Panicking because you haven't yet made plans for the weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worryâbelow, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from Easter events like BunnyCon and a Pickled Egg Eating Competition to the closing of Humaira Abid: My Shame, and from the Couch performance event featuring our own Christopher Frizzelle and Charles Mudede to Georgetown Bites. For even more options, check out our complete Things To Do calendar.
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FRIDAY
COMEDY1. The Highlarious Comedy Competition
Local comics will compete for a $100 prize and a spot in the Highlarious Comedy Festival.
(Greenwood, free)
2. Cultured Conversations: Inclusion at the Opera
Seattle Opera's social impact consultant ChrisTiana ObeySumner will lead a conversation on black representation and inclusion in opera, theater, classical music, and the performing artsâboth onstage and behind the curtain.
(Seattle Center, free)
3. Say Wow like Owen Wilson
This extremely popular Facebook event (more than 7000 people are "interested") urges everyone to gather in one place and exclaim the word "wow" just like Owen Wilson. That's all.
(Wallingford, free)
4. You Do Not Disappear
This annual Good Friday art show explores "contemporary narratives of erasure" around race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and body type in Christian tradition. Featured artists include Naima Lowe, Serrah Russell, Barry Johnson, Anne de Marcken, Hanita Schwartz, and Jackie An.
(First Hill, free)
5. Audioasis on KEXP Presents 5th Fridays
Catch live sets from local pop punks Lisa Prank, sadgrrl indie rockers Emma Lee Toyoda, and femme "friendship punks" Hardly Boys, hosted by KEXP's Audioasis.
(Downtown, free)
6. Big Wheel Stunt Show, Sin Driver, Nordus
Tacoma's Big Wheel Stunt Show describe themselves as "high-energy arena blues/rock." They'll be joined by Sin Driver and Nordus.
(Georgetown, $5)
7. Black Nite Crash, Guest Directors, NESTORIA
Black Nite Crash boast a sleek, slightly smoothed take on the garage tradition, tough songs with hanging-tough lyrics, studied cool menace in the singing, guitar noise for ambience, but not early Jesus and Mary Chain earache level, served on a bed of crisp snare pops. ANDREW HAMLIN
(Eastlake, $10)
8. Brass Monkeys
Beastie Boys tribute band Brass Monkeys will churn out the '90s hiphop group's hits with support from S. Drane and DJ Dougie Dougie.
(Rainier Valley, $10)
9. Compound Records: Pressha, Lunchmoney, Simpa, Mode 4
If you're jonesing for a night of bass music, DJs Pressha, Lunchmoney, Simpa, and Mode 4 have your back.
(Pioneer Square, $10)
10. Crucial Change, the Brass, Empire Justice
For a night of Oi! (an extra-dirty genre of punk that originated in 1970s England), join local punks Crucial Change, New York's the Brass, and Empire Justice.
(Georgetown, $5)
11. Dolphin Midwives, Ben ZĂĄr, alap?
Did you catch Portland harpist Dolphin Midwivesâ stunning performance at 2017's Debacle Fest? No? Hereâs your chance to atone. As with Mary Lattimore, Dolphin Midwives (aka Sage Fisher) takes an instrument traditionally rooted in classical and jazz to the experimental realm and finds new dialects of sublimity with it. She gently yet firmly stretches arty song form, with help from electronic treatments and effects, until you find your mind enmeshed in hypnotic, and hypnagogic, and hallucinatory states. While her tracks are mainly instrumental, when Fisher does sing, she avoids the twee preciousness of indie world's most famous harpist, Joanna Newsom, opting instead for chopped and droned chants and stoned incantations. Dolphin Midwives places her track titles within triple parentheses; once you hear her darkly enchanting music, you'll understand why. DAVE SEGAL
(Capitol Hill, by donation)
12. Elnah Jordan
Hang out in the lounge to hear free live jazz from Elnah Jordan.
(Bellevue, free)
13. Famous Fridays: Kanye & Friends
Famous Fridays lay out a night of tribute to a different artist each month. For the month of March, it'll be a DJ block of Kanye West's biggest hits and best side cuts, with features from his peers.
(Capitol Hill, free)
14. Fonzarelli, Freeway Park, The Filthy Traitors
Expect an evening of punk rock with a beachy vintage pop influence from Fonzarelli, with support from Freeway Park and the Filthy Traitors.
(Tukwila, $7)
15. Greenriver Thrillers, Cosgrove, Thee Deception
Hometown noise heroes Greenriver Thrillers, along with Cosgrove and Thee Deception, will throw down for some scuzzy rock and punk.
(University District, $7)
16. Grizzly!
Grizzly! is an aptly named new dance party co-hosted by Kremwerk and XL Bears with DJ sets by Sling Dion and Caravaggio's Lover, and hosted by Honey Bucket, with some sweet, sweaty bears as gogos for the night.
(Downtown, $10)
17. Karaoke Night at the Cloud Room
Join Brittaney Bunjong, host of the podcast Citrus Room, for the debut of a new karaoke night.
(Capitol Hill, free)
18. Kitsune, Orryelle & the HarleQuintet, SiouxCityPete, Zane Lazos
For a premature celebration of April Fools Day and the full moon, hear mystical sets from Kitsune, Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule, Sioux City Pete, and others.
(Sodo, $5-$10)
19. Miss Shelwraka & Goetic Mirror
Hear all-vinyl DJ sets from Miss Shelrawka and Goetic Mirror while you shop for records.
(Capitol Hill, free)
20. Moon Darling, Good Quiver, Bad News Botanists
Moon Darlingâs Dreams EP was the debut release on Seattle label Freak Out. Dreams finds this local quartet dealing in wide-eyed, melodic psychedelia that tweaks your nostalgia ganglia for Stone Rosesâ more subdued moments and those early My Morning Jacket joints. Moon Darlingâs is a fluid, controlled strain of psych rock that encourages you to mellow the fuck out and hum a pretty tune while youâre horizontal on a grassy knoll at night. DAVE SEGAL
(Ballard, $8)
21. Naked Giants Record Release In-Store
Thereâs a 1970s rock panache and MC5 raucousness about the three spazzsters of Naked Giants. Their garage-punk debut full-length, SLUFF, which carries a myriad of entertaining exegeses, will be released on March 30, just in time for this unbridled beast of an album release show. One interpretation for âsluffâ is gunk on the bottom of your Doc Martens on a rainy day. A less subtle one is South Lake Union Fuck Face. Joining Naked Giants are the spazzsters in Fabulous Downey Brothers. Similarly, but in their own zoo of zaniness, they display a 1980s art-rock panache and Devo-esque raucousness that verge on genius. ZACH FRIMMEL
(West Seattle, free)
22. Research: KZA, Ahold of b2b Echtheit, Dempsey
Recording for the excellent techno/house label Mule Musiq and its Endless Flight subsidiary, Japanese producer KZA (aka Ikuzumi Kitazawa) creates smooth, highly musical house music with residual disco traits. His tracks can ooze a classy warmth or exude an icy, quasi-Chris & Cosey-esque electro quality. No matter which style he's plying, KZA applies a light touch to his productions; a sense of poise and calm prevail over urgency and banging beats. Such subtlety allows a set to accrue sonic and rhythmic intricacies and lessens the chance of fatigue and overstimulation. KZA's approach translates into some grown-ass-clubbing gold. DAVE SEGAL
(Downtown, $10)
23. Salvatore Manalo
Salvatore Manalo will play a free show with fellow acoustic singer-songwriter Elfen and local duo Eve & Day.
(Columbia City, free)
24. SLAY: A Hip Hop Party for LGBT, and People of Color
Save your most killer looks for this springtime edition of SLAY, a hiphop dance party for queer folks and POC. Guests can snap photos in the "Booth of Bass," dance to DJ Automaton and Ronin Roc, and more. A portion of proceeds will benefit the NAACP and National Black Justice Coalition, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of the Black LGBTQ community.
(Capitol Hill, $5/$10)
25. Spencer Glenn Band, Decent At Best, Ancient Robotz
Local indie-soul group Spencer Glenn Band will be joined by Decent At Best and Ancient Robotz.
(Capitol Hill, $8/$10)
26. Spesh, DYED, Rilla, Guests
Seattle pop band Spesh, who describe themselves as "Pantasy orgy boys," is led by local DJ Michael McKinney and features members of beloved pop punk quartet Boyfriends. They'll be joined by DYED, Rilla, and additional guests.
(Pioneer Square, $8/$10)
27. Sundae + Mr. Goessl Tour Kick-Off
Husband and wife jazz/swing duo Sundae + Mr. Goessl will kick off their U.S. tour with a show at their regular haunt.
(First Hill, free)
28. Suppression, Acid Feast, Sidetracked, PWWMA, Ruptured Silence
Thrash about to a live set from Virginia-based noise-grind punks Suppression. They'll be joined by mutuals Acid Feast, Sidetracked, PWWMA, and Ruptured Silence.
(Capitol Hill, $10)
29. Tit Nun, Loveless Building, Kiro Skiro
Local rockers Tit Nun will play a rowdy show with support sets from indie pop-rockers the Loveless Building and Kiro Skiro.
(West Seattle, $5)
30. Trail Mix 2.0 Launch Party & Benefit
Meet the producers and artists of the Trail Mix team at this launch party and fundraiser for the Trail Mix Festival. The main room will feature Everett Leftside, HYDEF, MTBTZ-Meaty Beats, Meistro, and Yamanaka, and the bass room will feature Push N Fractals, Zoa Flux, and Pandust.
(Ballard, $10)
31. Victory Music and Acoustic Open Mic
Get some quality onstage time with acoustic instruments (regardless of your musical experience) at this open mic.
(Ballard, $3 suggested donation)
32. Wrath of Bear Souls
Hear from local soul rockers Glass Souls, Tacoma's Thunder of Wrath, and bearded forest punks Reverend Bear.
(Downtown, $8)
33. 'Dog Whistle' Reading
This satire on modern politics by Michael Kimmel takes place during a tight Ohio election and is about the Democratic incumbent, his upstart Republican rival, and an ordinary woman who's just seeking answers. Proceeds will benefit Everytown for Gun Safety.
(Capitol Hill, $10)
34. Cindy Veach with Susan Rich
Cindy Veach's poems bring to life four generations of women in a series set at the textile mills of 19th-century Lowell, Massachusetts. She'll be accompanied on this night by fellow poet Susan Rich (Cloud Pharmacy, The Alchemist's Kitchen).
(Capitol Hill, free)
35. Sarah Peyton: Your Resonant Self
Relying on neuroscience research, Sarah Peyton's Your Resonant Self explores the human brain's capacity for "self-love and well-being," interspersed with guided meditations and illustrations.
(Lake Forest Park, free)
36. Stephen Corey
Poet/essayist Stephen Corey edits the Georgia Review. Most recently, he's come out with a nonfiction collection of his own: Startled at the Big Sound: Essays Personal, Literary, and Cultural. Hear him read in person.
(Wallingford, free)
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
ART37. Amy Spassov
This exhibit will focus on the last decade in this artist's intricate, often botanically themed works.
(Bellevue, free)
Closing Saturday
38. Anne Petty: Basic Needs
See dramatic, immediate paintings of women alone among animals and in the woods.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
39. Catherine Eaton Skinner
Skinner's contemplative, carefully balanced nature paintings and dreamy encaustics depict dualities like "night/day and dark/light; finite/infinite and one/zero; quiet/loud and soft/hard; organic/manmade."
(Downtown, free)
Closing Saturday
40. Crystal Wagner: NEXUS
Crystal Wagner's creature-like sculptures, which resemble blue and green sea slugs from Neptune, will inhabit the gallery.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
41. David Haughton: 40+ Views of Mount Baker
The gallery will display work by David A. Haughton, who paints chilly night-, snow-, and water-scapes. This exhibition will be an homage to Katsushika Hokusai, perhaps the most famous Japanese printmaker and painter of the ukiyo-e styleâbest known for landscapes and depictions of natural phenomenon, as in The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
42. Dianne Kornberg: The Lore Which Nature Brings
Dianne Kornberg and Elisabeth Frost continue their collaboration with image/text collages that "debunk cliches about nesting," including motherliness and "joyful birdsong."
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
43. Eric Chamberlain: Abstracts
Eric Chamberlain is often interested in domestic still life and everyday objects. This time, he'll be showing recent abstract paintings, drawings, and prints.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
44. Friedensreich Hundertwasser
The wonderfully named Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, artist, architect, and environmental activist, scorned the strictures of right angles and straight lines in favor of wavery borders and depictions of landscapes that would be childlike if not for their complexity and density. See his photolithographs and silkscreen prints.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
45. Gregory Blackstock: Survey of Drawings
Seattle's Gregory Blackstock catalogues the ordinary and interesting in meticulous visual lists, from dog breeds to train stations to Macchi-Castoldi Italian fighter planes. He won a 2017 Wynn Newhouse Foundation Award, bestowed on highly talented artists with disabilitiesâautism, in Blackstock's case. His drawings, colored in with markers and pencils, reach to the margins and leave little white space, but their rhythm and regularity leaven any sense of crowding. While not strictly realistic, they reveal Blackstock's love of detail and small variations. He even has several pieces devoted to pages of a thesaurus, rendered word-for-word. If you've ever flipped through a birding guide or seed catalogue or collection of architectural drawings just for fun, you know the kind of pleasure Blackstock's art will bring you. JOULE ZELMAN
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
46. The Heartbreak Science Fair
Cheer up your wintry heart with high-tech art by visual artist Destiny Vesper, circuit-art-builder Dominique Nick, collagist Julie Louise, self-described "experimental mess" Krista Lee Wolfe, and sculptor Theresa Oborn.
(Capitol Hill, free)
Closing Saturday
47. Humaira Abid: My Shame
Humaira Abid's emotionally affecting, highly detailed sculpture, often carved in wood, evokes difficult, tragic, and uncomfortable themes. For her new show, Abid dramatizes feminine shame, in hopes that bringing natural and social issues to light will help to break down taboos.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
48. In the Shadow of Olympus
The Art Beasties collective spans continents, with members in Seattle (Junko Yamamoto, Yuki Nakamura, and Paul Komada), New York, London, and Tokyo who collaborate via Skype. For this exhibition, inspired by the metaphorical passage of the Olympic flame from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, the members have created art about the beloved/notorious international competition. According to their sensibilities, the artists depict the effect of the next summer games as "positively enthusiastic to pessimistically dystopian." Odds are you won't be able to see Art Beasties' show at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum this June, so catch them here as they ponder whether the sporting ceremonies will burden or elevate the city. JOULE ZELMAN
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
49. Joey Veltkamp: Blue Skies Forever
After 20 years in Seattle, beloved Northwest artist Joey Veltkamp has recently relocated to the city of Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula, an hour west by ferry. For his first solo show at Greg Kucera, Veltkamp uses quilting techniques to stitch together the disparate aspirations, economic conditions, and histories of these neighboring cities. The centerpiece is an enormous quilt made of denim from Bremerton thrift stores that says "BLUE SKIES FOREVER." The title is a Lana Del Rey lyric that alludes to buoyant optimism in the face of adversity, but it could also reference his view of the region from the Salish Sea, where Veltkamp has already spotted seals and orcas during his commute. EMILY POTHAST
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
50. Justin Duffus
Justin Duffus's realistic paintings resemble snapshots of turbulent human behaviors, calling to us to flesh out the stories behind them. They isolate the strangeness of our fellow people, our possessions, our spaces, and our rituals.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
51. Kate Harkins: League of She
Discover Kate Harkins's gallery of "women the artist chooses for her team."
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
52. Keegan Hall
This gallery will present "masterful hyper-realistic pencil drawings" of celebrities like Obama, Macklemore, and Russell Wilson. Join the artist for a happy hour on closing night.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
53. Keisuke Yamamoto
Keisuke Yamamoto works in paint, pencil, and especially wooden sculpture, creating mystical objects that resemble something between religious icons and organisms. Since major earthquakes and the economic recession in Japan, Yamamato has returned to a simpler style, abandoning his penchant for colossal pieces.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
54. Klara Glosova: Life on the Sidelines
Artist and curator Klara Glosova has a knack for finding profundity in the most mundane moments. Looking Forward features new work from Life on the Sidelines, an ongoing series of paintings, prints, and sculptures about the experience of being a parent standing on the sidelines watching children play soccer. It doesn't sound like much, but the beauty of her work lies in how she handles materials. With a tender slip of the hand here and a wash of color there, Glosova captures the momentous banality of athletic fields, the watchful tension of parenthood, and the robust frailty of childhood, slipping away in every second. EMILY POTHAST
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
55. Matt Timo: Elusive Introspection
Seattle artist Matt Timo, who has shown at SAM Gallery and the Nordic Heritage Museum as well as at museums and galleries around the world, will reveal new abstract work.
(Mercer Island, free)
Closing Saturday
56. Michael Abraham: Luminaries
This exhibition will appeal to anyone who likes figurative approaches combined with bonkers cartoony surrealism and mysterious allegory.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
57. Pamela Beer: The Smell of Turquoise and Other Delicious Colors
Beer paints in multiple media on birch panels, then finishes the works with gel, sanding, and wax.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
58. Peter de Lory: A Silent Way
Visit the San Juan Islands in images at this Seattle gallery with the photographic work of Peter de Lory.
(Downtown, free)
Closing Saturday
59. Rebecca Woodhouse: Right Here. Right Now.
Rebecca Woodhouse's linocut paintings are layers of colorful words intentionally divorced from meaning and turned into graphic elements.
(Pioneer Square, free)
Closing Saturday
60. Renee Adams: Reclaim
Renee Adams's mixed media sculptures represent an "artificial reality" in which natural selection has taken a shift, and plants require little more than the debris of humankind to thrive. Fascinating and sobering, Adams's work evokes a posthuman world in the throes of rebirth.
(Downtown, free)
Closing Saturday
61. Rich Stevens: faster ways to die
This month's "multidimensional" show will feature vibrant collages by Rich Stevens, as well as open studios for artists Tara Kraft, Forrest Olson, Moksha Marquardt, and Sofia Tveter.
(Georgetown, free)
Closing Saturday
62. Stephen J. Walker: Storming the Tower
Seattle car builder and artist Stephen J. Walker, who's done work for National Lampoon, Hustler, and Andy Warhol, will have a wealth of work showcasing his versatility and humor on display.
(University District, free)
Closing Saturday
63. Tori Karpenko: Into the Liminal
Tori Karpenko, trained as a painter in Italy, renders beautiful natural landscapesâtransparent lakes, brambly mountains, and gleaming ice.
(Downtown, free)
Closing Saturday
64. Uyen Tran-Gjerde
The artist combines abstract expressionist techniques with figurative depictions, including gentle and sensitive portraits of animals.
(West Seattle, free)
Closing Saturday
65. Walking the Neighborhood: Images from Favorite Washington Places
See photographic visions by Washington photographers, who've taken pictures of their favorite posts in the state (with an emphasis on getting outside).
(Downtown, free)
Closing Saturday
66. Foreign Family Collective Pop-Up Shop
To celebrate its third anniversary, Foreign Family ("an outlet for musicians and visual artists alike curated by the duo behind Odesza") will host a pop-up featuring apparel, vinyl, and special commemorative items. There will also be art installations and plant arrangements courtesy of Glasswing for your viewing pleasure. Odesza, who are performing at WaMu this weekend, will also make an appearance on Saturday for a meet-and-greet and signing.
(Capitol Hill, free)
67. Pacific Northwest Spring Pop-Up
Despite the persistently chilly weather, spring has totally sprung. Celebrate by shopping for plants, vintage goods, art, and more from local vendors.
(Chinatown-International District, free)
68. Watershed 4th Anniversary Party
Watershed Pub & Kitchen is turning four years old, and as they put it, "If we were a hamster we'd probably be dead. Luckily we're not a hamster so let's party!" To fete the festive occasion, they'll have special beers and some surprises from their cellar, plus funky jams from Lucky Brown and the LBs on Saturday.
(Maple Leaf, free admission)
69. The Dusty 45s
Local rockabillies the Dusty 45s will play two nights of shows in the same spot.
(Green Lake, $10)
70. Young Playwrights Festival
Support youth in theater and see new plays by writers aged 13 to 18 performed by professional actors.
(Downtown, $10)
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
ART71. Beads, Birds, and Blues
See a multi-themed show with pieces by member artists Kristin Alana, Abby Ganong, Annie Lewis, and Joanne Bohannon.
(Columbia City, free)
Closing Sunday
72. Glowing Reminders
The gallery will be open all weekend long for discussions, dancing, a pop-up art show, a femme art critique group, a mental health session, and more. Organized by Now Here This, which investigates technology's effects on our emotional lives.
(Capitol Hill, free)
Closing Sunday
73. Nevertheless. We Persist.
Nine women artists will depict themes relating to reproductive freedom and its implications for individuals and the country. You'll find such trenchant allusions to these themes as wire hangers in the shape of reproductive organs, tic-tac-toe boards composed of men's ties (an allusion to the games male legislators play with women's lives), and a dress with a bulls-eye on the crotch.
(Columbia City, free)
Closing Sunday
SATURDAY
ART74. Closing Reception: MusĂ©e dâBrandon
It's your last chance to see Brandon Vosika's installation of teeny tiny paintings that temporarily turned the gallery (and its gift shop) into a "miniature museum."
(Pioneer Square, free)
75. De·Construct
Learn about sustainable clothing and make a custom piece of your own. Participants have the choice to bring in a piece of clothing they want altered or to choose from one of the shop's curated pieces.
(Capitol Hill, $5)
76. On-Site Appraisal Fair
Get one item appraised for free from trusted staffer Jon Adams.
(Georgetown, free)
77. Luncheon with Students from Shanti Bhavan
Spend an afternoon with students from Shanti Bhavan, a school in Southern India that caters to children from the country's lowest socioeconomic class. (It's also the subject of the documentary Daughters of Destiny.)
(Bellevue, free)
78. A Real Easter Bunny Visit
Emmet the Flemish Giant is the size of a small dog, but he is, in fact, a large bunny. The day before Easter, kids can pay him a visit and tell him what kind of treats they would like in their baskets.
(West Seattle, free)
80. Saturday Morning Cartoons Presents
The monthly international animated film club is back. All screenings are followed by a discussion with donuts and coffee. It's a great way to introduce kids to the Seventh Art, but the films are usually compelling for adults, too.
(Queen Anne, $10)
81. Beer Garden Easter Egg Hunt
Adults can enjoy free beer while their offspring hunt for eggs around the Ounces beer garden and win candy prizes.
(West Seattle, free)
82. BunnyCon
Here it is again: The annual pre-Easter bar crawl that invites people to dress as bunny rabbits and hop around to different downtown watering holes.
(Downtown, $5/$10)
83. Easter Egg Coloring
Decorate your own festive rainbow-hued huevos at this event, which will provide pre-hard boiled eggs and a PAAS dye kit at every table.
(Ballard, $10)
84. Fourth Annual Garage Sale
Instead of dusty kitchen appliances and knickknacs, this garage sale will feature deeply discounted cider from Schilling, FinnRiver, and Reverend Nat's, with cases up to 50% off while supplies last. Thirsty? Schilling will open with 32 taps of craft cider and pints and flights starting at noon.
(Fremont, free admission)
85. Georgetown Bites 2018
Known for being Seattleâs oldest neighborhood, gritty, industrial Georgetown is quietly becoming a culinary destination, with a high concentration of underrated under-the-radar gems. Consider: the cask-aged beer of Machine House Brewery, the fiery hot chicken of Sisters and Brothers, the cured meats of Hitchcock Deli, and the beer-battered, deep-fried tacos of El Sirenito, to name a few. At this annual spring food walk, you can scoop up all those and other offerings from more than 30 different vendors, like the artisan confections of Fran's Chocolates and the upscale vegetarian pub fare of Georgetown Liquor Company.
(Georgetown, free admission)
86. Peeps on Peeps on Peeps
Compete to see who can gobble the most sugary marshmallow confections, with prizes for first, second, and third place.
(Ravenna, free)
87. Polish Spring Market
At this spring market, load up on Polish crafts and treats, from pÄ
czki to pierogi.
(Eastlake, free admission)
88. Taste for a Cause
Taste local beers from Pyramid Alehouse, Fremont Brewing, BridgePort Brewing Company, Two Beers Brewing Co., and Snoqualmie Falls Brewing.
(Sodo, $8)
89. Back Issue Comic Sale
Thousands of silver, bronze, copper, and contemporary comics will fill the shelves at this special sale. While you're shopping, peruse artwork by Alan LaMont, Olga Gavrilovskiy, Kristal Jones, Ethan Lind, MiYoung Margolis, Julia Tatiyatrairong, and Gary Word.
(Ballard, free admission)
90. Board Game Challenge (Bunny Kingdom)
The winner of the Board Game Challenge gets their picture mounted on the wall of fame. This month, rack up points in Bunny Kingdom.
(Queen Anne, free)
91. Sakura-Con Afterparty
After Sakura-Con, Sonicboombox and superOrange will host their annual party with a live DJ, drinks, giveaways, and more.
(Downtown, $10)
92. 80s Vinyl Classics with DJ Vox Sinistra
Get nostalgic with an all-vinyl set of synth, new wave, disco, funk, and electro '80s classics courtesy of DJ Vox Sinistra.
(Capitol Hill, free)
93. Acid Tongue, Smokey Brights, Gold Casio, Baywitch
Seattleâs Smokey Brights, once-Seattle-now-New-York-based Acid Tongue, and Portlandâs Gold Casio are the prodigal prodigies on Freakout Records, all returning home to the Pacific Northwest from their SXSW showcase. Joining them are the self-identified anti-surf Seattle trio Baywitch. No one wants to go to a boring show. No one wants to watch the same-sounding set by the same homogeneous bands. Variety is the spice of a rapturing live showâand thatâs what Acid Tongueâs fuzz-pop, Smokey Brightâs synth-rock, Gold Casioâs electro-pop will deliver, alongside Baywitchâs beach boogie. These bands are blowing up and will blow you out of the water. ZACH FRIMMEL
(Ballard, $10)
94. The Bailey Range, Among Authors, dreamcatchr
Local alt dream rockers the Bailey Range, Among Others, and dreamcatchr are all inspired by Radiohead, Elliott Smith, and the like.
(Capitol Hill, $8/$10)
95. The Black Chevys, Bad Saint, Motus
White Center shredders the Black Chevys will roll westward to Ballard, with Bad Saint and Motus in tow.
(Ballard, $10)
96. Bread and Butter, Autogramm, Head Band
Seattle foursome Bread and Butterâs bio describes them as âSpecializing in blasted stoner pop jamsâtrue to their name, plain and simple. These wastoids will make you feel like drinking plentiful Tecate and just forgetting about time.â In six months, I will agree with that statementâtheir track called âCool in the Waterâ is a total day-drinking jam for sunburns, bridge jumping, light denim, forgetting to go to work, and no problem-o classic rock ânâ roll. EMILY NOKES
(Beacon Hill, $10)
97. City of Music Career Day
Interested in working in the music industry in this town? Hear from established local music people (including Upstream Music Fest + Summit programmer Meli Darby, Key to Change founder Quinton Morris, and rapper Gifted Gab) at this career day.
(Capitol Hill, free)
98. Denny Blaine
Northwest pop duet Denny Blaine will play "fresh Americana in a cool wrapper."
(First Hill, free)
99. The F-Holes, The Suicide Notes, The Tripwires
Rowdy Northwesterners the F-Holes will join up with the Suicide Notes (âa macabre Shangri-Las with a Punk edgeâ) and the Tripwires for a night out in Eastlake.
(Eastlake, $5/$7)
100. The Foghorns, Double Country, Evergreen Shakers
Folk punks the Foghorns will be joined by local country band Double Country and local bluegrass band the Evergreen Shakers.
(Ballard, $8)
101. Free at The Frye: Alan Liu
In this free and all-ages ongoing series at the Frye, world-renowned teen prodigy Alan Liu, the first prizewinner of the Canadian National Music Competition (2016), the GFA International Youth Competition Junior Division (2014), the Guitare Montreal International Youth Competition (2014), and the Northwest Guitar Festival Adult Competition (2015), will present a program that will reflect his recent studies with Michael Partington of the University of Washington and Daniel Bolshoy of the Vancouver Symphony School of Music.
(First Hill, free)
102. Free Travelers VGM
Hear live video game music from local band Free Travelers.
(Fremont, free)
103. Full Moon Party
There will be a full moon on Saturday, and you can celebrate by dancing to a live DJ, sipping special drinks, and gazing at lunar installations and projections.
(Pioneer Square, $5)
104. Gifted Gab, Mic Flont and Massiah, Guests
Otow & Flight present a night of local hiphop, featuring MCs Gifted Gab, Mic Flont and Massiah, and DJs Avi, Ramos, Uncle Barrold, and Stas.
(Beacon Hill, $10)
105. Haute Sauce: Catch 24, Famous, U.No.Hu, Swervewon
For this installment of Haute Sauce, dance to live hiphop sets by DJs Catch 24, Famous, U.No.Hu, and Swervewon.
(Capitol Hill, $10)
106. Jim O'Halloran, Osama Afifi, Larry Mahlis Trio
Kick back with local jazz favorites Jim O'Halloran, Osama Afifi, and Larry Mahlis Trio while enjoying Ethiopian/Eritrean food, espresso, and libations.
(Rainier Valley, free)
107. JK POP! Special Sakura-Con Edition
Have you ever heard Japanese and Korean "intergalactic pop music"? Now you will, at this Timbre Room resurrection of JK Pop's "full-blown audio/visual experience celebrating the various sights, sounds, and styles of Japan & South Korea," which promises sets by HOSTBOI and DJ Taxi Taxi Taxi every first Saturday. This late March iteration will be a super special Sakura-Con edition with featured J-Core set by RX-0 Banshee.
(Downtown, $8/$10)
108. Knights of Trash, The Suicide Notes, Paper Dolls
Local good-timers the Knights of Trash play a rollicking set of original rock and roll, with support from The Suicide Notes and Paper Dolls.
(Tukwila, $5)
109. La Realeza Presents: Bloom
Wear cocktail attire to this spring party to celebrate all of your accomplishments. You can dance to hiphop and reggae with DJs Pax and X2050 while you sip special drinks and eat tacos.
(Georgetown, $6/$10)
110. The Moonspinners, Aaiiee, Organasm
The Moonspinners play rock, soul, "French and Italian pop," and '70s-inspired punk. They'll be joined by Aaiiee and Superorganasm.
(Tukwila, $7)
111. Mossy Raven EP Release Show
Folksy singer-songwriter Mossy Raven will celebrate the release of his self-titled EP with support sets from Elena Loper, Cooper Stoulil, and Cape Disappointment.
(Wallingford, free)
112. My Chef Present Independent Superstars
Spend an evening dancing to promising local (unsigned) musicians.
(Pioneer Square, free)
113. The Naked Sessions #18: Gary Bennett & the Coattail Riders
Gary Bennett and the Coattail Riders will play their sweet ballads at this acoustic show. Proceeds will benefit Facing Homelessness.
(Greenwood, $10)
114. Noah Byrd, Bear Talk, Jim Marcotte
Sacramento indie-rocker Noah Byrd will headline a free show with Bear Talk and singer-songwriter Jim Marcotte.
(Columbia City, free)
115. Pamâs Jam Spring FĂ©te
Dance the night away to soca music at a Trinidad-style Caribbean féte, replete with spicy jerk wings, aloo pies, and "endless" rum punch.
(Wallingford, $10)
116. Phantom Racer, Coyote Bred, Everything Sux
Seattle punks Phantom Racer, who play "fast, melodic, and technical Northwest punk," will be joined by Coyote Bred and Everything Sux.
(University District, $7)
117. The Pornadoes
Jason Goessl (who's also one half of husband-and-wife jazz duo Sundae and Mr. Goessl) leads a trio with two of his fellow Midwestern transplants called the Pornadoes. Hear them play a mix of jazz, surf, rockabilly, and country swing.
(Downtown, free)
118. The Rainiers, Eroder, Meece
Seattleâs most Northwesterly named blues-metal band will play tracks from their sophomore album, House of the Devil, tonight. Taking a classical blues approach to Kyuss-style stoner rock, the Rainiers stack combustible riffs until each song is comfortably ablaze, creeping track-by-track with the predictable destructiveness of a warehouse fire. Additionally peppered with haunted-house gag imagery and casual Satan-praising Ă la Tenacious D, the band spreads horror-movie shtick over tight, hard-rock musicianship, with fret-tickling guitar solos and throat-clearing vocals that keep their live show thoroughly enjoyable. TODD HAMM
(Greenwood, $7)
119. Ritualz, Golden Gardens, Tengu Yawn
For a healthy dose of dark and dreamy gothwave, join Mexico City's Ritualz and Seattle's Golden Gardens and Tengu Yawn.
(Downtown, $8/$10)
120. TCH Party
Celebrate six years of Train Car House Party's techno shows with local electronic artists Chloe Harris and Sharlese.
(Sodo, free)
121. Thom Celica, Steeltoe Metronome, Sam Cobra, Red Heart Alarm
Enjoy a set from funky stoner-rockers Thom Celica, with support from Steeltoe Metronome, Sam Cobra, and Red Heart Alarm.
(University District, $8)
122. Anne Martine Whitehead
Anna Martine Whitehead's choreography will explore the movement and question the liberty of "brown, black, and feminized bodies" within the similar structures of castles, jails, and cathedrals.
(Capitol Hill, $10)
123. Couch
A storytelling event stuffed to the gills with Seattle talentâBetty Wetter, Christi Cruz, Emmett Montgomery, Matt Bishop, My Future Self, Rebecca Brown, Sarah Paul Ocampo, Sara Jinks, Tomo Nakayama, and The Stranger's own Christopher Frizzelle and Charles MudedeâCouch features stories and performances inspired by that quotidian piece of furniture. Kyle Bain will host.
(Capitol Hill, $5â$10 donation)
124. Kara and VIdeo DJ Andy
Join Kara Sutra will host an Easter-themed drag extravaganza, with music video projections from DJ Andy in between sets.
(West Seattle, free)
125. Nicole Henriksen: Card on My Sleeve
See the world premiere of Nicole Henriksen's theater piece Card on My Sleeve, followed by a workshop that will explore ethnicity and privilege through dance and music.
(University District, free)
126. Trans Day of Visibility Open House
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility by stopping by an open house for the new Ingersoll Gender Center location, where you can learn all about their expanded services. Plus, drinks and snacks are free.
(Capitol Hill, free)
127. Ben Clanton: Peanut Butter and Jelly
Local author and illustrator Ben Clanton will share the latest book in his Narwhal and Jelly children's series, Peanut Butter and Jelly. In it, Narwhal becomes so obsessed with peanut butter that he wants to change his name to Peanut Butter. His sensible friend Jelly has some issues with this.
(University District, free)
128. Dan Kaplan, Bill Carty, and Kary Wayson
Portland's Dan Kaplan, who edits the Burnside Review, will read tasty, witty poems from his latest collection, Instant Killer Wig. Also featured on this night will be Bill Carty, a Maine native living in Seattle who edits Poetry Northwest, and Seattle poet Kary Wayson.
(Wallingford, free)
129. La Causa by Living Voices
Celebrate Cesar Chavez day with this storytelling hour, in which an actor playing a young woman on the picket lines will talk about Latin American strikes against racism and civil rights violations in the 1960s.
(Renton, $5)
130. Pints of Ales & Killer Whale Tales
Join local environmental education nonprofit Whale Tales to learn about killer whale conservation efforts in the Pacific Northwest while you drink beer.
(Capitol Hill, free)
131. Sorting Room Residency
Author and editor Matthew Bennett, memoirist and fiction writer Janet Buttenwieser (Guts), and poet and artist Sierra Nelson (I Take Back the Sponge Cake) are the current writers in residence of the Seattle7Writers Sorting Room program, which is named for a room where book donations are sorted. Get acquainted with their work in various genres.
(Capitol Hill, free)
132. Thi Bui: The Best We Could Do
In her debut graphic-novel memoir, Thi Bui, on the verge of first-time parenthood, traces her feelings of both fear and love back to her family, who were refugees after the Vietnam War and came to the United States in a boat. Bui's light pink and blue hues of watercolor splashed over her illustrations give a sensitive touch to the memories and emotional worlds that she and her family inhabit. Like in Persepolis, you'll learn about how the trauma of war, political instability, and sudden migrations can tear a family apart, through the lens of her parents, whose captivating life stories make it impossible to put the book down. AMBER CORTES
(Capitol Hill, free)
133. Worshipping Power: An Anarchist Vision of Early State Formation
Virginia-born anarchist Peter Gelderloos will review the process of state formation and offer his modern definition of the state by sharing his book Worshipping Power: An Anarchist Vision of Early State Formation.
(Downtown, free)
134. A Cure For What Ails Us: Medicare for All and the Future of Health
Join Seattle DSA, the University of Washington YDSA, and members of Physicians for a National Health Program for a panel discussion on how single-payer healthcare will impact our lives, our care, and our communities.
(University District, free)
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
ART135. Katy Stone: More Light
Seattle artist Katy Stone's abstract installation, which looks as simply conceived but absorbing as her previous, more colorful works, catches and plays with natural light in the gallery using "plastic film, paper, sequins, and ribbon."
(Rainier Valley, free)
Opening Saturday
136. Taylor Hanigosky: Fragile & Upheld
Seattle artist Taylor Hanigosky's durational installations explore "the aesthetic and conceptual curiosities of rocks," featuring rocks and wood suspended by string.
(Ballard, free)
Opening Saturday
SUNDAY
COMEDY137. Piggyback: Stand Up and Improv Combined
After one comic performs a stand-up routine, a group improv artists will create a narrative story in a particular genre of film or literature (inspired by the stand-up act that preceded them).
(Downtown, $10)
138. Doggie Easter Egg Hunt
Bring your own basket and your own dog to this canine egg hunt.
(Beacon Hill, free)
139. Easter Bonnet Contest
A bucket full of glitter and a hot glue gun are the best tools for success at this Easter bonnet contest, hosted by queer organization the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle. The best caps will win cash prizes.
(Capitol Hill, free)
140. Georgetown Egg Hunt
This year's family egg hunt promises special prizes and a visit from the Georgetown bunny.
(Georgetown, free)
141. The Great Egg Hunt
The Ballard Farmer's Market will host its second annual egg scavenger hunt on Easter Sunday. The person who collects the most eggs will win a prize from Jonboy Caramels.
(Ballard, free)
142. 5th Annual Pickled Egg Eating Competition
Scarf some pickled eggs Ă la Cool Hand Luke for the chance to win "bragging rights and a belly ache." The first ten contestants will get a free t-shirt and all participants will get prizes.
(Capitol Hill, free)
143. Baby Jessica, 100 Watt Horse, Flying Fish Cove
Local band Baby Jessica describe themselves as "These punk ass mermaids washed up on Denny Blaine in the nude and now they live in your bathtub." They'll be joined by 100 Watt Horse and Flying Fish Cove.
(Ballard, $8)
144. Opening Day Music Festival
Head to "Ballard's own Coachella" to dance to music, eat Snoqualmie ice cream, drink local beer, and soak up some sunshine if it's around. Performers include Wild Clover, the Peabo Bryson Players, Dave Holmes, Six Killer, the Mary Anns, and Trouble at Home.
(Ballard, free)
145. Terpsichore's Landing
Students of the Cornish College of the Arts Dance Department will perform. It's free, but you can choose to contribute to the Cornish Annual Fund (minimum $10).
(Capitol Hill, free)
146. Zeina Hashem Beck & Chelsea Jennings
Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck wrote the award-winning Louder Than Hearts, as well as two well-regarded chapbooks. She'll read alongside Seattle's Chelsea Jennings, who is releasing the Juniper Prize-winning Transmission Loss this year.
(Wallingford, free)
147. Tommy Tournament
Strap a blindfold to your face, pick up a paddle, and hit a plastic ball around to win prizes in this annual tournament. Bring a friend to be on your team, or show up solo and get paired up with a stranger.
(Belltown, free)
