CONCERTS
Oso benefit shows
Fuel for Oso: Help Darrington folks with their travel costs. 9 p.m. May 2, Shanty Tavern, 9002 Lake City Way, Seattle. $10 tickets at the door. Featuring an acoustic concert by JD Hobson, Country Dave Harmonson and Andy Wylie.
Lee Howard: A benefit concert for mudslide survivors by local 12-string guitar virtuoso will be 6 to 8 p.m. May 2, Rhodes River Ranch, 22016 Entsminger Road. More information is at www.davidleehoward.com
All You Need is Love: 5 to 10 p.m. May 3, Rhodes River Ranch, 22016 Entsminger Road, Arlington. The baristas from Stilly Coffee House are putting on a bachelor and bachelorette date night auction and pasta bar with live music from Piper Lee, Josh Clauson and Knut Bell. Tickets are $15 from the Stilly Coffee House, 530 N. West Ave., Arlington, inside the Arlington Pharmacy. Tickets are $20 at the door.
Acoustic for Oso: Evening of May 9, Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle. Performers include The Presidents of the United States of America, the Meices, Duff McKagan, Alessandra Rose.
Benefit Show: Evening of May 10, Flights Pub, 7601 Evergreen Way, Everett. Performances by Lacero, Darklight, Rain Light Fade and Eros.
Tractor Tavern Benefit for Oso: 8 p.m. May 12, Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave., Seattle. Tickets $25.
Hope for Oso: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 17 at the Stanwood Camano Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. Family friendly music, kids activities. Performers include Thomas Vail, Rejoice Israel, The Griffiths, Nicely Band, The Unknown, Marcus Metz, Hickerbilly (formerly Trainwreck), Jacob Navarro, Knut Bell and The Blue Collars, Bare Feet, 69 Lines, Sean Goodrich and Bill Blackstone.
Raising Hope for Oso: 7 p.m. May 24, Eagles Hall, 1000 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Performers include Ragged Edge, Shadow Creek Project, Contrabanned. $10 donation goes to relief funds.
Benefit for Oso firemen’s mudslide fund: 1 to 7 p.m. May 31, Rhodes River Ranch, 22016 Entsminger road. Live music, auction, dinner. Call 425-243-2011.
“Heroes of the Blue Stilly”: Geoffrey Castle, internationally acclaimed electric violinist, will honor the first responders of the Oso/Darrington tragedy; 7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, Stanwood High School Performing Arts Center, 7400 272nd St. NW; call 360-629-1300. Tickets are $20. Checks are payable to Stanwood Camano Area Foundation/First Responders, P.O. Box 1209, Stanwood, WA 98292-1209.
Snohomish County
“Feminine Fanfare: Women Playing Music by Women”: An event spotlighting women in the arts at 2 p.m. May 4, Black Box Theater, Mountlake Terrace Hall, Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Performers include Linda Kappus, Debra DeMiero, Stacey Elisason, Torrey Kaminski and Joan Penney. Art by women college students in the lobby. Poetry by Monda Van Hollebeke. Suggested donation is $7, with proceeds benefiting music scholarships.
Flight: Arlington High School’s show choir spring concert, 7 p.m. May 2 and 3, Byrnes Performing Arts Center, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. Join the Flight Choir on a musical trip back in time to 1974. Tickets at byrnesperformingarts.org for $8 general admission and $6 students/seniors.
Moonlight Swing Orchestra: The band plays for the East County Senior Center Spring Fling, 6 p.m. May 3, at the center, 276 Sky River Parkway, Monroe. Tickets are $7. More information about the dance and dinner is available at 360-794-6359.
“Artists at the Organ” recital series: Final concert of 2013-14 season is 7 p.m. May 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. Mark Brombaugh of Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, will perform music of Melchior Schildt, J.S. Bach, Louis Vierne, Percy Whitlock, David Dahl and a new work by John Eggert. Trinity Lutheran’s Martin Pasi organ is noted for its glorious sound. It was built for the church in Italy and installed in 1995. Suggested donation $15 or pay as you are able.
Bronn Journey: Westminster Presbyterian Church hosts harpist Bronn Journey for an evening of sacred and popular music, 6 p.m. May 4. An offering will be taken. Reception to follow. The church is at 2531 Hoyt Ave., Everett. For more information, call 425-252-3757.
Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater: The “Thumb” presents Women Making Music at 4 and 7:30 p.m. May 3. Then, at 4 p.m. May 4, Arlington country music singer Jesse Taylor performs at the Thumb. The MusicBox Project, based in Mill Creek, plans to show its documentary, “American Women: Roots Musicians, Women’s Tales and Tunes.” Tickets for the shows are $10. Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish; 360-568-9412; thumbnailtheater.com.
Chanticleer: The Bay Area’s award-winning male vocal ensemble brings “She Said/He Said,” a program displaying the group’s characteristically eclectic repertoire and featuring songs from its upcoming CD, to the Edmonds Center for the Arts stage at 7:30 p.m. May 8. Tickets are $27, $32 or $37, $15 youth/student, with a discount for seniors and military. Call the ECA Box Office at 425-275-9595, go online at www.ec4arts.org. Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Call 425-275-9595 for tickets. For more information on events, see edmondscenterforthearts. Coming up at ECA, “Yesterday and Today,” Beatles music, 7:30 p.m. June 4.
Everett Philharmonic: The orchestra, under the direction of Paul-Elliott Cobbs, performs its season finale at 7 p.m. May 10 at Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave., Everett. The concert features harpist Juliet Stratton performing Saint-Saen’s “Morceau de Concert” for harp and orchestra. The program also includes Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever, Dvorak’s Carnival Overture and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Tickets are $25 or $20 for seniors and students. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. The stage-side chat with Cobbs is at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at www.everettphil.org.
Cascade Symphony: The orchestra concludes its season at 7:30 p.m. May 12 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. To order tickets, call the box office at 425-275-9595. Director Michael Miropolsky conducts and Natalya Ageyeva will be featured piano soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The orchestra also will perform Overture to Rienzi by Wagner and the Classical Symphony by Prokofieff. A pre-concert lecture at 6:30 will be given by KING-FM’s Dave Beck.
Fisherman’s Village Music Festival: May 16 and 17, several venues, downtown Everett; More than 60 bands including Moondoggies, Gardens &Village, La Laz, Rose Windows, The Grizzled Mighty, Wampire, Chad Valley, the Maldives, Wild Ones, Night Beats, Trails &Ways, Fly Moon Royalty, Fresh Espresso and Radiation City. Tickets available at thefishermansvillage.com/tickets.
North Cascades Concert Band: Brian Turnmire, trumpeter with the U.S. Marine Band, “The Presidents Own,”will be the featured soloist with the North Cascades Concert Band, 7:30 p.m. May 17, Byrnes Performing Art Center, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd., on the campus of Arlington High School. Turnmire began playing at age 6. He earned a degree in music from the University of Georgia, was principal trumpet for the Chattanooga, Tenn., Symphony and then joined the Marine Corps band. Turnmire will be featured in “The Southern Cross,” “Buglers Holiday,” “Trumpeter’s Lullaby” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “ Stardust.” In addition, the band will play a Holst suite, Dixieland and a medley of Glen Miller tunes. The concert is free, but donations are accepted.
Pacific Northwest Folklore Society: Along with the Everett Library, the society presents a free concert by popular Poulsbo folk musicians Hank Payne and Claire Favro at 2 p.m. May 18, library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt. More information about the musicians is at www.hanknclaire.com.
Island County
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts: Local Artist Series benefit concerts by comedy country music group The Rural Characters, 7:30 p.m. May 16 and 17 at the center, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. The Rural Characters are Tom Fisher, Gordy Adams, Randy Hudson and Tom Walker with Russell Link on percussion and special guests the Heggenes Valley Boys Joe Jeszeck and Ed Fickbohm. Tickets are $25, available at www.wicaonline.org or by calling 800-638-7631.
Mother’s Day Music &Rhodies: Performance by harpist Harper Tasche, noon to 4 p.m. May 11, Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, off Resort Road, Greenbank. Admission is $10 per adult, children under 16 free. More information is at www.meerekgardens.org
Seattle
Branford Marsalis: The jazz master performs with his band at 8 p.m. May 10 and 2 p.m. May 11 in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets range from $54 to $69. Go to www.benaroyahall.org or call 206-215-4747.
BILLBOARD
Strawberry Fest Talent Show: Marysville Strawberry Festival needs entertainers for its June 19 talent show. Auditions are 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 8 and 9, Marysville Pilchuck High School auditorium. Looking for all ages, solo, or group, vocal, dance, comedy, bands, piano. Go to Maryfest.org for application. Call 360-653-6584 for information.
Friday Music Jam Sessions: For people with disabilities and their friends, the Village Music and Art’s Friday jam sessions, featuring live music by Jon Dalgarn and Voices of the Village, are 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays at 338 N. McLeod, Arlington. Musicians and other interested community members are welcome. Children under the age 16 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Call 360-653-7752, ext. 14, for information or to sign up.
Music Hall Community Orchestra: Meets from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Music Hall, next to Macy’s inside the Everett Mall, 1402 SE Everett Mall Way. For more information, call 425-252-6542.
Old Time and Country Music Association: Seeking new members. The group meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of the month at the Baker Hi-Rise, 1401 Poplar St., Everett. Provides entertainment, including old-time country, gospel and bluegrass music, for residents and guest of Snohomish and Skagit County senior living and care facilities. Contact club president Bill Bissonnette at 360-403-7379 or email billybob60@comcast.net.
Voices Northwest: Women’s chorus meets 7 p.m. Mondays, First Baptist Church of Monroe; 17922 149th St. SE, Monroe; open to women 16 and older; email membership@voicesnorthwest.org; 425-741-9123.
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