prices include advance / door rates and donations when announced. notaflof = no one turned away for lack of funds. access details are on each event’s page. check the source for updates!
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Conor Byrne Open Mic
@ Conor Byrne Pub, seattle
// An open stage for local musicians and songwriters. Signups start at 7:30pm; music begins at 8pm. The host’s dated calendar lists this occurrence as free.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Open Mic Night
@ Artemis Coffee, seattle
// A coffeehouse open mic for songs, prose, poetry and other respectful contributions. Artemis provides a guitar for songwriters; the program welcomes other art forms as well.
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Si Tu Savais — Django Jazz: Si Tu Savais
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// Si Tu Savais plays acoustic jazz inspired by Django Reinhardt and European jazz of the 1930s and 1940s, with bluegrass and American jazz influences. Doors open at 7:30pm.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Open Mic at the Couth Buzzard
@ The Couth Buzzard, Greenwood, seattle
// An open-mic gathering in the Couth Buzzard’s bookshop and community arts space. The host’s dated calendar lists 6:45pm; it does not separately announce a performance start or individual lineup.
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Lucky Devil Open Mic
@ Lucky Dime, everett
// Micah Glassey hosts a mixed open stage welcoming songs and other forms of performance. Signups begin at 7pm; slots are generally two or three songs, or five to ten minutes.
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Shanghai Qiutian / Dabda: Shanghai Qiutian / Dabda
@ The Vera Project (All ages), seattle
// Shanghai Qiutian's Love you is tagged indie rock and math rock. Seoul quartet Dabda combines dreamy psychedelic textures with math rock and post-rock. Additional special guest to be announced. Listing time is doors; performance time is not separately announced.
// PRICE: $22.72 including fees + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Evan Smith
@ Chapel Performance Space (All ages), Wallingford, seattle
// Solo saxophone performance moving between composition and improvisation.
// PRICE: $5–20 suggested donation at the door + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Record release: IROIRO / Mt Fog / ONONOS
@ Chop Suey, seattle
// IROIRO's debut is tagged instrumental psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock. Mt Fog combines art pop, electronica and folktronica; ONONOS describes its sound as dark disco. IROIRO record release. Doors at 7pm.
// PRICE: $19.31 listed tickets + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Baba Obscura — Friday at Baba Yaga
@ Baba Yaga (21+), seattle
// A Baba Yaga session of the Desert Daze and Baba Yaga festival.
// PRICE: $95.07 single day incl. taxes/fees; possible checkout processing fee; festival passes available + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Woodland Centennial Zine Release Party
@ Woodland Theater (All ages), seattle
// Woodland Theater’s centennial pre-party and history zine release, with DJs and additional performances. Individual performers to be announced. The organizer announcement is at https://www.instagram.com/p/DePvJPUS2vo/.
// PRICE: Free / donations welcome / NOTAFLOF + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Paurl Walsh / Pearl Trio
@ Chapel Performance Space (All ages), Wallingford, seattle
// Paurl Walsh presents a quadraphonic orchestral recording built from extended playing techniques. Pearl Trio improvises with Joshua Medina on guitar, Noel Kennon on viola and Justin Lazar on percussion.
// PRICE: $5–20 suggested donation; NOTAFLOF + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Cigar / Mercy Music / Pretty Deadly / Old Cross / Matt Danger
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// West Coast skate-punk band Cigar joins Las Vegas pop/rock group Mercy Music, Oregon punk band Pretty Deadly and Portland melodic-punk band Old Cross. Matt Danger plays an acoustic set. Doors open at 7pm; music begins at 8pm. Bremerton show.
// PRICE: $20 advance + $3.18 online fee ($23.18 total) / $25 door + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Woodlandstock — Day One
@ Woodland Theater (All ages), seattle
// The third annual mini festival features music and art from Woodland Theater and its previous incarnations. Lineup to be announced. Donations support the DIY space. Organizer announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/DePvJPUS2vo/.
// PRICE: Free / donations welcome / NOTAFLOF + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Baba Obscura — Saturday at Baba Yaga
@ Baba Yaga (21+), seattle
// A Baba Yaga session of the Desert Daze and Baba Yaga festival.
// PRICE: $95.07 single day incl. taxes/fees; possible checkout processing fee; festival passes available + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Guitar Worship Service: Sun Crow / Hexecutioner / Across the Narrows / MONED
@ The Charleston (All ages), bremerton
// Sun Crow plays doom-blues influenced by early Black Sabbath; Hexecutioner plays stoner doom metal; Across the Narrows brings psychedelic sludge metal from the Key Peninsula; Moned works with drone guitar feedback. Colorbard provides live projections. Bremerton show. The venue lists 7pm without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $15 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Morgan O. / Asa Nakagawa / Precious Bane
@ Chapel Performance Space (All ages), Wallingford, seattle
// Morgan O. combines saxophone, electronic textures, drones and field recordings for Now Time. Asa Nakagawa works with ambient electronics and FM synthesis; Precious Bane is a drone-folk project from Olympia. A benefit for Puget Sound Prisoner Support. Doors at 7pm.
// PRICE: $5–20 sliding scale at the door + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Doctorfunk: Doctorfunk
@ Aurora Borealis Event Center (21+), shoreline
// A ten-piece soul and funk ensemble built around a horn section, returning to Aurora Borealis. Doors open at 7pm; the venue gives 8pm as the performance time.
// PRICE: $15 advance / $20 day of show, plus taxes and fees + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Baba Obscura — Sunday at Baba Yaga
@ Baba Yaga (21+), seattle
// A Baba Yaga session of the Desert Daze and Baba Yaga festival.
// PRICE: $53.06 single day incl. taxes/fees; possible checkout processing fee; festival passes available + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Woodlandstock — Day Two
@ Woodland Theater (All ages), seattle
// The third annual mini festival features music and art from Woodland Theater and its previous incarnations. Lineup to be announced. Donations support the DIY space. Organizer announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/DePvJPUS2vo/.
// PRICE: Free / donations welcome / NOTAFLOF + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Sunday Song Share
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// An acoustic session for musicians and listeners to share original songs, covers and improvised jams, hosted by Seattle musician Bryce Makela. Doors open at 5:30pm.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Conor Byrne Open Mic
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// A music open mic at Conor Byrne. Sign-ups and doors open at 7:30pm; performances begin at 8pm. The dated announcement does not list performers.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Lunar Pilots / Happy Feather / Cynical Weirdos
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// Seattle alternative-rock band Lunar Pilots shares the bill with Indigenous folk-punk act Happy Feather and Tacoma rock group Cynical Weirdos. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $10 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Iron Chic / Me, Grimlock! / Kids on Fire
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// Long Island punk band Iron Chic joins Seattle metallic skate-punk band Me, Grimlock! and melodic street/pop-punk group Kids on Fire. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $20 advance / $25 door; current online offer displays $25.34 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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White Sands album release: Serial Hawk / Melancholia / Bathypelagic
@ Substation (21+), seattle
// Serial Hawk's White Sands is tagged psychedelic doom and sludge; Melancholia combines doom/sludge, extreme metal and noise. White Sands release show with Bathypelagic. Live performances. Doors at 6pm; music at 7pm.
// PRICE: $19.80 listed ticket price + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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The Sinister Six / Bantangas! / The Loose Grips
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// Seattle garage-rock band The Sinister Six joins Tacoma fuzz/garage group Bantangas! and Seattle heavy/post-punk band The Loose Grips. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $10 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Sunday Song Share
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// An acoustic session for musicians and listeners to share original songs, covers and improvised jams, hosted by Seattle musician Anna Eisch. Doors open at 5:30pm.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Headache / Fleetwood Snack / amr*
@ Neumos (21+), seattle
// Spoken word, trip-hop and downtempo electronics from the Francis Hornsby Clark and Vegyn collaboration.
// PRICE: $40.58 listed tickets + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Conor Byrne Open Mic
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// A music open mic at Conor Byrne. Sign-ups and doors open at 7:30pm; performances begin at 8pm. The dated announcement does not list performers.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Si Tu Savais — Django Jazz: Si Tu Savais
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// Si Tu Savais plays acoustic jazz inspired by Django Reinhardt and European jazz of the 1930s and 1940s, with bluegrass and American jazz influences. Doors open at 7:30pm.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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What’s Going On Festival — Night One: Brooks/Kim/Horvitz
@ The Royal Room (All ages until 10pm; minors must stay outside the bar area), Columbia City, seattle
// A public conduction workshop and music associated with Henry Threadgill’s Air, Butch Morris and John Zorn’s Locus Solus, performed by Brooks/Kim/Horvitz.
// PRICE: By donation; free RSVP + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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The Residents
@ Airport Tavern (21+), tacoma
// The experimental art collective performs its 1979 concept album Eskimo, exploring sound and noise beyond conventional melody and beat, with costumes and visual projections. Tacoma show, rescheduled from the Neptune.
// PRICE: $46.45 listed tickets + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Klenow + guests: Klenow
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// Silverdale emo/post-hardcore band Klenow plays, with additional performers still to be announced. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
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AAA Fest: Deerhoof / Sol / Iron Lung / J.R.C.G.: Deerhoof / Sol / Iron Lung / J.R.C.G.
@ The Vera Project (All ages), seattle
// Deerhoof's music combines unruly rock, pop hooks and free-jazz percussion; Iron Lung plays extreme hardcore and powerviolence. With Sol and J.R.C.G. at The Vera Project's 25th-anniversary Always All Ages Fest. Additional performers to be announced. Listing time is doors; performance time is not separately announced.
// PRICE: Free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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SHCH Open Mic
@ Sunset Hill Community Hall, seattle
// A community open mic welcoming songs and poems in the Upper Hall. A piano is available; guitarists are invited to bring songs to share. Signups begin at 6:15pm and the performance starts at 6:30pm. Donations support the free program.
// PRICE: free; donations appreciated + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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What’s Going On Festival — Night Three: Steph Richards / Mazz.Swift
@ The Royal Room (All ages until 10pm; minors must stay outside the bar area), Columbia City, seattle
// A conduction orchestra directed by Steph Richards and Mazz.Swift, followed by music associated with New York’s 1980s experimental scene.
// PRICE: $29.02 advance including fees / $30 door + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Arrhythmia / Drop!TheGun / Kearsa / Vanished / Violent Insurrection
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// A heavy bill spanning Arrhythmia’s extreme progressive metal, Bremerton deathcore from Drop!TheGun, metal from Kearsa, Seattle mathcore from Vanished and death/thrash from Violent Insurrection. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $10 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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What’s Going On Festival — Night Four: Electric Circus
@ The Royal Room (All ages until 10pm; minors must stay outside the bar area), Columbia City, seattle
// Improvisation and compositions associated with New York’s 1980s scene, followed by Electric Circus interpreting Mudd Club-era music.
// PRICE: $29.02 advance including fees / $30 door + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Kitsa vinyl release / Slow Goat / Sorcia / Tigers on Opium: Kitsa / Slow Goat / Sorcia / Tigers on Opium
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// Port Orchard heavy-rock/stoner-metal band Kitsa celebrates a vinyl release. Portland stoner/doom group Slow Goat, Pacific Northwest stoner-doom band Sorcia and Portland psychedelic hard-rock band Tigers on Opium complete the bill. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $15 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Conor Byrne Open Mic
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// A music open mic at Conor Byrne. Sign-ups and doors open at 7:30pm; performances begin at 8pm. The dated announcement does not list performers.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Irish Music Monday with Castlerock: Castlerock
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// Angeline LeLeux-Bajzek and William Bajzek play Irish traditional music as Castlerock, a fiddle-and-flute duo now based in Anacortes. Their music draws on the intimate sound of house sessions in Clare and Galway. Doors open at 6:30pm.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Scrambler Jam
@ Chop Suey (21+), seattle
// A participatory music night combining an open mic and open jam, with comics in supporting roles. Full backline is provided. Signups begin at 7pm; the event description explicitly gives an 8pm performance start.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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V’s Birthday Show: Sydney Graves / Wyrdoz / Name the Hurricane / Psycho 78 / Hot Spring Water
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// A birthday bill with Washington thrash band Sydney Graves, Gorst punk/party-rock group Wyrdoz, Port Orchard hard-rock band Name the Hurricane, Tacoma punk group Psycho 78 and 1970s-style country rock from Hot Spring Water. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $10 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Conor Byrne Open Mic
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// A music open mic at Conor Byrne. Sign-ups and doors open at 7:30pm; performances begin at 8pm. The dated announcement does not list performers.
// PRICE: free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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New Music Mondays: Wayne Horvitz Ensemble
@ The Royal Room (All ages until 10pm; minors must stay outside the bar area), Columbia City, seattle
// Open rehearsal at 7pm, with chamber-jazz sets at 7:30 and 8:30pm. Admission by donation.
// PRICE: By donation + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE