The Seattle Cabaret Festival believes that the musical cabaret medium is, first and foremost, versatile—past festival artists have pulled inspiration from rock, blues, opera, satire, French chansons, and more. This year’s festival promises to continue showcasing the unexpected. Join us Friday and Saturday Night’s for back to back shows combining unique pairings of our artist […]
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Organ Duet: What’s That Like?
Sunday, March 27 at 3:00, Jonathan Wohlers and Naomi Shiga present an hour of organ duets – yes, four hands and four feet! – on the newly installed Ortloff pipe organ of St. Dunstan’s Church. What is an organ duet like? Think two people sharing the same organ bench, navigating the different keyboards of the […]
Party like an Icelander
Dinner and live music – Icelandic Þorrablót For the food adventurer in you, for your dream of spending an evening in Iceland celebrating Þorrablót, eating traditional food, drinking Brennivin, singing, and dancing? Come and have fun. Meet people, enjoy classic pop and rock music – live. Saturday, February 19, starting at 5.30 pm until 11. […]
Acclaimed Newfoundland Vocalist Matthew Byrne In Concert
The Seattle Folklore Society is proud to be hosting Matthew’s first online virtual concert with SFS on May 15th, 7pm, Pacific time. Matthew Byrne’s bio starts with: “Storytelling through song is a fundamental duty of traditional music and Matthew Byrne does this brilliantly with his latest recording, Horizon Lines.” Echoing that sentiment, Horizon Lines went […]
Master Trad Irish Fiddler Gerry O’ Connor In Concert
The SFS is pleased to present a virtual online concert May 8th, 7pm, with traditional Irish fiddler Gerry O’ Connor, accompanied by guitarist Richard Mandel. Gerry O’Connor is from Dundalk, Co. Louth, where he grew up in a family of musicians, dancers and singers, all taught at home by his mother, Rose. A four times […]
Hardly Sober Tour
Touring artist Mizere with Her Tour Dj Tha L.O.C coming to seattle washington on there Hardly Sober Tour! Talented hip hop artists from California and opening local artists from Seattle!
The annual Ballard Jazz Festival is back
It’s that time of year when talented jazz musicians and their fans descend on Ballard for several days of jam sessions across the neighborhood. The Ballard Jazz Festival begins in earnest tonight (Friday) with a mainstage concert at the new Nordic Heritage Museum. Clarence Penn and Penn Station along with Oskar Stenmark will be jammin’ […]
Big Ballard turnout for Record Store Day
It’s not easy being a record store in the age of Spotify and Pandora, but Ballard is lucky to have some of the best in the city. David Mayden posted this photo in the My Ballard Facebook Group of the long line outside Sonic Boom Records this morning. With lots of special releases, giveaways, entertainment […]
Music lineup announced for Ballard SeafoodFest
You might come for the salmon and lutefisk, but live music at the Ballard SeafoodFest is becoming a bigger attraction every year. On this 44th year of the festival, the lineup features headliners Blitzen Trapper and All Them Witches. “We are excited to announce a stellar lineup of musical artists that complement everything this three-day […]
Tickets go on sale for Ballard Jazz Festival at new Nordic Museum
After 10 years at the old Nordic Heritage Museum, the Ballard Jazz Festival’s main stage is moving to the new museum facility on Market St. “The soaring concert hall with flawless acoustics will double audience capacity and elevate the listening experience for the foreseeable future,” explained an email from the festival. Tickets are now on […]
New Years Eve in Ballard and beyond
Here’s the scoop for New Years Eve events around our neighborhood… SPACE NEEDLE FIREWORKS – Expect all the usual crowds and parking issues in Fremont and Wallingford leading up to New Years at the Needle. Live broadcast begins at 11:35 on KING 5. VOLTERRA’S LAST DINNER – Tonight is Volterra’s last night in its current […]
Seattle Public Library launches second round of local music collection
In 2016, The Seattle Public Library launched an online Seattle music collection called PlayBack that enabled Seattleites to download free local music. Now, 50 more local artists have been added to playback.spl.org, including NAVVI, Fysah, Golden Gardens, Raz Simone and more. Anyone can stream the albums for free, and Library cardholders can download and keep any music in […]
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