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Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend.
HOST: Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows
LINKS:
4th of July Activities!
Chicago - Saturday in the Park (Official Audio)
Seafair 4th of July at Gasworks & Lake Union!
PARADES!
Arlington — 5 p.m. (kids 4:30 p.m.)
Bainbridge Island — 1 p.m.
Bothell — 12 p.m. (kids 11:15 a.m.)
Burien — 11 a.m.
Carnation — 11:30 a.m. (kids 11 a.m.)
Dupont — 10 a.m.
Edmonds — 12 p.m. (kids 11:30 a.m.)
Enumclaw — noon
Everett — 11 a.m.
Issaquah — 10 a.m.
Kingston — 12 p.m.
Kirkland — 12 p.m. (kids 11:30 a.m.)
Tumwater — 11 a.m.
West Seattle — 10 a.m. kids
FIREWORKS!
Arlington — Quake Park 10 p.m.
Bellevue — Downtown Park 10:05 p.m.
Carnation — Remlinger Farms 9:45 p.m.
Everett — Port Gardner Bay 10:15 p.m.
Federal Way — Celebration Park 10:15 p.m.
Kenmore — Log Boom Park 10 p.m.
Kent — Lake Meridian Park 10 p.m.
Kingston — Mike Wallace Park 10:15 p.m.
Marysville — Ebey Waterfront Park 10 p.m.
Sammamish — Sam. Commons 10 p.m.
Seattle — Lake Union 10:15 p.m.
Snoqualmie — Community Park 9:45 p.m.
Steilacoom — offshore 10:30 p.m.
Tacoma — Ruston Way 10 p.m.
Tumwater — Tumwater Valley Golf 10:15 p.m.
EVERYTHING ELSE!
Mariners vs Blue Jays
Seattle Paddle Rave
Dolly Parton Fourth of July Drag Brunch
Seattle World Cup Fan Celebration Locations
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Seattle is surrounded by bodies of water, and now that it's July, we can truly enjoy them. The sea planes of Lake Union, the bull kelp of Puget Sound, and fishing on the Deschutes even if you don't catch a thing all mean summer around here.
Hosts Katie Campbell, Jeannie Yandel and Dyer Oxley discuss bodies of water and the artistic works they inspire.
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Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend.
HOST: Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows
LINKS:
Trans Pride Seattle
Seattle PrideFest
Seattle PrideFest - Capitol Hill
Seattle PrideFest - Seattle Center
Seattle Pride - Parade
Seattle Pride - Community Events
Queer/Pride Festival
World Cup - Pride Match Day 2026 Seattle
Pirates Landing - Seafair
Rusty Scupper's Pirate Daze
Gobble Up SLU
The Taste NW
Buckley Log Show
Kenmore Midsommarfest
Washington Summer Mead Festival
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/meet - Meet Me Here is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.
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It's that victory lap you take in the wee hours after you've stayed up all night to finish a project. It's the magical way music flows differently through the night air. It's one of the best things about Seattle in the summer: nighttime!
Our Meet Me Here hosts share their most fun and cheap nighttime activities on our last Night Owl episode of the summer. We also hear from a painter and a poet about how their creativity comes out at night.

Mentioned in this episode/series:
Shin Yu Pai
Chloe King
Lacey Night Market
Tacoma Night Market
Columbia City Night Market
DJ Emily Griffin, aka griffingrrl
Monkey Loft
Conor Byrne Pub
Unicorn
The Doctor’s Office
Belltown Mural Festival
Washington State Ferries

You can check out Fantagraphics by visiting their shop in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. Here are some of the biggest names they've published over the years:
Peter Bagge
Daniel Clowes
Robert Crumb
Emil Ferris
Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez
Trina Robbins
Joe Sacco
Carol Tyler
Jim Woodring
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Ray Nayler’s 2022 novel The Mountain in the Sea was a huge hit in Seattle, and now, his latest novel seems poised to surpass it in this market. Why? Well, because it’s about highly intelligent crows.
We love our corvids in Seattle, but these crows are extra special. Set in Lithuania during World War II, Nayler's The Palaces of the Crow follows four young people caught between the Nazis and the desperate remnants of the Red Army. Their survival is dependent on their own cleverness and that of the crows they befriend, crows who have their own secrets to keep. Look out, Seattle, this might be your favorite novel of 2026.
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