathe with a deep lyricism, inviting the audience into a rich and unpredictable musical landscape, where cha-cha-cha, vals, and swing meet like old friends on the dance floor.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 7/3 8:00 pm
Sonando & Buena Vibra
$12-15.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“Sonando’s repertoire includes traditional & modern interpretations of Afro-Cuban styles such as Son, Changui, Bata & Rumba. Buena Vibra Sextet is a Seattle-based salsa band with an amazing repertoire.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 7/5 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“AGE: Prepare a five-minute story about the onslaught of minutes and years. Age is a bonus for cheese and wine and professors but a serious detriment to athletes and bananas. Bring tales of the folly and vigor of youth or the wisdom of age. Expiration dates and age discrimination. Cougars, jailbait, sugar daddies. Stories of growing up too fast, battling the ravages of time or finding contentment in your bracket.”
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Fri. 7/6 5:00 pm
Leif Totusek & 1-2-3
Free
Latona Pub (Green Lake)
Leif Totusek and trio play jazz as well as Leif’s mellifluous interpretations of soukous, Cuban Rumba, and other world music.
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 7/6 6:00 pm crawfish boil; show starts at 8:00
Tubaluba (and crawfish boil)
$10-50.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Tubaluba captures the spirit of New Orleans, and conveys it through their brass street band rhythm and style they call, Jambalaya Brass Rock.” Where at Matt provides the crawfish.
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 7/6 7:00 pm
Leave It To Beavers (Meaningful Movies)
Free
Keystone Church (Wallingford)
“Climate chaos is increasing. Summers with dry creeks, wildfires, famines, fish die-outs… What do we do? Leave it to Beavers? This movie is a fascinating tale (tail?) of beavers in North America – their history, their near extinction, and their current comeback. A dam good movie.”
#Science!
Sat. 7/7 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Seafair Pirates Landing
Free
Alki Beach (West Seattle)
“Avast, the Seattle Seafair Pirates will sail in from the seven seas and the scallywags be stormin’ Alki Beach in West Seattle to kick off the 69th Seafair.”
#HauteSeattle
Sat. 7/7 noon-8:00 pm
Polish Festival
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“Delicious Polish food and desserts, a beer garden, exhibits, dancing, music, singing, cooking demos and workshops, Vodka Tasting, marketplace, a mushroom hunt and activities for kids of all ages!”
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Sat. 7/7 1:30 pm
First Caturday
Free
Cal Anderson Park (Capitol Hill)
“Not all cats will want to be walked on a leash, but every cat should be given the opportunity.”
#HauteSeattle
Sat. 7/7 7:00 pm
Science Night: An Evening of Drunken Experiments
$20.00
Hale’s Palladium (Fremont)
“This is most fun you can have without breaking the laws of physics. A hands-on science experiment free-for-all. Blow things up with air! Levitate metal! Shatter flowers with liquid nitrogen. Mind boggling experiments await you. Not a lecture – a fully interactive science fair.”
#Science!
Next Week
Tues. 7/10 5:30 pm
Seattle Empty Bowls Ice Cream Social
$10.00
Ballard Community Center (Ballard)
“Help support the Ballard Food Bank. Your $10 donation gets you an amazing hand-made and hand-painted bowl filled with ice cream and all the fixings!”
#Community
Tues. 7/10 5:30 pm
New Tech Seattle
$8-20.00
Impact Hub (Pioneer Square)
“The Northwest’s largest tech community. We’re the place where you make meaningful connections, learn from the industry’s best, and have a fun night out.”
#Tech
Wed. 7/11 4:00 pm
Duende Libre
Free
Pike Place Marketfront (Downtown)
“Duende Libre is an energetic power trio with global influences. Duende utilizes the American jazz tradition as a point of departure for daring explorations of rhythm & influences from the Americas, Europe and Africa yielding catchy melodies, lush harmonies, and wholehearted groove.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 7/12 8:00 pm
Huun Huur Tu
$20.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Hailing from the high pastures of the Altai Mountains in south central Siberia, the musicians have spent decades honing the overtone singing, instrumental approaches, and vibrant songs of their home. They sparked a boom in Tuvan and other throat-singing, lute-strumming ensembles from Central Asia that have been the mainstays of global music festivals.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 7/13 8:30 am
Creative Mornings
Free
Amazon Design (Denny Triangle)
“Frits Habermann is a landscape photographer and tech entrepreneur. His passion is combining technology with art and using fancy words like ‘leveraging synergy’ to explain what he’s passionate about.”
#SEATalks
Fri.-Sun. 7/13-15
Ballard Seafood Fest
Free
multiple locations (Ballard)
“Excellent seafood, amazing live music lineup, arts & crafts, kids’ play area, skateboarding competition – Festi-bowl, Ozzie’s lnternational Lutefisk Eating Contest, local craft beverages in the Beer Garden and much more!”
#Community
Fri. 7/13 8:00 pm
Kiki Valera & Special Guests “La Serenata Cubana”
$30.00
Triple Door (Downtown)
“Since the 19th century, La Familia Valera Miranda has played a significant role in Cuban culture by collecting & preserving the deep-rooted traditions of the legendary Sierra Maestra mountain region.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 7/14
Goatalympics
Free
New Moon Farm (Arlington)
“Not your typical livestock event. Rather than focus on conformation and production, as seen at a typical County Fair, the Goatalympics is all about having fun with pet goats. Come watch goats and their people compete in foot races, obstacle courses and more.”
#WorthTravelingFor
Sat. 7/14 9:30 am-5:00 pm
Milk Carton Derby
Free
Aqua Theater (Green Lake)
“Start saving your milk cartons because the annual Seafair Milk Carton Derby is right around the corner! Since 1972, this quirky celebration of creativity, science and boatmanship features nearly 100 colorful milk carton boats of all shapes and design. Children, adults, families, schools and businesses are all invited to build milk carton watercraft and compete on the waters of Green Lake for prizes and bragging rights.”
#Community
Sat. 7/14 10:00 am
WordPress Contributor Meetup
Free
Uptown Espresso (South Lake Union)
“Come hang out with other WordPress users, designers and developers and contribute to the WordPress project. No previous experience needed – you just show up and we’ll help you find something to do.”
#WordPress
Sat. 7/14 11:00 am
Wallingford Family Parade
Free
45th Street (Wallingford)
“Participants include organized units (drill teams, marching bands, floats, etc.) as well as neighborhood kids, dogs and families. Everyone is encouraged to embrace the parade theme, French for a Day!”
#Community
Sat.-Sun. 7/14-15 noon-8:00 pm Sat.; noon-6:00 pm Sun.
DragonFest
Free
multiple locations (International Disctrict)
“Non-stop cultural performances including Dragon and Lion dances, traditional Korean drumming, martial arts demonstrations, the Chinese Girls Drill Team, and much, much, more.”
#Community
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Thurs. 7/12 8:00 pm
Huun Huur Tu
$20.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Hailing from the high pastures of the Altai Mountains in south central Siberia, the musicians have spent decades honing the overtone singing, instrumental approaches, and vibrant songs of their home. They sparked a boom in Tuvan and other throat-singing, lute-strumming ensembles from Central Asia that have been the mainstays of global music festivals.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 7/21 8:00 pm
Bombino
$22.50
Crocodile (Belltown)
“Bombino is an internationally acclaimed Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs.-Sun. 8/2-5
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
$34.50
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“Master Conguero, Band Leader and Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez stirs up a fiery stew of straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/4 7:30 and 10:00 pm
Rebirth Brass Band
$25.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band is a true New Orleans institution. While committed to upholding the tradition of brass bands, they’ve also extended themselves into the realms of funk and hip-hop to create their signature sound.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 8/8 8:00 pm
DakhaBrakha
$32.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Ukrainian ‘ethno chaos’ band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/8 8:00 pm
Tinariwen
$45-60.000
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“These extraordinary guitar-poets from the southern Sahara desert blend blues, rock and pop with Berber and Arabic influences to create an altogether hypnotic concert experience.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri.-Sun. 9/7-9
Swordsquatch
$100-245.00
SANCA (Georgetown)
“Swordsquatch is three days of Historical Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the Georgetown district of Seattle. Fight. Learn. Make friends, then fight them!”
#HauteSeattle
Fri. 10/5 9:00 pm
Too Many Zooz
$20.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Too Many Zooz’s manic music, dubbed ‘BrassHouse’ by drummer King of Sludge, is an irresistible rocket that combines styles more diverse and far-flung than any international space station.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 11/17 8:00 am-4:30 pm
TEDxSeattle 2018
$35-250.00
McCaw Hall (Seattle Center)
“The theme for this year’s event is Tall Order. As an individual, many of us have thought, ‘that’s a tall order’ about something in our personal and work lives. As a theme, Tall Order balances the sense that these are challenging times – but that the challenges can be met. Tickets will go on sale this summer.”
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