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Spokane is in its gather-everywhere season. This weekend, neighbors are meeting in Valley parks, Perry District streets, north-side art studios, theater seats, arena rows, and one very woolly ranch. Pick your corner of town, bring someone curious, and leave a little room for the plan you did not know you needed.

In today's Spokane Pulse:

Let's get to it.
— Laina & Lucas Wyland

🎈 Valleyfest fills Mirabeau Point Park and CenterPlace Friday through Sunday with live music, family activities, community booths, a Saturday parade, races, and Sunday's car show.

🧶 Spokane Fleece & Fiber Festival brings more than 70 regional vendors, classes, demonstrations, a spin-in, and free admission and parking to Rose Butte Ranch Saturday and Sunday.

🎭 Peter Pan Goes Wrong sends the Cornley Drama Society toward Neverland through collapsing scenery, flying mishaps, and cast squabbles Friday through Sunday at Spokane Civic Theatre.

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Preschoolers and caregivers can drop in for fine-motor, early math, literacy, and creative play stations designed for ages 1 to 5.

Details: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM at Liberty Lake Municipal Library

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Catch the neighborhood market's final Friday of the season with local produce, prepared food, handmade goods, and an easy park-side stroll.

Details: 3 PM - 7 PM at Emerson Park

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Teton Gravity Research's newest ski and snowboard film brings big-mountain lines, backcountry adventures, and a fresh dose of winter anticipation downtown.

Details: 7 PM - 9 PM at Bing Crosby Theater

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Wildcard headlines an all-ages local hip-hop bill with Knothead, Endr Won, and Dria Tha GR8 inside The District.

Details: 7:30 PM at The District

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Local makers, musicians, food trucks, street performers, neighborhood businesses, and a kids area take over the Perry District for one long block-party day.

Details: 10 AM - 7 PM at the South Perry District

Cost: Free

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Reptile breeders, educators, and vendors bring snakes, lizards, amphibians, supplies, and hands-on learning to the fairgrounds.

Details: 10 AM - 4 PM at Spokane County Fair & Expo Center

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More than 50 professional artists gather across three working studios for an open-air tour through the Little Spokane River Valley.

Details: 10 AM - 5 PM at Little Spokane River Valley studios

Cost: Free

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The Chiefs open a home weekend against their regional rivals from Tri-City under the lights at the Arena.

Details: 6:05 PM at Numerica Veterans Arena

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Big Thief brings the Somersault Slide 360 Tour to Spokane for an intimate Saturday night built around Adrianne Lenker's searching songwriting.

Details: 7 PM at Knitting Factory

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Corn and hedge mazes, a pirate-ship playground, pumpkins, train rides, and imaginative farm surprises make this a full Green Bluff family outing.

Details: 10 AM - 5 PM at Siemers Farm

Cost: Free admission

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Bring a homemade cake, sample Spokane's collective baking imagination, and vote for favorites at the city's sweetest potluck.

Details: 2 PM - 4 PM at Overbluff Cellars

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Harp, violin, guitar, electronica, and orchestral textures meet inside the Cathedral for a guest-artist release concert from three regional musicians.

Details: 5 PM - 6 PM at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Cost: $15 suggested donation

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Killswitch Engage leads a heavy Sunday bill with Machine Head, Rivers of Nihil, and Judiciary after the show moved indoors to the Arena.

Details: 6:30 PM at Numerica Veterans Arena

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🏫 Adams Elementary celebrated a construction milestone as staff and crews signed the final steel beam before it was lifted into place for the school's new building.

🛝 Five Spokane park projects earned top-six state grant rankings for applications totaling $4.641 million, pending legislative funding in the 2027-29 budget.

🗑️ A proposed carbon-credit charge would raise residential garbage bills by $2.75 a month in 2027 and 2028, with a City Council vote currently set for October 14.

🚧 Spokane installed its first Emergency Streets treatment by closing one southbound Ash Street lane from Kiernan to Euclid for 14 days while collecting speed and community-feedback data.

❤️ Fire-relief donations have helped roughly 400 survivors, and Partners Inland Northwest is accepting only food donations for the rest of September while redirecting excess supplies.

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