Capitol Hill Block Party Starts…Now!
Capitol Hill Block Party
July 23-25, 2010
Pike Street & 12th Ave
Seattle, Wa
Over the years, the Capitol Hill Block Party has evolved from a grassroots weekend showcase of local talent to a three-day party boasting national acts and high-profile corporate sponsorships like Miller, Dickies and AT&T.
Popular opinion on this evolution is divided into two distinct camps: 1) those who bemoan the corporatization of a community event and long for the days when you could get 10 dollar tickets at the gate to see your friends’ bands play and 2) those who think it’s gonna be damn cool to take the bus to Capitol Hill and see Jack White and the Dead Weather play in the middle of Pike street.
No matter which camp you fall in, the following point is inarguable: there’s a ton of kick-ass music happening smack dab in the middle of our city this weekend, outside. And it’s supposed to be gorgeous.
In fact, there’s more than 60 bands playing on three stages over the three days. Among them are Pitchfork buzz bands like Holy Fuck and Beach Fossils, national acts doing the festival circuit like Atmosphere, Blond Redhead and MGMT, and great local bands like Eastern Grip, Unnatural Helpers and Champagne Champagne.
Our crew will be "live Tweeting" the event from www.twitter.com/nadamucho and we’ll share our thoughts here throughout the weekend.
FRIDAY
MAIN STAGE
10:45PM – MGMT
9:15PM – Holy Fuck
7:15PM – Yeasayer
6:00PM – Shabazz Palaces
5:00PM – Bear In Heaven
4:00PM – Macklemore
NEUMOS
11:30PM – AFTER PARTIES FEAT: SING SING
10:00PM – "Fantastic Four" Hip-Hop Show feat: Stay Hi Brothers,The Physics, Candidt, J.Pinder.
8:45PM – Head Like A Kite
7:30PM – Champagne Champagne
6:15PM – Unnatural Helpers
5:00PM – Fences
4:00PM – Police teeth
VERA STAGE
10:45PM – Fruit Bats
9:30PM – Jaguar Love
8:15PM – Mahjongg
7:00PM – Chris Pureka
6:00PM – Francis And The Lights
5:00PM – USF
4:00PM – Naomi Punk
CHA CHA STAGE
9:45 – Helms Alee
8:45 – Hairvest
7:45 – The Absolute Monarchs
6:45 – Modern Athletics
5:45 – The Young Evils
Havana Stage
9:00 – VIVA HAVANA! w/ DJs Soul Uno & Sean Cee
8:00 – DJ Nark
5:00 – Cocktail Hour w/ Kelly
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SATURDAY
MAIN
10:30pm – Atmosphere
9:00pm – Blonde Redhead
7:30PM – !!!
6:00pm – Blitzen Trapper
4:45pm – Avi Buffalo
3:30pm – Obits
2:15pm – The Redwood Plan
NEUMOS
11:30- 3:00am AFTER PARTIES FEAT: SING SING
10:15pm – Night Marchers
9:00PM – Past Lives
7:45PM – TBA
6:30PM – Happy Birthday
5:15PM – THEESatisfaction
4:00PM – The Drowning Men
3:00PM – Beach Fossils
2:00PM – Eastern Grip
VERA STAGE
10:45PM – Zola Jesus
9:30PM – Grand Hallway
7:45PM – "Hip-Hop showcase w.Grynch/Spaceman/State of the Artist"
6:30PM – Black Breath
5:15PM – Air 2 a Bird
4:00PM – TBA
3:00PM – Cold Lake
2:00PM – Head and the Heart
CHA CHA STAGE
9:45 – Feral Children
8:45 – SK
7:45 – Virgin
6:45 – Born Anchors
5:45 – Blood Red Dancers
4:45 – Spurm
3:45 – My Goodness
HAVANA STAGE
9:30 – SOCIAL! WITH SEAN CEE AND FOUR COLOR ZACK
8:30 – SAD BASTARD
6:00 – DJs GREG VANDY AND GEORGE HAMILTON
5:00 – DJ KLIK
4:00 – EL TORO
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SUNDAY
MAIN
7:45PM – The Dead Weather
6:15PM – Blue Scholars
5:00PM – Real Estate
3:45PM – Mad Rad
2:45PM – The Maldives
2:00PM – Harlem
NEUMOS
11:45pm – Fresh Espresso
10:30pm – Victor Shade
9:15PM – Truckasauras
8:00pm – Hey Champ
6:45PM – Cynic
5:30PM – Book Of Black Earth
4:15PM – Villagers
3:15PM – Flexions
2:15PM – Steel Tigers of Death
VERA STAGE
7:30PM – Dutchess and the Duke
6:15PM – Grand Archives
5:15PM – S
4:15PM – Ravenna Woods
3:15PM – Pepper Rabbit
2:15PM – Horde and the Harem
CHA CHA STAGE
2:45 – Wet Paint DMM
3:45 – MK speed dial
4:45 – A Million Years Ago
5:45 – Constant Lovers
6:45 – Nazca Lines
7:45 – Aveo
HAVANA STAGE
9:00 – THE OFFICIAL CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY GRAND FINALE
7:00 – COCO AND WILLIAMAIRE
5:30 – DJs CHRYSLER LeBARON AND NICKI DANGER
4:30 – JOHNNY BLACKOUT
3:30 – DJ GREAT SPIDERS