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bcliving.ca 45 | SEATTLE Find some old Soundgarden tapes and put on your best (worst) fl annel. If a stateside escape is on your summer agenda, head south to the cultural hub of Seattle to get your fi ll of food, festivals and fun. Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, August 14-17 WHERE Festival Pavilion at Rockwood Centre in Sechelt, 5511 Shorncliffe Road COST $15 for individual events up to $250 for a weekend pass Looking for some summer read- ing suggestions on your week- end getaway? e Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take care of that, with readings this year by Canadian favourites Miriam Toews (Gov- ernor General's Award winner), Grant Lawrence (CBC person- ality and author), Bill Gaston (novelist and playwright) and more. writersfestival.ca Crankworx, August 8-17 WHERE Various venues in Whistler Village COST Free for spectators If you get your kicks speeding head-fi rst down a mountain, then you won't want to miss the Crank- worx Freeride Mountain Bike Festival, 10 days of wheeling and reeling that will have you itching to get your spokes spinning. crankworx.com But of course. Headliners at the fth annual Squamish Valley Music Festival include Eminem, Bruno Mars and Arcade Fire, with additional crowd pleasers like Foster the People, e ievery Corpora- tion and e Roots lling out the festival schedule. squamishfestival.com Seafair, June 15-August 3 WHERE Several locations around Seattle COST Prices vary per event Seattle's quintessential sum- mer festival, Seafair features all there is to love about summer in the seaside city. Take your pick from among the eclectic mix of more than a dozen free events including parades, standup paddleboard- ing, ship tours, marathons and more throughout this month- long community celebration. seafair.com Bite of Seattle, July 18-20 WHERE Seattle Center COST Free What's a meal without a side Bumbershoot, August 30-September 1 WHERE Seattle Center COST $186 for a 3-day pass or $112 in advance More than just another music festival, Bumbershoot is Seattle's long-running annual showcase of "art in the great northleft." Go for the headliners (best-selling author Tom Robbins, author and 74-time Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings to name just a few), but stay for the comedy, arts and crafts and kids' shows at Youngershoot (kids get in free). But take heed: Bumbershoot was named after the colloquial term for umbrella, and you'll want to bring yours as outdoor performances will take place rain or shine. bumbershoot.org of entertainment? At Bite of Seattle, you'll get to eat like a true Seattleite when 50+ restaurants and 30+ food prod- uct companies from the Emer- ald City converge. Not enough? Entertainment includes nearly 100 live acts across four music stages and a free outdoor showing of the '80s classic e Goonies, lmed in nearby Asto- ria, Oregon. biteofseattle.com photo (CRANKWoRX) BLAKE JoRGENSoN, (tAStE VICtoRIA) CARoLINE WESt, (thE SIMpSoNS) FoX D'oh-n't miss out on a live chat with the writers of The Simpsons at Seattle's Bumbershoot VANCOUVER VANCOUVER 4 H, 30 MIN 3 H, 30 MIN SEATTLE SEATTLE p42-46_Travel-Weekend Getaways.indd 45 2014-05-15 1:36 PM