The Everett Music Initiative and Everett’s Scuttlebutt Brewing are teaming up for a third time, this time to promote some great local bands and Scuttlebutt’s flagship winter beer, 10 Below.
Saturday night’s 10 Below Show features Seattle band The Hollers, and Everett’s I Will Keep Your Ghost and Hot! Donna at 8 p.m. at the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
“Scuttlebutt is one of the really great anchor brands in our community,” said Steven Graham, of Everett Music Initiative, which teamed up with Scuttlebutt for the Ming the Merciless release party in February and the Rock the Boat festival this past summer. “We love the opportunity to partner with them. This is really a celebration of what we think is one of the finest beers around.”
Scuttlebutt’s 10 Below is an imperial dunkelweiss that is made with Mt. Hood and American Sazz hops and clocks in at 22 IBUs and 7.4-percent ABV. It’s a medium body winter ale with a rich chocolate finish, according to the Scuttlebutt website. Along with 10 Below, Scuttlebutt will be pouring Transistor IPA.
As for the music, Graham said that The Hollers, fronted by Trevor Boone, is an up-and-coming band that recently sold out the Tractor Tavern in Seattle.
“To have them coming up to Everett is great,” Graham said.
For I Will Keep Your Ghost, which is fronted by Bryan Bradley with Doug Evans playing synths, this will be the first time it has played a show in its hometown since The Fishermen’s Village Festival in 2014. Recently they played the Capitol Hill Block Party and debuted a new song on The End.
“They’ve taken a ton of time off to write some new material and they’re ready to play a hometown show,” Graham said. “The set list is going to be 90 percent new stuff.”
While IWKYG is playing Everett for the first time in a while, Hot! Donna may be playing for the last time.
“They’re not sure what is going on in the future, so this will be their last show for the foreseeable future,” Graham said of the post-punk band.
With The Cannery recently shuttered, Graham and Ryan Crowther, of Everett Music Initiative, were happy to secure a show at the Elks. The space holds about 300 people, close to 100 more than The Cannery, which was at capacity for the Scuttlebutt release party of Ming the Merciless in February.
“We’ve talked about doing an event at the Elks and this really was the right event to do it,” Graham said. “I think a lot of people will come away from this show really impressed.”
Aaron Swaney: 425-339-3430; aswaney@heraldnet.com.
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If you go
Scuttlebutt Brewing and the Everett Music Initiative will celebrate the release of Scuttlebutt’s winter ale, 10 Below, with a live music show Nov. 28 at the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 2802 Hoyt Ave, Everett. Music will be provided by The Hollers, I Will Keep Your Ghost and a special guest. Advance tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. The show is 21-and-over. For more information, visit Everett Music Initiative’s Facebook page. Tickets are sold at Brown Paper Tickets.
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