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Friday Evening

Location   Mountaineers Building (MapQuest) at 300 3rd Ave West in Seattle
Time   8:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Cost   $15
Band   Nick Vigarino
DJs   Evan Lawrence-Hurt

 

Friday Afterhours

Location   Washington Dance Center (MapQuest) at 1017 Stewart St in downtown Seattle
Time   12:30 AM to 5:00 AM
Cost   $10
Band   Gordon Webster, Karen Maria Capo and Friends
DJs   Devona Cartier and Dave Mortensen

 

Saturday Evening and Afterhours

Location   Washington Dance Center (MapQuest) at 1017 Stewart St in downtown Seattle
Time   8:30 PM - Special lecture on the history of blues music by Roy Rydbeck
9:30 PM to 5:00 AM - Dancing and more dancing
Cost   $20 before midnight (hey, you get the dance and latenight), $10 after midnight
Bands   Early band - Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives
Late band - Charles White Band
DJs   Miranda Metcalf, Greg Avakian, Steven Watkins and Kelly Porter

 

Sunday Evening

Location   Century Ballroom (MapQuest) at 915 E Pine St in Seattle
Time   9:30 PM to 12:30 AM
Cost   $10
Band   The Solomon Douglas Swingtet
DJs   Brenda Starr

 

Sunday Afterhours

Location   Washington Dance Center (MapQuest) at 1017 Stewart St in downtown Seattle
Time   12:30 AM to 5:00 AM
Cost   $8
Band and DJs   No band, no DJs, just a jukebox supplied with music from blues DJs from all over.  Just be sure to bring some quarters!  DJs, if you're interested in providing a CD, send your CD along with a a standard sized CD insert (one page is fine) with CD title, DJ name, DJ's scene, and a listing of tracks.  Send it to:

Emerald City Blues Festival
c/o Martin Beally
1726 15th Ave #12
Seattle, WA 98122

 

Non Festival Events

If you're in town a bit early (or staying a bit later) perhaps you'd like to come hang out with us at some other goings-on in town?  Just remember that these events aren't part of the festival and you'll have to pay for them at the door.

Thursday Evening

Location   Hepcat Swing at the Russian Center  - 704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA
Time   8:30 - 11:30 PM
Cost   $5
Music   TBA

 

Monday Evening

Location   Sonny Newman's Dance Hall (MapQuest) at 201 N 85th St in Seattle
Time   8:30 - 11:30 PM
Cost   $5 for general public, $3 for Savoy Swing members, students and Canadians
Music   DJs Solomon Douglas and Martin Beally

 

Brought to you by the Washington Blues Society
and some of your favorite blues dancers.