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Must List: Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, Bubble Ball, Hawktoberfest
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MUST SAIL Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival (9/29–9/30) Ahoy, matey! This Center for Wooden Boats festival celebrates Seattle’s history and culture of traditional wooden boats. Learn about classic sailboats and motorboats, hop aboard a vessel and tour Lake Union and enjoy live music, games, exhibits, food trucks and a beer garden. 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Free. The Center for…
Must List: Boats Afloat Show, Tango Magic Festival, Second Use Fall Fest
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MUST SAIL Boats Afloat Show(9/13–9/16) Get your boat fix at the largest floating boat show on the West Coast. More than 225 different types of vessels will be floating on the shores of South Lake Union this weekend. Get out on the water with free sail or powerboat rides or check out what a $7.5…
Must List: Cider Summit, Seattle Design Festival, San Gennaro Festival
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MUST DRINK Cider Summit Seattle(9/7–9/8) With so many beer festivals happening, it’s nice to see cider get some love. This year’s Cider Summit boasts more than 150 ciders, meads and cider cocktails, plus, double the amount of drinking tickets compared to last year (but let’s all drink responsibly). Bring your pup! This festival is dog-friendly…
Must List: Bumbershoot, Summer Rewind Film Festival, Bremerton Blackberry Festival
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MUST LOVE MUSIC Bumbershoot(8/31–9/2) Bumbershoot is supposed to be a festival, but it’s always had a slightly melancholy end-of-summer vibe—and it doesn’t help that it’s named after an umbrella, callously reminding us that eight months of rain are around the corner. Bold-face names in this year’s lineup include Lil Wayne and Fleet Foxes; other offerings…
Must List: Kidchella Seattle, Linda’s Fest, Little Saigon Festi-Roll
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MUST BRING KIDS Kidchella Seattle(8/25) Treat your children to one last hurrah before school starts at this premiere family-friendly festival produced by Seattle magazine and inspired by the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. With amusements such as photo booths, trampolines and balloon animals, and performances by bands that include The Not-Its, Recess Monkey…
Must List: Hot Sauce Fest, Big Day of Play, Mini Maker Faire
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MUST ADD HEATHot Sauce Fest (8/18) Make your Saturday sizzle at this event, presented by Seattle-based community engagement nonprofit The World Is Fun and local Ballyhoo Hot Sauce Company. Formerly Ballard Burrito Fest, the new event will feature lawn games, films at dusk, food trucks and, of course, hot sauce tastings. Wash down the heat…
Must List: Sub Pop’s 30th Anniversary Festival, Taste Edmonds, Milk Ice Cream Social & Bake Sale
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MUST LOVE SUB POP SPF30 – Sub Pop’s 30th Anniversary Festival(8/11) Seattle is chock-full of live music this weekend. If you didn’t snag tickets to Pearl Jam’s Home Shows, you can catch some great tunes at SPF 30, Sub Pop’s huge birthday bash. This all-day all-ages party will have four stages with Sub Pop favorites…
Must List: Seafair, Art Fair, Seattle Night Out
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Get the Must List in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST CELEBRATESeafair Celebrations(8/3–8/5) Seafair hits its peak this weekend with celebrations galore. This traditional celebration includes hydroplane races and watching (and hearing) the Blue Angels roar through the sky. Want to see more than just planes? Then head over to Umoja Fest, a festival that is the…
Must List: Red, White and Brew, BAM Artsfair, Torchlight Parade
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MUST SAVOR Red, White and Brew (7/27) Sample sips from more than 60 breweries and wineries—many of them award winners—and nibble on delicious bites from local restaurants at Seattle magazine’s premier food and beverage event of the summer. 7–10 p.m. Prices vary. Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St.; 206.684.7200; seattlemag.com Photo via bellevuearts.org MUST ART…
Must List: Capitol Hill Block Party, Seafair Pow Wow, Sequim Lavender Festival
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MUST ROCK OUT Capitol Hill Block Party & JamFest(7/19–7/22) Kick off a weekend of tunes Thursday with JamFest, a music showcase held throughout the Chinatown/International District. This year you’ll hear sounds from The Voice’s Siahna, all-girl teen rock trio Bleachbear and more. Party further on over at the annual Capitol Hill Block Party, featuring six…
Must List: Ballard SeafoodFest, Black & Tan Hall Pop Up Brunch, Tuffest 2018
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MUST PARTYBallard SeafoodFest and West Seattle Summer Fest (7/13–7/15) Take your pick of two prime neighborhood summer festivals happening this weekend. The Ballard Seafoodfest celebrates Ballard’s Scandinavian heritage and connection to the sea with food, music and more. Headliners include Blitzen Trapper and All Them Witches. Across the city, West Seattle Summer Fest, an annual…
Must List: ‘Jini Dellaccio: Caught in the Act,’ Georgetown Garden Walk, Seattle Street Food Festival
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MUST SEE Jini Dellaccio: Caught in the Act(Through 7/11) Few artists made more of lucky happenstance than Dellaccio (1917–2014), who took up photography on a whim in California, followed her husband to Tacoma and ended up the preeminent portraitist of Northwest rockers (the Wailers, the Sonics). Into her 70s, she shot musicians performing in concert—locals…
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