Capitol Hill Block Party, Around The Block Party, or Timber!?

Another weekend in Seattle, another few epic festivals and shows to check out. Life's rough, huh?

You all are aware that Capitol Hill Block Party is this weekend, right? We chatted about the line-up a while back. A few things have changed: Chromatics, Glass Candy, and Big Black Delta are no longer playing the festival, and Night Cadet, Secret Colors, and White China Gold have been added to the schedule. The Capitol Hill Neighborhood Blog has a great rundown of all the exciting changes made to make the 17th CHBP one of the best ones to date.

In case you're not ready to shell out the higher last-minute ticket prices for CHBP, or you want to avoid the 30,000 strong at CHBP, you could just go to this way cool mega-show that Chop Suey and What's Up Seattle are hosting, Around The Block Party. Their lineup is pretty sweet, and best of all, it's FREE! Free music, free BBQ burgers and hotdogs, and drink specials. You basically can't go wrong. And look! Lots of bands NGD has previously celebrated and suggested. Did I mention it's free?

When: July 28 (Sunday), starting at 3pm
Where: Chop Suey
The Lineup: Hot Victory, Haunted Horses, Dream Salon, The Exquisites, MTNS, Wimps, Child Birth, Agatha, Dude York

Oh yeah, and the first annual Timber! Festival is happening out in Carnation this same weekend. If your idea of a great weekend is to get out of the city, go camping, and see music while doing so, here's your festival. We mentioned it a while back. The lineup is full of awesome mostly-locals: The Helio Sequence, Fruit Bats, Quasi, Ivan & Alyosha, Noah Gunderson, Lemolo, Bryan John Appleby, Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers, Kithkin, Hobosexual, Baltic Cousins, S (Jenn Ghetto), Avians Alight, Vikesh Kapoor, Pablo Tucker, Ten-Speed Music, Passenger String Quartet, Jacob Miller & The Bridge City Crooners, Ben Fisher, and the Nu Klezmer Army.

Changes that have happened to the lineup since our post: the band River Giant broke up and canceled all dates it had scheduled (just 9 days before the festival...), but the guys in Ivan & Alyosha will be filling in (they're great, so that's not too sad). 

You pretty much can't go wrong, so just pick one and GO! See you out there.

Festivals, Concert Series, and Mega Shows, Part 3: Something About Trees

This weekend is Boise, Idaho's Treefort Music Fest. Checking out their website, I am seriously impressed with their lineup. Not because of the big names they landed (they list Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings as their big headliner, followed by Animal Collective and The Walkmen, hardly show-stealing headliners if you ask me), but because of the dozens and dozens of small, awesome bands. Consider this your mini PNW SXSW. A NXNW, if you will. What also struck me? That there are so many bands from Idaho! It's like a music fanatic's dream, discovering tons of new music (and isn't that how SXSW started out?) Other notables at the festival include bands whom we have covered here in the blog already, Naomi Punk and Stickers, and other Seattle-area bands, including The Pharmacy, Pickwick, Deep Sea Diver, Rose Windows, Polyrhythmics, Truckasaurus, Kithkin, Pony Time, Kris Orlowski, Neighbors, and Edmund Wayne. There are tons of other bands from all over the nation, though. If you're looking to go on a road trip this weekend, Treefort Music Fest should be your destination.


 

 Timber! Outdoor Music Festival is Seattle's newest music festival, taking place in rural King County parks in Carnation July 26-27. Think of it as the brother festival to Artist Home's already popular Doe Bay Fest. Look forward to camping and glamping in conditions that are bound to be far nicer than what you might find at venues such as The Gorge. The festival website offers a variety of camping options for you to purchase. They haven't finished announcing the lineup, but I'm excited to see The Helio Sequence on the bill. Other notables include in-vogue band Lemolo and the fun and funky Kithkin. Festival tickets are only $45 (excluding camping), so if you are willing to potentially pass up Capitol Hill Block Party (the date doesn't appear to be set yet, but last year it was on this last weekend in July), these are a good deal. Who doesn't love grooving outside in the gorgeous PNW summer sunshine?




Interested in seeing where and when there are music festivals, concert series and mega shows? Check out the list I've compiled under the page link to the right titled Festivals, Concert Series, and Mega Shows for 2013! Did I miss anything? Leave a comment!