Capitol Hill Block Party Archives - Page 2 of 3

Capitol Hill Block Party Announces 2016 Lineup
By Christine Mitchell on February 16, 2016
For Capitol Hill Block Party, 2016 marks the twentieth anniversary of what started out as a one day festival with one stage. CHBP has expanded...
Life In Pictures: Thunderpussy
By Christine Mitchell on August 16, 2015
Life In Pictures is a new SMI column in which contributors document artists’ preparation on the day of a show. Our first installment features Thunderpussy....
Capitol Hill Block Party Artists Portraits
By Greg Roth on August 2, 2015
Alex Crick is one of the Northwest's premier concert photographers. Alex was on the scene at Capitol Hill Block Party's annual urban festival extravaganza. ...
Capitol Hill Block Party – Day 3 Recap
By Christine Mitchell on July 31, 2015
Around midafternoon on Sunday at Capitol Hill Block Party, it started pouring outright. Real estate under trees and beer tents became competitive gathering spaces. Neumos...
Capitol Hill Block Party – Day 2 Recap
By Christine Mitchell on July 31, 2015
On day 2 of Capitol Hill Block Party, the weather was moody, intermittently spitting rain and slathering sun upon the festival. Things got damp, but...
Capitol Hill Block Party Day 1 Recap
By Alex Crick on July 27, 2015
Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party is an urban music festival in the heart of one of the city’s most vibrant and eclectic neighborhoods. The Block...
Capitol Hill Block Party: crammed, sweaty, and awesome
By Christine Mitchell on July 30, 2014
It was a dark and stormy week in Seattle . . . but lo, the rain and clouds departed with near perfect timing as...
YACHT sails into The Tractor (Photo Slideshow)
By Alex Crick on January 27, 2014
Leave it to legendary Northwest concert promoter Adam Zacks (Sasquatch!), to pick some of the best artists in the Northwest and put them all on one...
Fearless freaks and electronic beats at Capitol Hill Block Party (Photo Slideshows)
By Greg Roth on July 31, 2013
Let there be no doubt that Capitol Hill knows how to throw a party. Earlier in the week, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis shot a video in front...
Capitol Hill Block Party 2013: 10 acts you need to see and hear (Videos)
By Greg Roth on July 26, 2013
SMI contributor Dusty Henry provides his itinerary for Capitol Hill Block Party 2013 Buzzworthy electronic artists, moody punk rockers, and booming hip-hop acts are taking...
SMI Radio Ep. 90 On Demand: Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Fitz and The Tantrums) (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on April 10, 2013
On a rainy November night in 2010, a then little known Los Angeles outfit with a catchy name (Fitz and The Tantrums) strolled into town...
SMI Radio Ep. 69 On Demand: Lemolo (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on October 10, 2012
Lemolo had been bubbling under the surface of Northwest scene for a few years, but lately have been rising to the top. An invitation from Seattle...