This is it – last call to get down to West Seattle Summer Fest, which wraps up at 5 pm. Music ends around 4 – last scheduled act is Massy Ferguson, on the West Side Stage at 3 pm. And Better As Brass (above), founded by West Seattle resident Kevin Freitas, is busking at California/Alaska right now. Kevin says this is their second year at Summer Fest, and that he started it because “I just wanted a brass band in West Seattle!” …Also an unofficial part of the festival, the canvassers – WSB’s Hayden Yu Andersen talked to Erin Phillips, volunteering for Washington Bus – an organization that encourages young people to get politically active- drumming up support for Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program.
She’s from Northeast Seattle but told Hayden she’s having a great time learning about West Seattle during her first Summer Fest. (Speaking of politics, mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan remains the only candidate we’ve seen here, but incumbent mayor Bruce Harrell is due at the West Seattle Indivisible meeting in the Center for Active Living at 3:30 pm – we’re planning to be there.)
Meantime, we found a booth with multiple artists exhibiting, from Rain City Clay in Arbor Heights:
That’s one of the artists, Jody Wally.
