EVENTS
STG & Broadway at The Paramount present BACK TO THE FUTURE
Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Seattle in 2024.
Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, four WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, and the Broadway World Award for Best New Musical, Back to the Future: The Musical is adapted for the stage by the iconic film’s creators Bob Gale (Back to the Future trilogy) and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) and directed by the Tony Award®-winner John Rando with original music by multi-Grammy® winners Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame) and Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror”), alongside hit songs from the movie including “The Power of Love,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Earth Angel,” and “Back in Time.”
When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past, and send himself… back to the future. When Back to the Future hits 88mph, it’ll change musical theatre history forever.
STG Presents & Daydream State Welcomes NIA ARCHIVES Special Guests: MALEIGH ZAN AND HITECH
Nia Archives is not interested in being one fixed thing. Since emerging in 2020, the 24-year-old producer, DJ, singer and songwriter has been at the forefront of the latest era of jungle. The Bradford-born, Leeds-raised artist has garnered accolades including placing third in the prestigious BBC Sound Poll for 2023, alongside a nomination for the Brit Awards’ Rising Star prize, plus wins at the DJ Mag, NME, the MOBOs and Artist and Manager Awards. She has also toured the world – be it North America, Europe or Asia – and even opened a show in London as part of a little something called Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour. She’s renowned as a party-starter in her own right, too, with takeovers at Glastonbury, Warehouse Project and her own Bad Gyalz day event. She’s done official remixes for the likes of Jorja Smith, had a huge summer hit with her Yeah Yeah Yeahs rework ‘Off Wiv Ya Headz’, and worked with brands like Corteiz, Nike, Flannels, Burberry, FIFA and Apple. In just three years, it’s fair to say that Nia Archives has become a need-to-know name in dance music.
On Silence Is Loud, her much-anticipated debut album, Nia Archives sounds thrillingly free as she looks to make music for beyond the rave. Working with Ethan P. Flynn (known for his work with FKA twigs and David Byrne) Nia is intent that Silence Is Loud is taken in as a full body of work of something “more song-focussed, putting interesting sounds on jungle.” It means that this is a record which finds gloomy Britpop, warm Motown, soaring indie, a love for Kings of Leon’s Aha Shake Heartbreak, skittering IDM, Madchester, classic rock, old skool hardcore and more, woven and fused into her ragga and junglist tapestry, all layered with feeling, imbued with her songwriterly lyricism about loneliness, relationships, family, navigating her 20s, and the intense potential power of silence.
Sitting in the push and pull between melancholy and euphoria, Nia’s work is always a snapshot of where she’s at when she’s making it. This might not be the debut album you were expecting, but that’s what makes Silence Is Loud so special. Nia Archives has learned the rules of her sound, and is unafraid to break them, pushing jungle and herself into new, unchartered territories that, in turn, go some way to map the history of the greats of British dance music. More than that, it plants her firmly in that lineage.
STG Presents: EXPERIENCE HENDRIX
Indulge yourself in the Hendrix Vibe! STG Brings you the ultimate Jimmy Hendrix experience, featuring a list of special guests. Get your tickets today!
Full lineup:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Zakk Wylde
Eric Johnson
Taj Mahal
Noah Hunt
Chuck Campbell & Calvin
Cooke of the Slide Brothers
Mato Nanji
Dylan Triplett
Ayron Jones
Henri Brown
Starbucks and Stg present: Up Next - Featuring rising star Maya Michelle Russell
Maya is a Starbucks Up Next Artist for the 2nd year.
You can see her perform live.
Wednesday, July 24th
4 pm- 5 pm
Starbucks SODO Reserve
She'll be doing a one-hour set with covers and some originals.
She'll be accompanied by producer/songwriter - Chandler Williams.
Also, You can also see her perform in this year's Teen Summer Musical August 23 - 25th
Maya Michelle Russell is a passionate artist who loves creating and performing. The 16-year-old recently appeared in the Intiman Theatre’s Black Nativity musical and served as a National Anthem singer for the Seattle Kraken and the Seattle Reign. This past Spring, she won first place in the Edmonds Center for the Arts We Speak Youth Poetry Competition. But she got her start in Spoken Word through the STG Elevate program. She's been participating for four years now and loves it. Her piece this year was inspired by some of her biggest dreams/ambitions. It's called Imagining the Future.
STG Presents: ELEVATE (v.) raise or lift to a higher position
ELEVATE is a showcase of BIPOC youth voices uplifting one another through the art of spoken words. This project shares untold and unseen work centered around local and national historical events, the impact of systemic racism and individuals' personal experiences and passions. Most importantly, ELEVATE is the celebration and empowerment of the people. This event was created for the community, by the community. ELEVATE will culminate with a night of performance to learn more visit:
STG Presents & Five Senses Reeling Presents Monét X Change Life Be Lifin'
Monét X Change never wanted to be a drag queen. She never wanted to be an opera singer either. Now an R&B singing, theatre writing, comedic triple threat, Monét explains on stage with just herself and a mic how she became those exact things. With the ability to make audiences cry as quickly as she makes them laugh, Monét X Change guides her audiences through a poignant, darkly humorous coming-of-age story in her newest one woman show, “Life Be Lifin.’” Directed by BenDeLaCreme 18+ VIP Upgrade packages available at www.obsessedwith.co
STG Presents Ralph Barbosa The Super Cool Ass Tour
Get ready to laugh out loud as comedian Ralph Barbosa takes the stage at the Neptune Theatre on April 26th. Known for his wit, humor, and unique comedic style, Barbosa guarantees an evening filled with laughter and entertainment. Mark your calendars for a night of stand-up that will have you in stitches.
STG Presents: Disney's Aladdin
Discover a whole new world at Disney’s ALADDIN, the hit Broadway musical.
From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of ALADDIN, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.
Hailed by USA Today as “Pure Genie-Us,” ALADDIN features all your favorite songs from the film as well as new music written by Tony® and Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Newsies) with lyrics penned by the legendary Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast), Tony Award winner Tim Rice (The Lion King, Aida), and book writer Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer).
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten!),this “Fabulous” and “Extravagant” (The New YorkTimes) new musical boasts an incomparable design team, with sets, costumes and lighting from Tony Award winners Bob Crowley (Mary Poppins), Gregg Barnes (Kinky Boots), and Natasha Katz (An American in Paris). See why audiences and critics agree, ALADDIN is “Exactly What You Wish For!" (NBC-TV).
STG Presents Dani Tirrell and The Congregation Leviticus or Love and to walk amongst HUMANS (Book I) World Premiere
Dani Tirrell, Seattle’s Mayor Arts Award recipient 2019, is a Black, Trans Spectrum, Queer choreographer, dancer, and movement guide. Dani's performance of Leviticus or Love and to Walk Amongst Humans: A Dance in Two Parts (Book I: Leviticus) is a movement meditation of sin, love, loss, and a world in which Black Queer bodies are of the highest. Set to traditional and contemporary gospel music (reimagined), this multi-part dance work is set to traditional and modern gospel music that will be inspired and reimagined by Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace gospel album and documentary.
Dani has guided people in Detroit and Seattle and shared movement practices in other cities in the United States. Dani is the curator for the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas (Seattle). Dani hosts and co-creators several online talk programs, including Sunday Dinner, The Living Room, and Intimate Conversations. Dani is the founder and current artistic director of The Congregation, a movement/art group. Dani has taught at Northwest Tap Connection and the University of Washington Seattle and Bothell campuses. Dani has created work for Dance This (Northwest Tap Connection), Strictly Seattle (advance/professional track), Seattle Repertory Theater, Nina Simones Fou’ Four Women (Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton). Dani is an Arts Matter Fellow, Artists Trust Fellow (Seattle), and 4Culture Arc Fellow (Seattle). Dani is the Artist in Residence at Velocity Dance Center (2020/2021) and one of 6 Artists in Residence at On the Boards (Seattle, WA)
Dani works at Dance Place (Washington, DC) as Dance Place’s Artistic Director.
Dani’s production of Black Bois (On the Boards and Seattle Theater Group) was a locally critically acclaimed work that produced sold-out shows in Seattle and is developing a documentary film. 2019, Dani received an Artist Trust Fellowship and a Dance Crush Award for Black Bois (performance). Dani also received a 2018 Arts Matter Fellowship grant. Dani current work, FagGod, in collaboration with Anastasia Renee and Naa Akua, was presented in the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas 2019/2020 season. Dani’s new work, 46, is a photo exhibit styled, staged, and photographed by Dani. This work can be found online under Dani’s Instagram profile.
STG Presents & PDX Jazz Welcomes Fatoumata Diawara
Hailed as one of the most vital standard-bearers of modern African music, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara is taking her artistry to fresh and thrilling heights. Boldly experimental yet respectful of her Malian roots, Fatoumata’s music defines her as the voice of young African womanhood – proud of her heritage but with a vision that looks confidently to the future. Her live performances “scream with energy” (NPR), her stage presence both “hypnotic” and “captivating” (Rolling Stone).
With her new album London Ko, Fatoumata Diawara continues to reinvent traditional African music, after taking us back to her Mandinka roots. Her last album, Fenfo, saw her really begin to invent her own style, it earned her nominations at the Grammy Awards and Victoires de la Musique in 2019. Still rewriting the rules, Fatou plunges us back into her eclectic, avant-garde universe. With the different colours she brings to her music (afrobeat, jazz, pop, electro and even hip hop), it is impossible to put London Ko into any one box. “I put all my love, my soul and my body into the creative process for this album.” Sharper than ever with her words, she strikes a perfect balance between synthetic sounds and traditional Malian rhythms. A central figure in the English music world and a real connoisseur of African music, Damon Albarn co-produced the album, and features on no fewer than six tracks.
STG Presents: BEETLEJUICE
He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to your city.
It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Nether world, BEETLEJUICE is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!
STG Presents & Live Nation Welcomes Destin Conrad
The Neptune is located at 1303 NE 45th Street in Seattle's University District. All ages show, bar with valid photo I.D. There is an overall 8 ticket limit per patron. Patrons exceeding the ticket limit will have their orders canceled at the venue's discretion. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Mobile barcodes delayed until 4 days prior to event. Venue reserves the right to change delivery methods. Unless otherwise noted, each person must have a ticket regardless of age. No babies in arms. No Elevator. Ramps only to the balcony level. Masks are welcomed. If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or are experiencing symptoms, we request that you do not attend any performances.
STG Presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Produced by STG Education & Community Engagement Department, the 26th annual production of the DANCE This performance brings together youth and adult performers from diverse communities to collaborate and share their cultures through dance. Works from local and national artists highlight this region’s vibrant talent.
Past guest master artists have included Dance Theatre of Harlem, Syncopated Ladies Napoleon & Tabitha from So You Think You Can Dance, Savion Glover, Joffrey Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, Spectrum Dance Theatre, Whim Whim, Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet, Jeroboam Bozeman from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, as well as Broadway professionals.
Friday-Sunday, March 15-17, 2024 | Friday & Saturday 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm) | Sunday 2:00pm (doors at 1pm).
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STG Presents & Live Nation Welcomes VEEZE, DJ BASSKIDS & THE GANGER TOUR 2024
STG Presents & Live Nation Welcomes VEEZE and the Ganger Tour to Seattle at The Neptune Theatre on March 14th, 2024. Veeze will be accompanied by West Seattle's very own DJ, BASSKIDS. Tickets will sell out, so make sure to grab one for you and a friend before they go!
STG Presents & Live Nation Welcomes Hasan Minhaj Off With His Head
STG Presents & Live Nation Welcomes Hasan Minhaj Off With His Head Comedy Tour.
Pioneering, two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj is the creator of Netflix's comedy show, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, which brought an inclusive and nuanced perspective to global news, politics and culture.
STG Presents & Entertainment Legends Live Welcomes Mariah The Scientist Special Guest: Ryan Trey
Mariah the Scientist has announced the dates for her 2024 To Be Eaten Alive Tour to support her latest album of the same name.
The Live Nation-produced trek will begin in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 1, 2024, followed by eight shows throughout the month in the U.K. and Europe.
A North American leg begins March 6, 2024, at Neptune Theatre in Seattle, Washington, and runs through May 6, 2024 at Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia.
With supporting act Ryan Trey.
STG Presents & Outback Welcomes Nate Jackson Super Funny World Tour
STG Presents & Outback Welcomes Nate Jackson as he set to blaze the stage at The Moore Theatre in Seattle! FEB 24,2024th
While at Eastern Washington University, Nate was dared by one of his friends to enter a comedy contest. Not backing down, Nate entered, and the rest is history. That was the start of Nate's career as a comedian.
After graduating from Eastern, Nate moved to Hollywood to pursue comedy even further. When he moved back to Tacoma, he ran comedy rooms around the greater Puget Sound area and eventually started “Super Funny Comedy Show” in 2010.
Nate has done college tours, USO tours, and national tours. He’s been all around the globe, has been to every U.S. state twice and major cities more times than he can count.
STG Presents & Live Nation & ScoreMore Welcomes Mahalia In Real Life Speical Guest: Alicia Creti
The last few years have marked many achievements for the Leicester-born star. Beginning 2020 with her second BRIT nomination, Mahalia featured on up-and-coming fellow Midlands rapper Pa Salieu’s debut mixtape, ‘Send Them To Coventry’, whilst also gracing the track list of Headie One’s #1 album ‘Edna’. Subsequently, Mahalia also received a GRAMMY nomination for ‘All I Need’ - Jacob Collier’s single of which she features alongside US rapper, Ty Dolla $ign. Shortly after, Mahalia concluded the year with three MOBO nominations for ‘Best Female Act’, ‘Best R&B/Soul Act’ and ‘Album Of The Year’ for her debut album, ‘Love and Compromise’, winning in the first two categories. In 2021, Mahalia was also nominated for her first ever Ivor Novello award for her 2020 collaboration with UK lyricist Pa Salieu for his single ‘Energy’ and subsequently concluded the year with an incredible headline show at London’s prestigious venue, O2 Brixton Academy. Adding to her long list of achievements Mahalia opened for Adele at her 2022 BST shows in Hyde Park last Summer whilst also joining Alicia Keys during her o2 Arena shows in London - she then concluded the year on a high, winning her third MOBO Award for Best R&B/Soul Act.
Besides the awards and nominations, it’s also been a time of deep personal growth, one that Mahalia describes as a real rollercoaster in her personal and professional life. Reflection has been the thread running through Mahalia’s writing and the singer hopes that her music will encourage her listeners to carve out time to also look back and re-evaluate: “We’re all fixated on how we can make ourselves better but I want people to also reminisce on lovely or painful situations they’ve lived through and how they’ve helped shape the people they are now.”
STG Presents Jon Batiste Uneasy Tour
Peerless artistry combined with the uplifting pleasure of entertainment exists squarely at the heart of Jon Batiste’s musical vision which he calls Social Music and is the title of the full length debut. With his soulful voice, virtuosic piano chops and dapper sense of style, Jon Batiste, 27, transcends music genres with his modern take on American music. Jon has absorbed a musical language that disregards genre distinctions - reviving the roots of jazz, blues and other American music yet playing it in a way that is fresh, accessible and engaging. Produced by Jeff Jones “The Jedi Master” with Jon Batiste, Social Music features Batiste on piano, vocals and melodica, (which he has renamed the harmonaboard) and his Julliard trained band Stay Human.
STG Presents Marlon Wayans
Comedian and actor Marlon Wayans is coming to The Moore Theatre on Friday, February 16th!
Marlon Wayans films have grossed more than $736-million in domestic box office and $1-billion in global box office. As a standup comedian, he is selling out nationwide and adding shows every weekend. He hit a career milestone with his highly anticipated first-ever stand-up comedy special “Woke-ish” which premiered on Netflix in February of 2018.
STG Presents The Temptations & The Four Tops
STG Presents The Temptations and The Four Tops at The Paramount on February 10, 2024.
The Temptations are the embodiment of harmony, dignity and class. They are the most popular male vocal and soul group in the world. And they have influenced every ensemble that has followed in their footsteps, from old-schoolers the Delfonics to New Edition, from Jodeci, to BLACKstreet, and from Dru Hill to one of the biggest selling artists in history, Boyz II Men.
STG Presents and ARTDONTSLEEP Welcome Jazz is Dead: Blue Note 85
Jazz Is Dead is proud to come together with the legendary Blue Note Records to celebrate the label’s 85thAnniversary! The Finest in Jazz Since 1939, Blue Note Records is the most respected and longest-running jazz label in the world.
Jazz Is Dead will be hosting The Blue Note Quintet, a group brought together to honor the label’s rich history, on this west-coast tour. Gerald Clayton leads the band as Musical Director and Pianist: “Gerald Clayton is one of the most accomplished, distinctive, and innovative pianists performing today” says Don Was, the label’s President. Rounding out the group is vibraphonist Joel Ross, saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, drummer Kendrick Scott, and bassist Matt Brewer.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
STG Presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on March 26 & 27, 2022 at The Paramount Theatre.
Celebrating over 60 years of unparalleled artistry, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater never fails to remind us of the power of dance to bring people together. These dancers dazzle with their trademark technical brilliance and passionate energy and bring audiences to their feet at every performance. The ground-breaking, forward-thinking company returns with new and classic works, including founder Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece Revelations, the “Ailey gift that somehow keeps on giving” (The New York Times).
Black Violin | Impossible Tour
Tickets for the previously scheduled May 8, 2020, October 29, 2020 and March 21, 2021 performances will be honored for entry!
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) have combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world’s most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with countless composers and performers, and commissioning over 1000 works and arrangements for string quartet. The group has won over 40 awards, including three Grammys, and the prestigious Polar Music, Avery Fisher, and Edison Klassiek Oeuvre Prizes.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
STG Presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at The Paramount Theatre on Thursday, February 10, 2022.
Photo credit: Piper Ferguson
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO) comprises 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today. Led by Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs a vast repertoire ranging from original compositions and Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works to rare historic compositions and masterworks by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, and many others. The JLCO has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988, performing and leading educational events in New York, across the United States, and around the globe. Alongside symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students, and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists, the JLCO has toured over 300 cities across six continents. Guest conductors have included Benny Carter, John Lewis, Jimmy Heath, Chico O’Farrill, Ray Santos, Paquito D’Rivera, Jon Faddis, Robert Sadin, David Berger, Gerald Wilson, and Loren Schoenberg. The JLCO has been voted best Big Band in the annual DownBeat Readers’ Poll from 2013–2016.
In 2015, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced the launch of Blue Engine Records, a new platform to make its archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere. The first release from Blue Engine Records, Live in Cuba, was recorded on a historic 2010 trip to Havana by the JLCO and was released in October 2015. Big Band Holidays was released in December 2015, The Abyssinian Mass came out in March 2016, The Music of John Lewis was released in March 2017, and the JLCO’s Handful of Keys came out in September 2017. Blue Engine’s United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas features the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an array of special guests, with all proceeds going toward Jazz at Lincoln Center’s education initiatives. Recent album releases include 2018’s Una Noché con Ruben Blades, 2019’s Betty Carter’s The Music Never Stops, 2019’s Bolden (Official Soundtrack), composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis. Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony, performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson was released in July 2019. To date, 14 other recordings have been released and internationally distributed: Vitoria Suite, Portrait in Seven Shades; Congo Square, Don’t Be Afraid ... The Music of Charles Mingus, A Love Supreme, All Rise, Big Train, Sweet Release & Ghost Story, Live in Swing City, Jump Start and Jazz, Blood on the Fields, They Came to Swing, The Fire of the Fundamentals, and Portraits by Ellington.
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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham - An Untitled Love in partnership with On the Boards
STG Presents A.I.M by Kyle Abraham - "An Untitled Love" at The Moore Theatre on February 10, 2022. Presented in partnership with On the Boards.
An Untitled Love is Kyle Abraham’s newest evening-length work. Drawing from the catalogue of Grammy Award-winning R&B legend D’Angelo, this creative exaltation pays homage to the complexities of self love and Black love, while serving as a thumping mixtape celebrating our culture, family and community.