# 2026-08-01 Discovery Log

## Social source discovery: r/SeattleEvents

- Feed: 25 posts (2 new since last run)
- ❌ Skipped (already covered): A Day in Punjab (Seattle Center Festál) — `seattlecenter.com/events/event-calendar/a-day-in-punjab` — already covered by `sources/seattle_center_festal/` (via [Reddit post](https://old.reddit.com/r/SeattleEvents/comments/1vbvsgr/a_day_in_punjab_is_august_1_in_the_armory_food/))
- ❌ Skipped (content site): Seafair weekend events roundup — `mynorthwest.com/local/seafair-weekend-events/4261807` — mynorthwest.com is a news/content aggregator, not an event source with structured data. Seafair already covered by `sources/external/seafair.yaml` (via [Reddit post](https://old.reddit.com/r/SeattleEvents/comments/1vbq4ak/seafair_weekend_is_here_but_so_are_a_lot_more/))
- No new candidates this run.

## Source discovery: jazz, drag, pop-up markets, kids/family, silent disco, burlesque, new venues, metal/punk, rooftop bars, wine bars, indie cinema, arboretum/gardens, roller derby, ceramics studios, trivia, neighborhood (Beacon Hill/Rainier Beach), escape rooms, poetry, breweries

Ran `dead-sources.py` first — 8 zero-event calendars this snapshot
(`frye-art-museum`, `kremwerk`, `majestic-bay-main`, `pacific-place-all-events`,
`spl-fremont`, `sync-seattle`, `three-dollar-bill-cinema`, `tag-sand-point`),
0 external failures. All single-snapshot, none newly meeting the 30+
consecutive day dead-source bar — nothing flagged as newly `dead`.

Searched ~20 queries across a wide rotation of verticals. As in the past
several cycles, the overwhelming majority of leads are already covered by
an existing ripper/external/recurring source or already tracked in
`docs/source-candidates/` (now 514 files) — this project remains very
thoroughly mined:

- ❌ Skipped (already covered): Jazz Alley (`status: proxy`), Seattle Jazz
  Fellowship, Seattle JazzED, Earshot Jazz, The Royal Room, Unicorn Seattle,
  Julia's on Broadway/Le Faux, Queer/Bar, The Rendezvous, UW Botanic
  Gardens/Washington Park Arboretum, Grand Illusion Cinema, Central Cinema,
  Jet City/Rat City/Tilted Thunder/PFM roller derby, Pottery Northwest, The
  Clay Corner, Beacon Hill Festival, Beacon Arts Street Fairs, Rainier Beach
  Community Club — all already `added` or previously tracked, no status
  change
- ❌ Not Viable: Georgetown Brewing Company — Shopify store (`/products.json`
  confirmed) selling beer, not ticketed events; real events (Pride release
  party, Rainbow Bingo) only announced via blog prose, no structured feed.
  `docs/source-candidates/georgetown-brewing.md`
- ❌ Not Viable: Frolik Kitchen + Cocktails (Hilton Motif rooftop bar) —
  BentoBox `schema.org/Event` JSON-LD present but only 2 events site-wide,
  one already past and one undated recurring promo. `docs/source-candidates/frolik-seattle.md`
- 🔴 Blocked: Sofar Sounds Seattle — client-rendered React SPA, no
  server-rendered event data or discoverable API from this sandbox; also a
  multi-city aggregator rather than a Seattle-first-party org.
  `docs/source-candidates/sofar-sounds-seattle.md`
- ❌ Skipped (content/aggregator sites, not first-party): EverOut, AllEvents,
  Eventbrite discovery pages, Songkick, Bandsintown, ParentMap, Seattle's
  Child, LocalWineEvents, TriviaScout/Sporcle/TriviaNearMe, Fever — all
  third-party listing aggregators, not a single org's own feed
- ❌ Not viable (no dated events, bookable-anytime venues): Choice Escapes
  (new downtown escape room) and other escape-room venues — bookable
  experiences with no calendar of dated public events, not a fit for this
  project

No source met the bar for implementation this cycle — every genuinely new
lead either lacked structured/forward-looking event data or was a
third-party aggregator already excluded by policy. Consistent with the
2026-07-31 note, this rotation confirms the project is close to saturated
on the "search for new Seattle venues" approach; future high-yield leads
are more likely to come from the r/SeattleEvents social-source pass or
direct requests than from broad web search.

## Source discovery: arts & culture, music venues, food & drink, museums

- ✅ Added: Photographic Center Northwest — custom `IRipper` (WordPress `ajde_events` REST endpoint, regex date/time extraction) — 37 events verified via `ONLY_SOURCE=pcnw`
- 🔍 Investigating: many already-covered checks confirmed no gap (Rendezvous, Gallery 110, Bale Breaker, The Crocodile, Ballard Alliance/Visit Ballard, U District Partnership, MOHAI, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, Waterfront Park — all already have sources)
- ❌ Not viable (this pass): South Lake Union Block Party (single annual date, Tribe REST API empty), DiscNW (26 listed items are mostly season-long league/registration windows, not single attendable happenings — only 3 genuine one/two-day tournaments), Northwest Marketplaces (static Squarespace page, no real events collection), PCC Community Markets (403 blocked from this environment), Bush Garden (Wix, no discoverable API), Comedy/Bar Capitol Hill (appears closed per Yelp; booking redirects to Emerald City Comedy, already covered), Mox Boarding House / Lowlander Brewing (previously confirmed notviable, re-checked no change)
