City Arts Magazine is thrilled to announce the return of Heineken City Arts Fest, a music and arts festival in Seattle, Washington to be held on October 20-22, 2011, in 20 clubs, halls and venues throughout the city.
Heineken City Arts Fest will feature headline performances from alt-country/ rock singer- songwriter Ryan Adams at Benaroya Hall, dance pop artist Robyn at the Paramount Theatre, rock gods Built to Spill at the Moore Theatre (in their only Northwest performance for 2011), electronic dance purveyors Crystal Castles and the Latin flavored hip hop of Ozomatli -- both with shows at Showbox SoDo. City Arts Fest also marks the return of two critically acclaimed hip-hop acts to grace the Showbox Market stage -- Blackalicious (with its first appearance since 2006) & legendary collective Freestyle Fellowship (with its first appearance in 10 years, with original line-up). Other notable acts include Shelby Lynne, The Long Winters, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, Mudhoney, the recently reunited Fastbacks, and The Felice Brothers; to up and comers Allen Stone, Campfire OK, Pictureplane, Male Bonding, USF, and more. New this year is the inclusion of the Seattle Laser Dome, hosting "evening with" performances from the likes of Seattle's School of Rock (performing grunge classics), Man Man and Helio Sequence -- set to a laser light show.Ticketing information: Passes starting at $69 will go on sale on August 5th at www.cityartsfest.com.
Tickets to individual shows will be available starting August 24th.
Music line-up includes Ryan Adams** Robyn** Built to Spill** Crystal Castles** Ozomatli** Blackalicious ** Freestyle Fellowship** The Long Winters** Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine** Mudhoney** Shelby Lynne** The Fastbacks** Thao and The Get Down Stay Down** The Felice Brothers** Fences** The Boxer Rebellion**Pogo** Allen Stone** Male Bonding** Seattle Laser Dome performances with Man Man, The Helio Sequence & School of Rock** Campfire OK** USF** William Elliot Whitmore** Cobirds Unite** Pictureplane** Grand Hallway** Theoretics** The Cops** Disco Doom** Seapony** Picoso** Black Whales** Pickwick** Caitlin Rose** Thee Emergency** Daydream Vacation** Lemolo** That 1 Guy** Sons of Warren Oates** Joseph Giant** Smokey Brights** Crypts** Lovesick Empire** Unnatural Helpers** Virgin Islands** Hi Life Soundsystem** Birthday Suits** Strong Killings** Tea Cozies** Midday Veil** Witch Gardens** Dyno Jamz** F***ing Eagles** Whalebones** Don't Talk to the Cops** Cataldo** Yuni in Taxco** Fly Moon Royalty** Blue Sky Black Death** Bryan John Appleby** Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts** Big Spider's Back** Nightmare Fortress** Kris Orlowski** All Star Tribute to the Replacements ** Factory: NW Hip-Hop redesigned** Horde and the Harem** and more.
Performing arts line-up includes four solo Seattle premieres: NYC's Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce** Montreal projection artist Daniel Barrow performs Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry** Portland's Erin Leddy of Hand2Mouth Theatre performs My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow** Seattle's Jose Bold (John Osebold of "Awesome") performs Seateeth**Also - Genre Bender w/ Karen Finneyfrock, Rainbow Fletcher, Joanna Lepore Dwyer, Mark Haim, Wes Hurley, Amy O'Neal, Mike Pham and more** Ecstasy of Influence w/ Heather McHugh, Kary Wayson, Kate Lebo and Erika Wilder, with music by The Half Brothers (of "Awesome") & live painting** Thriller Dance Class with Waxie Moon, Inga Ingenue and Lou Henry Hoover ** So You Think It's Dance? Show (+ Tell) with Jessica Jobaris, The Cherdonna & Lou Show, Douglas Ridings, and Malie Martinez** Pie Life storytelling and bakeoff event with hosts Kate Lebo and KUOW's Jeannie Yandel** Pop-Up Art Market **Celebrity Karaoke **Red Light Nights ** Arts Leadership Lab Creative Conversations** Industry Happy Hours **Additional exhibitions and events curated by: D.K. Pan and nko **Amanda Manitach and Serrah Russell** Klara Glosova and Sierra Stinson** Michael Van Horn** Jennifer Borges Foster** Participating venues include Benaroya Hall** The Paramount Theatre** The Moore Theatre** Showbox Market** Showbox Sodo** Neumos** The Crocodile** Triple Door** SIFF Cinema** The Comet** Chop Suey** Northwest Film Forum** Velocity Dance Center** Theatre Off Jackson** FRED** The Can Can** Rendezvous** Seattle Laser Dome** Town Hall
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