Seattle Concertgoer Resource Center
Like so many things related to The Bacon Review, I owe a ton of gratitude to Mr. Ryan Spain for compiling the valuable information below.
Concert Venues
Small clubs and large arenas within a reasonable driving distance of the greater Seattle metro area that host performances of live music multiple times a year.
Each venue name links to its event calendar. When the parenthetical newsletter link is in quotation marks, it means the page isn’t dedicated to newsletter sign-up, but searching that page for the quoted text will show you where on the page it is.
CAP Venue name (Mailing list page)
??? SoFar "Mystery Lineup/Venue" Shows ("Can't Find a Show?")
070 KEXP Live Room Viewing Gallery (Newsletter)
099 Clock-Out Lounge ("Sign Up for Our Newsletter")
120 The Royal Room (Mailing List)
145 Cafe Racer ("Stay Up to Date")
199 Conor Byrne Pub (No Mailing List)
200 Barboza (Mailing List +Neumos)
200 The Central Saloon (Newsletter)
200 Funhouse ("Join Our Mailing List" +El Corazon)
200 Sunset Tavern (Newsletter)
200 Timbre Room ("Subscribe" +Kremwerk, Cherry)
221 Sea Monster Lounge ("Subscribe" box at bottom of events page)
231 Kremwerk ("Subscribe" +Timbre Room, Cherry)
250 High Dive (Newsletter)
282 Cherry ("Subscribe" +Timbre Room, Kremwerk)
300 The Forum at Town Hall Seattle (Newsletter)
300 Homegrown in the Basement (Wild story, convoluted follow from here)
300 Fremont Abbey Arts Center (Newsletter)
300 Madame Lou's at The Crocodile ("Sign up for all the new happenings. +")
312 The Triple Door (Newsletter +Underground Cellar)
400 Dimitriou's Jazz Alley (Newsletter)
400 Slim's Last Chance ("Join Slim's Mailing List")
400 Tractor Tavern ("Join Our Newsletter")
450 Nectar Lounge (Newsletter)
450 Substation (Newsletter)
536 Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall (E-News)
550 Chop Suey ("Sign Up for Our Newsletter")
650 Neumos (Mailing List +Barboza)
750 The Crocodile ("Sign up for all the new happenings." +Madame Lou's)
800 El Corazon ("Join Our Mailing List" +Funhouse)
800 EMP Sky Church (Mailing List)
850 The Neptune Theatre (STG News)
857 The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle (Newsletter)
1,130 Showbox at the Market (Newsletter)
1,800 The Moore Theatre (STG News)
1,800 Showbox SoDo (Newsletter)
2,000 The Legends Casino Event Center, Toppenish (No newsletter?)
2,479 S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall (E-News)
2,500 Mural Amphitheatre (Seattle Center Newsletter)
2,807 The Paramount Theatre (STG News)
2,900 Susan Brotman Auditorium at McCaw Hall (Newsletter)
3,000 Tulalip Amphitheater (?)
3,500 Woodland Park Zoo North Meadow (Zoo News)
4,000 Chateau Ste Michelle Winery (Email Sign-Up) (Can’t find a concert-only signup)
4,700 WaMu Theater (Newsletter +Lumen Field)
5,000 Marymoor Park ("Subscribe to Our Email List")
10,000: Angel of the Winds Arena (No Mailing List)
16,000 White River Amphitheater (No Mailing List)
17,459 Climate Pledge Arena ("Subscribe for Media Updates" or Text Alerts)
23,000 Tacoma Dome (Concert Newsletter)
27,500 The Gorge Amphitheater (Pop-up Subscribe)
47,943 T-Mobile Park (Can't find a concerts-only sign up)
72,000 Lumen Field (Newsletter +WaMu Theater)
The “Gmailing List” Concert-Info Hack
How to sign up for venue newsletters without compromising personal security.
Make a new gmail address for the sole purpose of signing up for venue and artist mailing lists.
Set it up to forward mail to your primary email address.
Create a filter to tag incoming email from it as "Music" and, if desired, add other rules and filters to move it out of your inbox and into a "Music" folder, mark mail containing the names of "must-see" artists as "important," etc.
Use the links on this page and your own searching to sign your new email up for the mailing lists of your favorite venues and artists!
Regular Festivals & Concert Series
A directory of the regular Washington State music festivals and outdoor concert series by month/season.
February: Wintergrass in Bellevue (Newsletter Signup)
May: Fisherman's Village Music Fest in Everett ("Don't Miss the Boat!")
May: Northwest Folklife Festival ("Sign Up for Our Monthly eNews!")
June: Chinook Fest (Newsletter)
Summer: Ballard Locks Free Summer Concerts (No sign-up?) Summer: U-Village Free Concert Series ("Sign up for our newsletter")
Summer: Zoo Tunes (Zoo News)
Summer: Downtown Sounds in Bellingham
Summer: Music at the Mural - HIATUS (Newsletter)
July: Capitol Hill Block Party (Email and Text Alerts)
July: Northwest Tune-Up in Bellingham (Newsletter)
July: Summer Meltdown in Darrington ("SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER")
July: Reggae on the Way, in Tacoma (Newsletter)
July: Timber! Outdoor Music Festival ("ARTIST HOME EMAIL LIST")
July: Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival in Winthrop (Newsletter)
July: West Seattle Summer Fest ("NEWSLETTER SIGNUP")
August: Day In Day Out (Email and Text Alerts)
August: THING in Port Townsend ("SIGN UP FOR UPDATES")
August: Watershed at the Gorge ("EMAIL SIGNUP")
Labor Day Weekend: Bumbershoot ("Stay in the Loop")
Early Fall: Oktoberfest in Leavenworth (No Signup?)
???: Hempfest to return in 2024 ("Stay up to date with our latest news.")
Ticket Marketplaces
Don’t trust The Bacon Review’s word; purchase responsibly. Always search “Is [Business Name] legit?” before making your first purchase, and seek out multiple non-sketchy sources confirming that they are indeed legit.
Unreliable
TicketSmarter
TicketsNow
Viagogo
SeeTickets (not a total scam but only 71% satisfaction)