South Sound Block Party

09/01/2026

Co sign

08/27/2026

See you this weekend, Olympia us

08/25/2026

🚨 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! ❤️

We need 6 amazing volunteers with a MAST license to help us out this Saturday, August 29th at the South Sound Block Party!

📅 Saturday, August 29th
⏰ 4:00–10:00 PM
📍 South Sound Block Party

Come hang out, have some fun, and help 4 the Love Foundation! ❤️

If you have a MAST license and can lend a hand, MESSAGE US! We’d love to have you on our team!

Thank you for always showing up and helping us spread a little more love! ❤️

08/23/2026

T-minus 5 days ….

08/19/2026

Hi folks - we still need 5-6 volunteers for Saturday, Aug 29th - evening shift, must be sober and able to lift 15-20 pounds and comfortable using a knife or scissors. 4 volunteer hours gets you a GA ticket. Thanks so much!

Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchJiSIlUQsKwC0GFLFTpEGV8qz5IKWPwe8Oy6Rk1x6GVzFug/viewform?usp=publish-editor

08/19/2026

The countdown begins! The best weekend of the summer is almost here! Get your tickets now before the price increase at the box office! We’ll see ya at The Port ⚓️

08/18/2026

Olympia!

During this week in Washington (August 20, 1991), twenty all-female punk bands performed over six days at the Capitol Theater in Olympia. This landmark event was part of the Riot Grrrl movement, an underground feminist punk movement that emerged in the early 1990s, originating primarily in Olympia, Washington, and Washington, D.C.

Candice Pedersen and Calvin Johnson, founders of Olympia’s K Records, organized the “Love Rock Revolution Girl-Style Now” -- shortened to “Girl Night.” It launched a new era of feminism meant to counter discrimination in the punk music scene and society as a whole. The extra “Rs,” intended to make a growling sound, underscored the animal-like ferocity of objection to society’s ills.

Gritty songs from local groups like “Rebel Girl” (Bikini Kill), “Cool Schmool” (Bratmobile), and “Complicated” (Heavens to Betsy) shed light on gender inequality, identity, and female empowerment. Written commentary called “fanzines,” were handed out at the concerts.

The experience of a librarian reflects Riot Girrrl’s impact on a generation of young women. She claimed the experience “provided me with a different way of thinking…” and that she “didn't need to assimilate to somebody else's standards. . . .”

Post written courtesy of David J Jepsen - Historian

Photo of Bratmobile in 1994 by Greg Neate, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

08/16/2026

Thanks to the Olympian for the chat

Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 are your last chance for the Port of Olympia music festival. The organizer explained why the festival is ending.