Seattle weekend events: Air show, free concert, tattoo expo
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Looks like it might be a little chilly this weekend, with highs in the mid-70s and a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday.
- But that's fine going-out weather for Seattleites, who know to pack parkas year-round.
Thursday
🎶 Head to Volunteer Park for a 6pm concert at the amphitheater, featuring Mokoomba and LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends. Bring a picnic and a blanket. Reserve your free tickets here.
Friday
Get pumped with Kane Brown, whose lively electronic-pop-country hit "Miles On It" belongs on summer car trip playlists. The lineup also includes country artists Chris Young, LoCash and RaeLynn. 6:30pm at T-Mobile Park. Tickets start around $30.
Saturday
💐 Pop by Pike Place Market to celebrate the 117th birthday of the iconic Seattle landmark.
- The market — which now hosts more than 500 small businesses — opened its doors on Aug. 17, 1907, after skyrocketing produce costs prompted the city to designate land for a public market. All day. Free.
⚽️ Support the Seattle Sounders as they face off against rivals LAFC in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals at Lumen Field. 5pm. Tickets start at $34.
🥁 Venture over to Bainbridge Island for a brain-stretching session of avant-garde music from Cacophony — with cello luminary Lori Goldston, experimental free-noise act Spawn, percussionist Style King of the Week, movement and beat artists Casey Adams and Hannah Rice and progressive jazz act Mission Drift.
- Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. 6–10pm. $9.85 for the walk-on round-trip ferry fare plus $32 for the concert ticket.
- Pro tip: Clarridge finds that earplugs dampen noise but not the vibe.
🛩️ Go a different direction with the Bremerton Air Show, featuring daredevil flying in military and civilian aircraft, as well as aircraft and car ground shows. 10am–5pm Saturday and Sunday, with flights starting at 1pm. $25. Kids 15 and under are free when with an adult ticket holder.
Sunday
🌹 Get inked at the Seattle Tattoo Expo, or just marvel at the work of some of Seattle's most celebrated tattooists and the display of body art on hundreds of attendees. Seattle Center Exhibition. Friday through Sunday. Admission is $30 for one day, $70 for all three days.