Music

A Benefit Concert to celebrate the life of Felipe Cañete

Last month, we told you about the sudden passing of Felipe Cañete - a Wallingford resident who performed with bands Luc and the Lovingtons and Sing with Señor. A benefit concert will be held at the Neptune Theater (1303 NE 45th St.) this Saturday (June 15, beginning at 6:00pm), to honor Felipe. This is an all-ages show and the suggested donation is $10 at the door (to benefit Felipe's family). Here are more details from the Seattle Theatre Group's webpage: Join us for…

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A house concert in the ‘hood

Kevin writes: My wife and I are hosting a house concert on Burke Avenue North a few blocks up from GasWorks Park.  Our group, Dinas o Frain, plays Welsh music and we will have Molly Bauckham, harpist and singer, as special guest. Here are the deets: House Concert featuring Molly Bauckham with Dinas O Frain, “The City of Crows” Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. (3616 Burke Avenue North) Tickets $15 For ticket information and reservations call 206-633-3577 or email [email protected] Molly Bauckham…

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Sing your heart out, Wallingford

Singers young and old, experienced, or just starting out - here's your chance to put those musical pipes to use. Dan Hegelund, an internationally renowned choir director from Sweden, is starting four new choirs in Wallingford called Common Ground Gospel. One group is for kids, ages 10 to 15; one for youth, ages 15 to 25; one for adults; and he also wants to build a professional performance choir for talented singers. His choirs are well known in Europe, where Dan has performed…

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Total Experience Gospel Choir

Wallingford United Methodist Church (42nd and Bagley) invites the neighborhood to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King, Jr. this Sunday, January 20, at 11:00AM., featuring the Wallingford United Methodist Church choir and The Total Experience Gospel Choir, under the direction of Rev. Patrinell Wright. The Total Experience Gospel Choir was founded in 1973 at the Mt. Baptist Church here in Seattle, initially comprising students from Roosevelt and Franklin High Schools. Over the years, the choir has toured throughout the United States and in…

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Christmas light show extravaganza

Boy, I'll tell ya, Greenlake resident Jeff Rodenburg has a thing about Christmas lights. Since 2001, Jeff has put on a nightly Christmas light show in front of his home that dazzles NE 57th Street throughout the month of December. He's got a whopping 30,000 lights in all, with 19,000 of them used for a huge Christmas tree. The lights are synchronized to music that you can listen to on your car radio (or portable, if you walk), tuned to 102.1…

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Wallingford Weekend: Solstice and Christmas Concerts

Here are some events happening in the neighborhood this weekend:   Unsilent Night Friday, Dec 21 - Winter Solstice   HELLO FRIENDS and HAPPY WINTER! The Seattle Composers' Salon and Nosequitur are excited to be co-hosting (along with composer Josh Parmenter) this really fun event on December 21st. Details:6:30 PM The night starts at the Chapel Performance Space (link) up on the 4th floor, where we will all meet and organize the neighborhood path that we will take. From there, we will all…

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Sip Cider and Dance

Join the Burke-Gilman Trail Urban Orchard Stewards on Sunday from noon to 3 pm at their 2nd Annual Cider Pressing event. The Orchard Stewards take care of 23 public fruit trees on the Trail between the University Bridge and just west of Gasworks Park. The one pear and 22 apple trees are thriving after many work parties this past year. In snow, rain, and even sun, volunteers removed blackberries, Scotch Broom, cherry laurel and English Ivy, spread wood chips and Zoo…

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