The grown-ups seemed to enjoy the vibes as the Capitol Hill Block Party went “21+” for the first time this weekend.
“I love that it’s 21 plus…. we get to have fun and not worry about, you know, other people’s kids,” one CHBP veteran attendee told CHS. “it allows us to have a little bit more freedom.”
CHS reported here on the paring down and scaling back of the annual Capitol Hill music festival that also reduced its schedule to two days as the production from the folks behind Pike/Pine institutions including the Neumos and Barboza family, Lost Lake Cafe, the Comet, and Big Mario’s streamlined the long-running event.
Capitol Hill Block Party 2025 grows up
2028 will mark the 30th edition of the festival. Single-day tickets went for $147.64 this year. The big acts included Thundercat, Porter Robinson, DJ Pee.Wee, The Dare, Dora Jar, and Fcukers.
The new focused two-day, 21 and over only format also made for a better layout many attendees said.
“I like that there’s no like borders or like boundaries. You can go wherever,” another attendee said, saying the Block Party’s layout still centered around E Pike and the Broadway main stage felt “more secure, more open.”
With no Friday start for the festival, there was still live music rocking the area that night. The neighborhood outside the Block Party gates joined the party around the pared-down weekend with bands setting up on “Block Party Eve” at the skateboarding and dodgeball courts in Cal Anderson Park. That party was free — and all ages.
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