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09/16/2026

LINEUP ANNOUNCED for The Night Shift on Friday, September 25 at Pike Place Market.⁣⁣
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✨ Meet Artists | See Demos | Listen to Music | Enjoy Food & Drinks⁣⁣
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📅 Friday, September 25 | 3PM–9PM⁣⁣
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Explore Pike Place Market after hours with local artists, an art walk, live music, food, a spirit garden, and more.⁣⁣
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🎨 Art Vendors⁣⁣
• Hannah Lunstrum | Demo artist⁣⁣
• Korina Oswald | Demo artist⁣⁣
• Caught Looking Woodworks⁣⁣
• dogear productions⁣⁣
• Driftwood
• Ernesto Ybarra⁣⁣
• Gradient Gallery⁣⁣
• Lovely Little Creatures
• NapatCraft⁣⁣
• Natalie Menacho⁣⁣
• Joshua O Marceau⁣⁣
• Satrell Studio⁣⁣
• Whalefern Art⁣⁣s
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🍴Food Vendors⁣⁣
• p.d.zee
• Reem's Kitchen⁣
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🎶 Event Lineup⁣⁣
• Art Walk | 3PM – 7PM⁣⁣
• Carline John | 3PM⁣⁣
• Stella Hawthorne | 4PM⁣⁣
• Marquetta Miller | 4:30PM⁣⁣
• Maya Marie | 5PM⁣⁣
• DJ Atticus | 6PM⁣⁣
• mega cat | 7PM⁣⁣
• Sol | 8PM⁣⁣
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DETAILS: 👉 https://www.pikeplacemarket.org/events-calendar/the-night-shift-after-hours-arts-music-series/
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The Night Shift is a monthly celebration of music, art, food, and community at Pike Place Market, presented in partnership with Seattle Downtown Art Walk, The Rabbit Box, and Seattle Office of Economic Development. Join us every fourth Friday through October. 🌙⁣⁣

09/10/2026

Seattle is a city for families, small business owners, and everyday people. We want to make sure it stays that way. 🏙️✨

Our Director Beto and Mayor Katie B. Wilson announced a new Executive Order to create the Resilient Seattle Economy Task Force. This group will create strategies that make it easier for businesses to work with the City and help keep Seattle affordable.

Over the last ten years, Seattle has changed a lot. Through it all, our community has helped shape the decisions that define this city. Our goal is simple: help more families and businesses stay and thrive in Seattle. 💙

Read our latest blog post and explore the full report: https://bottomline.seattle.gov/2026/09/09/a-shared-path-forward/

08/27/2026

Building a business is an exciting journey, and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Whether you’re launching your first business or looking to expand, we got you covered with our Small Business Handbook. 📘🚀

Our newly updated Small Business Handbook is designed specifically for Seattle entrepreneurs and features:
🔨 Tools to start or grow your business
✅ Checklists to help you navigate permits and inspections
📝 Programs designed to help you start or expand your business

Check out this free resource today: seattle.gov/small-business-handbook

08/21/2026

🍪✨ Something special is baking at Anh Ơi Bake Shop, a Vietnamese American bakery where founder Vince Vu transforms his childhood memories and flavors into every bite.

Inspired by its value of "we rise together," Anh Ơi also spotlights local Asian American bakers, giving their work a wider audience through a collaborative approach where makers grow by supporting one another.

Through Seattle Restored, Vince is building something lasting. More than a bakery, Anh Ơi is a gathering place where community, culture, and belonging come together. Every product tells a story, connecting customers to the people and traditions behind what they eat, offering a home for the third culture, the cross-cultural, and the quietly homesick. 🏠❤️

Located in the heart of Japantown in the Chinatown-International District, their bakes are worth every crumb. 😋

Check out all of our Seattle Restored locations: https://seattlerestored.org/explore/locations/

🎥: Equal Motion

08/11/2026

🎥 Get a behind the scenes looks at “I Am American,” a feature film shot in Seattle and Washington state this summer!

Filmed in Seattle locations like the Chinatown-International District and South Lake Union Park, “I Am American” tells the story of an ambitious Japanese immigrant whose family had everything taken from them when they were forcibly sent to concentration camps.

The production hired 100 local cast and crew, many with direct generational ties to those who endured internment camps.

Our Film Program is designed to bring important stories like “I Am American” to life, offering experienced crews, diverse and stunning locations, and a streamlined permitting process that makes Seattle a great place to film.

“I Am American” is scheduled to wrap production later this summer, with festival screenings planned for 2027. 🎬🍿

Get more info on the production and our permitting process: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle-shot-historical-film-wraps-production-historic-cid/281-adf4e646-8f50-41af-bdab-beb36091fc19

08/07/2026

We’re thrilled to award nearly $1.3 million to 43 local businesses through the 2026 Tenant Improvement Program!🎉

Our program is investing in equipment and signage upgrades across 23 neighborhoods so that more local businesses can stabilize, grow, and keep showing up for their communities. From a 100-year-old café in Ballard to the only Kenyan restaurant in Seattle, these establishments are part of what make our city shine.

🏝️ Island Soul - Seattle in Columbia City
🌮 Lupe's Situ Tacos in Ballard (📷: Brittne Lunniss)
🧗 Half Moon Bouldering in Greenwood
🎶 The Royal Room in Columbia City
☕ Mintish Coffee House in Capitol Hill

See the full list of businesses who received awards: https://bottomline.seattle.gov/2026/07/30/2026-tenant-improvement-program-awardees/

07/30/2026

Get your print on at Paper Pushers! 📗🎨

Paper Pushers (Paper Pushers Zine Store by Seattle Printers Guild) is a pop-up consignment shop and printmaking art space by Seattle Printers Guild. The Downtown spot features zines and prints from artists all over the world, plus opportunities to create your own.

Express yourself by attending one of their free art workshops or connect with other creatives at a community event. 🤗✨

Paper Pushers is a space “where people can make cool zines and art books in a large space,” said co-founder Vivian Li, “which is sometimes hard to find in Seattle.”

In partnership with Seattle Restored, they took their vision from paper to reality. Check them out now through September 15.

Check out all of our Seattle Restored locations: https://seattlerestored.org/explore/locations/

🎥: Equalmotion

07/24/2026

It’s Christmas in July! 🎄

The independent feature film “Christmas Pop-Up” is a love letter to Seattle. Written, directed, and filmed almost entirely by locals, this independent feature brings the magic of the Emerald City to the big screen.

With 51 local cast and crew members and iconic locations like Smith Tower and Occidental Park, this rom-com is proof you don’t need to leave the Emerald City to make movie magic. 🎥🎬

Want to go behind the scenes? Find out how our office helped bring this local production to life: https://bottomline.seattle.gov/2026/07/23/christmas-pop-up/

📸: Christmas Pop-Up

07/22/2026

Giving Sleepless in Seattle a new meaning! 🌙

We’re partnering with Pike Place Market (Pike Place Market) to bring you “The Night Shift” – a brand new night market series kicking off this Friday, July 24 from 3 – 9 p.m.

Our Director Beto caught up with Scott, nightlife policy advisor, to chat about how these events are part of our work to create a thriving nighttime economy. 🌃

Check out “The Night Shift” on the third Friday of the month through October: https://www.pikeplacemarket.org/events-calendar/the-night-shift-after-hours-arts-music-series/

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