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What Do LEGOs, Wine & Nude Rock Have in Common? This Weekend. 🍷🧱🎸
From family-friendly to fabulously grown-up, we’ve got camp builds, tropical vibes, classic cars & boudoir moves.
Mike Surprenant
August 21, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 17 minutes
Another amazing weekend is heading our way. We’ve got some great weather on the Eastside, so soak it up before it’s too late! Let’s skip the Seattle traffic and parking and dig into Eastside’s best events…
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Live Music 🎶
Thursday
Locust Cider Woodinville - Aidan Rufer 5pm
Friday
Prohibition Cellars - Hammerdog 6pm
Two Vintners Winery - Flowers for Wolves 6:30pm
Milbrandt Winery - Michael Scott 5pm
Northwest Spirits - Dexterity 6pm
Chelan Ridge Winery - Emmy Saxton 5pm
Obelisco - Nacho Rio & Howard Mack 5pm
The Lime - The Hipsters 9pm
Saturday
Chelan Ridge Winery - Ben King Meine 5pm
Obelisco - Chase Rabideau 7pm
The Lime - Engage 9:30pm
Northwest Brewing - Whisky Ridge 8pm
Sunday
Chelan Ridge Winery - The Wick Duo 1pm
425 Cellars - Josiah Bogle 3:30pm
Weekend Fix 🥳
Thursday Aug 21st 79°/56° 🌤️
National Senior Citizen Day
🎉🧱 LEGO Madness Returns: Back-to-School Builder’s Camp! 🚀✨
Ready, set, build! The Bricks & Minifigs Issaquah team is back with another epic LEGO® Builder's Camp—because one wasn’t enough! Kids aged 7–12 will dive into daily build challenges, unleash their creativity with tons of bricks, and even go head-to-head in lightning-fast mini competitions. There’s a snack break to fuel the fun, and each camper gets a free minifigure to take home (yes, every day!). No experience needed—just bring your imagination and a waiver-signed adult.
📅 Date: August 21–22, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Bricks & Minifigs Issaquah, 1490 NW Gilman, Issaquah, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎯 Don’t let your little builder miss this brick-tastic adventure—spaces are limited and the bricks are calling! 🧱🔥
🎭🤣 FORE! The Laughs: A Hole-in-Fun Improv Show for Adults Only ⛳🍻
Tee up for a night where the only thing below par is the comedy—and that’s a compliment! This adults-only improv show is packed with zany characters, witty one-liners, and scenes that come out of nowhere like a rogue golf ball. Whether you're a comedy aficionado or just here for the drinks and giggles, prepare for spontaneous laughter that hits harder than a driver off the tee. Warning: side effects may include laugh-induced snorts and sore cheeks.
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
📍 Location: Five Iron Golf, 425 Urban Plaza Suite 200, Kirkland, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎟️ Swing by, grab a seat, and let the funny fly—this is one show you’ll want to putt on your calendar! 😂⛳
🍿🏰 Movie Night Mayhem at Pump It Up! 🧸🎥
If outdoor movie nights are too late, too buggy, or too sweaty, we've got the perfect indoor fix! Kick things off with 30 minutes of wild bouncing fun, then settle into a kid-friendly movie; Pixars Up on a giant 18-foot screen. One arena turns into a cinematic escape while the other keeps the bounce going—basically, it's every kid’s dream. Grown-ups, don’t get too comfy—you’ll need to stick around for this family event!
🕓 Time: 4:30 PM
📍 Location: Pump It Up, 11605 NE 116th Street, Kirkland, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎈Snag your socks and your snacks—it’s time for an evening of flips, flicks, and family fun!
🥾🌲 Senior Strides: Guided Hike at Lower Tiger Mountain 🚶♂️💚
Get your heart pumping and your nature vibes flowing on a serene forest trail hike tailored for seniors (but cool enough for anyone with good taste in trees). This moderate trek keeps things friendly with less than three miles of trail and a gentle elevation gain. It's all the benefits of a forest bath without needing to pack a tent—or leave Issaquah!
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Issaquah Senior Center, 75 N.E. Creek Way, Issaquah, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🌿 Lace up those comfy shoes and enjoy some soul-soothing scenery (and maybe a squirrel sighting or two).
Friday Aug 22nd 85°/59° ☀️
National Take Your Cat To The Vet Day
🍷🎶 Redmond Wine Walk: Sip, Stroll, Repeat! 🛍️🍇
Pop the cork and prepare your tastebuds—this walk is more wine-derful than your average evening stroll! Featuring 54 wines from 18 top Washington wineries, you’ll swirl and sip your way through Redmond Town Center while grooving to live music and discovering local gems. Bonus: Your ticket scores you a souvenir wine glass and a wine tote so you can haul your favorites home in style.
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Redmond Town Center, 7525 166th Avenue Northeast, Redmond, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🍇 Get your grape expectations in order—this vino-fueled evening is going to be pour-fection!
🏕️🎉 Refuge Outdoor Festival: Nature, Culture & Campfire Vibes 🌿🔥
Calling all outdoor lovers, trail newbies, and campfire philosophers—this is your weekend to shine! The Refuge Outdoor Festival is an immersive 3-day camping adventure created for BIPOC communities, allies, and nature-seekers of all backgrounds. Expect a powerful blend of live music, biking, yoga, art, and deep convos under the stars. And yes, there’s a silent disco—because nothing says “unity” like awkward dancing in wireless headphones.
🕒 Time: Starts at 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground, 31020 Northeast 40th Street, Carnation, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🌈 Come as you are and leave with new friends, new memories, and probably some epic campfire stories.
🤠💃 Boots and Beats: Line Dancing Party Like No Other! 🎶🪩
Slide into your boots and two-step your way into a night full of soul, sass, and shuffle at the “Boots and Beats” line dancing bash! Hosted by the one-and-only Sean "Gator Boy" Donovan, this hoedown welcomes all—no experience or partner required. Just bring your best moves and maybe a little yee-haw energy.
🕗 Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Briora Ballroom Dance Studio, 12256 134th Court Northeast #STE 160, Redmond, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
👢 Get ready to stomp, spin, and shimmy the night away—no rodeo experience necessary!
🎲🐉 Dragonflight GameCon: Let the Games Begin (and Never End) 🎮🎉
Welcome to your ultimate 24/7 game-vana! Dragonflight GameCon is a nonstop, 3-day extravaganza featuring over 500 tabletop game events—from D&D to miniatures to board game brawls. Whether you're a battle-hardened GM or new to the dice-rolling scene, there’s a campaign (or ten) waiting for you. Pro tip: pack snacks and your lucky meeple.
🕗 Time: Starts at 8:00 AM and runs 24/7 until Sunday at 4:00 PM
📍 Location: [See event site for venue details]
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎲 Roll initiative and prepare for glory—this is your critical hit of summer fun!
Saturday Aug 23rd 86°/61° ☀️
National Cuban Sandwich Day
🍂🧶 Fall for Macrame: Knot Your Average Craft Day! 🎃🪢
Get cozy and creative with a fall-themed macrame workshop that’ll twist your heartstrings and tangle your imagination—in a good way! Learn to loop, knot, and weave your own autumn-inspired décor (think pumpkins, leaves, and rustic vibes) with zero prior experience required. All materials are provided, so you just show up with your pumpkin spice attitude and a love for all things crafty.
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Evergreen Blendz Coffee, 11811 Northeast 128th Street #D, Kirkland, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🍁 Twist, sip, and tie the knot with fall vibes—let’s get knotty in the best way possible!
💃🔥 Beginner Boudoir Dance Workshop: Shimmy Into Confidence 💋💄
Unleash your inner diva in this sultry, beginner-friendly boudoir dance workshop that celebrates sensual movement and pure empowerment. No experience? No problem. You’ll learn the basics in a safe, supportive, and fabulously fun space. It’s all about feeling good in your skin while picking up moves that’ll leave you glowing (and maybe blushing).
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: 12089 124th Avenue Northeast, Kirkland, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
💃 Come shake off the stress, strike a pose, and strut into your fabulous new era!
🌺🍹 S2S Annual Lūʻau: Everybody Gets Lei’d! 🌴🎶
It’s tropical, it’s tasty, and it’s totally turnt—the Sound 2 Summit Lūʻau is back, baby! Get ready for live music from One Island Drop, Polynesian vibes, island eats, and prizes for the best-dressed in your finest aloha attire. Your ticket covers food, your first drink, and entry into an evening of toe-tapping, lei-wearing, beachy bliss.
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM–10:00 PM
📍 Location: Snohomish Brewery, 1830 Bickford Avenue #suite 111, Snohomish, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🌊 Break out the flip-flops and floral shirts—it’s island time in Snohomish!
🎨🌙 BelRed Arts Night Market: Where Creativity Lights Up the Night! 🖌️✨
Get ready to soak up the artsy vibes at Bellevue’s very first BelRed Arts Night Market! This one-night celebration is bringing together live cultural performances, artists, food trucks, and all the creative magic your heart desires. Think of it as a festival-meets-gallery-meets-delicious-snacks-in-your-face. It’s not just a market—it’s an immersive, interactive explosion of Bellevue’s cultural soul.
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Location: 13102 Northeast Spring Boulevard, Bellevue, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎭 Don’t just attend—experience! Come for the food trucks, stay for the soul-fueling art and epic performances.
🥾💜 Hike for Healing: Steps Toward a Stronger Future 🌳👣
Lace up your hikers and take a step for a cause at the first-ever Hike for Healing! This outdoor fundraiser invites you to enjoy scenic trails while supporting ADWAS and its mission to serve survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Whether you're an avid trailblazer or a weekend walker, your footsteps help pave the way to $10,000 in support—and that’s a summit worth reaching.
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM–2:00 PM
📍 Location: Redmond Watershed Preserve, 21760 NE Novelty Hill Rd, Redmond, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
💪 Hike with heart, heal with hope—let’s hit the trail for something truly meaningful.
🌼🎶 Arts in the Garden: Petals, Paint, and Performances! 🖼️🌳
Take a stroll through a wonderland of art, nature, and music at the Bellevue Botanical Garden! Artists will be popping up among the blooms, offering one-of-a-kind 3D garden art for you to admire—and maybe take home. Add in live music and food trucks, and you’ve got yourself a blooming great time for the whole fam.
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🌺 Art and flowers? That’s what we call full bloom fabulous—don’t miss it!
🎸🕺 Nudestock: Rock Out in Your Birthday Suit 🎶🌞
Yep, you read that right—this is not your average music festival. Nudestock is an all-day, all-natural jam sesh featuring live bands, BBQ, volleyball, and zero tan lines. Rock out to blues, dance tunes, and pure summer vibes—all while soaking up the sun just as nature intended. From Friday mixers to Saturday's 6pm BBQ and late-night jams, it’s a wild (and very free-spirited) weekend you won’t forget.
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Park opens at 8:00 AM)
📍 Location: 24050 Southeast 127th Street, Issaquah, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎸 Leave your clothes at the gate and your worries behind—this fest is pure freedom with a side of rock 'n roll!
🇱🇦🎤 Laos Summer Festival: Flavors, Fashion, and Fun 🌺🥁
Get ready for a vibrant cultural celebration with the Khmu and Lao communities at Lake Sammamish State Park! Enjoy a feast of ethnic foods, traditional performances, live music, a fashion show, and vendors selling unique treasures. It’s like a vacation to Laos without ever leaving the park—just don’t forget your Discover Pass for parking.
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Rd, Issaquah, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🎉 Free entry, fantastic food, and cultural flair—it’s a global party in your backyard!
🚗🎷 Warehouse Wineries Classic Car Show: Sip & Cruise in Style 🍷🚘
From shiny chrome to smooth sips, this car show is bringing the classics—on four wheels and in your wine glass! Walk among gorgeously restored vintage cars, enjoy food truck eats, listen to live tunes, and toast the good life at Woodinville’s beloved wineries. It’s basically Fast & the Fermented.
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: 19495 144th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🍷 Rev up your engines and your wine glasses—this show is geared for a good time!
Sunday Aug 24th 85°/59° ☀️
National Waffle Day
🎨🍷 Artvana Summer Paint & Sip: Masterpiece & Merlot Vibes 🎨🖌️
Wine not unleash your inner Picasso? Join Artvana for a fun-filled painting session where your creativity flows as freely as your beverage of choice. You'll be guided step-by-step to create the dreamy 'Wave' painting, all while sipping and snacking in the cozy Redd Dog U-POUR bar. Whether you're a paint pro or an “oops, that was a tree?” artist—this night is all about fun, not perfection.
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: The Redd Dog, 10598 NE 10th St, Bellevue, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🍷 Grab a brush and a pour card—your next masterpiece (and memory) awaits!
🌻🥕 Sunflower & Veggie U-Pick + Maze Craze! 🌽🌼
Wander through a sunflower maze and pick your own farm-fresh veggies like you're living in a Pinterest board! Harvold Farm is serving up serious rural charm with fields full of sunflowers and baskets of veggie goodness. It’s the perfect low-key, high-fun outdoor outing for kids, families, or anyone who loves snacks that grow in the ground.
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Harvold Farm, 5207 Carnation-Duvall Road Northeast, Carnation, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🌻 Come for the flowers, stay for the fresh-picked zucchinis and Insta-worthy photos!
🚘🛍️ North Fork Farm Cruise-In: Vintage Vibes & Farm Finds 🚗🌾
Get your engine purring and your shopping bag ready—this is where shiny chrome meets local charm! The North Fork Farm Cruise-In Car Show combines cool classic cars, community vibes, and fabulous local vendors in one laid-back, fun-filled day. Come for the cars, stay for the farm feels and wholesome fun.
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: North Fork Farms, 43010 SE 79th St, Snoqualmie, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🚘 Park yourself at this show—it’s a local legend in the making!
🦀🍽️ All-You-Can-Eat Crabfeast: Get Crackin’! 🧈🦞
It’s crab-tastic! This all-you-can-eat seafood feast flies in fresh crabs from Crisfield, MD, and serves them up alongside burgers, hot dogs, and all the fixin’s. Terps and crab-lovers alike are welcome—just bring your appetite and a bib you don’t mind destroying. Family-friendly and finger-licking fun.
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Vasa Park Resort, 3560 W LK SAMM PKWY SE, Bellevue, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
🦀 This isn’t just dinner—it’s a crustacean celebration you don’t want to miss!
👚♻️ Thrift & Threads Festival: Fashionably Sustainable 💃🌿
Calling all eco-fashionistas, upcyclers, and community dreamers—this one’s for you! Celebrate secondhand style and sustainable living with a full day of thrift shopping, creative workshops, and green-minded goodness. Whether you're into vintage finds or DIY fashion, this event is your sustainable style playground.
🕝 Time: 2:30 PM
📍 Location: Redmond Senior Center, 2122 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA
🔗 More Info: HERE ✅
♻️ Come thrift, create, and connect—it’s like a runway show for the planet!
Trivia 🤔
Which Kirkland public park is known for a tree lighting ceremony during the holidays?
Last Weeks Question and Answer:
Issaquah’s historic downtown district dates back to what decade? 1890s
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