Seattle Subsonic

Georgetown Musicfest and SW Artopia Join Forces This Weekend

June 25th, 2009

Almost doomed by money woes (“must be the economy”), the Georgetown Musicfest was able to escape death this year by teaming up with a Seattle Weekly event known as Artopia. That’s a clever name. I’d never heard of it until a few months ago, but apparently they had one last year and it also takes place in South Seattle’s industrious enclave. Who knew?

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Anyhoo, the joint shindig goes down this Saturday the 27th (74 and partly cloudy, people) with a bevy of local bands (duh). Looking at the lineup, I must admit, it’s not as strong as in years past. BUT it is chock full of names that you frequently see around town on telephone poles and in “weeklys” that you haven’t quite got around to checking out (the Quit, Redwood Plan, Hallways, H is for Hellgate, Spanish for 100, etc.). Ok, ok, I know SHIM has a lot of fans in Seattle, and I’m sure their swagger-heavy power rock will sound just fine on a small outdoor stage. Ditto for the Hands.

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As usual, two stages will usurp S. Vale St.—the Rainier Stage and the Georgetown Stage—in addition to one inside at Jules Maes. There will be beer gardens I’m sure and OH DID I MENTION IT’S FREE?! Yep, now you have no excuse not to go, except if you’ll be outta town like me. That’s a pretty good excuse, I think.

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Schedule and lineup after the jump/cut/fold/whatever.

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Georgetown Stage

2:30   Oregon Donor

3:30   M Bison

4:30   Redwood Plan

5:30   Levator

6:30   the Globes

7:30   H is for Hellgate

8:30   SHIM

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Rainier Stage

2:00   We Wrote the Book on Connectors

3:00   the Quit

4:00   Danny’s House

5:00   Spanish for 100

6:00   Black Whales

7:00   This Blinding Light

8:00   Prize Country

9:00   the Hands

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Jules Maes Stage

3:00   Hallways

4:00   Zack Stokes Knows Scholarly Gentlemen

5:00   Lucy Bland

6:00   Ivory & Ice

7:00   Branden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid

8:00   tba