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Prep for ‘The Big One’ at this weekend’s Urban Survival Skills Fair in Volunteer Park

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Knowing what to do when the grid goes down or the ground starts shaking is essential, but preparing for a major earthquake does not have to be a solo effort. This Sunday, August 16, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the North Capitol Hill unit of Seattle Emergency Hubs and the Capitol Hill Community Council are hosting the Urban Survival Skills Fair in Volunteer Park, located right next to the iconic Black Sun sculpture.

The free, outdoor event focuses on practical, neighbor-to-neighbor disaster preparedness. Organizers will walk attendees through essential survival skills across several hands-on topics: Continue reading →

On the List | Synthesizers and Beatles tribute in Volunteer Park, Rocky Horror in Cal Anderson

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If the Blue Angels are not your thing, there are plenty of other activities to get outside and be part of across Capitol Hill this weekend. Here are a few highlights. You can always find more things to do — or add your own — to the CHS Calendar.

  • THURSDAY: The Summer Series at the Amphitheater free concerts continue with “Seattle Super-Band” tribute group BeatlesConcert taking the stage starting at 6 PM in Volunteer Park.
  • FRIDAY: Free movies in the park season continues with a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show in Cal Anderson starting at 7:30 PM.
  • SATURDAY: Volunteer Park hosts a night of free synthesize performances from Modular Seattle starting at 5 PM.
  • SATURDAY: Stop by a mutual aid response to the madness above —
    WATER NOT JET FIGHTERS — Hate the Blue Angels? Want to help your neighbors instead? Cascadia Democratic Action is collecting funds and donations at its water bottle & N-95 mask drive for people living without shelter, noon-4 pm Saturday Aug 1 at Cal Anderson park in Seattle.
 
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On the List | Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival celebrates 25th season of free outdoor performance this weekend in Volunteer Park

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Celebrating its 25th season, the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival takes place this weekend in Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park.

“SOTF has served as the unofficial launching pad for the Seattle’s summer outdoor theater season since 2001, and consists of multiple theatre companies coming together in one park to present a weekend of free theatre,” organizers say.

The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival began in 2001 when GreenStage, Theater Schmeater, and Seattle Shakespeare’s Wooden O joined forces to bring a weekend of performances to Volunteer Park. The festival has grown to include three stages and twenty-one performances from thirteen local theater companies in 2026.

This year’s highlights include GreenStage performing The Winter’s Tale and Coriolanus, Shakespeare Northwest’s Hamlet, Penguin Productions’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream; CSz Seattle’s Sound & Fury, An Improvised Shakespeareance, and Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre.

The two-day festival is free with funding from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Parks and Recreation, King County 4Culture, and ArtsWA. You can also help when participating companies “pass the hat” after performances.

Shows run roughly from 10 AM to 9 PM both days.

This week also brings the latest round of “free concerts and movies in the park season” events around Capitol Hill.

Looking for more neighborhood events or want to get the word out about your own, check out the CHS Calendar.

 
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On the List | Seattle Flow Arts Collective’s Community Fire Jam lights up Volunteer Park this weekend

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Volunteer Park will be filled with fire spinners Saturday night as Seattle Flow Arts Collective hosts its first Community Fire Jam of the year.

Expert spinners and those wanting to learn have registered to be part of the night of performance and practice. Come out to see the spectacle and cheer them on starting around 7:30 PM.

Looking for more to do around Capitol Hill this weekend? Check out the CHS Calendar. You can also add your community event here.

 
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‘WAR! at the Market’ — Robots will battle Saturday on Capitol Hill

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Lojinx vs Holy Terror in 2024

It will be “WAR! at the Market” Saturday on Capitol Hill.

Western Allied Robotics combatants will gather Saturday at 15th Ave E’s Quality Flea Center for a day of tournaments and robot on robot martial violence.

The event is free for spectators but serious business for members of the Pacific Northwest robotic combat club. Organizers are planning a giant arena and more than 20 tables for teams to prepare their wired gladiators and make repairs.

The fights go down Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM at 416 15th Ave E.

 
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On the list | Art Walk, dancing in Cal Anderson, picnic at the Pillars, and Capitol Hill Garage Sale Day 2025

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Capitol Hill’s 2025 sit in a park watching free music, dancing, and movies season isn’t over but it is winding down quickly. Don’t miss out. This weekend brings plenty of things to get out and do including the 2025 Capitol Hill Garage Sale Day. Continue reading →

On the List | Candidate Survivor, ’80s cover band Nite Wave in Volunteer Park, Indie Pop in the Park

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Yes, the 2025 sit in a park watching free music, dancing, and movies season is underway across Capitol Hill and the nearby. Here’s a look at a few choice activities around the neighborhood this weekend. For more — or to add your own event (like this weekend’s DIY Indie Pop in the Park concert) — check out the CHS Calendar. Happy weekend, everybody.

  • THURSDAY JULY 24 — Candidate Survivor: The Stranger and the Washington Bus bring a free night of political fun and civic involvement to Neumos just in time for you to vote in the August 5th Primary
  • THURSDAY JULY 24 — Summer Series at the Amphitheater: The summer schedule of free Thursday night concerts in Volunteer Park continues, this week with Nite Wave and The ABBAgraphs.
  • FRIDAY JULY 25 – SUNDAY JULY 26 — GreenStage Presents FREE Shakespeare in the Park: With performances scheduled across the city, check out the schedule for this weekend in Volunteer Park
  • SUNDAY JULY 26 — Indie Pop in the Park: Throw your own music festival in one of the best parks in the city? Why not! “First band kicks off at 2 pm, Saint Disco, Generation Jones at 3 pm, Not Dead Yet at 4 pm, Call it Mango at 5 pm and Crash Site takes the stage at 6 pm.”

 
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On the List | Summer Series at the Amphitheater begins in Volunteer Park, Pitch the Baby grand opening, Queer & Trans Film Festival 2025

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A series of summer concerts in Volunteer Park begins Thursday night. It is time for the July Capitol Hill Art Walk and the Queer & Trans Film Festival 2025. Here’s a look a few calendar highlights from around Capitol Hill this week. For more, check out the CHS Calendar.

  • THURSDAY — Summer Series at the Amphitheater and Picnic in the Park — Volunteer Park — Join us for the kickoff concert of Summer Series at the Amphitheater, featuring an evening with The Paperboys and the Stacy Jones Band on Thursday, July 10th from 6:00-8:30pm. We will also be hosting our annual Picnic in the Park! Bring a picnic, your blanket, and your friends and family. There will be free ice cream and activities for kids. Food trucks will be onsite, including Oskar’s Pizza, Taco Cortes, Spooky Dogs, Canela, and Kathmandu MoMoCha. Admission is free and open to the public. We can’t wait to see you there. Reserve a ticket here (not required but it helps us predict crowd size for each show). 
  • THURSDAY — July Capitol Hill Art Walk — The monthly second Thursday art walk returns for a summer edition with special activities in the Chophouse Row courtyard and a dance party at E Union’s Passable Art.
  • FRIDAY — Pitch the Baby Grand Opening — 600 19th Ave E — The new Capitol Hill women’s sports bar is ready to turn on the game and serve up a few cold ones: Cozy pub. Fierce fans. Women’s sports always on tap. Continue reading →

2025 Capitol Hill Pride Weekend: Trans Pride in Volunteer Park, PrideFest on Broadway

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This weekend, there will be Pride celebrations across Capitol Hill even as challenges in Seattle, across the nation, and around the world cast their shadows. Two major celebrations will lead the way as Friday’s Trans Pride Seattle rally and party again fills Volunteer Park and Saturday’s PrideFest Capitol Hill spans five blocks of Broadway, Denny, and Cal Anderson Park. Both events are free to attend.

  • FRIDAY — TRANS PRIDE SEATTLE — 5 – 10 PM VOLUNTEER PARK: Friday’s event runs from 5 to 10 PM and will fill the Volunteer Park amphitheater stage with speakers and performers: Now in our twelfth year, Trans Pride Seattle stands as a radiant testament, honoring and carrying the torch of our Transcestors who originated Pride as a means of both resistance and cultural communion. We gather here in celebration of Trans life. To be Trans is to be powerful. In each of us is the power that comes from dreaming, from forging new paths, from becoming. We are not bound by the limitations of what is, but illuminated by the infinite possibilities of what we can create. What profound gifts we bring to this world. Our celebration is survival and our survival is celebration. We gather here in vibrant defiance of the violence, dehumanization, and political attacks on our lives. We gather because we dare to imagine—and demand—a world where all people can live truly, safely, and freely. Trans Pride is not just a festival. It is a declaration: We are divine. We are powerful. We are the past, the present, and the future. We are unstoppable. More: transprideseattle.org Continue reading →

On the List | April Capitol Hill Art Walk, Record Store Day 2025, Cal Anderson cleanup, last weekend for Moisture Festival

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Here are a few things to do around Capitol Hill from the CHS Calendar. Missing something? Add it here.

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