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Country Dance Night with The Strix: The Strix
@ Conor Byrne Pub (21+), seattle
// Live country music for dancing from The Strix, 9pm–midnight. Free dance lessons precede the band from 8–9pm; doors open at 7pm.
// PRICE: suggested donation; amount not announced; dance lessons free + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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The 2026 Yule Benefit Tour — Seattle: Kamasi Washington / Bartees Strange / mega cat
@ The Showbox (21+), seattle
// Composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington joins producer-songwriter Bartees Strange and Seattle instrumental group mega cat for KEXP’s Seattle Yule Benefit. Strange’s Horror combines influences from funk, hip-hop, country, indie rock and house. mega cat describes its music as semi-improvised, punk-infused instrumentals; its Ultramegacat release is tagged funk, instrumental and psychedelic. KEXP and Intrepid Travel present. The Showbox confirms 7pm doors and 8pm music. An optional $1,250 VIP experience includes a separate preshow reception and reserved concert access.
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WHY?
@ The Triple Door (All ages), seattle
// Yoni Wolf’s project brings together underground hip-hop, avant-pop and psychedelic rock. Seating and dinner service begin at 6:30pm.
// PRICE: $27 general / $32 premium + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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L’Rain
@ Baba Yaga (21+), seattle
// Taja Cheek’s project combines tape textures, adventurous composition, improvisation and experimental pop. Doors at 7pm.
// PRICE: $27.66 advance including fees + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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The Karmakazis / Black Beat Blue / Magnacarta
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// Pacific Northwest punk band The Karmakazis joins Seattle rock trio Black Beat Blue and Bremerton hard-rock group Magnacarta. 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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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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The Royal We / Mark Guiliana Beats
@ Hidden Hall, Fremont, seattle
// Mark Guiliana's BEAT MUSIC 2.0 combines jazz drumming, synthesizers and electronic production. The Royal We plays at 8pm, followed by Mark Guiliana Beats at 9:20pm. Doors at 7:30pm.
// PRICE: $25.66 advance including fees + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Winter Harshfest: Filth Is Eternal / Sissyfit / Ate Up / Nurser / Impulse Noise / Tongue Bath / Distest / Cujo / Rank and Vile / Burial Rites
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// A hardcore and extreme-metal bill: Filth Is Eternal brings alternative punk/grunge, Sissyfit plays hardcore, Ate Up combines blackened and throwdown hardcore, Nurser and Burial Rites play deathgrind, Impulse Noise plays grindcore, Tongue Bath plays powerviolence, Distest plays hardcore punk, Cujo plays hardcore and Rank and Vile plays deathgrind. Bremerton show. The venue gives a single listed time without separately distinguishing doors from performance.
// PRICE: $35 + ICAL + GCAL + MAP + SHARE
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Robber Robber: Robber Robber
@ Black Lodge (All ages), seattle
// Burlington, Vermont's Robber Robber works across post-punk, post-rock and krautrock on Two Wheels Move the Soul. Black Lodge presents, with guests to be announced. Listing time is doors; performance time is not separately announced.
// PRICE: $19.32 including fees + 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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Takuya Nakamura
@ Neumos (21+), seattle
// Takuya Nakamura combines jazz composition and improvisation with jungle and electronic production. The published time is doors; performance time is not specified.
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Half Ivory + guests: Half Ivory
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// New York indie/alternative band Half Ivory 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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Grunge to Grind — Day One: Peace / Reach the Summit / Flytrap / Discernment / Bushmeat
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// The first Grunge to Grind bill includes groove-metal band Peace, Poulsbo alternative-metal group Reach the Summit, Olympia’s Flytrap, Pacific Northwest alternative-rock band Discernment and Bushmeat. 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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Grunge to Grind — Day Two: Insufferance / Burn the Sacrifice / Eschaton / Korvyne / Impulsed
@ The Charleston (all ages; bar with valid ID), bremerton
// The second Grunge to Grind bill spans Insufferance’s melodic death/thrash, melodic deathcore from Burn the Sacrifice, thrashy groove metal from Eschaton, Portland post-hardcore/metalcore from Korvyne and alternative metal from Impulsed. 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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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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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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Pig Pen / The Royal We
@ The Royal Room (All ages until 10pm; minors must stay outside the bar area), Columbia City, seattle
// Wayne Horvitz, Briggan Krauss, Keith Lowe and Mike Stone revisit Pigpen's experimental jazz and improvisation, drawing on Live Forever: Pigpen Live in Berlin 1994. The Royal We opens, featuring Skerik and D'Vonne Lewis.
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Pig Pen / The Royal We
@ The Royal Room (All ages until 10pm; minors must stay outside the bar area), Columbia City, seattle
// Wayne Horvitz, Briggan Krauss, Keith Lowe and Mike Stone revisit Pigpen's experimental jazz and improvisation, drawing on Live Forever: Pigpen Live in Berlin 1994. The Royal We opens, featuring Skerik and D'Vonne Lewis.
// PRICE: check source + 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