We waited for THING. ALL. SUMMER. LONG!

The announcement seemed too good to be true. A sign painting demo? A night market? A live reading of An Officer and a Gentleman? A pie eating contest? Illuminarium? A dance church? A mentalist? Napoleon Dynamite Live? Who even does that? Adam Zacks and Seattle Theater Group. That’s who.

The first day of the first THING Festival delivered everything the show poster promised. Equal parts carnival, family day in the park, folk art show, 80s movie setting, and epic music festival.

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Scenes from Thing

 

 

De La Soul

 

 

John Reilly & Friends

 

 

Orville Peck

 

 

Parquet Courts

Natasha Lyonne & Lindy West

 

 

Snail Mail

 

 

 

Júníus Meyvant

Japanese Breakfast

 

Kurt Vile

 

Caspar Babypants

 

Bedouine

 

All photos: Pete Hilgendorf