Outdoor Art Installation

Western Bridge announces the first U.S. public presentation of Geoffrey Farmer’s multi-part photographic installation If You Want To See Something Look at Something Else (Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997), this summer in Seattle’s Volunteer Park. Geoffrey Farmer’s If You Want To See Something… consists of 50 framed photographs of Allen Ginsberg taken from various moments in the...

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Summer Picnic in Volunteer Park!

  Grab the kids, a picnic basket, and a blanket! Come to Volunteer Park for this fun FREE event with live music, fantastic food trucks, lawn games, free ice cream while it lasts, and more! Featuring Live music by LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends! Interactive art by Megumi Arai thanks to Seattle Asian Art...

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Romeo and Juliet

Free Wooden O park show By William Shakespeare Directed by Leah Adcock-Starr Performed in parks throughout the Puget Sound region July 11, 2019–August 11, 2019 Love at First Sight. From first shy glance, to a stolen moment away from disapproving eyes, to whirlwind romance that races to a dire conclusion, two love-struck teenagers risk everything...

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Twelfth Night

Free Wooden O park show By William Shakespeare Directed by Mary Machala Love Lost and Love Found. After a shipwreck separates Viola from her twin brother, so begins a whirlwind of mistaken identities and unrequited love on the coast of Illyria. Ever resourceful, Viola disguises herself, sets out to conquer this strange land, and starts...

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Music Under the Stars

Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy some of the best classical music ever written. It’s another summer of Music Under the Stars, one of Seattle’s best-loved summer traditions. The event begins at 7:30pm with live music performed by outstanding student ensembles. Then at 8:00pm, the evening continues with a live audio...

$20

World Music Series: Ganesh Rajagopalan

This program takes place at the Volunteer Park Amphitheater. Ganesh Rajagopalan Ganesh Rajagopalan is one of India’s top violinists, a master of the South Indian music tradition and an innovator. Crossing musical boundaries in jazz, folk, blues, Hindustani music, and much more, he has performed with tabla master Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin (founder of...

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Plants n’ Pokes: Tattoo Art Fundraiser

FROM FACEBOOK: Suns out tats out! It’s time for #plantsnpokes at the Volunteer Park Conservatory!!!________________OPENING RECEPTIONSaturday July 20, 2019 | 6 - 9pm21+Advance Tickets$10 FOC Members | $12 General Admission | All ticket sales are final*****Member tickets are not available on Facebook. Visit www.plantsnpokes.eventbrite.com directly to get them!*****At the Door$10 FOC Members | $15 General...

$20

Music Under the Stars

Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy some of the best classical music ever written. It’s another summer of Music Under the Stars, one of Seattle’s best-loved summer traditions. The event begins at 7:30pm with live music performed by outstanding student ensembles. Then at 8:00pm, the evening continues with a live audio...

$20

World Music Series: Emi Meyer

This program takes place at the Volunteer Park Amphitheater. Emi Meyer Born to a Japanese mother and American father in Kyoto and raised in Seattle, singer/songwriter Emi Meyer creates a personal blend of jazz, soul, and pop. Now based in Tokyo, she sings original songs with piano and throws in an occasional jazz standard. Emi...

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