Editing Redmond, Washington (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Bicycle Capital of the Northwest.JPG|thumb|Welcome sign on Redmond Way]]
[[Redmond Derby Days]] is an annual community festival held the second full weekend of July and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2015.<ref>{{citation
|url=http://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/313287561.html
|title=Derby Days: A city staple for 75 years
|date=July 10, 2015
|last = Pak|first = Samantha|work= Redmond Reporter}}</ref> It began as a race around [[Lake Sammamish]] called the Redmond Bicycle Derby in 1939, and since then has become a multi-day event including a bicycle [[criterium]], a parade, entertainment stages, a beer garden, local food offerings, a [[carnival]], a drone light show, and other activities.<ref>{{citation
|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/community-calendar-festivals-fairs-and-more-138/
|title=Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more
|date=July 8, 2015
|access-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{citation
|url=https://www.redmond.gov/1799/Drone-Light-Show-by-Verge-Aero
|title=Drone Light Show by Verge Aero
|access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref>

Performing arts in Redmond include the Eastside Symphony and the Second Story Repertory theater company, as well as artists who play at the Robertson Performing Arts Center located at Redmond High School. Redmond has a collection of outdoor sculptures throughout its streets and parks, many of which are part of a rotating sculpture exhibition.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.redmond.gov/arts/exhos2.asp |title=Redmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |access-date=November 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527124634/http://www.redmond.gov/arts/exhos2.asp }}</ref>

Redmond Lights is an annual community festival held the first Saturday of December. It features a special guest each year, a tree-lighting conducted by the mayor on city hall campus, a luminary walk on the Sammamish Trail and Redmond Central Connector with musical and light stations along the way to Redmond Town Center where there are many special attractions such as a carousel, skating rink and food sampling.<ref>{{citation
|url=http://www.redmondlights.com/
|title=Redmond Lights
|publisher = City of Redmond}}</ref>

The Old Redmond Firehouse is a center for local teens. It has become a hub in the thriving Eastside independent music scene. Local bands perform here with concert style speakers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2003895156_oldfirehouse21e.html | work=The Seattle Times | first=Amy | last=Roe | title=Redmond's Firehouse ignited teen spirit | date=September 21, 2007}}</ref>

Since 2010, by city ordinance, Redmond has appointed a poet laureate.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Redmond Arts-Culture |url = https://www.redmond.gov/185/Arts-Culture|website = redmond.gov|access-date = May 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Past Poet Laureates|url = http://redmond.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=201340|website = redmond.gov|access-date=January 14, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184708/http://redmond.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=201340|archive-date = January 15, 2018|url-status = dead}}</ref>

The Concerts at Marymoor is an annual summer series of concerts held at the amphitheater in Marymoor Park. The venue has been host to artists as diverse as Norah Jones, Peter, Paul & Mary, Rob Thomas and Duran Duran. When visiting the Seattle area, [[Cirque du Soleil]] has set up in Marymoor since the 2004 tour of [[Varekai]] when a concrete base was built for them to set up on. Since then, tours of [[Corteo]] (2006), [[Kooza]] (2010), [[Amaluna]] (2013), [[Kurios (Cirque du Soleil)|Kurios]] (2015) and [[Luzia (Cirque du Soleil)|Luzia]] (2017) have played in this spot. Marymoor also hosted the [[Warped Tour]] and [[Cavalia]] in 2012 and 2014.{{Citation needed | date=December 2021}}

Redmond Saturday Market is the oldest farmer's market in the Seattle area's east side. This market is held on Saturdays from May through October on approximately 8,000 square feet of land near the Redmond Town Center. The City of Redmond has approved an ordinance that the current market site be preserved for its community and historic significance.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Redmond Saturday Market|url = http://redmondsaturdaymarket.org/history.cshtml|website = redmondsaturdaymarket.org|access-date = October 15, 2015|archive-date = May 15, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210515013734/http://redmondsaturdaymarket.org/history.cshtml|url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Landmarks===
Redmond has designated the following landmarks:<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.redmond.gov/cms/one.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=23680|title = City Landmarks|website = City of Redmond|access-date = December 8, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141211001856/http://www.redmond.gov/cms/one.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=23680|archive-date = December 11, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Landmark
!Built
!Listed
!Address
!Photo
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|Bill Brown Saloon||1913||unknown||7824 Leary Way NE||[[File:Bill Brown Saloon-Matador.jpg|frameless]]
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|Brown's Garage||1920||unknown||16389 Redmond Way||[[File:Historic Building, Brown's Garage in downtown Redmond.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|Conrad & Anna Olsen Farmstead||1905||unknown||18834 NE 95th Street||[[File:Conrad Olson Farmstead.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|Haida House Studio (workplace of Dudley Carter)||1988||unknown||7747 159th Avenue NE||[[File:Haida House, Redmond, Washington, USA, June 2011.png|frameless]]
|-
|Earl and Elise McWhirter Farm (Hutcheson Homestead)||{{Circa|1936}}||unknown||19545 NE Redmond Road||[[File:Earl and Elise McWhirter Farm (Hutcheson Homestead).jpg|frameless]]
|-
|Justice White House (Hotel Redmond)||1889||unknown||7529 Leary Way NE||[[File:Justice White House - Redmond.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|Lodge Hall (Redmond Hardware, Gerk's, Edge & Spoke)||1903||unknown||7875 Leary Way NE||[[File:Redmond Lodge Hall Historic Building.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|O.A. Wiley Home (The Stone House)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.redmond.gov/cms/one.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=86188|title = OA Wiley Home|website = City of Redmond|access-date = April 11, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922011422/http://www.redmond.gov/cms/one.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=86188|archive-date = September 22, 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref>||1916||2007<ref>Redmond's Stone House First Landmark Designated by New Commission. Accessed March 30, 2011.</ref>||16244 Cleveland Street||[[File:O.A. Wiley Home.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|Odd Fellows Hall (Redmond's Bar & Grill)||1903||unknown||7979 Leary Way NE||[[File:Odd Fellows Hall - Redmond's Bar & Grill.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|Perrigo Farm House||1909||unknown||17325 NE 85th Place||[[File:Perrigo Farm House.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Anderson Park (Redmond, Washington)|Redmond City Park]] (Albert Anderson Memorial Park)||1938||2008||7802 168th Avenue NE||[[File:Redmond, WA - Anderson Park pano.jpg|frameless]]
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|Redmond Methodist Episcopal Church (Redmond United Methodist Church)||1908||unknown||16540 NE 80th Street||[[File:Redmond United Methodist Church.jpg|frameless]]
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|Redmond Pioneer Cemetery||1904||unknown||180th Avenue NE between NE 70th and NE 76th Streets||[[File:Redmond Pioneer Cemetery AKA Redmond Community Cemetery.jpg|frameless]]
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|Redmond School (Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center)||1922||unknown||16600 NE 80th Street||[[File:Redmond, WA - Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center 01.jpg|frameless]]
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|Redmond State Bank||1911||unknown||7841 Leary Way NE||[[File:Redmond State Bank.jpg|frameless]]
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|Redmond Trading Company||1908||unknown||7805 Leary Way NE||[[File:Redmond Trading Company-Half Price Books.jpg|frameless]]
|}