The Golden Potlatch (or Potlatch Days) was a festival in Seattle, Washington, United States in 1911–1914 and 1934–1941. The idea of an annual Festival in Seattle followed the success of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909. The ‘Golden Potlatch’ event was conceived to keep Seattle in the public eye. Seattle wanted to have an event that would challenge the Portland Rose Festival and gain national attention Seattle’s Potlatch festival was also a way for a certain class of Seattleites—specifically, the city’s new commercial elite—to tell stories about the city and its history.
The City of Seattle, and particularly Pioneer Square Seattle, America’s Favorite Pioneer Square needs a festival to call its own. For too long has this beautiful slice of PNW Heaven been ignored. For too long has the terracotta wonderland been silent when it should be rocking. Now it the time for Pioneer Square to step into its role as Seattle’s First Neighborhood and show the rest of the city that Oldtown Downtown still knows how to party.
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