2011 Entertainment Schedule


Stage at NE 43rd Street and Brooklyn Ave NE
Saturday, May 21	Band Name/Description	Web Links

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Jerry Joe Holland Vocal-guitar/rock,blues,folk Hi-energy solo performer with a Fat Sound. Singer-songwriter Vocalist, Guitar, Harmonica Acoustic-Electric music. Local Seattle Area entertainer

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	The Bill Derry Band Rock/Pop/Indie We play a mixture of styles including pop, rock, light jazz, blues, and R&B and original tunes. We have a great time at our gigs and love to get people engaged with us.

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Convergence Zone Bluegrass Band Bluegrass/Country Straight down the road bluegrass to country, folk and a little pop with influences ranging from country great Jim Reeves to the tight harmonies of The Everly Brothers

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Portage Bay Big Band Big Band Swing The Portage Bay Band has been Seattle's hardest working big band for 30 years. For the last 10 years, they've been a favorite here at the University District

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM	Palooka Rock Rock with Alternative blues and metal influences, Palooka is a relatively new band made up of musicians who have played in various bands for over 20 years.

3:30 - 4:15	The Crucialites Reggae 8 piece roots-reggae

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM	Witchburn Metal Rock Heavy, down-tuned, southern fried, whiskey soaked sabbra cadabra. Their live show pulsates with seething and sultry, sweaty energy. Bringing as much groove as brutal thunder, the music is like a hammer straight to your soul, crashing down through the sky.

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM	Surreal Sutra Alternative/Rock High energy, fun rock and roll! Seattle's own Surreal Sutra is a dynamic power trio who bring an arena rock presence to every venue they play.

Sunday, May 22	Band Name/Description	Web Links

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	War for Anne Rock From Wenatchee, this 4 piece band is inspired by the Rock of the Pacific Northwest, the folk music of yesteryear, and the "wild, wildwest".

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	C D Woodbury Band Blues/American Music that flows from tight ar4rangements to dazzling improvisational territory featuring CD's distinctive voice and impressive guitar playing, strong support from keys and sax, and an all-star rhythm section.

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Burley Mountain Alt Country/Rock Burley Mountain is a Seattle based altcountry type band with heavy classic country influences. We have been palying around town for a few years now and are excited about the opportunity to play the University StreetFair.

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Furniture Girls Rock/Dance/Electronic "What makes this band unique and makes them stand out from the crowd is their use of interesting sounds, textures, musical instruments & superb musical chops"--Greg Roth, Seattle Music insider.

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM	Halcyon Daze Rock and Roll We're a group of four 20-21 year olds who fell in love with the sounds of the 70's our influences include Queen, VanHalen, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull…etc. We play moslty our own material with a few classic rock covers.

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM	Adrian Xavier World/Reggae Blends sax and fiddle in a highly appealing musical brew and fetchingly danceable grooves and fresh instrumental combinations.

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM	Kirby Krackle Rock We are a Seattle based Touring "nerd-rock" band. Our songs are about/from the perspective of comic books video games, and family friendly pop-culture

Entertainment Schedule 2011

47th St Main Stage at NE 47th and Brooklyn

43rd St Main Stage at NE 43rd and Brooklyn

42nd St Main Stage at NE 42nd and Brooklyn

NE 41st and University Way Performance Arena


NE 41st Street Performance Area - University Way just below the Beer Garden
Saturday, May 21	Performance Group Name/Description	Web Links

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Lacey Brown Acoustic Guitar (Playing on the Chapel on the Ave porch) Info coming	No photo available

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Northside Drill and Drum Squad Performance Award-winning team provides youth with an artistic way of expressing themselves...teaching the principles of harmony, leadership and discipline through performing and community service.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline Performance Seahawks Blue Thunder is the heartbeat of the fans. This high-energy entertainment drumline was established in 2004 at Qwest Field, performing throughout the stadium before, during and after games.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Emerald City Karate Martial Arts Performance Classical Okinawan Karate builds strong bodies and strong minds one student at a time. Students learn self confidence, discipline, honor and self defense by studying Shudokan karate-do. And they have a blast doing it.


Sunday, May 22	Performance Group Name/Description	Web Links

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Tumbuka Marimba Local group will play a variety of music on the marimba.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Samaya Tribe Belly Dancing Performance Tribal bellydancing collective with a focus on creating a vibrant and joyful improvisational dance experience.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Eastside Gymnastics Academy Gymnastics Performance Eastside Gymnastics believes that children are capable of learning habits that they can and will apply to the rest of their lives. A fun, family- friendly atmosphere allows children to succeed, and their unique philosophy places value on the child, rather than their athletic ability.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Dance With Mollie Bollywood Dancing Performers are trained in both clasical and Bollywood techniques of dancing.

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Adrian Xavier

Ayron Jones and the Way

Ben Union

Big Dirt

Bill Derry Band

Burley Mountain

Catalyst

C D Woodbury Band

Convergence Zone

Crucialites, The

Custom

Dance With Mollie

Eastside Gymnastics

Eclectic Approach

Emerald City Karate

Emily Randolph

Fabulous Hammers

Faerabella

Fortune Dwellers

Furniture Girls

Global Heat

Goldie Wilson

Gravy and the Bisquit Rollers

Guardian Alien

Halcyon Daze

History for Sale

Island Bound

Jerry Joe Holland

Kirby Krackle

Lacey Brown

Late September Dogs

Low-Fi

Manigua

Nigel Mustafa

NoGround

Northside Drill & Drum Squad

Oriya

Palooka

Portage Bay Big Band

Pretty Enemy

Quarter Past 8

Quichua Mashis

Rob Marcus

Samaya Tribe

Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline

Shiftless Layabout

Stagger and Sway

Surreal Sutra

The People Now

Tumbaka

Verlee for Ransom

War for Anne

Witchburn

Yaamba Marimba


Stage at NE 47th Street and Brooklyn Ave NE
Saturday, May 21	Band Name/Description	Web Links

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM	Yaamba Marimba World music--African, Zimbabwe Musically rooted in traditiona African music played on the mbira and later adapted to marimba. YAAMBA takes delight in playing Nwmade acoustic wooden instruments and hand percussion.

11:00 AM - 11:45 PM	The Emily Randolph Show Country 13 year-old Emily Randolph continues on her 4th year of singing/perfomring at fairs & festivals all over wexter WashingtonShe sings country songs that appeal to everyone! Her bright energy sure draws a crowd!

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM	Manigua (All Good Things) Latin Rock 6 piece band playing various styles of Latin music melded with Rock with all vocals in Spanish. Several of the band memb3ers are from Latin countries.

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Faerabella Gypsy Jazz Three piece theatrical music group bringing their audience back to the 1920's New Orleans lounge jazz days with a modern alternative feel.

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Catalyst Rock/Blues 3 piece soulful groove oriented rock group with an imposing guitar presence. Guitarist Craig Nicholson, Bassist Jeff Eason, and Jeremy Maher on drums

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Pretty Enemy Rock/Alternative Everything that makes for a great rock show. Pretty Enemy's hook-laden rock is so contagious; they will have the crowd singing along by the end of the first song.

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	History for Sale Rock/Alternative/Radio Gripping vocals, searing guitar lines, and deep drum and bass foundations define the sound that HISTORY for SALE presents.

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM	The Fabulous Hammers Rock/R&B Sax and Organ driven lineup evokes the original “Northwest Sound” – that’s regional strain of R&B-tinged rock ‘n’ roll that was forged decades ago in various Puget Sound-area towns.

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM	Ben Union Funk/Rock/Pop A high-enegy live show from one of the Northwest's premier rock groups. The music is mind-blowing and the live show is even better.

Sunday, May 22	Band Name/Description	Web Links

11:00 AM - 11:45 PM	Samaya Tribe Belly Dancing Performance Tribal bellydancing collective with a focus on creating a vibrant and joyful improvisational dance experience.

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM	Low-Fi Indie Rock Power trio out of Boise, ID touring on the release of their 2nd album. "They are an honest-to-goodness rock act a la Modest Mouse and Wilco." (-Pacific Northwerst Inlander).

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Verlee for Ransom Indie/Alt/Pop These five “Juilliard-bound wunderlings” (Skope Magazine) create keyboard & guitar driven multi-genre influenced music using both acoustic instruments (guitar & cello) in addition to the standard electric guitar/bass/drums formula to compliment Keira Verlee's dynamic vocals & songwriting.

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Goldie Wilson Pop/Rock Goldie Wilson delivers sonic gems in the folk/pop vein adding four part harmonies on top of layers of guitars, keyboards and a tigh rhythm section.GW will keep yo guessing with infectious melodies and clever hooks.

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	The Fortune Dwellers Pop/Soul Fortune Dwellers are an original Seattle-based pop/soul band. They recorded their debut album "Schizophinc," in the summer of 2010 and self-released it that fall. Their catchy songs and energtic live shows have quickly caught the attention of the Seattle music scene.

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Global Heat Word beat/Hip-Hop/New Jazz All-live Hip Hop Soul music, spiced with break dance, world beat rhythms, and improv. Strong intergenerational appeal, positive, funky and fun!

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM	Island Bound Hawaiian Reggae/Indie Evolved from a couple of bandmembers who enjoyed playing island music, they share Hawaiian, Samoan and Filipino heritage and influences.

Organized by the band The People Now, this stage will request donations for Japan Relief and the American Red Cross in collaboration with the UW Japanese Student association.

Bands are donating gift baskets with T-shirts and CDs to help with fundraising for Japan Relief.

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Stage at NE 42nd Street and Brooklyn Ave NE
Saturday, May 21	Band Name/Description	Web Links

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Rob Marcus Acoustic/Soul/Rock Rob Marcus offers a fresh sound that touches on a remarkable array of influences. Inspired by his travels abroad, his music incorporates elements of folk, rock, and world beats. As a sef-taught musician, Rob Marcus' unconventional melodies satisfy a desire for the new, while his introspective lyrics explore themes both intimate and universal.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Big Dirt Folk/Pop Big Dirt features the folk-pop-alt country songs of MacArthur fellow David Montgomery and Ericka Feldman, offering up a blend of catchy tunes with intelligent lyrics.

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Quarter Past 8 Bluesy folk/rock Formed in 2007, QP8 has been giggin in and out of the Seattle area. Cat,Mike, John and Tony have played in other working bands for years. UW Humanities student Catherine Henderson beat out 382 other applicants who submitted their entries in May to win the Song of Washington contest.

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Guardian Alien Rock/Grunge/Groove Guardian Alien is electrified banjo driven rock/grunge/groove with layers of melody provided by violin and sax with spicey lyrics and vocal harmony.

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Ayron Jones and the Way Blues/Pop/Soul Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter Ayron Jones from Seattle, Washington mixes blues, funk, hip-hop and R&B to deliver his sound

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	NoGround Alternative/Grunge/Punk NoGround, arriving from amidst of the illustrious suburbs of Washington State’s South King County, emerges the cure for the stale sounds which have been so mercilessly crammed through the ears of the masses for too long.

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	The People Now Modern Alternative Rock The People Now combine a high-energy, driven, post-progressive approach to alternative rock music with distinctive themes and gripping messages, sharing with You our energy towards positive change.

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Oriya Ambient Progressive Rock Aggressive rock band with melodic vocals. High energy performance and entertainment!

6:15 PM - 7:00 PM	Late September Dogs Rock Seattle's "swlf-proclaimend" dirty little secret. Sultry female vocals, heavy drums, incredible shredding guitar solos along weith lyrical genius. Solid Seattle Rock!

Sunday, May 22	Band Name/Description	Web Links

11:15 AM - Noon	Quichua Mashis Music of the Andes Traditional music from the Andres mountains of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Stagger and Sway Americana with a rock and roll temper 4-Piece consisting of upright bass, acoustic guitar, drum kit, electric guitar/lap steel. Original music: compared to Wilco, Tom Petty, Death Cab for Cutie. Covers may range from Flying Burrito Bros. to Built to Spill.

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Nigel Mustafa Reggae High energy, crowd-engaging reggae/rock/ska mashup aka Sublime and the Police. The grooves will own you.

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Shiftless Layabout Funk Lo-fi funk and hi-fi action!

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Custom Original hard rock For the past 7 plus years, Custom has brought their own brand of original rock to hundreds of stages.

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Eclectic Approach Lounge/Pop/Rock Eclectic Approach has blended poetic hip-hop with rock…a unique musical experience.

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Gravy and the Bisquit Rollers Blues/Multi-genre Our music is deeply rooted in blues and soul music, and we love to get people on their feet and dancing. We play a mix of blues, soul, and pop and make them our own while still honoring their roots.

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