Ballard/Fremont Music and Nightlife Calendar
Ballard/Fremont Music and Nightlife Calendar
Tue, 11/25/2008
Ballard
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave. N.W.
789-3599
http://tractortavern.ypguides.net/
Tickets for shows can be purchased at http://www.ticketweb.com/
Wed, Nov. 26, 9 p.m. $8
Trolls Cottage, Project Lionheart, Missing Players
Fri, Nov. 28, 9 p.m. $10
Left Hand Smoke
VIcci Martinez Band
Sat, Nov. 29, 9 p.m. $10 advance/$12 at the door
Clumsy Lovers, The Dexter Street Stompers
Sun, Nov. 30, 8 p.m. $6
Sirens and Sailors, Mostly Dimes, Cat Among Pigeons
Tues, Dec. 2, 8 p.m. $6
Reily, The Soft Hills, Ehren Ebbage
Wed, Dec. 3, 9 p.m. $8 advance/$10 at the door
Elliott Brood, Michael Vermillion, Zach Harjo
Thurs, Dec. 4 , 9 p.m. Free
Loni Rose (featuring members of Everclear)
Fri, Dec. 5, 9 p.m. $12 advance/$15 at the door
Trampled by Turtles, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
Sat, Dec. 6, 9:30 p.m. $10
The Dead Kenny G's, Diminished Men
Sun, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. $15
Pat McGee, Ernie Halter
Mon, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. $5
Monday Square Dance
Tues, Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. $15
Shadow '86 Jimi Hendrix Tribute, featuring Mike McCready of Pearl Jam with Kim Virant, Star Anna, Kristen Ward
Wed, Dec. 10 and Thurs, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. $12
Holiday Bizzarre: A Jewish Christmas. An offensively hilarious retelling of the Christmas story
Fri, Dec. 12, 9:30 p.m. $10
The Squirrels, Geoff Berner
The Sunset
5433 Ballard Ave.
784-4880
Tickets for shows can be purchased at http://www.ticketweb.com/
Happy Hour: Every night from 6 to 8 p.m., $1 off all drinks and $2 PBR's.
Wed, Nov. 26, 9 p.m. $5
Rockaroake
Fri, Nov. 28, 10 p.m. $8
Love Battery, Tom Price Desert Classic (Ex-Gas Huffer), Bug Nasties
Sat, Nov. 29, 9 p.m. $7
Black Whales, Telekinesis, Discover America
Sun, Nov. 30, 4 p.m. $5 ($3 Bloody Mary's, $2 PBR's)
Sunday Bloody Sunset with the Missionary Position, The Liars Club, Blood Red Dancers
9p.m. $6
The Heat Rays, Mark Sparkles
Tues, Dec. 2, 9 p.m. $6
Westerly, Jared Clifton, Cotton Mayer
Wed, Dec. 3, 9 p.m. $6
Little Pieces, Joe Gould's Secret
Thurs, Dec. 4, 9 p.m. $6
Star Anna, The Kindness Kind, Motorist
Fri, Dec. 5, 9 p.m. $7
Chuckanut Drive, Michael Dean Damron, Williston, The Atomic Bombshells
Sat, Dec. 6, 6 p.m. $7 advance/$8 at the door
KEXP presents; The Drug Purse, Razrez, The Bill Collectors, The New Faces, Wild Orchid Children
Sun, Dec. 7, 4 p.m. $5 ($3 Bloody Mary's, $2 PBR's)
Supernaughty
9 p.m. $6
Arbitron, Beloved Binge, Le Shat Noir
Tues, Dec. 9, $6
C'mon C'mon
Thurs, Dec. 11, 9 p.m. $8
Blue Giant, Casey Neil & The Norway Rats
Fri, Dec. 12, 4 p.m. $6
Transmissionary Six
10 p.m. $8
Dressy Bessy, Colourmusic
Egan's Ballard Jam House
1707 N.W. Market St.
789-1621
Wed, Nov. 26, $5
7 p.m. Far Corner
9 p.m. Egan's Vocal Jam, hosted by Dina Blade with the Dan Sales Trio
Fri, Nov. 28 $5
7 p.m. Grupo Amoroso
9 p.m., Red Dress
11 p.m., Michael Owcharuk Trio
Sat, Nov. 29 $7
7 p.m., Ksenia Popova (soprano), with Brandon Peck (piano) and special guest
9 p.m., Traditional and original Jewish music with Sasson, with Keith Judelman (bass), Eli Rosenblatt (guitar), Benjamin Gown (accordion), Adam Kessler (percussion)
Conor Byrne Pub
5140 Ballard Ave.
784-3640
Music starts at 9 p.m., cover on Friday/Saturday.
Happy Hour: 3 to 7 p.m. daily. Micro pints are $2:50, pitchers $10.50. Rainier is $1.75 for a pint and $7 for a pitcher. 50 cents off all bottled beers.
Wed, Nov. 26
Honky Tonk Revue
Fri, Nov. 28
Blue Healers, Greg Roberts Band
Sat, Nov. 29 $8
Bad Things, Whiskey Romance CD Release, Golden Robot Army
Sun, Nov. 30
Open Mic with Ricky
Mon, Dec. 1
Bluegrass Jam
Tues, Dec. 2
Ol' Time Social, hosted by members of the Tallboys
Wed, Dec. 3
Broomdust Blues Jam
Thurs, Dec. 4
Honky Tonk Revue
Fri, Dec. 5 $7
Deadwood Revival
Sat, Dec. 6
Tom Waits tribute night and benefit for the Bikery
Sun, Dec. 7
Open Mic with Ricky
Mon, Dec. 8
Bluegrass Jam
Tues, Dec. 9
Ol' Time Social, hosted by members of the Tallboys
Wed, Dec. 10
Brainiac Beatdown Trivia
Thurs, Dec. 11
Honky Tonk Revue
The Bit Saloon
4818 17th Ave. N.W.
782-1680
Shows start at 9 p.m.
Happy Hour: Daily 4 to 7 p.m., 10 p.m. to midnight, $2 domestic bottles, $3 wells.
Fri, Nov. 28
Schmidtaholics, Dehumanizers, Staples In Carpet, The Star Spangled Bastards
Sat, Nov. 29
Reverse, Highlightbomb, Sideorder
Sun, Nov. 30
Gypsy Queens present: Hill of Elysium, Marginal Way, The Whiskey Wailers
Tues, Dec. 2, $5
MR. PLOW, Adarna, Gladiators Eat Fire
Fri, Dec. 5
Brewtal Thirst, Sledgeback, Old Man Smithers and guest
Sat, Dec. 6, $7
Madraso, Kowloon Walled City, Mico De Noche
Wed, Dec. 10
DJ Swervewon ( as seen with Red Man and Method Man)
Thurs, Dec. 11, $5
Warsaw Poland Bros, Shapiro's Buick, Sir Mark the Poet
Fri, Dec. 12
Mexican UFO, The Shy Ones, Bucklin, Shot for Shot
Bad Albert's Tap and Grill
5100 Ballard Ave. N.W.
782-9623
Happy Hour: 3 to 6 p.m. daily, $1 off appetizers, beers and well drinks on special.
Thursdays, 8 to 10:30 p.m. No cover
Taste of the Blues, featuring Annieville Blues and her special guests
Sundays, 5 to 8:30 p.m. No cover
Bill Chism, Jazz and guitar
First Saturday of the month, 9 to midnight. No cover
Cooke and Green Live (acoustical blues)
Smokin Pete's BBQ
1918 N.W. 65th St.
783-0454
http://www.smokinpetesbbq.com/
Thursday Night Live, 6:30 to 9 p.m. No cover
Dec. 4
Jazz Student Showcase
Dec. 11
Jazzmeat
Dec. 18
Holiday Blues Jam
Highliner
3909 18th Ave. W.
283-2233
Cover charge on Friday and Saturdays ranges from $7 to $12. No Happy Hour.
Tuesdays, $5
Zydeco dancing!
Fri, Nov. 28
Neil Rush Band
Sat, Nov. 29
Stone Wizard
Fri, Dec. 5
Jet City Band
Sat, Dec. 6
Two Sheds Jackson
BalMar
5449 Ballard Ave. N.W.
297-0500
Happy Hour: 5 to 7 p.m. daily.
DJ Friday and Saturdays. No cover.
Chai House
5463 Leary Ave. N.W.
784-5415
Happy Hour: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. $3 pints, dollar off wine by the glass, $4 appetizers. Sundays and mornings, $10 pitchers and $3 off bottles of wine.
Wed, Nov. 26, 8 p.m.
Neon Brown presents Full of Life and Turkey
Thurs, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Fri, Nov. 28, 8 p.m.
The Freetown
Sat, Nov. 29, 8 p.m.
Alina Michele, Andrew Robinson, Andrew Ross
Sun, Nov. 30, 7 p.m.
Bob
Mon, Dec. 1, 2
DJ Barista
Thurs, Dec. 4, 8 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Mon, Dec. 8, 9
DJ Barista
Thurs, Dec. 11, 8 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Sonic Boom Records
2209 N.W. Market St.
297-2666
http://www.sonicboomrecords.com/visit/
Sat, Nov. 29, 2:30 p.m.
Supersuckers (free, all ages)
Bop Street Records
5219 Ballard Ave. N.W.
297-2232
Sat, Nov. 29, 9 p.m.
Thad Wenatchee
Fu Kun Wu at Thaiku
5410 Ballard Ave. N.W.
706-7807
Wednesdays
The Ron Weinstein Trio
Thursdays
Fu Kun Wu Trio
Fremont
Red Door Alehouse
3401 Evanston Ave. N.
547-7521
Happy Hour: Monday through Friday, 3 to 6 p.m., $1 off all pints.
Nectar
412 N. 36th St.
632-2020
Shows start at 9 p.m.
Happy Hour: Tuesday through Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. Free music Fridays with Arcade VJ.
Wed, Nov. 26
Kraak & Smaak, Nordic Soul, Michael Manahan (electronic)
Fri, Nov. 28, $13
The Herbaliser, J Boogie's Dubtronic Science, SunTzu Sound (funk/soul)
Sat, Nov. 29, $12
Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band (reggae)
Sun, Nov. 30, $5
Dat Fiya, Puget Sound System, Closed Heart Surgery (reggae)
Wed, Dec. 3, $5
A Silent Way, Marrow, Aaron Daniel's One Man Banned (indie/rock)
Thurs, Dec. 4, $8
The Bad Things Orkestar Zirkonium, with burlesque from the Atomic Bombshells and DJ Underground Speakeasy (indie/rock)
Fri, Dec. 5, $5
Amateur Hour Album Release Party (hip hop)
Sat, Dec. 6, $8
Publish the Quest CD Release Party, Kore Ionz, Old Dockton, DJ Million (reggae)
Sun, Dec. 7, 7 p.m. $5 before 9, $10 after 10 p.m.
Way of the B-Boy (hip hop)
Wed, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., $10
Pinkapalooza, the Second Annual No-Holds-Barred Rock Band 2 to benefit Penny Arcade's Child's Play Charity
Thurs, Dec. 11, $8
Everybody Says Ho, featuring Beastie Boys and Run-DMC tribute bands, Lightheaded reunion show with Ohmega Watts, Braille, and Othello, Frosty vs Rudolph, Freestyle Battle, Plus B-Boy (hip hop)
Fri, Dec. 12, $8
Macklemore Clockwork, Xperience, Candidt, DJ Marc Sense (hip hop)
High Dive
513 N. 36th
632-0212
http://www.highdiveseattle.com/
Happy Hour: Monday through Thursday 6 to 7 p.m., 5 to 7 p.m. Sundays. $5 PBR pitchers, $3 wells and draft beers.
Wed, Nov. 26, $6
Surrounded by Breakers (CD Release), Cold December, Jake Shaw Trio
Thurs, Nov. 27, Free
Showgirls and Old School
Fri, Nov. 28, 6 p.m., $5
Bird Show of North America, Spear and Magic Helmet
9 p.m., $5
Ripynt, Aro, Willie Will and Notion, DJ Money D, Hosted by Bill the Fridget
Sat, Nov. 29, 6 p.m., $5
Spyn Reset, Moyra
9 p.m., $7
Memphis Radio Kings, Lost Dogma, Guns of Nevada, The Loyal Sinners
Sun, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., $5
Otherwise, Buttafuko, Crowfoots, Tygerrs Lair
Mon, Dec. 1, 6 p.m.
Belly Dancing
10 p.m., $6
Daniel Lanetti, Kris Orlowski
Tues, Dec. 2, 9 p.m., $6
The Raggedy Anns, By Sunlight, Garage Voice
Wed, Dec. 3, 9 p.m., $6
Fred Roth Revue, THE UPSIDEDOWN, This Blinding Light
Thurs, Dec. 4, 9 p.m., $6
Black Swedes with the Seattle Rock Orchestra, Jeremy Burk, World History
Fri, Dec. 5, 6 p.m., $5
Slow Skate
9 p.m., $7
Safer, H is for Hellgate, The Apple War, In the Empty City
Sat, Dec. 6, $5
Civita
9 p.m., $8
Massy Ferguson, 17th Chapter, Power of County
Sun, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., $10
The Denmark, Veseys, Bret Mosley
Mon, Dec. 8, 8 p.m., $6
Jiffy, Fast, Forward/Rewind
Tues, Dec. 9, 9 p.m., $6
Screwcap, The Rain Dogs, Night Beats, Ryan Purcell
Wed, Dec. 10, 9 p.m., $6
Another Cynthia, Graeme K., Sugarcane Mutiny, Draghead
Thurs, Dec. 11, 9 p.m., $6
The Globes, The Toy Soldiers, Furniture Girls, Black Pussy
Fri, Dec. 12, 6 p.m., $5
Big Dirt, Molly Mccue
9 p.m., $6
Spaceship Excellent, The Return of the Bug Nasties, Eletrolux, Atomic Bride and the 39 Steps
The Dubliner
3405 Fremont Ave. N.
548-1508
www.myspace.com/dublinerfremont
Happy Hour: 3 to 7 p.m., $2 pints, wells and wine. $1 well drinks until 11 on Wednesdays.
Wednesdays
33 and a Thud (DJ)
