This weekend in Seattle, WA

Celebrate culture, creativity, and community across Roberto Maestas Festival Street, BH Light Rail Plaza, and Plaza Roberto Maestas. The street fair showcases performances by local musicians and a market filled with handcrafted work from area artists. A garden share invites people to swap or take home free plants and seeds, while families can enjoy hands-on art activities, storytelling, and creative play. Food vendors offer a variety of tasty options, and community groups provide information and resources to help build connections.

A day-long collaboration by SOPASUPA, Duwamish River Fest, and River City Skatepark celebrates South Park and the Duwamish River with free entertainment, art, skateboarding, vendors, a kids zone, lucha libre, and activities highlighting environmental justice.

Skyway Park comes alive as NIA Fest returns with a free community concert and cultural celebration. Expect live music, a variety of food and local vendors, games, family friendly activities, and many opportunities to connect with neighbors. Centered on culture, purpose, and community, this gathering brings vibrant energy to the heart of Skyway. Admission is free, and donations to support the movement are welcome.

Catch Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Taproot Theatre in Seattle. The show starts in the afternoon, with doors opening at 2:00 PM.

A Wicked-inspired ballroom competition led by Legendary Julian Balenciaga transforms Washington Hall into Oz with a full roster of categories, color stories, and theatrical prompts. Newcomers and veterans alike will find challenges tailored to them. Beginners in vogue are asked to appear in pink and white, entry-level runway calls for all black, emerging runway calls for green, new face asks for white, and new performance requests red. Realness spotlights the people who keep Shiz University running, inviting any occupation of choice while clearly incorporating a campus marker such as a badge, patch, or lanyard, with male and female figure breakdowns that include school boy or girl, pretty boy, executive, everyday, transman, junior fem queen, legend, and icon. Best Dressed revolves around the fanfare of Glinda’s coronation and seeks singular looks that could top Oz’s style list across male figure, female figure, GNC, legend, and icon. Runway imagines the untamed animals of Oz. Competitors may embody any creature from that realm and must carry a printed photo reference, with European categories spanning small, tall, and big boys, fem queens, women, BQID, GNC, legend, and icon, and an All-American track for male figure, female figure, GNC, legend, and icon. Performance draws on the lollipop kids for inspiration and welcomes styles and divisions including BQVF soft and cunt, BQVF dramatics, RWT, women, GNC, BQID, old way, new way, legend, and icon. Sex Siren turns to Oz after dark with looks that sparkle, shine, or glow, and breaks out catboy, senior, junior, fem queen, women, transman, legends, and icons. Face invites a wicked entrance that would crash Glinda’s celebration, with BQ, FQ, transman, GNC, women, BQID, legend, and icon in play. Body celebrates summer in Oz with a creative outfit touched with gold, featuring BQ swimmers, BQ models, BQ muscular, FQ models, FQ luscious, transman, women, legendary, and icons. Hosts are also calling for wordsmiths in Commentator vs Commentator, where original chants that include the word wizard secure tens and carry battles until a single voice remains. Foot and Eye centers one-of-a-kind or custom footwear and eyewear inspired by the Wicked film for male figure, female figure, and GNC. Bizarre imagines what happens when good and bad collide and requires a broom as part of the effect. The evening builds to a milestone moment with FQ Performance, inviting personal interpretations of Glinda or Elphaba that reach for the impossible. Winners of Star, Statement, Legendary, and Icon will return to battle for the grand award. Cash awards include $100 entries for Virgin Vogue and Virgin Runway, $150 for New Runway, New Face, and New Performance, $500 for Bizarre and for Commentator vs Commentator, $1,000 for Best Dressed, Performance divisions designated Icon, Legendary, Statement, and Star, as well as Sex Siren, Foot and Eye, and Body, $2,000 for Realness, Runway, Performance, and Face, and a $10,000 top prize for FQ Performance.

Mark Stuart, a traveler from TN and a Peavine Alley regular, is stopping in for a show with rock and roll energy. He comes highly recommended by Harry Oesterreicher. Friends and families are welcome, and potluck nibbles are encouraged. A good time is in store.

STG brings Acid Bath to The Paramount Theatre with Russian Circles, Twin Tribes, and DEVORA rounding out the bill. The floor will be general admission with a flat layout, while the balcony offers reserved seating. Purchases are limited to eight tickets per person and per card, and orders that surpass this limit may be canceled at the venue’s discretion. All sales are final with no refunds or exchanges. Mobile tickets will display barcodes beginning four days before the show, and delivery methods may be adjusted by the venue. Every attendee needs a ticket regardless of age, and lap infants are not permitted. The balcony is accessible only by stairs, as there is no elevator.

A relaxed daytime restaurant service at Black & Tan Hall pairs good drinks and memorable food with a soulful soundtrack. Chef Tay leads the kitchen with a brunch menu that has been drawing praise. Curated, high-fidelity playlists span soul, gospel, funk, R&B, and favorites from across the decades to set an uplifting mood while guests enjoy great food and connection. Reservations are required due to strong demand, and a waitlist is available for walk-ins. Reservation policies may apply, and in some cases dining time may be limited to 90 minutes. Live music is not guaranteed. Musicians who wish to share a short selection can notify staff upon arrival, will review community agreements, and are asked to keep sets to five minutes or less. Expect a warm blend of Southern hospitality and Pacific Northwest spirit. Heaters take the edge off a drafty, historic building, while big cozy booths, a local art exhibition, and low moody lighting create a welcoming scene. The stage includes a grand piano, drum kit, and microphones for moments when inspiration strikes.

Emerald City Comedy Club hosts a stop on The Unteachables’ Paid Time Off Tour, featuring stand-up comics who also spent time in the classroom and now deliver material that stretches well beyond school stories. Their show welcomes educators, anyone craving a break, and fans who simply love to laugh, with credits that include NBC, The Breakfast Club, The New York Post, and Roast Battle League. Fresh from their Summer Break Special, this unapologetic celebration of education includes a former teacher of the year and a comic once fired over TikToks, pairing uncensored stand-up with a freewheeling Q and A. Doors open one hour before the show. Miss Redacted is a former teacher turned fast-rising comedian who channels years in education into sets that cover what therapy and pay scales could not. She embraces her Southern roots, from Waffle House to camo mini skirts, co-hosts the Teacher Quit Talk podcast, has earned millions of TikTok views, and promises there will be no lesson objective. Stephen Taylor, originally from Louisiana and now based out of Kansas City, blends personal stories with easy Southern charm while performing at clubs, bars, colleges, and in his own classroom. His appearances include The Breakfast Club, The New York Post, and San Francisco Sketchfest, and his debut album, The Bottom Half, hit number one on iTunes and plays on SiriusXM. Lou Pharis hails from a lesser-known corner of Louisiana and once chased football and American Ninja Warrior before turning to public education and comedy. After a particularly rough day at school he tried an open mic, later racking up more than 100 million social media views, headlining Zanies, Comedy Works, and Wiseguys, and appearing on NBC and Bored Teachers, with festival performances across the country.

The Mountain Goats are taking the stage at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle for an evening show, with the concert starting at 8:00 PM.

Flammable spotlights house music with an uplifting vibe. The lineup shifts week to week, and updates are shared on Instagram. Tickets are available at the door.