The Rant

Your Outdoor Movie Etiquette Guide

Tips for how to make the most of the summer cinema season.

05/31/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

In the News

Perfect Party: June 2016

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

05/31/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: June 2016

Intiman Theatre highlights black women playwrights, Dennis Coleman says goodbye, and Bren Ahearn threads some subversive stitches.

05/30/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

The Sporting Life

Praise for the Messi-ah

Copa América brings some of North and South America’s best national teams to town in June. That includes Argentina and perhaps the greatest living athlete: Lionel Messi. Here’s what makes him transcendent.

05/27/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Summer Festivals

5 Problems That Bumbershoot Needs to Address

After AEG's first year in charge of Bumbershoot, there are a few glaring issues that need fixing.

09/10/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Slide Show

Behind the Scenes with the Artists of Bumbershoot 2015

A look at the faces of the festival through portraiture.

09/08/2015 Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

Slide Show

Bumbershoot 2015 Photo Recap

The musical highs and stormy lows of this year's Labor Day Weekend arts festival.

09/08/2015 Photography by Amber Zbitnoff Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

Summer Festivals

The Best of Bumbershoot 2015

Plan out your Bumbershoot weekend with these must-see picks.

09/03/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

(Formerly) Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Hari Kondabolu

The standup discusses Bumbershoot and being bummed out by the current Seattle comedy scene.

09/02/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Summer in the City

Capitol Hill Block Party 2015 Slideshow Recap

Singing, swinging, and escaping the rain: a chronological look back at last weekend's musical festivities.

07/28/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

Summer Music Fest

Capitol Hill Block Party 2015 Itinerary

We plan out your CHBP weekend for you.

07/22/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Summer in the City

Seattle Summer Outdoor Movie Guide 2015

Plan out a summer of open-air cinema.

06/09/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Festival Season

Father John Misty Headlines the Full Capitol Hill Block Party Lineup Reveal

The expanded bill also includes Girlpool, the Physics, and Ivan and Alyosha. Single-day tickets are now (finally) on sale.

06/02/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

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Behind the Scenes with the Artists of Sasquatch! Festival 2015

05/27/2015 Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

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Sasquatch! Music Festival 2015 Slide Show

05/26/2015

Summer Music Festivals

Sasquatch! Music Festival 2015 Photo Recap

Visually recounting four days of music, comedy, sunsets, and sunburns at the Gorge

05/26/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

Summer Music Fest

Who to See at Sasquatch! Festival 2015

Our selections for the must-see acts at the Gorge's Memorial Day weekend music blowout

05/19/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Giveaway

Win Tickets to Fisherman's Village Music Festival

Check out this weekend's loaded local music showcase in Everett without paying a dime.

05/12/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Festival Season

Bumbershoot 2015 Features Ellie Goulding, Faith No More, and the Weeknd

The Labor Day weekend fest also includes Hozier, Chance the Rapper, Fitz and the Tantrums, Social Distortion, Brand New, and Neko Case. Tickets on sale now.

04/29/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Local Flavor: Timber! and Fisherman's Village Music Festival 2015 Lineups

Get a crash course in Seattle's music scene with these two slightly out of town fests.

04/07/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld