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Regatta Pit Party
ASTORIA – Cele-
brate the 125th Regatta
and the 1,000th customer
of the Astoria Under-
ground at The Regatta
1,000/125 Party in the Pit
from 8-10 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 10, at The Under-
ground Pit, 1125 Marine
Drive. The event is free
and family-friendly.
Jeff Daly, owner of the
Astoria Underground, will
host a town-wide dance
party to wrap up the fi nal
day of the Regatta Festi-
val. Guests can enjoy free
hot dogs, participate in a
rain gutter Regatta race
and take photos in the
Astoria Clown car.
The event will feature
DJ Joey Altruda, as well
as art and video displays,
games, food, prizes and
giant bubbles.
The 1,000th guest will
also receive a prize pack-
age from local businesses
Danny Miller
Jeff Daly, owner of Astoria
Underground, will host a
dance party at the pit from
8-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.
including Hotel Elliot,
Fort George Brewery, Car-
ruthers, Workers Historic
Tavern, Blue Collar Col-
lective, The Rusty Cup
and Gimres Shoe Store.
For more information,
contact Daly at 415-713-
4141, jd48woody@gmail.
com or oldastoria.com.
Fort George hosts Regatta block
party with Northwest bands
ASTORIA – The Fort
George Brewery and Pub-
lic House is hosting a block
party from 4-10 p.m. Sat-
urday and Sunday, Aug. 10
and 11, with top folk and
rock and roll bands from the
Northwest during Regatta
weekend. There is no cover
and all ages are welcome.
Bands playing Satur-
day include The Hackles,
Michael Hurley and Tango
Alpha Tango.
On Sunday, The Get
Ahead, Jerry Joseph and
Roselit Bone will perform.
There will be an outdoor
showing of “Kindergarten
Cop” at 9 p.m. Friday.
The brewery will also
host Miss Lonely Hearts and
Lonesome Heroes at 7 p.m.
on Sunday, Aug. 4. There
The Hackles will play at the Fort George Brewery and Public
House’s Regatta block party on Saturday, Aug. 10.
is no cover and all ages are
welcome.
Miss Lonely Hearts is
a country band that started
in California’s Central Val-
ley. Lonesome Heroes hails
from Austin, Texas, and
plays indie rock and country.
At 8 p.m. on Sunday
Aug. 18 and 25, Michael
Shay’s Texas Express and
Cedar Teeth will play. These
concerts are also free and all
ages are welcome to attend.
Texas Express is a rag-
time and bluegrass band.
The band is now based in
the Pacifi c Northwest and
features Michael Shay on
guitar/vocals, Peter “Spud”
Siegel on mandolin/vocals,
Chris Kee on bass/vocals
and Annie Staninec on
fi ddle/vocals.
Cedar Teeth is an Ameri-
cana and rock band from the
Cascade Foothills in Colton,
Ore. The band blends rough
and rustic folk rock with lyr-
ical American roots.