One of Seattle’s annual, homegrown festivals, the Freakout Festival, is happening this weekend, with a line-up that will take over many of Ballard’s music venues on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 16 and 17).
Guy Keltner started the festival, which has morphed over the years but has always been an event to support and promote the local Seattle music community. Record company Freakout Records was born from the fest, which now supports nine local bands.
The line-up for the Freakout Fest 2019 includes Sneaks, Deap Vally, All Them Witches, Night Beats, Los Blenders, and more — check out the full line-up here.* Shows will be all over the neighborhood, with gigs planned for the Tractor, Sunset Tavern, Conor Bryne, Salmon Bay Eagles, Lagunitas, and Sonic Boom Records. There will be some curated stages from Seattle’s Vera Project, Artist Home, Portland’s X-Ray FM, San Francisco’s Sea Witch Productions and KEXP’s El Sonido and Street Sounds.
Tickets are available online ($35 per night or $60 for two nights — tickets valid for all venues).
Photo of Youngblood by Eric Tra/Freakout Records
*An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed Shabazz Palaces on the festival’s line-up.