Press Release --Experience Art, Shop, Nosh and Sip at So Bazaar

Experience Art, Shop, Nosh and Sip at So Bazaar

Effective Immediately
August 4, 2015

Redmond, WA –Don’t miss Redmond’s urban art market, So Bazaar on Thursdays, August 13, 20, and 27! Experience a one of a kind market featuring award-winning contemporary art, artisans, live music, food trucks and drinks at Sip Bazaar.

So Bazaar offers an innovative marketplace to find unique art and artisan products, enjoy music, and experience contemporary art performances. With roots in the exciting street life throughout Asia, Redmond So Bazaar brings concerts, artist performances, artisan market, food and drink along the Redmond Central Connector located between 161st Ave NE and Leary Way.

‘We heard how much residents and visitors enjoyed So Bazaar last year that we are doubling the size of the market and opening earlier this year,” said Mayor John Marchione. “Redmond residents and visitors will have the opportunity to meet more artists, listen to more music, and sample a wider variety of food and drink”, he added.

The Redmond Central Connector will be transformed to an exciting, live art market from noon-9:30 pm. The market opens at noon with a new concert series called Picnic Performances that invite visitors to bring a bag lunch and enjoy the beautiful park. Visitors that stick around will have the opportunity to learn about the creative process of select market artists at Artist demonstrations that begin at 1:30 pm. Come back at 4 pm for Night Nosh featuring a variety of food trucks and Sip Bazaar featuring craft beer, wine, and nightly cocktails. Featured contemporary art and performances happen at dusk when Gansango Music and Dance and Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders transport visitors to other worlds with their cutting edge art.

“There are a lot of summer art fairs, food truck festivals, and concert series throughout Seattle and the Eastside, said Lara Lockwood, Redmond Arts and Culture Commission Chair, but So Bazaar brings all of these cultural experiences together on one night, and then infuses that with stunning award winning contemporary art. And that is what makes So Bazaar special.”

The So Bazaar art performance schedule is below; please note that Artist demonstrations will take place every Thursday at 1:30 pm.

August 13
2 pm: DECAJóN Project
DECAJóN Project highlights the cultural contributions of Peruvians of African descent, using the cajón (Peruvian box drum) and performance traditions to enchant their audiences with the rich sounds and movement of this unique community

4 pm: DJ Riz
DJ Riz mixes Seattle’s best electronic dance grooves on KEXP Radio 91.3. He has no favorite musical styles and will try practically anything that appeals to him viscerally, spiritually, or bootyfully

7pm: Gansango Music and Dance Company
Gansango Music and Dance Company fuse music and movement from across the African continent into contemporary performance.

August 20
12 pm: Debi Chatterjee Duo
Debi Chatterjee Duo presents traditional sitar Raga accompanied by tabla drums performed by master players.

5:30 pm: Valse Café Orchestra
Valse Café Orchestra is a small, nimble ensemble that can play like its big-cousin symphony orchestras. Performing post-modern renditions of dance-hall classics, the group celebrates eras and cultures from Paris in the thirties to Hapsburg Vienna.

8:30 pm: Lucia Neare Theatrical Wonders
Lucia Neare is a 21st-century pioneer of larger-than-life theater in public spaces. Neare ignites the civic imagination with large-scale site-specific works transforming urban spaces into participatory dreamscapes.

August 27
12 pm: Surprise performance!

5:30 pm Valse Café Orchestra             

8:15 pm: Lucia Neare Theatrical Wonders

For more information and a complete listing of So Bazaar market elements, please visit: www.RedmondSoBazaar.com

If you have questions, please contact Rachel Van Winkle at rvanwinkle@redmond.gov This press release is available on www.redmond.gov.

Parks and Recreation
Rachel Van Winkle, Events and Marketing Administrator
425-556-2360
rvanwinkle@redmond.gov