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CHS Pics | ‘Hands Off’ Seattle protest gathers below the Space Needle

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Thousands gathered at the Seattle Center in the shadow of the Space Needle this weekend as protesters joined in Saturday’s nationwide “Hands Off” demonstrations in cities large and small across the country.

The Seattle protest was as much rally as demonstration and there were no reports of issues with police or arrests. It continues a string of demonstrations in the city including federal workers bringing the issues around the Trump administration’s attempts to gut resources like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to Montlake Blvd. Continue reading →

Group with Capitol Hill and First Hill music and arts roots will keep Seattle’s Bumbershoot going for next decade

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As E Pike at 10th prepares once again to become the epicenter of the annual Capitol Hill Block Party, a production group with Pike/Pine roots will be powering Seattle’s largest annual musical festival for the next decade.

Earlier this summer, the Seattle City Council authorized a new ten-year agreement with New Rising Sun to produce the annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival and related activations at Seattle Center. Continue reading →

Capitol Hill Block Party producers announce new music festival set for Labor Day weekend — at Seattle Center, not E Pike and 10th

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Aminé at Capitol Hill Block Party on July 21, 2019 (Image: CHBP/Joshua Lewis)

Capitol Hill’s live music scene is primed to take over the city but the Pike/Pine producers behind it say a new Labor Day weekend music festival at Seattle Center won’t replace the city’s Bumbershoot festival and does not mark the end of Capitol Hill Block Party.

The new Day In Day Out festival is planned for Saturday and Sunday, September 4th and 5th, at the Fisher Green Pavilion and will bring together a CHBP-worthy mix of high buzz acts and local up and comers including Chvrches, Kaytranada, Aminé, Big Wild, STFKR, Parisalexa, and Chong the Nomad in a ticketed event featuring “an all-age viewing lawn, a 21+ VIP lounge deck, a spacious indoor-outdoor beer garden, some of the city’s most hype-worthy food trucks and more.”

Producers say Day In Day Out will be “the first Seattle music festival of its kind in the last two years.”

The major new music event is produced by Daydream State, the company formed by Jason Lajeunesse behind Pike/Pine institutions including the Neumos and Barboza family, Lost Lake Cafe, the Comet, and Big Mario’s.

“After an incredibly difficult year for artists, fans and our local creative community, we’re excited to celebrate the return of live music by providing a new platform to revive the festival scene in Seattle,” Lajeunesse says in Wednesday morning’s announcement of the festival.

The neighborhood’s live music scene roared back to life last week but the annual three-day Capitol Hill Block Party music festival usually held at the end of July won’t be part of the 2021 opening. Continue reading →