Here’s this week’s round-up of FREE concerts being offered in the surrounding area. This is the final week for concerts in Burien and Des Moines, so enjoy the music before it’s too late!

Tue, Aug 10	12:00PM	Caleb	Burien Town Square Park
Wed, Aug 11	7:00PM	African All Stars	Des Moines Beach Park
Thu, Aug 12	6:30PM	Locust Street Taxi	Lake Burien School Park
Fri, Aug 13	12:00PM	Nancy Stewart	Tukwila Community Center
Sun, Aug 15	5:00PM	Starlings	Marvista Park
Sun, Aug 15	5:00PM	Ranger and the Re-Arrangers	Angle Lake Park

White Center’s Holy Family Parish is holding a Community Street Fair on Sept. 11th and 12th on Roxbury with food, fun vendors, both a chili and salsa cook-off, live music and much more.

They’re also looking for vendors, so if you’re interested you’re asked to please contact the parish office at (206) 767-6200 or via e-mail at office@hfseattle.org.

Here are the event details:

WHAT: Holy Family Community Street Fair.

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 11th from 9am – 6pm and Sunday, Sept. 12th from 9am – 4pm.

WHERE: 9622 20th Ave SW & Roxbury in White Center

INFO: Principal Frank X. Cantwell says:

“The theme of our Street Fair is ‘honor the diversity of our community.’

So many of the events in the community tend to honor only one nationality at a time.

We are trying to get everyone together at once.”

Here’s the poster:

More info available at their website here.

Here’s this week’s round-up of FREE concerts being offered in the surrounding area. There’s sure to be something here to please just about anyone!

Tue, Aug 3	12:00PM	Sebastian Clark	Burien Town Square Park
Wed, Aug 4	7:00PM	Handful of Luvin’	Des Moines Beach Park
Thu, Aug 5	6:30PM	Caela and the Dangerous Flares	Lake Burien School Park
Fri, Aug 6	12:00PM	Eric Herman	Tukwila Community Center
Sun, Aug 8	5:00PM	Woodrush	Marvista Park
Sun, Aug 8	5:00PM	Rod Cook	Angle Lake Park

Summer is finally in full swing and with the warm weather and blue skies comes a plethora of free concert series offered by local cities. Why not take advantage of the weather and get outside for fresh air and FREE music?

Here’s this week’s upcoming concerts:

Tuesday, July 27	12:00PM	Steve Olson	Burien Town Square Park
Wednesday, July 28	7:00PM	Lucas Cates Band	Des Moines Beach Park
Thursday, July 29	6:30PM	Jimmy Free’s Friends	Lake Burien School Park
Friday, July 30	12:00PM	The Not-Its!	Tukwila Community Center
Sunday, August 1	5:00PM	Recess Monkey Normandy Park Youth Orchestra	Marvista Park
Sunday, August 1	5:00PM	Cold Boots & Bad Coffee	Angle Lake Park

The final day of the White Center Jubilee celebration starts off with gray skies and cool temperatures, but the promise of sunshine later today still lingers.

Despite events wrapping up today, there’s a full slate of entertainment for residents to enjoy. The street fair is in full swing on 17th Avenue SW, between 98th and 102nd, adjacent to the musical stage and beer garden, and will run until 6 PM tonight.

There is also live music on the stage near the street fair all day long, wrapping up with headliners The Dusty 45s performing from 5PM to 6PM.

Those looking for a little more excitement will find the carnival up and running until midnight tonight over at Steve Cox Memorial Park on SW 102nd Street.

Photographer Michael Brunk visited the White Center Jubilee Days carnival last night and shot these photos. Click on the images to advance through the slideshow.

Click to Play Michael Brunk’s Photo Slideshow

Just a few miles south of White Center, Burien’s annual Wild Strawberry Festival runs all weekend, with tons of FREE entertainment, music, arts, food, performance art, and much more.

The fest runs from 10am – 6pm today (Saturday June 19), and 10am – 5pm Sunday (June 20) at the Burien Town Square, on SW 152nd and 5th SW (map/directions here).

Be sure to come find our sister site The B-Town Blog near the intersection of SW 151st and 5th SW, where they’ll be “blogging live” all weekend.

Here are some of the weekend’s highlights:

Saturday, June 19:

• Anunnaki Project Trapeze Performances
• Stiltwalker Ellarella
• NW Parkour
• B-TOWN Bike Fair
• Kiwanis Pancake Brfst—8-10am, Burien Fire Station E
• lliott Bay Brewery Activities

Sunday, June 20:

• Abyssinian Dancers
• Manuela Horn—The Yodeling Wonder
• 5K Run/Walk— 150th & 4th SW
• Car Show
• Elliott Bay Brewery Activities

Here’s a map of the site:

To download and print your own copy of the event brochure, which includes a schedule, sponsors, site map and more – just click here for a PDF version, then hit the “Print” button.

There will be a FREE “Night of Swing” this Saturday night, June 19th beginning at 6pm at Grace Church, located at 10323 28th Ave SW.

Along with live music from the West Seattle Big Band, there will also be free professional Swing Dance instruction from F.J. Abaya, internationally know ballroom champion.

There will be dancing, there will be music, there will be refreshments and prizes…all FREE!

WHAT: Night of Swing

WHEN: Saturday, June 19th:

• 6-7pm: Free professional Swing Dance instruction from F.J. Abaya.
• 7-8:30pm: West Seattle Big Band will play. People will dance.

WHERE: Grace Church, located at 10323 28th Ave SW.

White Center’s 87th annual(!) Jubilee Days is set for the weekend of July 14-18, and there’s still room for Vendors, including artists, crafters, farmers, food (including mobile vendors), non-profits, community groups, and many other types of businesses.

Jubilee Days is an excellent White Center tradition that offers a great opportunity to reach members of our diverse community, as well as people from across Seattle who come here for the carnival, great band line-up, local products, and an all-around good time.

The 2010 Theme is “Come Together, Embrace Our Differences,” and it will take place on 17th Avenue SW, between 98th and 102nd, with a musical stage and beer garden.

This year’s festival will mark the 22nd year that White Center has participated in a Seafair-sanctioned community event.

This year will also include:

• A locally-grown Farmers Market
• A fireworks display to kick off the event
• Returning vendors, volunteers, musical and magic performers, carnival, children’s entertainers and more
• The famous Beer Garden
  
• Golf Tournament
• Parade

Vendor fees range from $50-$120, and cover booth space for both days of the event. Electricity is available at an additional cost.

Here are the full details, as posted on the Jubilee Days website, which also includes downloadable forms:

Want to be a Vendor at Jubilee Days? We Hope You Do!

Jubilee Days will be bigger and better than ever in 2010 – a carnival with rides, music stage, beer garden, parade, and expanded street fair with a broader base of vendors. Jubilee Days vendor booths are now open to artists, crafters, farmers, restaurants, mobile food establishments, non-profits, community groups, and almost any other type of business! Jubilee Days offers an excellent opportunity to reach members of White Center’s diverse community, as well as people from across Seattle who come to Jubilee Days for the carnival, great band line-up, local products, and an all-around good time.

Basic Info for Prospective Vendors:

Days/Hours: Saturday July 17th from 10am-midnight (though some vendors choose to close earlier, between 8pm and midnight) and Sunday July 18th from 10am-6pm.

Location: The street fair will be on 17th Avenue SW, between 98th and 102nd, adjacent to the musical stage and beer garden.

Fees: Vendor fees range from $50-$120 (much less than many other festivals) and cover booth space for both days of the event. Electricity is available at an additional cost.

Booth Set-up: Vendor check-in will take place prior to the opening of the event, about 6:30am-9am. Specific booth location assignments will be made approximately one week prior to the festival, and are subject to change up until the day of the festival. Vendors will need to supply their own tables, chairs, tents, etc.

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Ready to Apply to be a Vendor?

All vendors must submit a completed application, with payment. Applicants will be provided with additional info after being approved.

1. Click here to download the Vendor Application (PDF file) and fill it out

2. Choose your payment method

• Credit Card or PayPal: Click here to add the type of booth(s) you want to the cart. When you check out, you will be taken to the PayPal site where you can enter your card information or just log into your account if you have one. Include your PayPal receipt or confirmation number with your application when you submit it.
• Check: Make check payable to White Center Jubilee Days and mail it in with your application

3. Mail your completed Vendor Application to:

White Center Jubilee Days VENDORS
1612 SW 114th St. PMB 198
White Center, WA 98146

Questions?

Please contact Lauren at vendors@jubileedays.org or (206) 350-9613.

*Food vendors are required to have the applicable Food Service Permits. Permit info and applications, as well as lists of food exempt from permit requirements are available from King County: http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ehs/foodsafety.aspx.

*Goods and services sold by vendors must be legal to sell to persons of all ages in King County and the State of Washington, and should not include weapons (real or toy) or other hazardous items.

With summer right around the corner, the Refresh Southwest event is a great opportunity for southwest Seattle residents to get out and enjoy some free live music, fun family activities, and workshops dedicated to everything from sustainability and urban gardening to Brazilian dancing.

Free and open to all ages, Refresh Southwest: Delridge Day and Sustainable West Seattle Festival will take place Saturday, June 5, at the Delridge Community Center and Playfield.  With two stages of live music, family potato-sack races, magic shows, a wide assortment of free workshops, and one-hundred plus community organizations and resource providers for SW Seattle in attendance, there’s sure to be something for everyone.

WHAT: Refresh Southwest Delridge Day and Sustainable West Seattle Festival.

WHEN: Saturday, June 5, from 1pm to 5 pm.

WHERE: At the Delridge Community Center and Playfield, 4501 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, 98106.  Metro Bus Lines 120, 125.

INFO: This event is free and open to all ages.  For additional details on performers, workshops, and event sponsors, visit the event’s website, or contact Randy Engstrom at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 206-935-2999, or Christina Hahs with Sustainable West Seattle at 206-307-4860.

Beloved children’s songwriter and performer Dan Cohen, known to his fans as Danna Banana, will perform a free show for local families at the White Center Library this Wednesday, May 12.

Children age three and older and their families are invited to the White Center Library Wednesday at 6:30 for award-winning singer/songwriter Dan Cohen’s MAD about Books performance, in which he’ll “take stories from the page to the stage” for the entertainment of all.  Cohen, aka “Danna Banana” has performed all over the country, and he’s popular with both young kids and their parents, as his songs are catchy, entertaining, and educational.

WHAT: Dan Cohen, aka “Danna Banana” performs MAD about Books.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30 pm.

WHERE: White Center Library, 11220 16th Ave SW, Seattle, 98146.

INFO: This free performance is hosted by the King County Library System at the White Center Library.  For more information and video clips of Danna Banana, check out his website. From www.dannabanana.com:

danna banana, dubbed ‘best party entertainer’ by New York Magazine, is a singer by training and a kid at heart. He’s done shows in venues big and small all over this land, as well as parties for everyone from Ernie Anastos to Rosie O’Donnell.

He’s also a veteran tunesmith, with credits ranging from Disney (Jojo’s Circus show and cds) to country (‘Your Reward’ on Sara Hickman’s Motherlode). He’s been entertaining kids and families since his first cd, Bananappeal, won him a Grand Prize in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest. And he uses all that experience-as a writer, performer, husband, and father– to create his unique, hummable, hilarious songs.

The modern pop production and fresh, funny lyrics ‘make parents and kids hoot with laughter’ (New York Magazine)

A very unique 9-liter bottle of Five Star Cellars 2006 Cabernet Savignon will be raffled off at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival next weekend (Saturday, March 6th & Sunday, March 7th) at the historic Landmark Event Center in Des Moines.

Now if you’ve never ventured the 11.6 miles or so south to this historic building, may we recommend that you give it a try next weekend? The Landmark Event Center (aka Landmark on the Sound – map here) is the former, historic Masonic Retirement home, and it smacks of a castle or stately mansion. Now throw in an excellent, entertaining and tasty fundraiser with outstanding wines and live music, and you’ve got a reason to head out.

Another reason of course is to win this one-of-a-kind, big, beautiful bottle, wich contains nine liters – equal to a full case of wine (!) – and is engraved with the Poverty Bay Wine Festival emblem on one side, and the Five Star label on the other.

This 2006 Cab was rated 91 points by Wine Spectator and 94 points by the Beverage Tasting Institute – that means it’s an excellent case of wine in one big bottle!

No purchase is necessary– this is a drawing for anyone who wants to enter – but you will have to show up at the festival, which is just $20 per person; for that amount, you’ll also receive a souvenir wine glass and 10 tokens, a sampling of delicious foods, and live music both days.

Also, for all you non-wine drinkers out there, Pike’s Brewing will also have a booth.

The value of the wine plus the engraving is $1,000!

The opening night Gala will be this Friday, March 5th at 7:30pm at the Landmark Event Center. The theme is A Night in the Vineyard. A lavish buffet will be provided by Anthony’s HomePort. Tickets for the gala are $75 in advance, $85 at the door. The ticket price includes food, entertainment, and wine.

Wine Fesival tickets are priced at $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets for the Wine Festival and Gala are available at Corky Cellars, located at 22511 Marine View Drive in Des Moines (206-824-9462); or online at www.dmrotary.org.

Poverty Bay Wine Festival is the major annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Des Moines.

For full details on the festival, check out our previous coverage here.

Burien Arts is holding its second annual all-day Highline Vintage Jazz Festival with two sessions on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Highline Performing Arts Center, located at 401 South 152nd Street in Burien.

The all-day music fest will feature two unique three-hour performances, the first from 2pm – 5pm and the second from 7pm – 10pm, with some of the region’s most well-known jazz musicians playing Dixieland, swing, solo stride piano, gypsy jazz and more.

Tickets to the event cost just $20 per show or $35 for a full-day pass, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets here.

Identical twin banjo pickers The Canote Brothers will MC.

Matinee performance musicians will include:

• The Canote Brothers as MCs
• Bulldog Brass Band (Garfield High School New Orleans style band)
• Pearl Django (Gypsy Jazz)
• The Jangles (Western Swing)
• Dina Blade (“A Tribute to Dorothy Fields”)

Evening performances boasts a seperate line-up of impressive jazz musicians including:

• Holotradband (Dixieland)
• Hot Club Sandwich
• Paul Asaro (Solo stride piano)
• Hot Club Sandwich (Gypsy Jazz)
• Casey MacGill & Blue 4 Trio (Jump Swing & vocals)

The Festival will also feature:

• Outdoor musical entertainment
• Dancers
• Great food
• Raffle prizes
• Free transportation to and from local restaurants and bars (which will likely be having specials for festival-goers)
• And more!

The Highline Vintage Jazz Festival is the brainchild of Burien Arts’ board member and fixture in the local music scene, Lance Haslund. Lance is a part-time musician and lifetime lover of all music, particularly jazz. He has been promoter of small concerts in the Burien area for several years and says:

“The Highline Vintage Jazz Festival will fill a void in the local festival scene.

To my knowledge, until now the Puget Sound area has not provided a showcase for multiple styles of early jazz in one event.

As Burien emerges as one of the new vital places for the arts in the region, we pay tribute to the people who moved here and grew the community during the Big Band era, and offer a faithful rendering of the music of their youth.”

Burien Arts is a local non-profit dedicated to enriching the community by providing engaging and innovative arts programming to the Highline region and beyond. Vitally active since 1965, Burien Arts maintains a crucial role in the artistic fabric of the community.

Tickets to the event are available online through Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com) or by calling: 1-800-838-3006. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the festival.

Buy your tickets now by clicking here!

For more information, please check www.burienarts.org, call 206-244-7808 or email info@burienarts.org.

Here are some videos shot at last year’s fest featuring the Bulldog Brass Band:

White Center’s new Dubsea Coffee is hosting a FREE, live music show this Saturday night, featuring Brandon Decker & Lets Get Lost.

Brandon Decker is a musician/singer from Arizona with a degree in Philosophy who sings about “romance, personal relationships and coming to terms with his sometimes checkered past.” His influences include Tom Waits, Portishead, Neil Young and PJ Harvey and his music has been called “gritty, soulful, acoustic rock,” and has also been dubbed “grunge folk.”

“My songs are my catharsis of everything I’ve been through, coupled with my empathy experienced from the different profound relationships I’ve had.” Decker said on his website. “In every song, I’m taking a moment and trying to work through it honestly.”

The show starts at 7pm and goes until 10pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Live, FREE music at Dubsea Coffee, featuring Brandon Decker and Let’s Get Lost

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 30th from 7pm-10pm

WHERE: Dubsea Coffee, located at 9910 8th Avenue SW in the Greenbridge ‘hood.

INFO: From Dubsea’s website:

This is going to be a great music show to come and check out at Dubsea Coffee, Free !!  Live music by Brandon Decker & Lets Get Lost .
Brandon Decker “vocals, guitar,and producer ” is on his Long Days tour from Sedona, AZ. accompanied by Nanci Mcdonald ” Cello Vocals “.  The duo will be playing his narrative work on redemption with poignant lyrics and resonating vocals.  This folk rock duo is something to witness, supremely you will not be disappointed.

Lets Get Lost is a local Seattle treat, Nick Shadel & Peter Kowalczyk frequent the cafe as they are White Center boys.  If you come to the show you’ll get to experience a flood of the groups indie-pop-rock-carnival aesthetic.  Their music is cotton candy for the ears, sweeter and bolder to the core the longer it resonates in your audible system.

Come to Dubsea Coffee and listen, witness this delectable feast for your temporal lobe.  Let your internal audiometer get the
frequencies and vibrations it deserves.

VIDEO: Here are two videos we found of Brandon Decker:

More info available at the bands’ websites:

• http://www.myspace.com/brandondecker
• http://www.myspace.com/letsgetlosttogether

The Rotary Club of Burien/White Center is pleased to announce that this year’s major fundraiser will be a “Rockin Valentine’s Dinner and Dance” on Saturday, Feb. 13th at South Seattle Community College.

“Our community has not had a Valentines event in some time,” said Rotary Club spokesperson Tami Greene. “And our Rotary Club thought it would be a nice change of pace. So if you are looking for a new and fun way to celebrate this Valentine’s Day, please attend our dinner, dance, and auction. This event is not just for couples, single people will have just as much fun!”

The major Sponsors are Cox Financial and New Frontier Marketing.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Burien/White Center Rotary’s Rockin Valentine’s Dinner and Dance

WHERE: South Seattle Community College

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13th from 6pm – 11:30pm

INFO: This event will feature:

• Fundraising
• Live Auction
• Raffle Prizes
• Music by Uncle Ernie, playing great Rock n’ Roll music (great dancing and listening music)
• Corsages, boutonnieres, and chocolates will be available for sale.

TICKETS: $75 per person, available from any member of the Rotary Club of Burien White Center Club or online at Brown Paper Tickets here.

Local band Uncle Ernie are well known to the Highline and surrounding area and include Highline High School’s class of ’78, Tim Clark and newly elected Des Moines Councilmember, Matt Pina, Mt. Rainier class of ’78.

Other participating sponsors to date include:

• Tami Greene with Sound Mortgage
• Burien Toyota
• Burien Chevrolet
• Cox Financial
• New Frontier Marketing
• Bonney Watson
• Collins Chiropractic
• Mick Kelly’s
• The B-Town Blog

The club is still seeking Live Auction items and Raffle Prizes, so if you wish to donate a live auction or raffle prize (it’s a great way to market!), contact Bob Wray at 253-670-0466 or via email at bob@newfrontiermarketing.com, or download a PDF of the Sponsorship Package here.

Here’s more info:

The Burien/White Center Rotary Club is holding a Food Bank Benefit concert featuring the Boeing Employees Choir on Friday, Dec. 4th at 7:30pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien.

All proceeds from this show will benefit both the Highline and White Center Food Banks.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Burien/White Center Rotary fundraiser concert featuring the Boeing Employees Choir

WHEN: Friday, Dec. 4th beginning at 7:30pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located next to Highline High School at 401 S. 152nd Street in Burien.

COST: Please bring non-perishable food donations to help feed your hungry neighbors during the holidays!

INFO: From the Boeing Employees Choir website:

A good cause, and a great venue, the Burien/White Center Rotary Club has asked us to put on a concert for the Burien community in order to collect non-perishable food items for the local Food Banks.

Bring a food donation and bring a friend!

And forward this invite so we can pack the house and the food bank!

The Boeing Employees Choir is a concert choral group serving as The Boeing Company’s ambassador in song, sharing the gift of music with audiences in the Puget Sound Region of Washington State – as well as throughout the world. The choir has existed since the early 1940s. Today, we make about 25 appearances each year.

Composed primarily of Boeing employees, retirees and their families, our choir is a 501c(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.

The Burien/White Center Rotary Club, founded in 1955, has a long and rich history of service to the community.

Over this 50+ year duration, club members have volunteered countless hours of service and generated hundreds of thousands of dollars which have been distributed back into the community.

For more information, visit their website here.

White Center for the Arts‘ next event is coming Saturday, Sept. 19th, this time at a new venue – Big Al Brewery, located at 9832 14th Ave SW.

Here are the details:

WHAT: White Center For the Arts 3rd Saturday Art Event, featuring:

• Photography exhibit by Alexander Meas and Ken Champoux
• Live bands, Proletariat Pizza, Full Tilt Ice Cream, Big Al’s Beer and “fun surprises”

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 19th , 7pm to 10pm

WHERE: Big Al Brewery, located at 9832 14th Ave SW, Seattle;‎ – (206) 453-4487‎

INFO: Lots of art, artists, live music, pizza and microbrew, with a portion of the night’s take going towards funding WCFTA’s Community Gallery/Coffeehouse, and After-School Arts Education program.

Here’s more from their press release:

And now for something completely different…

At least the venue is different.

White Center for the Arts September Third Saturday Art Event is being hosted by Big Al Brewery!!

September 19th, 7PM until 10PM.

Come enjoy Art, Music, Food, Beverage, and Prizes; a rockin’ Saturday night, and help WCFTA reach it’s funding goal.

Please pass this along to all of your friends and make it a party!