Stories from
Seattle
Event guides, launch updates, and local culture — straight from the Kickflip team.
Yash Patel's Soul Jam doesn't ask you to listen. It invites you to belong.
By day a Microsoft security engineer with a PhD in cybersecurity; by night the creator of Soul Jam — an immersive evening of South Asian music and poetry that pulls the whole room in through all five senses. Yash Patel's next show, Madhubala, comes to The Royal Room on July 25.
Two Super Bowl champions are swapping cleats for softball gloves — and all of Seattle's invited.
The Seattle All-Star Classic returns to Cheney Stadium on July 11 for its fifth summer — a star-studded, family-friendly celebrity softball game and Home Run Derby hosted by Super Bowl champions Rashid Shaheed and Uchenna Nwosu. Kickflip is proud to be the 2026 Community Outreach Partner.
Daniel Padrnos Is Rebuilding Community, One Toast at a Time
Daniel Padrnos brought the centuries-old Georgian Supra to Seattle — a four-hour communal feast of food, wine, and Tamada-led toasts that turns a table of strangers into friends.
Two Ryans built a coffee shop. What they really built was a living room for Redmond.
Founders Ryan Heidy and Ryan Yamaguchi built Cypress Coffee in Redmond as more than a café — a gathering place pouring acclaimed Middlefork Roasters and making room for local talent at Open Mic Night.
Sonia Keshwani isn't just singing. She's rewriting the room.
Fifteen years of performing taught Sonia Keshwani that music is a zone, not a performance. Her new show, The Velvet Stories, proves she's brought the whole room in with her.
The World Cup is in Seattle. Here's how to live it.
Six matches at Lumen Field. Fan zones drawing thousands. Museums, jazz clubs, and warehouses all throwing their own version of a party. This is the guide we'll keep updating all tournament long.
Seattle, we made you a thing.
We built Kickflip to help people discover the best things happening around them — before they miss them. Today we're opening to our first group of early supporters.
