World Music Shows & Events
Seattle is a popular stop for touring world beat artists, and we have a nice contingent of local world music artists. Here’s the current calendar of upcoming shows (click here for an archive of past shows).
If you know of an event that should be listed on this page, please let me know.
| Date | Artist | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/02 | Andrew Oliver Kora Band | Andrew Oliver Kora Band in Seattle | Seattle City Hall |
| Time: 12:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 600 4th Avenue. This joyous jam of West African music and American jazz improv overflows with spiraling harp plucks, gravelly trumpet shouts, shuffling bass lines, drum claps and gleeful piano lines. The Oregonian declares the music has “the swing and intellect of American jazz with the divine poetry of West African music.” The Seattle Times says “Modest but mesmerizing, it’s as novel and agreeable a sound as you’ve never heard.” The show is outside on the upper plaza. In case of rain the show will move inside City Hall lobby. Read the blog post about this show. | |||
| 9/02 | Khaira Arby | Khaira Arby in Seattle | The Triple Door Musiquarium |
| Time: 9:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 216 Union Street. “The reigning queen of song in Timbuktu” plays for FREE in the Musiquarium. Read the blog post about this show. | |||
| 9/04 | Balkan Beat Box | Balkan Beat Box in Seattle | Fisher Green Stage at Bumbershoot |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. Balkan Beat Box is an Israeli musical group founded by ex-Gogol Bordello member Tamir Muskat, Ori Kaplan of Firewater and Big Lazy, and Tomer Yosef (MC, vocals, perc, sampler unit). They take ancient and traditional musical traditions and fuse them with hip-hop in order to create a new mix of musical styles out of the traditional world music context. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 9/04 | Ozomatli | Ozomatli in Seattle | Fisher Green Stage at Bumbershoot |
| Time: 9:30pm. Admission: $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles – including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 9/05 | Aterciopelados | Aterciopelados in Seattle | Fisher Green Stage at Bumbershoot |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. Aterciopelados is a rock band from Colombia. Led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago, they have been one of the first rock bands from Colombia to gain international notice and is among the country’s top groups. Their music fuses rock with a variety of Colombian and Latin American musical traditions. Time Magazine has written, “Aterciopelados’s true skill lies in its ability to take north-of-the-border musical styles…and breathe new life into them, all while giving them a distinctly Colombian sheen.” Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 9/06 | Garotas Suecas | Garotas Suecas in Seattle | Fisher Green Stage at Bumbershoot |
| Time: 2:15pm. Admission: $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. With a sound that falls somewhere between Otis Redding and Os Mutantes, Garotas Suecas is a six-piece Brazilian band that blends influences from their home country with a mix of American soul and garage rock. Their sound is unique and their songs promise to make you dance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 9/06 | Angelique Kidjo | Angelique Kidjo in Seattle | Fisher Green Stage at Bumbershoot |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. This Grammy-winning artist has amazed the world with her rhythm & blues, soul, jazz, and Beninese melodies. Her art roves across boundaries, genres and ethnicities, finding the connections that link musical forms from every part of the world, while still bonding closely with her own. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/09 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/10 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/11 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/12 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 8:00pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/13 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 2:00pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/13 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 8:00pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/14 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 2:00pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||
| 11/14 | Stomp | Stomp in Seattle | Paramount Theatre |
| Time: 7:00pm. Admission: ???. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101. Venue phone: 206-682-1414. Stomp is an exciting non-traditional dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create physical theatre and musical performance. Read the blog post about this show. Buy tickets | |||