Burgers, brews, backflips, more happening in Seattle this weekend

Two Welcome Back Week events will be held in Seattle this weekend. Occidental Square will host musical performances and local artists on Saturday, followed by a “Halloween in July” celebration in Westlake Park on Sunday.

If you’re looking for good food, a popular Seattle burger joint has fully reopened offering fantastic variations on the classic American hamburger, and Seattle’s oldest craft brewery is hosting a special event on Saturday. A circus show will also be relaunched this weekend, and outdoor theatrical productions of Shakespeare are back in season.

Read on to see and do in the Emerald City July 23-25.

Uneeda burger

Courtesy Uneeda Burger / Justin Oba

Good Eats: You need this burger

Uneeda Burger in Fremont has opened to full capacity with both indoor and outdoor seating. This is no ordinary burger place. Under the direction of Chef Scott Staples, this restaurant elevates the experience by offering all-natural beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, and bison burgers to suit all tastes. Are you gluten free No problem. Vegetarian? They got you. Do you want a salad They have that too.

For $ 6.50, the Classic Burger – quarter pounder with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and house sauce – is a bargain and the deals only rise from there. The Big Bison is filled with red onion jam, bacon and Beecher’s Cheddar. Other great meals on a bun include the blue onion, philly, lamb, and turkey.

Uneeda also has all of the side dishes, including seasonal tempura, onion rings, hand-cut fries, sweet potato fries, and fried cheese curds. Finish off with a Black and Blueberry Shake – or one of the other Snoqualmie ice cream flavors – and you’re good to go.

Redhook Brewlab outdoors

Courtesy Redhook Ale Brewery

Good Brew: Hazy Summer ’21

Seattle’s oldest craft brewery, Redhook Brewery, is hosting its second Hazy Summer ’21 event this Sunday from 2pm to 5pm. For three hours the Redhook Brewlab will tap into three new IPAs and turn melodies with KEXP DJ Mike Ramos. Check out the new Trial # 2 of Hazy Big Ballard IPA along with two small batches of Hazy IPAs, Since You’ve Been Gone and Now That You’re Back.

The company Up Up Up under the hanging piano.

Up Up Up Inc.

Shows: up, up and down – the circus is back in town

Look. Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s an airplane. It’s a … piano? Up Up Up Inc., based in Bellingham, is a touring crane truck circus company that has embarked on a month-long north-west tour of power, comedy and music with mostly speechless performances. Each donation-based show features aerial stunts, including the “World’s Greatest Wedgie,” a flying baby wing, human ceiling fan, and a hairhanging act. It’s a strange mix, but not to be missed.

The group of seven cast members travel on a 10 foot crane truck with a hand crank and bicycles for them to set up and perform in urban and remote environments. On Friday, Up Up Up will perform at 7 p.m. in Everett on 1814 Hewitt Avenue. On Saturday they will perform at the Bitters Co. Barn in La Conner and on Sunday they will perform at noon at West Lake Park to welcome the city back week event.

An overview of the Goodguys Auto Show

Good guys car show

Events: Check out 2,500 cars at the Goodguys Auto Show

The Goodguys Auto Show, held at the Washington State Fair Events Center in Puyallup, is a big deal for hot rod and classic car fans alike. Over 2,500 “Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks” will be presented on the exhibition grounds. Friday evening begins with vintage drag racing, in which over 200 racers compete against each other in five different bracket classes. Highlights include eight nitro-burning funny cars from the United Nitro Funny Cars group.

Other events accompanying the three-day affair include Saturday Night Twilight Cruising, the Nitro Thunderfest Dragster Exhibition, an indoor car show, Pinstriper’s Brush Bash, a swap exchange, the Miniature Model and Tret Car Show and a Kids Zone with free arts and crafts, Games, prizes and more on Saturday and Sunday.

A scene from a 2008 performance of Henry IV.

Seattle Shakespeare Company / Yelp.com

Theater: Free outdoor “Comedy of Errors” performances

Once again, the Seattle Shakespeare Company is touring Puget Sound for free outdoor productions of “The Comedy of Errors”. The cast of five will play all of the roles in this popular Shakespearean comedy.

“Shakespeare’s bubbly, vertiginous comedy follows the mishaps and chaos caused by Antipholus and Dromio in search of their lost family. When they arrive in a new city, the two are treated like old friends … but something seems to be wrong, ”says the theater’s website. “Soon the couple find themselves in a swamp of jealous wives, stolen property and an enigmatic nun who holds the key to the solution of the riddle in her hand. As the sun goes down, the weird confusion dissipates just in time to end with a crazy family get-together. “

Performances this weekend include productions at Riverton Heights Park in SeaTac on Friday at 7 p.m., Klahanie Park in Issaquah on Saturday at 7 p.m., and the Mural Amphitheater in the Seattle Center on Sunday at 6 p.m.