• 2010 Unity Fair is at Seattle Central rest of Thursday afternoon. Here’s the schedule:
12:30: Macklemore + Ryan Lewis
1:08: SL Board Announcements
1:11: Drawing 1
1:20: Helladope
1:45: C-Style
1:52: Open Blue
2:12: Black Student Union
2:22: Drawing 2
2:32: Tzuching
2:50: ISU Musical Chair
3:10: Broken EngRish performance
3:30: Drawing 3
3:43: Maylee + Sarah + Tram
3:50: Bamboo dance
• Special Event: “Best Friends Forever,” an all-new musical written by Capitol Hill musician and Cornish College student Kat Miller. The musical will be put on by Diverse Harmony, a gay-straight alliance youth choir. Show is at Seattle First Baptist Church (1111 Harvard Ave), on Friday and Saturday, May 28-29, at 7:30PM. Tickets are $15; youth ages 13-22 get in free.
• Thursday, May 27, 7PM @ Piecora’s Back Room: House Band Night with local folk rock artist Winston Wolff. $6, All Ages.
• Thursday, May 27, 9PM @ Neumos: Psychedelic-electro band Caribou plays a Seattle show before heading off to Sasquatch! Music Festival this weekend. Experimental pop band Toro y Moi open.
• Thursday, May 27, 10PM @ Chop Suey: Say What!? with DJ F***ing in the Streets and MC Katie Kate. $7 before 10PM, $10 after 10PM; 18+
• Friday, May 28, 9:3PM @ Piecora’s Back Room: Progressive rock band Deadly Sundays, and DIY music artists Peeper People and Hannah Smith. $6, All Ages
• Saturday, May 29, 9PM @ Chop Suey: Dance the night away to the soul/funk music of the Emerald City Soul Club. $5, 21+
• Sunday, May 30, 9:30PM @ Piecora’s Back Room: Local songwriter/guitarist Connor Desai brings her jazzy folk rock to Piecora’s, with a special guest. $6, All Ages
• Tuesday, June 1, 9PM @ Neumos: The farewell tour of experimental/progressive band ISIS, before they disband.
Off the Hill Memorial Day Weekend Music Events
If you were lucky enough to score tickets to the sold out Sasquatch! Music Festival happening at the Gorge this weekend, be sure to show love to local Seattle bands Fresh Espresso, Shabazz Palaces, The Lonely Forest, Minus the Bear, and many more!
Sticking in town this weekend? Add the annual Northwest Folk Life Festival to your Memorial Weekend to-do list. It’s going down at the Seattle Center and will host 7,000 participants on over 20 stage and venues. There will be music and dance performances, visual arts and folklore exhibits, workshops, demonstrations, and films.
CALLING ALL CAPITOL HILL MUSICIANS/VENUES: If you would like to have your band and/or event featured on CHS, email Suzi at [email protected]
