Groove to Local Blues Legends and Shake your Moneymaker for One Last Summertime Blast at the Magnuson Park Amphitheatre & P-Patch
Proceeds Support P-Patch Trust, local food banks, and Musician's Relief Fund
What: Spend a picture perfect day at one of the most beautiful gardens in Seattle. Blues For Food Fest is an allages event featuring some of the finest blues bands in the Northwest. The P-Patch Pie Queens will be tempting your taste buds with seasonal pies, a homemade pie auction, and an old-fashioned “pie walk." Lots of fun and games for kids in the children's garden. Free Zydeco Dance Lessons with Marylee Lykes. BBQ by Smokin Pete's BBQ (voted one of the best in the West). Glean your garden and raid your cupboards, the “Beet Hunger" booth will be collecting fresh produce and canned goods for local food banks.
When: September 5th, 2009: 11am - 7pm:
12:00-1:00 Ben Todd/ Lonesome Shack
1:30-2:30 Billy Roy Danger & The Rectifiers
2:30-3:00 Free Zydeco Dance lessons by Marylee Lykes
3:00-4:00 Ken Pickard & Zydeco Explosion
4:30-5:30 David Brewer & The Intimidators
6:00-7:00 Patti Allen / Kathi MacDonlad All Star Band
Where: Magnuson Park P-Patch and Amphitheater, 7400 Sand Point Way N. E., Seattle WA, 98115
Bike or Bus if you can, but if youre driving, theres LOTS of Free parking!
Why: Seattle's P-Patch foodbank gardens, community farms and community fruit tree harvests, donate more than 20 tons of fresh organic produce every year to local food banks, meals-on-wheels programs, transitional housing, and shelters for women and children. This year Blues for Food Fest is collaborating with Jams for Cans and the Washington Blues Society. Proceeds from the event will benefit the P-Patch Trust, local food banks, and the Musician's Relief Fund.
Cost: Tickets $10 children under 12/$20 teens and adults.
Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/67478
An alcohol-free all ages event.
