Calendar
Blues To Do Calendar:
-Every Sunday - Royal Esquire Club, Columbia City - sit in with a real band - 8pm, rotating hosts
-Every Sunday - Spar Beer Parlor, Tacoma - Sunday Blues, 7pm
-Every Sunday - Conor Byrne, Ballard - Open Mic, 7:30pm sign-up
-Every Monday - Blue Moon, Seattle - Andy Coe, 9pm -Every Monday - Nectar Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - Mo’ Jam Monday’s with guests
-Every Monday - The SeaMonster, Wallingford/Seattle - Later Jam
-Every Monday - Slim’s Last Chance, Georgetown/Seattle - Open Mic with Levi said, 6-9pm
-Every Monday - Ron Weinstein & Danny Godinez - The Owl n Thistle, Post Alley, Seattle, 9pm
-Every First Monday - Conor Byrne, Ballard - Free Lindy Hop Lessons, 7pm
-Every Tuesday - Conor Byrne, Ballard - Honky Tonk Tuesdays, 8pm
-Every Tuesday - Elmer’s, Burien - Jam
-Every Tuesday - Owl ’n Thistle, Post Alley, Seattle - Jazz Jam, 10pm start
-Every Tuesday - SeaMonster Lounge, Wallingford/Seattle - Joe Doria Presents, 9:30pm
-Every Tuesday - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Open Mic with Levi Said, 7pm
-First Wednesday - The Triple Door/Musicquarium Lounge, Seattle - Kareem Kandi, 5pm
-Every Wednesday, Arlena’s, Kirkland - Lizzie SunChine, 6-9pm
-Every Wednesday, Dawson’s, Tacoma - Blues Jam -Every Wednesday, Madison’s, Everett - Blues Jam -Every Wednesday, Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Open Mic w/Levi said, 7pm
-Every Thursday - The Flight Path, Blvd Park/White Cen- ter/Burien - Sit In w/John Studemire, Herman Brown, Cur- tis Seals, 8pm-11pm-ish
-Every Thursday - Madison Pub, Everett - Songwriter Showcase w/Stacy Jones
-Every Thursday - The Owl and Thistle, Seattle - Danny Godinez
-Every Thursday - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - Variety of Northwest Blues
-Every Thursday - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/West Seat- tle - The Dusty 45s with featured guests, 6pm
-Every Friday - NACHO MAMA’s FRY BREAD CAFE, White Center/Seattle - MARLEE WALKER & Friends, 5pm -Every Friday - SeaMonster Lounge, Wallingford/Seattle - Funky2Death
-Every Second Saturday - Couth Buzzard Books, Green- wood/Seattle - Acoustic Blues Jam, noon-3pm
-Every First & Third Sunday - Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/ Seattle - Open Jam, 9pm
-Every 4th Sunday - Seamonster Lounge, Wallingford - Annie Eastwood & Billy Stapleton, 4pm
Also...
May 7 - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - The Women’s Rockin’ Blues Jam with Cheri Adams, Beth Wulff, Patty Mey, Kathie Flood
May 7 - The Triple Door/Musicquarium Lounge, Seattle - Brother John & The Surrogates, 5pm
May 8 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - Colin Higgins Trio, 9pm
May 8 - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - Tangled Up In Blues: Bob Dylan Tribute Band, 8pm
May 9 - Conor Byrne, Ballard/Seattle - Amy Laybourn, Karyn Michaelson, Seastar, 8:30pm
May 9 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont - Danny Godinez, 9pm
May 9 - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - Powerhouse w/Billy Stapleton, Don Wilhelm and Steve Peterson
May 9 - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - The White Center Block Party with Reggae On The Block featuring The Highlife Band, 2pm, Ska Island, 5:30pm
May 13 - Aurora Borealis, Shoreline - John Pinetree Col- lective, 7-10pm
May 14 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Curtis Salgado Album Release Party, 7:30pm
May 14 - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - Mark Hurwitz and Gin Creek
May 15 - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - Billy Shew & The Soul Providers
May 16 - The Triple Door, Seattle - LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends, 7:30pm
May 16 - Elks Allenmore Golf & Events, Tacoma - Mark- Hurwitz & Gin Creek
May 16 - Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip - Harmonious Funk, 8pm
May 17 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - Colin Higgins Trio, 9pm
May 19 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Pure Prairie League, 7:30pm
May 19 - The Triple Door/Musicquarium Lounge, Seattle - Alexis Maurer Guitar Duo with Chris Symer Upright Bass, 5pm
May 20 - Aurora Borealis, Shoreline - The Jazz Police, 7:30pm
May 20 - Salmon Bay Eagles, Ballard - Blues Off The Books with Dan Abernathy
May 20 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Jacqueline Tabor & Marina Albero Album Release, 7:30pm
May 21 - Slim’s Last Chance Saloon, Georgetown/Seattle - Reggae Night featuring Stay Grounded, Giant Octopus, 7pm
May 21 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Paula Boggs Band w/ Whitney Monge, 7:30pm
May 22 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - The Hot McGhandis, 6pm
May 23 - Emerald Queen Casino, Fife - Kool & The Gang May 24 - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration with Joe Ross & The Bird Watchers & Friends, 7pm
May 23-26, 2026 - Memorial Day Weekend - NW Folklife Festival, Seattle Center
May 27 - Aurora Borealis, Shoreline - Cascadia Big Band, 7:30pm
May 29 - Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip - The Davanos, 8pm
May 29 - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Johnny and The Moles, How Now Brown Cow, ContraBand Country- band, 8pm
May 29 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Eliza Gilkyson w/Nina Gerber, 7:30pm
June 5 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - The Hot McGhandis, 6pm
June 7 - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Admiral Ra- dio, The Paula Boggs Band, 7pm
June 11-14 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Judith Hill, 7:30pm
June 12, 2026 - McCurdy Pavillion, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend - Centrum Gala featuring Bonnie Raitt, 5-9pm
June 12 - Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip - The Chris Eger, 8pm
June 13 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - Danny Godinez, 9pm
June 14 - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Carrie Jen- nings CD Release, Audrey Stangland, Jane Covert- Bowlds, 7pm
June 17 - Aurora Borealis, Shoreline - Roadside Attrac- tion, 7:30pm
June 17 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Eleni Mandell w/Birch Pereira, 7:30pm
June 19 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - The Hot McGhandis, 6pm
June 22 - June 27, 2026 - Centrum’s Voiceworks: Work- shop & Festival, Port Townsend, WA
June 24 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Too Slim & The Tail- draggers, 7:30pm
June 25-28 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, 7:30pm
June 26 - Aurora Borealis, Shoreline - Mojo Cannon, 7:30pm
June 28 - July 5, 2026 - Centrum’s 49th Annual Fiddle- tunes Workshop & Festival, Port Townsend, WA
July 2 - The Triple Door, Seattle - In Spite Of Ourselves: A Celebration of the Music of John Prine, 7:30pm
July 3 - The Mermaid Lounge, Fremont/Seattle - The Hot McGhandis, 6pm
July 3 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Moondance: Van Morri- son Tribute, 7:30pm
July 7-8 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Rebirth Brass Band, 7:30pm
July 8 - The Triple Door, Seattle - The Fabulous Thunder- birds, 7:30pm
July 14-15 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, 7:30pm
July 17 - Emerald Queen Casino, Fife - War
July 17-19, 2026 - Winthrop R&B Festival, Winthrop, WA - The California Honeydrops, Southern Avenue, Shinyribs, Sue Foley, The Rumble with Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr., Mike Farris & The Fortunate Few, Bywater Call, Sean Mc- Donald, Ariel Posen, Harrell ‘Young Rell’ Davenport, Je- remie Albino, Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks, Garret T. Willie, The Dusty 45s, Too Slim & The Taildraggers, Kim Field & The Perfect Gentlemen, Gospel Hour, The Methow Juke Joint Allstars, The Crunk Monks
July 19 - Tim’s Tavern, White Center/Seattle - Bluetopia, Coleman and Clauss, 2pm
July 21-22 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Avery* Sun- shine, 7:30pm
July 23 - Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip - Bell Bottom Blues: Tribute to Eric Clapton, 7pm
July 20-July 26, 2026 - Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend, Workshop & Festival, Port Townsend, WA
July 23-26 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Kirk Whalum, 7:30pm
July 28-29 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Greg Adams & East Bay Soul, 7:30pm
July 30 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Lowdown Brass Band, 7:30pm
July 31 - Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip - Harmonious Funk, 8pm
July 27-August 2, 2026 - Centrum’s 33rd Annual Tradi- tional Blues Workshop & Festival, Port Townsend, WA with George Aschmann, Andrew Ali, Sunpie Barnes, Lloyd
Buchanan, Clinton Davis, Cody Dickinson, Eleanor Ellis, Billy Flynn, Corey Harris, Benjamin Hunter, Bobby Ingano, Mara Kaye, Chaz Leary, Ethan Leinwand, Rodrigo Manto- vani, Tim McNalley, Ricky Nye, Mark Puryear, Jason Ricci, Damon Stone, Kelsy Lynn Stone, Chris Wallace, Lightnin’ Wells, Alvin ‘Youngblood’ Hart
July 30-Aug 2 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - ConFunk- Shun, 7:30pm
July 31 - The Triple Door, Seattle - The High Steppers: Legends of Soul, 7:30pm
August 4-5 - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle - Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, 7:30pm
August 5 - The Triple Door, Seattle - John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band, 7:30pm
August 6 - Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip - George Thorogood & The Destroyers “The Baddest Show On Earth”, The Robert Cray Band, 7pm (Tickets go on sale May 8th, 10am)
August 7 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Davina & The Vagabonds, 7:30pm
August 14 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Bell Bottom Blues: Tribute to Eric Clapton, 7:30pm
August 15 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Ian Moore Birthday Bash, 7:30pm
August 14-16, 2026 - Downtown Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival
September 2026 - Labor Day Weekend - Kitsap Blues Festival, Bremerton
September 2026 - Labor Day Weekend - Bumbershoot, Seattle Center
September 10-13, 2026 - Big Blues Bender, The West- gate, Las Vegas, NV - Lonnie Baker Brooks and more September 18 - The Triple Door, Seattle - Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers, 7:30pm
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