Seattle Times
The fourth annual Georgetown Music Festival took place Saturday, with 25 Seattle bands playing three outdoor stages in the offbeat, postindustrial Georgetown enclave south of downtown Seattle. Up until last month, however, it was dead and buried. “We didn’t have the money,” says Stefan Schachtell, who, along with Kate Fernandez, organizes the fete. With some savvy partnerships, the renewed support of local businesses, and a lot of extra effort, Schachtell and Fernandez rescued their baby. Through a newly established nonprofit called the Music Stimulus Package, the pair won an $8,000 grant from city-run 4Culture. They teamed up with Artopia, the three-year-old urban-arts fair sponsored by Seattle Weekly, to piggyback on their advertising and infrastructure.