This is a list of community-oriented spaces and projects that host events regularly. Some of these spaces are commercial public locations, some are non-profits, and some are private residences and houses. Over the years a lot of the DIY community has been centered around activity within peoples’ houses, and these houses can be organized in a number of different ways, be them communal houses, groups of friends, or single-occupancy. The common thread between these houses is that they create spaces where their homes are transformed into intentional community spaces, inviting the public into their personal environments. This also works in the other direction – by inviting a community into your home, you are taking the idea of creating the culture that you want to see and making it infiltrate every part of your life.

Not all of these spaces see what they do as necessarily fitting these ideas explicitly, but these ideas will resonate to some degree in each of them in one way or another.

If you’re interested in checking out any of these places, attend an event listed on their website, or go to seattlediy.com and look at the events calendar.

Venues

The Bikery
Bicycle collective, public commercial space, workshops
1265 S Main St. #104 – Internation District
myspace.com/bikery, thebikery.org

The Black Lodge
Art and performance space
http://myspace.com/blacklodgemountain

Cairo
boutique store – shows and performances
open sat and sun 12-6pm
507 e mercer s – capitol hill
cairocollection.blogspot.com

Dancylvania
House – shows, meetings, craft & conspiracy, misc community events
110 Harvard Ave E – Capitol Hill
myspace.com/dancylvaniahouse

Exploding House
House – shows, art performances
10511 Phinney Ave N – Phinney Ridge

FBK
House – shows, movie nights
6272 Ellis Ave S – Georgetown

Full Tilt Icecream
Icecream parlor – shows & art events
www.myspace.com/fulltilt_icecream
9629 16th ave sw – White Center

Funny Button
House, arts + crafts space, shows, good times, positive vibes – U District
e-mail Kenneth for address and information: slashedtires@gmail.com
facebook.com/funnybutton

Fusion Café
Venue, non-profit show space
909 4th Ave, Downtown Seattle YMCA
myspace.com/fusioncafe

Gallery 1412
Non-profit collective commercial space
Film, music, arts
1412 18th Ave E
18th + Union – Central District
gallery1412.org

The Greenhouse
House – shows, art performances
2515 Charles St – Central District
myspace.com/thegreenhizzy

GRN STRP house
House – shows
819 NE 70th St – Greenlake

Ground Zero Teen Center
Non-profit teen center, venue
257 100th Ave, Bellevue 98004
myspace.com/groundzeromusic

Hidmo
Restaurant – performances and meetings
20th and Jackson – Central District
hidmo.com

The House Of Zanzibar
House – shows, community events
myspace.com/thehouseofzanzibar

Josephine
Art warehouse, venue, performance space
myspace.com/thejosephine
608 65th Nw at 6th – North Ballard

KTUB
Non profit teen center, venue
348 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland 98033
ktub.org

Left Bank Books
Radical book store – zine and book readinds
1st and Pike St – Downtown
leftbankbooks.com

Monsterssori Observatory
House – shows, community events
2317 14th Ave S, – Beacon Hill

The Morgue
myspace.com/themorgueseattle

New Crompton
House – shows, community events – U District
myspace.com/newcrompton

The Old Fire House
Teen center, venue
16510 NE 79th St, Redmond 98052
myspace.com/ofh

Pilot Books
Book store, readings, workshops
219 Broadway E, suite 28 (upstairs)
pilotbooksseattle.com

Q Cafe
Non-profit cafe, venue, event space
3223 15th Ave. West – Interbay
qcafe.org

Seattle Free School
Organizes frequent events at various spaces
http://www.seattlefreeschool.org
Register for classes online!

20/20 Cycle
Bike shop, show and community event space
2020 E. Union – Central District
2020cycle.com

UmojaFest P.E.A.C.E. Center
1107 24th Ave – Central District
http://umojafestpeacecenter.com

The Vera Project
Non-profit venue, community space for meetings, workshops, art gallery, etc
On the corner of Warren Ave N
& Republican St @ Seattle Center
theveraproject.org

Wayward Café
Vegan cafe, occasional events
9th and 55th – U-District
myspace.com/waywardcafe

West Seattle Legion Hall
Venue for sporadic shows
3618 SW Alaska St – West Seattle
nwhardcore.com

Other places to check for events:
nwhardcore.com
seattlepunk.org
seattlefreeschool.org
scn.org/activism/calendar
seattleactivism.org
sewupseattle.blogspot.com

Organizations

bikes

The Bikery
thebikery.org

The Bike Shack @ Wayward Cafe
Bikeshack.org

Micropolo
myspace.com/micropolo

Point 83
point83.com

Seattle Bike Polo
seattlebikepolo.com

Seattle Critical Mass
seattlecriticalmass.org

Slow Sunday Bike Ride
myspace.com/slowsundayz

culture and community
Bend-It
myspace.com/bend_it

Casa Luna School Of Music and Wizardry
myspace.com/casalunaschoolofmusicwizardry

Craft Night
myspace.com/craftnightseattle

Food Not Bombs
sfnb.revolt.org

Hollow Earth Radio
HER is an online DIY radio station featuring live performances, interviews with locals, and lots of rad music.
hollowearthradio.com

Home Alive
homealive.org

Left Bank
leftbankbooks.com

Marginal Way Skate Park
marginalwayskatepark.org

Off Tempo
Multi-media archive project predominantly covering music in Seattle, focuses on local and touring musicians performing in alternative venues in all-ages / DIY communities.
offtempo.com

Punk Rock Flea Market
myspace.com/punkrock_fleamarket

Punk Rock Yoga
punkrockyoga.com/seattle

Seattle Free School
seattlefreeschool.googlepages.com

Seattle Permaculture Guild
seattlepermacultureguild.org

Skate Like A Girl
skatelikeagirl.com

Team Victory
teamvictorywillwin.org

Tiny Mercury Zine Distro
tinymercury.com

Zine Archive and Publishing Project (ZAPP)
www.hugohouse.org/events/zapp

media

Reclaim The Media
reclaimthemedia.org

SCAN Community Media
scantv.org

SeattleDIRT
seattledirt.com

Seattle Indymedia
seattle.indymedia.org

social justice
Books to Prisoners
bookstoprisoners.net

CARA
cara-seattle.org

CCEJ
ccej.org

Justice Works
justiceworks.info

Seattle Young People’s Project
sypp.org