Musicians performed live from noon to 9:00 PM on Saturday to celebrate KEXP’s new home at the Seattle Center, and hundreds turned out for the free concerts. Among those, was Deputy Mayor Kim who brought with her an Official Proclamation from Mayor Ed Murray declaring Saturday KEXP Day in Seattle. Councilmember Bagshaw also joined the celebration.
Congratulations @kexp on the #KEXPNewHome! Thanks for your continued contributions to our city’s unrivaled music scene over the years.
— Ed Murray (@MayorEdMurray) April 16, 2016
Deputy Mayor @HyeokSeattle holding up an official proclamation from @MayorEdMurray declaring today @kexp day! pic.twitter.com/feHD4iRErW
— Seattle Film + Music (@seattlefm) April 16, 2016
The lineup represented the diversity of music KEXP fans enjoy daily, a mix of Seattle artists, bands building national audiences thanks to KEXP’s support and international music from Seattle’s sister city, Reykjavik, Iceland.
All the way from our sister city in Iceland, Samaris is here to play live on @kexp to celebrate the #kexpnewhome❤️?pic.twitter.com/DfhAf27PFz
— Seattle Film + Music (@seattlefm) April 16, 2016
There was a palpable sense among those of us in attendance that we were participating in history. It was certainly a day, this writer will never forget. For more photos, check out our Facebook and Twitter feeds.
