Highlights for Festival Weekend

Northwest Folklife Festival starts today and goes through Memorial day weekend.  Bring the family and it's all free to explore new places and culture.  Jesse Tam looks forward to attending this annual event with locals and out of town guests at the Seattle Center. One of the largest free folk festivals in the country, the 44th annual Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates the music, dance, stories, and art of the people of the Pacific Northwest. Festival goers have the opportunity to participate in the many traditions of our diverse region featuring over 7,000 performers, participatory dances, workshops, crafts, food, and more.     http://jessetam.com/

Here some of the up coming highlight for the weekend: May 22-25th

Friday

• The Art of B Boying
• Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble
• Hobe Kyle -  NW folk songs

Saturday

• Bulgaria Showcase - music and dance
• Massive Monkees - break dance
• EMP JBL Theatre - History of NW hip hop (panel)
• Discovery Zone Stage, Canote Brothers - classic folk

Sunday

• Hawaiian Showcase - music and dance
• Ginny Reitly - folk singer
• Gabriel Teodros - hip hop

Monday

• The Not Its - children's entertainment
• Ravenna Wood - indie rock
• Hot Club Sandwich - hot jazz

http://www.nwfolklife.org/

Festivities for Opening Day

May marks the Opening Day of Boating on Lake Washington and the Montlake Cup for Bellevue and Seattle.  The beginning of summer, Jesse Tam recommends this for families and friends.


Opening day, the official opening of Seattle's boating season at Seattle Yacht Club with a celebration of many kinds of water activities.  The morning festivities will include crew races, a sailboat race and the Grand Opening Day Boat Parade.

Parade starts at noon the first Saturday in May with the blast of a cannon and the raising of the Montlake Bridge. Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day has become the nation's largest regional celebration of water, spring, and the opening of boating season. Participating yachts will be decorated to illustrate the 2015 theme for Opening Day, "Myths & Monsters". 

Opening Day in Seattle is a family affair; families decorate their boats for the festivities and parades; spread blankets on the shoreline and spend hours watching and picnicking. Families dream of the boats they someday will own

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Opening Day offers some outstanding story with crew competition and viewing of the variety of boats and costumes.