CID Block Party Returns to the Chinatown International District

A car show, a Pokemon competition, and more 🚙

Published August 25, 2023

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Published August 7th | Updated August 25th

📆 Saturday, August 26th • 3 pm – 9 pm
📍 Chinatown International District: 900 S King St
🎟️ Free

The CID Block Party is all about Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) music, arts, and culture, with a main stage under I-5. Free and all ages.

Everyone has a block party these days. But what they don’t have elsewhere is what’s unique to that locale. And with the CID Block Party, it’s the intersection of Chinatown, Japantown, Filipino Town, and Little Saigon. The celebration returns for its fourth year, bringing color to a dreary concrete backdrop, splashing it with underground music, food trucks, a beer garden, a car show, an art walk, and even a Pokemon competition. The urban landscape becomes a confluence of cultures.

The party starts at 3 pm and closes at 9 pm. The set times:

MUSIC
⏰ 3 pm – Mak Fai
⏰ 3:15 pm – CZNS
⏰ 4:15 pm – Plash
⏰ 5:20 pm – Lemon Boy
⏰ 6:25 pm – Chinese American Bear
⏰ 7:30 pm – Jeneration DIY
⏰ 8:35 pm – Sundial

More highlights:

EMCEE
🎤 Teena Thach

ACTIVITIES
⏰ All day – CID Car Show + Beer Garden
⏰ 5 pm – Tabletop Village Pokémon Competition
⏰ 5 pm – Bike Quest by Center 4 Bike Repair

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Patheresa Wells

Patheresa Wells is a Black/Persian, Pansexual, Polyamorous Poet and Writer (so many Ps) living in Seatac. An aspiring comic, you can catch her cracking jokes at open mics around the area. In her free time, she likes to imagine what she'd do with free time and feed her backyard crows cuz they're silly. Follow her on Twitter @PatheresaWells.