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Friday, July 10, 2009

Life There's No Excuse For Boredom This Weekend

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:11 PM

Three possible ways to spend the days this weekend:

The West Seattle Summer Fest: With dozens of bands (including Mudhoney, Team Gina, Derby, and more!), hundreds of vendors, and a Rat City Rollergirl dunk tank. Wet Roller Girls!

The Seattle Chocolate Salon: Where you're given endless samples and tastes of the latest products from local and national chocolatiers. (Slog-reader Amy will get to go for free because of her winning entry in last week's contest).

And lastly, the Chinatown International District Summer Festival: "This annual two-day event includes kids & family activities, cultural dances, musical performance, karaoke contest, and over 100 booths featuring arts & crafts, local business, community organizations and much more!"

And lastly again! How could I forget? The No Depression Festival is this weekend at Marymoor Park with Iron & Wine, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Gillian Welch, and so many more. Read about it in this week's Up & Comings.

Also: West Coast Kickball is having their annual jamboree. You can work off all the ice cream you've been eating!

Go! Have fun! It's sunny!

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Errrr, and No Depression Festival? I realize it's in Redmond, and thus even closer to Way the Hell and Gone than West Seattle, but come on now.

Posted by Levislade

on July 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM

The last one is the best - if you must do a Seafair Parade, do the ID one!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on July 10, 2009 at 3:32 PM

You're right--I had a lapse in... thinking. Will add to the list!

Posted by Megan Seling on July 10, 2009 at 3:35 PM

Saturday is the university district's day for Summer Streets, where certain streets are open only to bikes and pedestrians. Between 45th and 50th streets on the Ave there will be no cars and no massive street fair crowds. Woo.

http://www.seattlecan.org/summerstreets/…

Posted by stinkbug on July 10, 2009 at 3:38 PM

And Kent Cornucopia Days.

http://www.kcdays.com/

Posted by Renton Mike on July 10, 2009 at 3:56 PM

not to mention you live in Paradise. take a hike.

Posted by Max Solomon on July 10, 2009 at 4:26 PM

And it's the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival at Volunteer Park. See here:

http://www.greenstage.org/sotf

Free! Shakespeare! Theater! In the sunshine! Free!

Posted by kiss me kate on July 10, 2009 at 4:58 PM

Don't forget the Bastille Day Celebration at Seattle Center on Sunday!

http://www.seattle-bastille.org/

Posted by francophile on July 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM