Welcome to the Capitol Hill Pride Festival Website!


The Seattle Museum of the Mysteries, LGBT Organizations and Broadway Businesses are proud to announce the second annual
Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2010 on Broadway

Saturday June 26, 2010
10am-10pm
A free all ages family fun festival celebrating diversity and community pride.
The festival is open to everyone, LGBT, straight and anyone of any background.
For a Full Poster PDF Click HERE


Lion Dance by Mak Fai Martial Artists open the festival

 


Leon Hendrix Band
Leon Hendrix is the younger brother of Jimi Hendrix


Couple listens to George Bakken, Editor of the Seattle Gay News


Beatrice is the winner of the 2010 Doggie Drag Costume Contest
Congratulations!

 

More photos to be posted!


A five block festival between E. John and Roy St. on Broadway.
Featuring four public stages, a Kids Zone Faerie Circle stage and over 100 Booths and Vendors!
Live Entertainment, Music, Singing, Doggie Drag Costume Contest, and Face / Body Painting.

The festival is expanding three more blocks North on Broadway and is now between E. John and Roy St.
For the first year the festival received over 5,000 visitors with virtually no advertising.
This second year the attendance is expected to be 7-10,000 visitors.

 

Featuring!



Seattle's Leon Hendrix Band

EriAm Sisters from Renton WA

Massive Monkeys

 

 

 

Schedule and Entertainers - confirmed to date
Subject to change
Parents: All ages venue planned till 6pm unless otherwise indicated, adult material after 6pm
Look for the Kids Zone Fairy Circle Stage near Joule Apartments! Toddlers to Tweens Noon to 6pm


Mark Finley - MC host for U.S. Bank Stage at Casa Del Ray
The Capitol Hill Pride Festival is proud to announce Mark ³Mom² Finley as MC for the Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2010 on Broadway.

Finley went on to study and perform in New York at 19 and came to Seattle in 1990. Within four weeks Mark began what has become an unheard of continuous career nearing 20 years of non-stop activism, advocacy, and aid for anyone has earned him a nomination for the prestigious Greater Seattle Business Association¹s Community Leadership Award.
Among Mark Finley¹s many other accomplishments:
Goodwill Ambassador for Seattle¹s Greater GLBT Community at the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall Celebration Performed 37 performances in 9 days for New York City¹s Gay Games Helping establish Gay Bingo! for the now Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Columnist for Seattle¹s 1st Gay magazine 2002, MC for the 90¹s Seattle Pride Festival Co-creator/Hostess for Bat-N-Rouge Creator/Hostess of Neighbours Niteclub¹s 80s Night Rock Lobster Co-anchor/Commentator of Downtown Pride Parade for UPN11 Named Entertainer of the Year by the Seattle Spotlight a record setting four consecutive times.
Named Best MC, Best Live Male Entertainer and Best Drag Performer in other GLBT community-wide votes.
MC for the Capitol Hill Pride Festival on Broadway 2009
Mark has also been recognized as a ³Saint² by The International Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence within the GLBT World taking on the name of ³Saint Ms. Mark Finley, Our Lady of Chartreuse - Patron Saint of All Things FAAAAABulous!²

 

Time U.S. Bank stage in front of Casa Del Ray
La Cocina Stage Vajra Stage Galarias Stage Faerie Circle Stage
Kids Zone
Toddlers to Tweens
(corner of Mercer and Broadway)
Noon- 6pm
Street/Other Locations

10:00am

 

 

 

 

 

Mak Fai Lion Dance

Over 20 performers!

 

 

 

 

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ElectroMuse - TNT Espresso
10:30am
Mark "Mom" Finley Kabuki Performance
Mark Finley made his stage debut at 10. Living in Nagasaki, Japan at 17 he mastered Nihon Buyo (17th century traditional dance) & Kabuki (traditional stage drama).
         
11:00am Tribute - Rev. Ray Neal, Seattle Metropolitan Church   11:15am - 11:30pm :Marc Finley intro      
11:30am

Accomplishments - George Baken. Speakers on Civil Rights accomplishements and future

Opening 11:30am - 12:15pm :FunkScribe /DJ -funk / soul      
12:00am Ayla - Tribal Bellydancing   12:15pm - 1:00pm :Dub Down /Band -reggae Opening Opening of Faerie Circle
Dr. Da Da-Comedian
 
12:30 MGQ - Modern Gentlemen's Quartet     Galarias DJ Face Painting  
1:00 Doggie Drag Costume Contest winner announced   1:00pm - 1:15pm :Buddhaful Fashion Show      
1:30
Men of Valor
  1:15pm - 2:00pm :The Rev. Love Virus /DJ -house
     
2:00
EriAm Sisters
  2:00pm - 2:45pm :The Panda Conspiracy /Band -rock      
2:30
  2:45pm - 3:30pm :Surrealized /Band -electronica   Paint your parents  
3:00
Massive Monkeys Dance Crew
  3:30pm - 4:15pm :Role:One /Band -live hip hop      
3:30 Nubian Pride          
4:00


Bakra Bata - steel drums and dance performing ensemble
  4:15pm - 5:00pm :Just One /DJ -lOlyBass Under-U for men fashion show    
4:30            
5:00 Satellite by Night  

5:00pm - 5:45pm :Marmalade /Band -disco funk

 

     
5:30 BenDeLaCreme   5:45pm - 6:30pm :Splatinum /Band -Glitch
     
6:00

Huggy B.- Healthy Hip Hop

wearing his actual marathon medals

      Fairy Stage Closes  
6:30

 

Stingshark

  6:30pm - 7:15pm :Matty Sun /DJ -house      
7:00

 

Satellite by Night 7:15pm - 7:30pm :Dyke March      
7:15 Street cleared for Dyke March Street cleared for Dyke March Street cleared for Dyke March      
8:00
Leon Hendrix Band
- vocals, rythm & lead guitar Mark Stella - bass, backing vocals
Robert Bobby Rae Fisher - guitarist
Neil Kirkland - drums, keyboards, backing vocals
  7:30pm - 8:45pm :Planet Erf /DJ -electro / breaks      
8:30 Leon Hendrix Band   8:45pm - close :Future Nurses /DJ -psy trance The sound system::      
10:00pm Closing   Closing Vajra Stage  
 

About the Artists - developing

Ayla- Tribal Bellydancing www.myspace.com/tribal_voodoo . Performing at the first annual Capitol Hill Pride Festival in 2009, Ayla returns for a showstopping performance.
Bakra Bata - Seattle, WA -Bakra Bata introduces audiences of all ages to traditional and contemporary forms of Caribbean music, drumming, percussion and dance that originate in the trans-Atlantic cultures as they have developed in the Americas.Featuring theater, masquerade, stilting, and dance presentations that highlight steel drums and colorful costumes and masks.
  Buddhaful Clothing buddhaful.com -Buddhaful is a grass roots company. Since it's birth in 1998, Buddhaful has grown as a local Seattle, Washington clothing and fashion event organization to become not just an entity for apparel retail with accounts worldwide, but a sponsor for events promoting art, fashion, music and life. Currently, Buddhaful Wear can be found in Japan, UK, Hong Kong, Bali, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, France, England, Spain, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Israel, and all over the United States.
  Dub Down - Seattle, WA myspace.com/thedubdown Stingshark- VOX, guitar Paul Huppler- drums Chris Jones- bass -fusing roots reggae, dustup, and drum & bass, local trio Dubdown has been hitting the Seattle reggae scene by storm. Releasing original hits such as "Ninja Dub," "Dancehall," and "Tango & Cash," you can catch them performing live at many of Seattles' underground venues.
  DJ DubWun Orlando, FL myspace.com/djdubwun -Spinning an eclectic blend of east coast and west coast styles, from D&B to dustep, IDM to electroŠDJ DubWun peaks every hour, on the hour.
  EriAm Sisters - Renton, WA. www.eriamsisters.com A trio sisters who have been on "America's Got Talent". Check out their new hit Diary!
  FunkScribe Seattle, WA myspace.com/funkscribe -Funkscribe aka Anthony Walker is an analog synthesist, devout vintage keyboard freak, old school vinyl funk 45 DJ, hip hop beat producer and moreŠ
  Future Nuses - Seattle, WA hotwiredseattle.com Osiris Indriya & Amanita (Brian Enoch) -Deep and progressive, driving and melodicŠwith over a decade of producing and mixing at large festivals, gatherings and nightclubs, Osiris and Amanita skillfully blend elements of electro, techno, and trance into a unique and powerful medicine all their own. Side affects may include feelings of spontaneous euphoria, elevated heart rate, night sweats, audio hallucinations and the sudden and uncontrollable urge to move.
HuggyB - Seattle based hip hop artist HUGGY B performs and produces top notch music focusing on healthy living and keeping it real.
"Huggy B and SDH use the stage as a vehicle to drive home the point that homophobia should not have a safe haven in hip-hop music."- 12/26, SGN
Eminem are you listening?

With songs such as "Crush A Lot," "CARBS," and "Vegetarian Food," HUGGY B combines humor and social commentary into strong hip hop jams about (but not limited to) having crushes, riding bikes, gardening, vegan food, shopping at the co-op, going on bad dates, redefining masculinity, and beyond. HUGGY B also dominates in the art of freestyling, often asking audience members for topics to freestyle about. HUGGY B's beats draw inspiration from jazz, bay area underground hip hop, 90's east coast conscious hip hop, and drum 'n bass. A former resident of San Francisco, HUGGY B has performed extensively around the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Peace Out Hip Hop festival, Oakland Pride, and the San Francisco Public Library. HUGGY B continues to perform in the Pacific Northwest, at venues such as the Royal in Olympia, Blowpony in Portland, and Chop Suey, The ReBar, and The Wildrose in Seattle.
  Just One

Leon Hendrix Band known as Leon Hendrix Mysterience Releases Their CD; "KEEPER OF THE FLAME" Lyrics Touch On a Story of the Hendrix Brothers Childhoods in the Central District, History Is Made
www.leonhendrix.com

Mark Stella - bass, backing vocals
Robert Bobby Rae Fisher - guitarist
Neil Kirkland - drums, keyboards, backing vocals

Men Of Valor Aka: M.O.V. with their excitement and energy is set to release their first studio album this fall. MOV is a real band comprised of 4 young extraordinary musicians coming from very diverse musical families. Men Of Valor,the young musicians with old souls deliver. But after you realize how long Cedric Thomas, Max Watters From Seattle , Jhauvon Harrison and Dave¹ron Madden have been playing music only then do you get a better understanding of the magnitude of their God given gifts.
  Marmalade Seattle, WA myspace.com/marmaladejams Ernest Pumphrey, JR- VOX Davee C- drums Bob Lovelace- bass, lyrics Stingshark- guitar, VOX Leopold Bloom- turntables Buddhaful Mike- keys Chad Redlight- keys, drums, VOX Kimo- tenor sax, guitar, VOX Big Talk- alto & baritone sax Shapey- turntables, shapechanger CD Littlefield- trumpet -It is time to change your conception of Seattle based music. For over a decade, a new style of music has been growing and evolving in the clubs of this famous west coast city. Marmalade embodies this new music we call Groove.

Massive Monkees - Founded in the mid-90's, Seattle's award-winning Massive Monkees have taken the art of break dancing to new heights, captivating audiences with an exciting repertoire of acrobatic moves and innovative choreography. Their precision, timing and agility of movement, coupled with artistic interpretations of diverse musical genres, sets them apart from other break dancers in hip-hop culture. In recognition of their artistry, the Seattle Arts Commission recently honored the group with The Mayor's Arts Award. Members of the crew have performed with and/or choreographed performances for artists such as LL Cool J, Beyonce, Nas, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Jurassic 5, Tyrese, and Alicia Keys.
Appearances include MTV's "Made", Showtime at the Apollo, and Xbox promotions. Dominating the highest levels of international competition, they have an impressive resume of 1st Place titles, including winning the prestigious World B-Boy Championships at London's Wembley Arena in 2004. This fall, they placed 3rd in competition on MTV's hit reality show America's Best Dance Crew.

massivemonkees.com
http://www.facebook.com/massivemonkees

MGQ - Modern Gentlemen's Quartet - http://www.reverbnation.com/mgq . Jazz, Blues, Swing. Members: Ronaldo Ambrassa (bass), Mark Gladding (sax), Ed Portnow (drums), Owen Yen (guitar).
  The Panda Conspiracy Seattle, WA Chris Poage- keys, sax, VOX TJ Berry- guitar, VOX Sandy Dickerson- bass Katie Clayton- trumpet Ryan Lago- drums -The Panda Conspiracy is a five piece band hailing from the Pacific Northwest bringing you sounds from Riff Rock to Big Band Dub.
  Role: One - Seattle, WA myspace.com/roleone MC LBD-VOX, Guitar Stingshark- VOX, Guitar Lenox Holness- Bass "Professor" Adam Hicks- Keys David Levin- Drums Gabril Williams- Guitar -In 2005, back home in Seattle after a tour of Europe, MC LBD and Stingshark made a decision to blend digital and live rhythms; creating digital tracks in the studio then adapt them to a live stage experience with a full band. Sharing the stage with artists such as Morris Day and the Time, Fishbone, Parliament Funkadelic, Spearhead, Eek-A-Mouse and Pharcyde, they began performing with Adam Hicks, Lenox Holness, and flamenco drummer/percussionist David Levin, adding an underlying Spanish feel.
  Satellite by Night - Seattle, WA www.satellitebynight.com Fusion

 

Splatinum - Seattle, WA splatinum.com -Splatinum is the collaboration of Andrew Luck and Adam Houghton aka Dosadi. Their musical output spans genres but the common element of devastating low-end threads through every composition. The two have been busy in the studio lending remixes to the likes of Sleepy Eyes of Death and Mochipet, with a full album release forthcoming on the Daly City label this spring.

Stingshark - Seattle, WA, VOX, Guitar. http://www.myspace.com/stingshark. Mutant mix of rock, reggae, and soul; a new breed born out of the Phat Sidy Smokehouse¹s Phat Phamily. Led by long-time Phat Sidy guitarist Brian ³StingShark² Ray, the group features top musicians from the Seattle club scene and a new sound that is elevating Northwest dance floors to a frenzy. StingShark is Brian Ray¹s singing and song-writing overlaid on the Phat Sidy orchestration. His lyrics, both personal and real, joined with hard-hitting grooves create a sense of a lovers bite of passion.
 
Surrealized
- Seattle, WA myspace.com/surrealized Rob Anonymous- beats, programming, live effecting, samples Kimo Muraki- VOX, guitar, lap steel, coronet, live loops & samples Tim Reha- visuals, multi-media projections -Gifting knowledge of the audible psyche via direct communication with all other subconscious minds so to interpret the objective mind and impart impressions received to other objective minds while overseeing the evolutionary effects of such precious gifts on all past, present, and future biological organisms, human or otherwise, as such information is stored and in the same moment made available to unity all thingsŠ
  Shapeshifter Seattle, WA myspace.com/djshapeshifter -DJ Shapeshifter has played with many of Seattle's premier talent such as, Freeschool with Reggie Watts, KEXP's Darek Mazzone, KJ Sawka, BLOC Records recording artist, BR8, as well as KRS-1, Storm and the Balls, Chris Ballew, Common Market, The Rebels, Maktub, and rocked such venues as the House of Blues and Club Ice in Las Vegas, Nevada, Le Bunker (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Le Floride's 30th Anniversary Party (Nantes, France) and IOT Disco Teche in Tarragonna, Spain.

 

Booth Vendors and Booth Numbers to Date

Business Name Booth Number
Action for Animals 48
Align Chiropractic 28
Allyship 123
Ayla 120
Backfire Chiropractic 127
Backpack Project 26
BECU 25a
Camp 10 Trees 121
Canvas US 82
CHNRC 122
Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce and BIA 77-78
Castle Megastore 74-75
Center for Human Services 16
Charlie's Dog House 86
Choke Shirt Company 83
Cookie Lady 128
Cleo Wolfus 31
Crossroads 42
ElectroMuse 43
EriAm Sisters 94
Eric Katz Massage 104
Evergreen Chiropractic 89
Galerias - Stage
Gisele's Collections 27
GLSEN 85

Goat Milk Candy and Svedala Bakery 124
Gyro World 25
Hardware Salon 109
Hemp n' More 23
Harem 97 India Imports 72-73
Joule Apartment 13,14
Julia's on Broadway 87-88
Jup Jup Jup 68
Leon Hendrix Band 47
March Hats 106
Massai Ethnic Treasures 65
Massive Monkeys 44
Metro 53-54
Metropolitan Community Church Seattle 24
Mishu 29
Mud Bay 49
Northwest Network 105
Ni Sandwiches 80
Nubian Pride Productions 93
Panevino Trattoria Italiana Bar
Panache 55-56
Pasquale Santos roaming
Patrick's Creations Art and Jewelry 98

PawCouture 92
PAWS 39
Perfect Print and Copy 46
Pho 900 79
Poppy 134
Red Light 90-91
Saffron Drop 41
Seattle Central Community College 70
Seattle Dept of Transportation - 81
Seattle HIV Vaccine Trials 22
Seoul Shortribs 95a
Seattle Museum of the Mysteries 3
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 21
Snipe Habitate 15
Sound Transit
Sound Transit Steetcar 69
Table 219 61-62
Three Dollar Bill Cinema 30
Tibetan Handicrafts 50
U. S. Bank 44
Under U for Men 6,7
Vajra - Ladies of Avalon 114
Vassa P Accessories 76
Walden Lane Gourmet 17
World Beads 51-52
World of Meditation 40
Youth Suicide Prevention Program 95
Zambalh 57


Map to Date - June 26, 2010




 


 

Akasha - Pomeranian owned by Christina Thomas.
Winner of the first annual Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2009
Doggie Drag Contest.

Pre - Register for the Doggie Drag Costume Contest
Who let the dogs out?
Pre-Register for the Doggie Drag Costume Contest and have a chance to win a Trophy, Gift Basket, bragging
rights and be placed on next years poster!

Co-Sponsored by Mudbay



Its Easy!


Safely and Responsible dress your pet and take a photo in the comfort of your own home.
Submit a 4 x 6 color photo or digital file.
List information on the back of the photo with dog¹s show name:
ex: Champion Misty Mistique St. Bernard of our Lady of Broadway, your name, phone and e-mail.



Stop by the registration booth at the festival, Corner of Broadway and Thomas near Mudbay Sat. June 26,
10am-1pm. Inperson or bring your photo.

Registrant will receive a number. Final Judging at 1pm. Sat. June 26, 2010
Registrant need not be present to win
Photo category,
Five top dogs will be selected and from those five, Best in Show.
Categories 1. Best Attitude 2. Best Costume 3. Best puppy 4. Best Character 5. Best Senior
Hosted by the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries 501(c)3 nonprofit supporting diversity and Mudbay
Proceeds will go to support the general festival fund.


$5 registration sugg. donation per entrant.

Judges:
 
1. George Baken - Publisher of Seattle Gay News
2. Philip "Philananda" Lipson  
3. Sister Casta Spella  
4. Sister Kootchi Van Beaverhouse  
5. Jessica Stepka from Mudbay  

Best in Show Judge: Mark "Mom" Finley


 

 


 

News 3/1/2010 - The Capitol Hill Pride Committe is proud to announce it has received a Small and Simple Matching Fund Project Grant from the City of Seattle Mayor's office. We are delighted as this will afford better development and outreach for the community festival this year.

This project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

 

Booths are now closed. Thank You!
Rates
:
10 x 10 Booth spaces on Broadway
Non Profits: $50
Broadway and Capitol Hill Businesses: $100
General Booth:$100
Booth spaces are for the space only and do not include tables or chairs.
Nonprofits and Broadway businesses will receive first consideration so send in your application today for best placement!
Deadline is June 15, 2010.

Click HERE for PDF of Booth Application

 

 

Announcing an open call to all Artists and Entertainers,
Please submit your information to capitolhillfestival@gmail.com
with Artist in the subject line for committee review.
Deadline April 15, 2010.
Thank you!


Brought to you by
the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries, Broadway Businesses and Supporters

Photos from the
Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2009


All ages festival celebrating diversity and community Pride Live Entertainment
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall!
Over 5,000 attended!


 

Who we are and Contact Information:

Capitol Hill Pride Festival Committee
Charlette LeFevre -Festival Development
Philip Lipson - Booth and Volunteer Coordination
Kami Bodily and Mudbay - Capitol Hill Doggie Drag Costume Contest
Mark Mom Finley - Development and MC
George Baken - Advisor
Rev. Ray Neal - Development and Speaker
Lee Sorrono - Decorations, Casa Del Ray Apartments
Lainy Bagwell - Official Festival Filmer
Sister Opelia - Advisor for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Celine LeFevre - Booth Coordination

Festival Development:
Charlette LeFevre

capitolhillfestival@gmail.com
Please place Capitol Hill Pride Festival in subject line.

General Booth Information and Volunteer Coodinator
Philip Lipson, Seattle Museum of the Mysteries

capitolhillfestival@gmail.com
Please place Booth or Volunteer in subject line.
206-328-6499

Use this banner and Link to the Festival!
www.capitolhillpridefestival.net

For a Full Poster PDF Click HERE

CLICK HERE for Sponsorship Information and Levels


Thanks to Sponsors, Donors and Supporters of the event!

Seattle Museum of the Mysteries
Organizers and Fiscal Agent of the Festival
www.seattlechatclub.org



Media Sponsor


Thank You
MaryAnne Snyder








This project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

 


CLICK HERE for Expenses / Financial Statement from Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2009

Want to make a donation? Click Paypal below and if you would like to be listed give us your name or organization under Special Instructions.
Thank You!

 

Or donations can be made to the Capitol Hill Pride Festival Account at any Bank of America. #23291214. Thank You!
CLICK HERE for Sponsorship Information and Levels

 


THANK YOU!



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