Richard Gillmann's Seattle Folk Music Venues, Calendars and Schedules

Local Folk Venues and Presenters

• Borders books, Redmond, Southcenter and elsewhere, 425-869-1907
• Brad's Swingside Café, 4212 Fremont Avenue N., Fremont, 206/633-4057
• C & P Coffee Company, West Seattle
• Café Luna, Vashon Island
• Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret, Pike Place Market
• Columbia City Beatwalk
• Crossroads, Bellevue, 425-644-1111
• Dusty Strings, Fremont
• Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds
• El Diablo Coffee, Queen Anne
• Essential Baking Café, 1604 N 34th St., Seattle (Fremont), 206/545-3804
• Fiddle House, 5543 34th Ave NE, Ravenna, 729-3434
• Fiddler's Inn, 9219 35th Ave NE, Seattle, 206-525-0752
• Fremont Abbey
• Georgia's Greek Restaurant
• Grateful Bread, Wedgwood
• Green Bean Coffee, Greenwood
• The Highliner, 3909 18th Ave W, Seattle, 206/283-2233
• Hop Vine Pub, 507 15th Ave. E, Seattle, 206/328-3120
• Hotwire Online Coffeehouse, 17551 15th Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 957-2000
• Kaffe Shachor Coffee House, 780 N 73rd St.
• KBCS-FM
• Ikea Performing Arts Center, Renton
• Isadora's Cafe, Railroad Ave., Snoqualmie
• Island Center Hall, Bainbridge Island
• Island Music Guild, Bainbridge
• Kenyon Hall, West Seattle (formerly Hokum Hall)
• Kirkland Performance Center
• Kismet, 7311 Greenwood Ave. N
• Lake Street Grill, Kirkland
• Latona Pub, 6423 Latona NE, Seattle, 206/525-2238
• Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue
• Mukilteo Coffee, Mukilteo
• Multifaith
• Nana's Soup House, Seattle
• Nordic Heritage Museum, Ballard
• Northwest Seaport, Lake Union
• On The House, 1205 E. Pike, 206/324-3974
• P&G Speakeasy Cafe, Duvall
• Puget's Sound, Meadowbrook Community Center, Thursdays, Fridays
• Pegasus Coffee House, Bainbridge Island
• Phinney Center
• Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, Poulsbo
• Q Café, 3223 15th Ave W
• Radio Free Lopez, Lopez Island
• Ravenna Third Place
• Richard Hugo House, Capitol Hill
• St. Cloud's
• Seabold Second Saturday, Bainbridge Island
• Seattle Folklore Society, folk music, 206-528-8523
• Seattle Ukulele Players Association
• Skylark Cafe, West Seattle
• Snoqualmie Valley Arts Live
• Starbucks, University Village and elsewhere
• Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park Mall
• Third Place Commons
• This Time Concerts, West Seattle
• Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, Snohomish
• ToST, Fremont
• Town Hall, 8th & Seneca
• Trabant Chai Lounge
• Tractor Tavern, Ballard, 206/789-3599
• The Triple Door at Wild Ginger, 206-838-4333
• Tutta Bella, Columbia City & Wallingford
• Vedic Cultural Center, Sammamish
• Vérité Coffee, Madrona, 206-709-4497
• Victory Music
• Victrola Coffee
• Wit's End Bookstore, Fremont
• Youngstown Arts, West Seattle

Folk Dances (just a few of the main ones)

• Century Ballroom
• Friday Night Square Dances
• Seattle Folk Dancing
• Sonny Newman's Dance Hall

House Concerts

• Chez What? house concerts, Bellevue
• Cuba/Pate house concert series, Wallingford
• Firefly Concert Series, West Seattle
• Karen's house concerts, Edmonds
• Lapsit House Concert Series
• Live Music Second Sundays
• Prag House, 747 16th Ave E, near Volunteer Park
• Seattle Circle
• Puget Ridge Cohousing, West Seattle
• Sharingwood Cohousing, Woodinville
• Winslow Cohousing, Bainbridge Island
• John Sincock's house concerts, Eastside
• Fayla S.'s house concerts, Lake City
• A Break in the Weather, Olympia

Irish Pubs

• Celtic Bayou, Redmond
• Conor Byrne's, Ballard, celtic, 206/784-3640
• Fado Irish Pub, Pioneer Square
• The Irish Emigrant, U District
• Kells Irish, Pike Place
• Molly Maguire's, Ballard
• Mulleady's
• Murphy's, Wallingford
• O'Shea's Easy Street Pub, Wallingford
• The Old Pequliar, Ballard
• Owl N' Thistle (Pike Place) and Galway Arms (U-District)

Summer Festivals

• Festivals.com
• Bellevue Live Jazz
• Centrum, Port Townsend
• Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville
• Columbia Winery, Woodinville
• Concerts at Marymoor Park, Redmond
• Country Village, Bothell
• Concerts at the Locks, Ballard
• DeYoung Summer Concert Series, Woodinville
• The Gorge, George
• Issaquah Concerts on the Green
• Issaquah Public Market, April-November
• Kenmore Summer Concert Series
• Kirkland Summerfest
• Leavenworth (faux Bavarian village)
• Marymoor Park Concerts, Redmond
• Mostly Music in the Park, Mercer Island
• Redmond Town Center Concert Series
• Roslyn Sunday Market, June - October
• Shoreline Summer Concerts
• White River Amphitheater, Auburn
• ZooTunes, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle 206/615-0076

• Folklife, Seattle Center, Memorial Day weekend - applications due November
• Juan de Fuca Festival, Memorial Day weekend - applications due January

• Bellevue Strawberry Festival, June - applications due March
• Fremont Fair, June - applications due March

• Enumclaw Street Fair, July
• Bainbridge Bluegrass Festival, July
• Ballard Seafood Fest, July
• Bite of Seattle, Seattle Center, July - full bands only, apps due April
• Capitol Hill Block Party, July
• Downtown Seattle Summer Concert Series, July-Aug, apps due February
• Icicle Creek Music Festival, Leavenworth, July
• Kent Summer Concert Series, July-August
• Mercer Island Summer Celebration, July
• Mission Folk Fest, B.C., July
• Music In The Park, Tukwila, July-August
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July, B.C.
• West Seattle Summer Festival, July - application due April

• Arts in Nature Festival, West Seattle, August
• Bonney Lake Days, August
• Celtic Summer Seisiun, Olympia, August
• Festival at Mt. Si, North Bend, August,
• Greenwoodstock, August
• Geoduck Music Festival, formerly Deception Pass Music Festival, August
• Hempfest, Myrtle Edwards Park, August
• Issaquah Music Festival, August
• Kitsap Folk Festival, August
• Seattle Music Festival, West Seattle, August

• Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Labor Day weekend
• Maritime Festival, Tacoma, September
• Newcastle Days, September
• Over The Water Hurdy-Gurdy Festival, Port Townsend, September
• Tumbleweed Festival, Richland, Labor Day weekend, apps due June
• Seafaring Family Fun Days, September

Fall, Winter and Spring Festivals

• Salmon Days, Issaquah, October
• Cougar Mountain Zoo Reindeer Festival, December
• Ukelooza, January
• Wintergrass, Tacoma, February
• Seattle Banjo Club Festival, March
• Moisture Festival, Fremont, April
• Seattle Jewish Festival, April
• University Street Fair, Seattle, May

Sometimes Folk

• Aegean Restaurant, 1400 First Avenue
• Alexa's Café, Bothell
• Agua Verde, U District
• ArtsWest, West Seattle
• Bad Albert's, Ballard
• Bake's Place, Redmond (members only)
• Bastyr University
• Bellevue Community College
• Benaroya Hall
• Blue Dog Coffeehouse, U District
• Blue Moon Tavern, U-District
• Cafe Gallier, Fremont
• Cafe Bella, 2621 5th Ave, 441-4351
• Capitol Hill Arts Center
• Chop Suey, East Madison St.
• The Crocodile Café, 2nd and Blanchard, Seattle, 206/441-5611
• East West Bookshop
• Egan's Ballard Jam House
• El Diablo Coffee Company, Queen Anne
• Elysian Brewing Company
• Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma
• Experience Music Project
• Forecasters Public House, Red Hook Brewery, Woodinville
• Friends Coffee, Tea and Much Much More, Mill Creek
• Good Shepherd Center, Wallingford
• Highway 99 Blues Club
• Iamedia
• Issaquah Historical Society
• Jazz Alley and King Kat Theatre
• Jazzbones, Tacoma
• Kent Arts, Kent
• Little Red Hen
• Meany Hall, UW
• Misto, West Seattle
• Moore Theater
• Mr. Spots Chai House, Ballard
• Neumos
• Old Town Alehouse, Ballard
• Pantages Theater, Tacoma
• Paradox Theatre, U District
• Paramount Theater
• Pierce College
• Red Onion Tavern, Madison Valley
• Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater
• Sakya Monastery
• Seattle Art Musuem
• Seattle Center
• Seattle Thunder
• Second Story Rep, Redmond
• Shooters Sports Bar & Restaurant, Renton, 425/251-0687
• Showbox Online (and the Green Room)
• Snoqualmie Railroad Museum
• Sound Healers of Washington
• Spec Media
• Square Peg Concerts
• Sunset Tavern, Ballard
• Tulalip Ampitheatre, near Marysville
• Uncommon Grounds Café
• University of Puget Sound, Tacoma
• University of Washington
• Victrola Coffee, Capitol Hill
• Washington Blues Society

Concert Calendars

• Cajun-Zydeco dance calendar - some concerts?
• Chris Force's Seattle Area Concert Calendar
• City of Seattle Events Calendar
• Culture Mob
• Dirty Linen
• Eventful
• Exploit Seattle
• FerryCam
• House of Blues
• KEXP
• Lady Lilei
• Live95 Schedule
• Mele Hawaiian Calendar
• Mojam listings for Seattle
• Northwest Hawai'i Times
• Northwest Zydeco Music and Dance Association
• openmikes.org
• PollStar
• Seattle CitySearch
• Seattle Magazine
• Seattle Times Calendar
• Sessions Northwest, Celtic
• Song Space, Richard Middleton
• The Stranger: Music Calendar
• Tablet
• Three Imaginary Girls
• Ukulele events, nationwide
• Upcoming.org
• Washington Bluegrass Association
• Zydeco Dances and Events

Ticket Agencies

• Brown Paper Tickets
• FastTix
• TicketMaster
• TicketWeb
• Ticket Window

Ticket Brokers

• StubHub
• TickCo Premium Seating
• Barry's Tickets
• Pacific Northwest Ticket Service
• See It In Seattle, Bellevue

Out of Town

• Admiral Theater, Bremerton
• Antique Sandwich, Tacoma
• Boundary Bay Brewing Company, Bellingham
• Everett Theatre
• Flip's Pix, Bellingham
• Green Frog Acoustic Cafe, Bellingham
• Kitsap Community Arts Center, Suquamish
• Kitsap Unitarian
• Leavenworth Coffeehouse
• Mandolin Café, Tacoma
• Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis
• Mountain Jubilee, Victoria, BC
• Nancy's Farm, Bellingham
• Olga Energetic Club, Orcas Island
• Olympia Folklore Society
• Pantages and Rialto Theaters, Tacoma
• The Public House, Port Townsend
• Shakabrah Java, Tacoma
• Traditions, Olympia
• Whatcom County Homemade Music Society
• WWU Performing Arts, Bellingham
• Vancouver, BC, Bluegrass Calendar
• Vashon Allied Arts
• Willows Inn, Lummi Island
• Wired and Unplugged Coffee House, 717 1st St, Snohomish.

Local Artists with Calendars of Upcoming Gigs (a month or more out)

• Anna Coogan and North19
• Carolyn Cruso
• Tania Opland and Mike Freeman
• Daddy Treetops
• Heather Banker
• Kristin Connell
• Nancy K. Dillon
• Rachel Harrington
• Uku the Mighty
• WB Reid and Bonnie Zahnow

Good Sites for Future Calendar Entries

• Future Blues To Do
• Tractor Tavern
• The Triple Door
• Moore Theater
• Dirty Linen
• Lake City Contradances
• Kirkland Performance Center
• Crossroads
• C & P Coffee
• Café Luna
• SUPA
• Carolyn Cruso
• Kristin Connell
• Admiral Theater, Bremerton
• Leavenworth Coffeehouse
• Mandolin Café, Tacoma
• Pegasus Coffee House, Bainbridge Island
• Traditions, Olympia
• Upcoming.org
• Deb Seymour
• Tom Rawson

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