Festival Fever! NFTN, Fremont Fair, and HONK! Fest West

In addition to Noise For The Needy (NFTN), which we covered in the last post, there are two other music festivals to look forward to in Seattle this weekend. THREE MUSIC FESTIVALS! Ack! Theoretically, because they actually span three days each, you could hit one of these events per day and get the full effect...and HONK! is a part of the Fremont Solstice Parade, an element of the fair, on Saturday the 22nd. The point is, there are lots of ways to get out and enjoy music this weekend!

Noise For The Needy...June 20, 21, 22...Ballard

3-4 shows per day, $10-$15 per show. For more information, see our previous post here.

Fremont Fair...June 21, 22, 23...Fremont

I'll be honest, I don't know most of these bands. I bold/italicized those that I recommend below.Of course, there are lots of other things going on with the Fremont Fair, including the always-fantastic Solstice Parade on Saturday (complete with painted bicyclists!). See you there! This is one of those events that I look forward to all year.

	Redhook Main Stage	Reyka Vodka Waterfront Stage	Fremont Abbey Stage
Friday, June 21	5:00pm: The Fabulous Party Boys 6:00pm: Skablins 7:15pm: Cumbieros 8:30pm: Longstride 9:45pm: Publish the Quest
Saturday, June 22	10:30am: LoveBomb GoGo 11:30am: Church Marching Band 12:30pm: World’s Finest 1:45pm: Mighty High 3:00pm: Snug Harbor 4:45pm: Tip to Base 6:00pm: Richie Aldente 7:15pm: More of Anything 8:30pm: Project Lionheart 9:45pm: The True Spokes	10:45am: Gravel Road 11:45am: The Foghorns 12:45pm: Warren G. Hardings 2:00pm: Blvd Park 3:15pm: Tracorum 4:30pm: Otis Heat 5:45pm: The West 7:00pm: HAIKU-CHI plays Prince	12:00pm: Specters 1:00pm: Local Fremont Band 2:00pm: The Local Strangers 3:45pm: Pepper Proud 4:45pm: ComedySportz 5:15pm: Youth Music Performance 6:00pm: Hannalee
Sunday, June 23	10:45am: Country Lips 12:00pm: Tubaluba 1:15pm: Andy Frasco and the U.N. 2:30pm: Weatherside Whiskey Band 3:45pm: Heels to the Hardwood 5:00pm: Horde and the Harem	10:30am: Yoga For The Solstice 11:45am: Blake Noble 12:30pm: Moon Alice 1:45pm: Space Owl 3:15pm: Spyn Reset 4:30pm: Acorn Project	10:30am: Seattle Teen Music 11:30pm: Seattle Ladies Choir 12:00pm: Justin Froese 2:00pm: Coho Mountain String Ticklers 3:00pm: An American Forest 4:00pm: Local Fremont Band

 

HONK! Fest West...June 21, 22, 23...Georgetown, Fremont/Wallingford, Columbia City

HONK! Fest West is a free "community-supported music festival devoted to marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, and anything acoustic and mobile that makes a ruckus. We revel in celebration of street band culture by taking mirth and music to the streets and parks of Seattle." It's family-friendly, costumes-encouraged. No wonder they're hooking up with the Fremont Fair for the parade; it's a perfect match!

Friday, June 21st: Find the festival at the corner of Vale and Airport Way in Georgetown from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Music continues until midnight inside The Mix (21+).

Saturday, June 22nd. HONK! is partnering with the Fremont Arts Council and the Solstice Parade, and will be a part of Solstice Parade’s 25th year in the streets of Fremont, before traveling on to Gas Works Park for an afternoon of musical revelry from 3 – 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 23rd, HONK! Presents a free revue of all our HONK! Bands at the Seattle Art Museum from 12-3pm! Follow them to the Columbia City Theatre at 7pm for a wrap party and jam session.

 

Noise for the Needy 2013

Noise for the Needy (NFTN) got started back in 1991 down in southern California by Seattle native and then-student Dave Green as a way to raise awareness for local homelessness, raise funds for a local soup kitchen, bring people together, and give local bands some exposure. It was hugely successful and has been running strong ever since. In 2004, Dave's brother Richard started NFTN up in Seattle, with a show at Nectar. In the years since, the non-profit has raised over $125,000 for local charities and worked with a lot of up and coming bands, including national acts like Matt and Kim and Talib Kweli, and local favorites like The Maldives and Kithkin. NFTN is a well-respected outfit with a knack for exposing up and coming bands, while doing a lot of good for our community. This year's chosen charity is the Ballard Food Bank.

This year's festival will also take wholly within in Ballard, which is neat. In doing so, NFTN will bring a wonderful nonprofit to the attention of the young demographic in their neighborhood. It also means that parking's going to be tough with I'm sure packed houses for shows at each night's three locations! Most of the shows are at 9pm and are all ages, unless otherwise noted. Presale tickets are available online at the NFTN website, or at the doors. Here's the lineup, with artists we like in bold:

THURSDAY, June 20
Tractor Tavern
Said the Whale, Brite Lines, Ghost Town Riot

Sunset Tavern
Peeping Tomboys, Cabana, Prism Tats, Yeah Girl

Conor Byrne
Lures, Santee, Manplus, Goodbye Heart

FRIDAY, June 21
Tractor Tavern
Polyrhythmics, Orgone

Sunset Tavern
Battleme, River Giant, Smokey Brights, The Brambles

Conor Byrne
Seattle Living Room Shows and NFTN Presents: The Local Strangers, Big Sure, Alice in the River, James Apollo

SATURDAY, June 22
Hatties Hat Parking Lot Party (2pm)
"The Rollings Stones" (tribute band), The Maldives, The Blakes, Sassparilla, The Chasers, Ole Tinder

Tractor Tavern
Horse Feathers, Case Studies, Pretty Broken Things

Sunset Tavern
Princess, Gladiators Eat Fire, Tacos!, Skies Below

Conor Byrne
Julia Massey and The Five Finger Discount, The Great UM, The Jesus Rehab, Tangerine

SUNDAY, June 23
Hatties Hat Parking Lot Party (2pm; all ages, bar with ID)
Kris Orlowski, Hot Bodies in Motion, Cody Beebe and The Crooks, Tango Alpha Tango, Vaudeville Etiquette

Tractor Tavern (8pm)
Deadnation and NFTN Presents: Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, Special Guests