LAUREN NAPIER: RAIN FEST OPENS AT THE VIADUCT >>>

Three days of brutality: that is what the annual Rain Fest promises to give Tacoma, and the entire Pacific Northwest, in fact, Friday through Sunday at The Viaduct. With more than 30 bands and counting, the all-ages hardcore festival doesn’t even give an attendee time to rest â€" not that you are going to want it. Some of the bands include Sabertooth Zombie, Killing the Dream, Comeback Kid, Trash Talk, The Warriors, and many more that will drench your shorts in perspiration before you even hit the pit. Read the full details here.

[The Viaduct, Rain Fest, May 22-24, $20-$25, 3 day passes available for $57.57 at www.brownpaper tickets.com, 5412 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma, 253.472. 1948, www.myspace.com/rainfest]