It’s Thursday, and on Thursdays, we hear from Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows with everything worth doing this weekend... but he's on vacation so here's Producer Shane Mehling instead.

• WA State Fair
• BUMBERSHOOT
• PAX West 2025
• Seattle Indies Expo
• Dave Matthews’ Annual takeover of The Gorge
• Cypress Hill at Marymoore Park
• Blackberry Festival
• Olympia Harbor Days

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