The Capitol Hill Block Party was postponed again in 2021 but tiny Magma Fest is ready to rock the neighborhood with a one-day event in Cal Anderson Park this Saturday:
MAGMA FEST IS BACK!!! Hollow Earth Radio’s much beloved music festival returns as a free, one-day extravaganza at Cal Anderson Park on Saturday, August 28 from 2 – 7 PM. This mini-Magma Fest features live performances by amazing local bands Versing, somesurprises, and Coral Grief, followed by sets by DJs Razberry Beretta and Dos Leches. Mask up and spend the day at the park with us, check out some great music, and grab some brand new Hollow Earth Radio swag.
MAGMA FEST 2021
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
CAL ANDERSON PARK
FREE
ALL AGES
MASKS ENCOURAGED
CHS reported here in 2015 on the formation of the volunteer-run Hollow Earth and Magma Fest. Saturday’s mini-festival marks a return of the event hosted by Central District-headquartered Hollow Earth Radio after a pandemic cancellation in 2020. It will also mark the first return to the stage for many of the performers. The band hasn’t played a show in 18 months, according to Versing social media post.
Magma Fest 2021 will be one of the larger events in ongoing efforts to bring programming to the park after months of tumult from the CHOP protests and the COVID-19 crisis. Organizers are requesting that attendees wear face masks to help keep the event as safe as possible.
Meanwhile, producers of the Capitol Hill Block Party were forced to again cancel the July event due to the pandemic but are focusing their 2021 efforts on a new festival off the Hill. Slated for Labor Day weekend, Block Party producers say they hope the Pike/Pine-flavored Day In Day Out festival will become an annual event on Seattle Center’s Fisher Green Pavilion.
Labor Day weekend will also bring a delayed Capitol Hill celebration of Pride. PrideFest, the 501(c)3 behind Seattle’s Pride festivals, announced PrideFest Capitol Hill will take place September 4th and 5th on Broadway from John to Roy.
Magma Fest 2021 takes place Saturday, August 28th from 2 to 7 PM in Cal Anderson Park.
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