EVENT
Art on the Ave
It just gets better and better on Tacoma’s bustling, vibrant Sixth Avenue. The street between Cedar and Trafton becomes a playground of handmade art, live music, food, roller derby, glass blowing, car show, kids’ activities and more during the 10th annual Art on the Ave. Sponsored by the Sixth Avenue Merchants Association and others, the day is highlighted by the positive energy and fellowship available to those enjoying the cool sounds and fab art on the area’s hottest street. Highlight? The dunk tank where politicians Jake Fey, Tim Farrell, Lauren Walker, and many others, including Dockyard Derby Dames, wait their fate. Two stages host musicians grooving under the (hopefully) sunny skies. â€" Michael Swan
[Sixth Avenue between Cedar and Trafton, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., free, Tacoma, artontheave.org]
BLUES
Harm None
It’s a sad truth: There are a lot of bad guys out there. Tacoma musician Rick Burton, 61, had six or eight young bad guys jump him in an alley near his home last Thanksgiving eve leaving him with sight in only one eye, a speech impediment and limited mobility.
However, there are plenty of good guys in this world, too. Burton’s ties to the local music scene run deep, including Jay Mabin and fellow band member Jerry Miller before Miller went the Moby Grape route. Sunday, Miller, Mabin, Ed Vance, Loose Gravel & the Quarry, Nicole Fournier, Junkyard Jane, Abel Ames and many other local blues greats will perform a benefit concert for Burton to help with medical costs. The Harm None concert also hopes to raise awareness to the senseless violence that often plagues the streets of Tacoma. â€" Brad Allen
[Western R Bar & Grill, 1 p.m., $15, two for $24, 1214 Puyallup Ave., Tacoma, 425.432.5237, www.jerrymillerband.com]
ROCK
Fetish Ball
Anybody who tries to tell you that they haven’t got a strange fetish is either lying or a closet sexual predator. For humanity’s sake, let’s just hope they’re lying. My neighbor, for example, likes to dress up in his wife’s panties and prance around the house while she’s at the salon getting her nails done. How do I know all this? I like peeking in my neighbors’ windows with the high powered telescope my dad got me for my 10th birthday while wearing edible underwear and eating cottage cheese. Yeah, I know, don’t even ask, but at least I admit it. Good thing that Hell’s Kitchen is holding a Fetish Ball this Sunday for all us freaky people. Let your inner fetish shine as you rock to I Borjan, Heroes For Ghosts, and Born A Slave. â€" BA
[Hell’s Kitchen, 8 p.m., $10, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]
LINK: Pierced Arrows and others in the clubs tonight.
LINK: Too nice for a movie? Hell no.
LINK: Let’s eat outside today.