A three-day all-ages music and arts festival, Expo '86 will take place from October 24–26 at Seattle galleries No Space, Cairo (which was opened June 7 by artists and 20Twenty owners Joel Leshefka and Justine Ashbee), and Spencer Moody's curiosity shop, The Anne Bonny.

Thirty-three local bands, including the cream of Seattle's singer-songwriter crop, will be playing over the course of the festival's jam-packed weekend. Getting things started right will be Left Field Dance, a modern choreography unit that's sure to get the party poppin' off at Cairo on Friday night. The next afternoon, rebel funk-punk duo Flexions will combine Devin Welch's freakish herk-jerk guitar, Robin Stein's rumbling low end, and sweet vintage drum machines to create druggy black-hole instrumentals powerful enough to warp your brain. That night, soulful popsters Katharine Hepburn's Voice will rock No Space with singer Shannon Perry's syrupy sweet pipes and upbeat, Casio-powered sing-alongs. Also appearing throughout the festival's three days is Damien Jurado (performing as Hoquiam), Tiny Vipers, Michael Vermillion, Night Canopy, and Angelo Spencer, among others.

For a full schedule and ticket info go to www.expo86seattle.blogspot.com.

All-Ages Calendar

Thurs Oct 23: John White, Sean McGrath, Tristan Sennholz at Ground Zero, 7 pm, free.

Fri Oct 24: Say Hi at Vera Project, 8 pm, $9.

Fri Oct 24: Common Market, Grynch, Scribes, the Collective, Universal Soul at the Old Fire House, 8 pm, $8.

Sat Oct 25: The Spinach of Hell, Lesbian, ubik at Greenhouse, 7 pm, $5 suggested donation.