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Summer concert seasons is in full swing. Here are eight big-time shows happening around the Seattle area in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Deep Sea Diver and Nation of Language<\/h2>\n
Sub Pop label mates Deep Sea Diver and Brooklyn’s Nation of Language make for one of summer’s best doubleheaders out at Remlinger Farms. The hometown indie rock faves and synthy post-punks are still sailing on their respective Sub Pop debuts, released last year. Leading up to Saturday’s show, Seattle Theatre Group was offering buy-one-get-one tickets, a certified summer steal. Peel Dream Magazine opens.<\/p>\n
6 p.m. July 18; Remlinger Farms, 32610 N.E. 32nd St., Carnation; $41; stgpresents.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n With the most blissful vibes of any of Seattle\u2019s major music festivals, this fourth-year Afrobeats event\u00a0has been a hit<\/a>\u00a0with the Pacific Northwest\u2019s African diaspora and lovers of the catchall genre of West African pop music blending dancehall, hip-hop, R&B and other genres. The 2026 edition brings one of Afrobeats\u2019 biggest stars, Wizkid, while expanding its scope with Kendrick Lamar collaborator Mustard and Jamaican dancehall\/reggae singer Shenseea.<\/p>\n July 18; Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; tickets start at $135; 21-and-older;\u00a0blastmusicfest.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Greater Seattle\u2019s family-friendliest music festival, this community-oriented event is the best excuse to have a summer weekend retreat in the lush Snoqualmie Valley. The deftly curated lineup taps the phenomenal Reyna Tropical \u2014 who sublimely blend myriad Latin diaspora styles \u2014 Bay Area R&B soother Lady Wray, garage rockers Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Indigenous punk rippers Dead Pioneers, Seattle experimental jazz drummer\/producer Kassa Overall and a host of PNW faves.<\/p>\n July 23-25; Tolt-MacDonald Park, 31020 N.E. 40th St., Carnation; $70-$105 single-day passes, $208 weekend passes (kids 12 and younger free), $64 camping;\u00a0timbermusicfest.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n After packing T-Mobile Park two years ago, country kingpin Chris Stapleton brings his annual summer “All-American Road Show” tour east of the mountains, holing up at the Gorge for two nights. The outlaw-minded country man’s honey-barrel vocals ought to sound sweet as ever ringing through the canyon with support from Grace Potter. Only pricey, up-close tickets remain.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. July 24-25; Gorge Amphitheatre, 754 Silica Road N.W., George; remaining tickets start at $231.50; gorgeamphitheatre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n K-pop juggernauts Enhypen entered a new era this year when one of its seven original members, Heeseung, split to launch a solo career \u2014 a move a sizable chunk of the group’s fans have struggled to accept. At any rate, the remaining six \u2014 including Washington-born Jay Park<\/a>, who moved to South Korea at age 9 \u2014 are gearing up to release the second installment in a series of vampirical-themed EPs next month.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. July 26; Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St., Tacoma; tickets start at $81.40; tacomadome.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n His last time in Seattle, Lumen Field regular Ed Sheeran smashed<\/a> the football stadium\u2019s attendance record briefly held by his buddy, Taylor Swift, as 77,286 Sheerios (an actual term for his fanbase) filled the Hawks\u2019 house. Sheeran\u2019s \u201cLoop\u201d tour brings\u00a0him\u00a0back this summer equipped with a new album in last year\u2019s \u201cPlay,\u201d an electro pop-heavy affair that chases a pair of 2023 acoustic albums. Billed as a return to his \u201cbig pop<\/a>\u201d sound, \u201cPlay\u201d absorbs occasional rap, soul and global influences. Myles Smith, Sigrid and Aaron Rowe open.<\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. Aug. 1; Lumen Field, 800 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle; tickets start at $128;\u00a0<\/em>lumenfield.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n One of country music\u2019s new leading ladies, Moroney has earned her place as one of the genre\u2019s\u00a0next-gen\u00a0stars, the self-described \u201cemo cowgirl\u201d bringing an emotional awareness and vulnerability more prevalent among Gen Z\u2019s bedroom-pop singers. Moroney released one of 2026’s most anticipated new country albums, her third full-length, \u201cCloud 9,\u201d ahead of a U.S. arena tour that hits Seattle on the same weekend the now defunct Watershed Festival<\/a> used to take over the Gorge Amphitheatre. JP Saxe and Solon Holt open.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Aug. 2; Climate Pledge Arena, 334 First Ave. N., Seattle; limited remaining tickets start at $133;\u00a0<\/em>climatepledgearena.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\nBLASTFEST<\/h2>\n
Timber! Outdoor Music Festival<\/h2>\n
Chris Stapleton<\/h2>\n
Enhypen<\/h2>\n
Ed Sheeran<\/h2>\n
Megan Moroney<\/h2>\n
Benson Boone<\/h2>\n