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Good morning, Spokane!

Spokane has reached that September sweet spot: the fair is kicking up demolition derby dust while a downtown rooftop hosts salsa under the open sky. Keep one pair of comfortable shoes by the door. This weekend might ask them to handle a four-mile race, a block party, and at least one dance floor.

In today's Spokane Pulse:

Let's get to it.

— Laina & Lucas Wyland

🎡 Spokane County Interstate Fair Gates open Friday at 11 AM and Saturday and Sunday at 10 AM for a truck pull, demolition derbies, carnival rides, animals, and exhibits.

🎻 Spokane Symphony: Romeo and Juliet James Lowe conducts Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet alongside Rachmaninoff and Glazunov, Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 3 PM at The Fox.

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Stories, songs, and preschool activities fill the Looff Carrousel, with $1 rides available after this free early-literacy hour.

Shop peak-season produce and handmade goods while the neighborhood market counts down its final two Fridays of the season.

Start with a club-style dance lesson, then move through salsa, bachata, cumbia, and merengue beneath the downtown sky.

Watch the 1984 comedy while a live orchestra performs Elmer Bernstein's score and Ray Parker Jr.'s unmistakable theme.

Walk with survivors, families, and neighbors while supporting CPR training, heart research, and the American Heart Association's local impact.

Fantastic Familiars brings vendors, entertainers, readers, healers, and an inclusive celebration of the region's Pagan community to SCC.

Vintage finds, local vendors, food, music, art, jewelry, beer, and a free photo booth take over West Broadway.

Help Mount Spokane crews clear branches, remove ladder fuels, stain picnic tables, pull invasives, and clean campground fire pits.

This 21+ fundraiser pairs local drinks, live bands, catered bites, and an auction for Inland Northwest families affected by congenital heart disease.

Make art, mingle over nibbles, and hear the annual awards and regional arts updates during this all-welcome community gathering.

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Run or walk four lively miles through the University District while supporting Community Cancer Fund's work across the Inland Northwest.

Velocity welcomes regional rival AC Boise to ONE Spokane Stadium for a late-season Sunday afternoon home match.

A live ensemble, rock musicians, electronics, and vocalists race through 35 years of Sonic music, from Genesis classics to Undefeatable.

This theatrical Queen tribute pairs Warren Vernon-Driscoll's live vocals, guitar, and piano with the band's biggest anthems, screens, lights, and costumes.

🚒 Spokane Valley Fire earned international reaccreditation after a comprehensive self-assessment and peer review, keeping it among just over 300 agencies worldwide with that status.

🔥 The City of Spokane launched new fire-recovery tools including a public damage dashboard and a Shadle Park Library permitting office running September 21 through October 2.

📚 Spokane author Leyna Krow won the 2026 Washington State Book Award for fiction with Sinkhole, and Other Inexplicable Voids.

🎨 Rogers senior Haydin Brown turned a crosswalk into public art at Pittsburgh and Wellesley with a prize-winning Pirate ship design.

🍳 The Kitchen Engine marked 20 years after growing from its 2006 Flour Mill opening into a cookware shop, café, knife-sharpening stop, and cooking-class destination.

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