2008 West Seattle Summer Fest

Don't miss a minute of music at the Festival! Check out this year's amazing line up!

2008 West Seattle Summer Fest Performance Schedule

Performer descriptions and websites shown below

Dowloadable music schedule available here!

FRIDAY, JULY 11

North Stage
1:45pm – 2:30pm    Carrie Clark & Lonesome Lovers
3:00pm – 3:45pm    Ranger & The Re-Arrangers
4:15pm – 5:00pm    Pillow Army
5:30pm – 6:30pm    Picoso
7:00pm – 8:00pm    McTuff
8:15pm – 9:15pm    Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands

South Stage
2:30pm – 3:30pm    Verona
4:00pm – 5:00pm    The Coyotes
5:30pm – 6:30pm    Swallow
7:00pm – 8:00pm    Coffin Break

 

SATURDAY, JULY 12

North Stage
12:30pm – 1:30pm The Preons
2:00pm – 3:00pm   Westerly
3:30pm – 4:30pm   The Special Places
5:00pm – 6:00pm   SHIM
6:30pm – 7:30pm   Sage
8:00pm – 11:00pm Oncore with DJ Deanzig

South Stage
12:45pm – 1:45pm Swamp Soul
2:15pm – 3:15pm   Adrian Xavier Band
3:45pm – 4:45pm   Maldives
5:15pm – 6:15pm   Funkscribes Family Affair
6:45pm – 7:45pm   The Saturday Knights

 

SUNDAY, JULY 13

North Stage
12:45pm – 1:45pm Ragged Glory
2:15pm – 3:00pm   Jared Clifton
3:30pm – 4:15pm   Carrie Akre
4:45pm – 5:30pm   The Lonely Forest
6:00pm – 7:00pm   Hockey

South Stage
1:15pm – 2:15pm   Kristen Ward
2:45pm – 3:45pm   Colby Imus & the Good Lieutenants
4:15pm – 5:15pm   Capping Day
5:45pm – 6:45pm   Green Pajamas

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

9:30pm Friday, Saturday – Easy Street Records    Peoples Republic of Komedy
10:30pm Friday – Easy Street Records    Tullycraft
10:30pm Saturday – Easy Street Records    Zero Down

 

ARTIST DESCRIPTIONS

Adrian XAdrian Xavier www.adrianxavier.com
Performing for almost two decades, Seattle's Adrian Xavier blends sax and fiddle, reggae and soul, in a highly appealing musical brew. Saturday, 2:15-3:00PM, South Stage

Belltown Martial Arts www.belltownmartialarts.com
Sifu David Leong presents Belltown Martial Arts students performing the art of Traditional Southern Style Lion Dancing and Kung Fu Demonstration. Saturday 1:00-1:45pm, Roaming

Capping Day www.myspace.com/cappingday
This moody, jangly pop group burst out onto the then grunge-dominated Seattle music scene in the late '80s; ironically, Capping Day was one of the first Seattle alternative rock groups destined for success. Sunday, 4:15-5:15PM, South Stage

Carrie Akre

Carrie Akre (Singer/Songwriter) www.carrieakre.com
Carrie’s music is influenced by R&B, pop and rock, fused together into soulful arrangements in the singer/songwriter tradition. Sunday, 3:30pm-4:15pm: North Stage



Carrie Clark & The Lonesome Lovers www.carrieclark.com
An Americana carnivale ride blending country, folk and cabaret featuring songs about one night stands, love lust divas and dark lullabies. Friday, 1:45-2:30PM, North Stage
Carrie Akre

Coffin Break www.myspace.com/coffinbreak
Seattle's hardcore metal-heads Coffin Break return after a 13 year hiatus., Louder and Faster than ever! Friday, 7:00-8:00PM, South Stage



Colby Imus & The Good Lieutenants www.myspace.com/thegoodlieutenant
Expect the unexpected in unique modern song and sound, inspired by american roots, show tunes and voodoo rock and roll. Sunday, 2:45-3:45PM, South Stage

Funkscribes Family Affair www.myspace.com/funkscribe
Stanky, horn-driven ORIGINAL funk dedicated to movin' your booty. New album has members of Parliament-Funkadelic, Altered States, and Marmalade. Saturday, 5:15-6:15PM, South Stage

Green Pajamas www.myspace.com/greenpajamas
Influenced by 60's psychedelia and the "paisley underground" music scene, The Green Pajamas formed way back in 1983. 8 albums later they are still ahead of the times while remaining lost in time. Sunday, 5:45-6:45PM, South Stage

Hockey

Hockey www.myspace.com/hockey
After getting their start in Los Angeles, Portland-based Hockey now brings its catalog of soul-rockin pop gems to the great Northwest. Sunday, 6:00-7:00PM, North Stage

Jared Clifton www.jaredclifton.com
Jared Clifton is best known as the former singer for Radio Nationals. His songs range from bar room rockers to mournful country twang. Sunday, 2:15-3:00PM, North Stage

Kristen Ward www.kristenward.com
Kristen Ward, Seattle based singer songwriter, with her band, delivers honest rootsy rock-and-roll with a lonely western twist. Sunday, 1:15-2:15PM, South Stage

Maldives www.themaldivesmusic.com
Old-time banjo, fiddle and pedal steel help to authenticate this Seattle nine-piece as a truly western inspired rock band. Music country style BBQ. Saturday, 3:45-4:45PM, South Stage

Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana www.mariachifiestamexicana.com
Sunday, 1:00-3:00PM, Roaming

Mark PickerelMark Pickerel & His Praying Hands www.myspace.com/markpickerelandhisprayinghands
Former Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel's new CD, Cody's Dream, is rife with mossy ballads and interstate rockers crackling like unrequited CB transmissions. Friday, 8:15-9:15PM, North Stage

McTuff www.myspace.com/mctuffmusic
McTUFF is about letting it go and having fun, bringing you back to a time when ORGANS RULED THE EARTH! Friday, 7:00-8:00PM, North Stage

Oncore with DJ Deanzig www.machineentertainment.com
Dance Through The Decades With Oncore, a nine-piece band that plays excellent cover songs you can sing along to. Saturday, 8:00-11:00PM, North Stage

Peoples Republic of Komedy www.myspace.com/laffhole
PROK, a tight-knit group of like-minded Seattle comedians, has been creating a stir in the local arts scene with their wildly popular "Laff Hole" show. Friday & Saturday, 9:30PM, Easy Street Records

Picoso

Picoso www.picoso.net
All original salsa and son montuno with enough flavor to satisfy the music afficionado, give the groove-junky his rhythm fix and keep the people dancing all at the same time. Friday, 5:30-6:30PM, North Stage

Pillow Army www.myspace.com/pillowarmy
Pillow Army is indie-rock with a string section, stretching and twisting pop music without it breaking. Well, sometimes it breaks. Friday, 4:15-5:00PM, North Stage

Ragged Glory website coming soon
Ragged Glory is a West Seattle garage band paying tribute to the ultimate garage band...Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Sunday, 12:45-1:45PM, North Stage

Ranger and Re-Arrangers www.rangerswings.com
Ranger and the Re-Arrangers play swing standards, traditional Gypsy tunes, and originals in the driving Gypsy jazz or hot jazz style. Friday, 3:00-3:45PM, North Stage

Sage www.imekka.com/sage/
Sage
Three-piece band heralding from the distant 1990's, brings an eclectic mix of heavy bass and darkly twangy guitar to the stage. Saturday, 6:30-7:30PM, North Stage



The Saturday Knights www.myspace.com/thesaturdayknights
Tapping deep into their creative skills and unprecedented personal charm, The Saturday Knights are a flawlessly fluid integration of vintage rock, lady-loving soul, and trailer park punk. Saturday, 6:45-7:345PM, South Stage

SHIM www.myspace.com/shim
With pounding, pulsating anthems and a live show that stuns with flashing lights and smoke machines, SHIM is rock 'n' roll as it was meant to be played. Saturday, 5:00-6:00PM, North Stage

Swallow www.myspace.com/swallowplease
Swallow put the "pop" in Sub Pop in 1988. Twenty years later they still wear their flannel with a dinner jacket and nice shoes. Friday, 5:30-6:30PM, South Stage

Swamp Soul www.swampsoulband.com
The sound of a cajun fiddle in a cypress grove at the edge of the Great Swamp. The chank-a-chank of an accordion and the shuffle of feet on a dance floor in southwest Louisiana. Add some creole and zydeco style nd get ready to dance!Saturday, 12:45-1:45PM, South Stage

The Coyotes www.myspace.com/patseickandthecoyotes
A five piece rock and roll band. electric guitar, bass, and drums and saxophone. Be gentle with me, please. Friday, 4:00-5:00PM, South Stage

Lonely Forest

The Lonely Forest www.myspace.com/thelonelyforest
The Lonely Forest is an energetic indie-rock band from the small island town of Anacortes, WA. Sunday, 4:45-5:30PM, North Stage

The Preons www.thepreons.com
The Preons play warm, mellow indie rock laced with lush layers of harmonica, trumpet, and keyboards. Saturday, 12:30-1:30PM, North Stage

The Special Places www.thespecialplaces.com
West Seattle residents Corianton Hale and Jenny Mears, bandmates in Tullycraft, show off their softer and sassier sides with their new acoustic combo. Saturday, 3:30-4:30PM, North Stage

Tullycraft

Tullycraft www.tullycraftnation.com
Tullycraft are masters of twee-pop, but what makes their brand particularly exciting is their ability to bolster the twee with some rock band muscle. Friday, 10:30PM, Easy Street Records

Verona www.veronasound.com
If you enjoy emotionally driven vocals and lush, guitar-based rock, Verona is your band! Friday, 2:30-3:30PM, South Stage

Westerly www.westerlymusic.com
Local alt-country favorites, Westerly blends elements of rock, country, and folk to create songs that are both modern and familiar. Saturday, 2:00-3:00PM, North Stage

Zero Down www.myspace.com/zerodownrocks
Fully formed in 2004, ZERO DOWN wildly and unapologetically embraces the amalgam legacy of British Heavy Metal and American Hard Rock. Saturday, 10:30PM, Easy Street Records

See you in the Junction!