Slack Fest isn’t the only local music festival happening this weekend. If you’re not heading North to Stanwood, or even if you are, you can still catch some of Seattle’s best bands this weekend in two uniquely Northwest festival settings … and thanks the annual West Seattle Summer Fest and the Ballard Seafood Fest, you can do it for free.
First up is the Ballard Seafood Festival, who’ll be celebrating 33 years of lutefisk and local music this weekend. Shutting down the main streets of Ballard for Saturday and Sunday with live music from 11am to 9pm, Seafood Fest lets you eat salmon, drink beer and listen to some great local bands like The Moondoggies and Star Anna and Her Laughing Dogs for free.
Here’s the Main Stage Schedule:
Saturday July 9th
11:00 – 11:45 am Stan Boreson Noon – 12:45 pm Verlee for Ransom 1:15 – 2:30 pm Exohxo 3:00 – 3:45 pm Camille Bloom 4:15 – 5:15 pm Soul Jelly 5:45 – 7:15 pm Duffy Bishop 7:45 – 8:45 pm DJ Riz
Sunday July 10th
11:00 – 11:45 am Stan Boreson Noon – 12:45 pm Orville Johnson Goes Gospel 1:15 – 2:15 pm Side Saddle 2:45 – 3:45 pm The Moondoggies 4:15 – 5:00 pm Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs 5:30 – 7:00 pm Knut Bell & the Blue Collars
Clear on the other side of town and happening all weekend long, West Seattle Summer Fest will be celebrating 27 years of neighborhood pride with free sets from Curtains for You, Whalebones, reunions from a couple quintessential Seattle punk bands: The Fastbacks and The Cops and a late night dance party with Head Like a Kite in the West Seattle Junction.
Here’s the full schedule:
Friday July 8th:
12:45-1:30 – Ali Marcus 2:00-2:45 – Red Jacket Mine 3:15-4:00 – Stag 4:30-5:15 – Whalebones 5:45-6:30 – Thee Sgt Major III 7:00-7:45 – Cali Giraffes 8:00-8:45 – The Fastbacks 9:00-10:00 – The Cops
Saturday July 9th
12:00-12:45 – Eight Legs to Nowhere 1:15-2:00 – The Bad Things 2:30-3:15 – Rat City Brass 3:45-4:30 – Rachel Harrington & The Do Right Boys 5:00-5:45 – Massy Ferguson 6:15-7:00 – Lowmen Markos 7:30-8:15 – Curtains for You 8:45-9:30 – The Bend 10:00-10:45 – The Staxx Brothers 11:15 -12:00 – Head Like a Kite
Sunday July 10th
1:15-2:00 – Polyrhythmics 2:30-3:15 – Hondo II 3:45-4:30 – Gunn and the Damage Done 5:00-5:45 – The Fuzz
