Seattle Soundbite, Thursday March 19th

For many of us working in creative mediums, a part-time job in the food service industry will carry us through the leaner times of our professional lives. In a music city like Seattle, with a full-fledged gastro-culture to boot, thousands of musicians, artists and writers moonlight as servers and bartenders as a way to make ends meet.

Seattle Soundbite is the fund raising take on the lifestyle: bands perform, participating restaurants offer street style food and we all delight in the stipulation that performing bands need to have at least one member working within the food service industry. This year's event will be held Thursday, March 19th at the Showbox SoDo. It's $15 and the Helio Sequence headlines. (Proving that even signed Sub Pop acts still have to schlep pasta for a living.) Other acts on the bill: Bird Show of North America, Sue Quigley, Doctor Doctor, Puget Sound System, Truce and DJ Reflex. Proceeds benefit the Washington Restaurant Association, The Vera Project and Pro Start.

Foodies rejoice - participating restaurants include: Barrio, Cantinetta, Crémant, OddFellows, Palace Kitchen, Pike Street Fish Fry, Purple Cafe & Wine Bar, Quinn's, Ray's Café, Red Door, Serafina, Tango and Via Tribunali.

More information about Seattle Soundbite can be found here.