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Capitol Hill Block Party Photo Recap 2018

Sun, music, beach balls, Otter Pops.

Photography by Seattle Met Staff July 24, 2018

Dude York kicked off the weekend with its reliable pop punk. The band paused the set to read a statement condemning victim blaming and toxic masculinity.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Dude York

Photography by Stefan Milne

Block Party bandito.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Monsterwatch: "This song is about Jeff Bezos."

By Stefan Milne

Yaeji with that rarest of genres—mellow house—on the main stage.

Photography by Stefan Milne

A couple dances during Yaeji's set.

Photography by Stefan Milne

FKL got hypnotic.

Photography by Stefan Milne

A kid watches Alvvays.

Alvvays guide the party from day to night.

Photography by Stefan Milne

A couple watch Alvvays from a rooftop.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Local rapper SOL was born to play summer music festivals.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Despite rape accusations toward co-owner Dave Meinert that KUOW's Sydney Brownstone broke on Thursday, the Comet Tavern remained open and busy. Many local bands—Dude York, SSDD, Quid Quo—introduced or stopped their sets to comment, often without using Meinert's name.

The sign abides.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Parisalexa is not a name you’ll want to forget.

Photography by Mac Hubbard

Sol performed Friday but still wanted to hang around for Saturday’s offerings.

Photography by Mac Hubbard

Nobody out-danced Gavin Turek this weekend.

Photography by Mac Hubbard

Pretty much the vibe of the weekend: baseball hats, arm tats, hoses, and beach balls.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Apartment dwellers toss Otter Pops to the crowd.

Photography by Stefan Milne

And the crowd receives them.

Photography by Stefan Milne

Amber Marks and her pop soul held down the Vera stage on Sunday.

Steal Shit Do Drugs brought hardcore punk with a smidge of glam to the very red Cha Cha.

A man and his beach ball.

Cashmere Cat played the last big DJ set on Sunday night.

Father John Misty closed the weekend with a dramatic performance.

Father John Misty: "I was thinking about those Amazon orbs the entire time I sang that."

"I'm not going to keep singing this song as if there's not a giant unicorn out there." Father John Misty stopped "Pure Comedy" to bring a inflatable unicorn on stage and finish the song while sitting on it.

Nothing says messiah complex quite like an all-white suit and full beard.

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Over 100 artists and nearly 30,000 festival goers took over the center of Capitol Hill for the neighborhood's biggest annual party. 

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