(Image: On the Block)

Don’t like that Capitol Hill Block Party puts up fences and sells tickets to experience Pike/Pine? On the Block’s summer celebrations of community creativity are back with the free 11th Ave street festival’s July edition happening this weekend on Saturday the 13th.

Organizer Julie-C says the On the Block crew brings a multitude of efforts to the monthly marketplace including “creative economic justice, anti-gentrification/displacement, artist advocacy, youth service, gun violence intervention/prevention and more.”

CHS reported here about On the Block’s birth to help artists and small businesses recover from the pandemic and its growth into an annual series on Capitol HIll.

Julie-C has helped make 11th Ave a center of activity with her efforts at Blue Cone Studios, So Below, and The Study at CryBaby. On the Block organizers include the owners at Mediums Collective, Throwbacks NW, and Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar.

Following Saturday’s July edition, you can catch two more On the Blocks in August and September.

Next week, the Capitol Hill Block Party will kick off the 2024 edition of its three-day festival on the streets of Pike/Pine.

Want to save up for CHBP tickets? Thursday night kicks off the free Summer Series at the Amphitheater in Volunteer Park.

Learn more at ontheblockseattle.com.

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