Concerts and musical performances around Snohomish County and nearby

Published 1:30 am Friday, February 3, 2017

Maltby Bluegrass Jam: 2 to 10 p.m. on the first Saturdays of the month (Feb. 4) at the Maltby Community Club, 8711 206th St. SE, Snohomish, near the Maltby Cafe. For information, call Jan at 360-568-3685. The 22nd annual bluegrass concert is April 16. More information is at www.maltbyclub.org.

South End String Band: Bring your dancing shoes to this concert by the Camano Island-based band at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27103 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Suggested donation is $15. Proceeds benefit the Stanwood Area Historical Society. Snacks provided.

Wingtergrass Preview: The annual Wintergrass (mostly bluegrass) Music Festival (Feb. 23-26) in Bellevue attracts musicians from around the world. Get a free preview of the fest at 2 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Edmonds Plaza Room, 650 Main St., above the Edmonds Library. Hear the band Old Growth Bluegrass, take part in a jam and bring your kids who want to check out a fiddle, mandolin, banjo or guitar. More at www.oldgrowthbluegrass.com.

Roy Zimmerman: The satirist will sing funny, rhyming songs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 8109 224th St. SW. Tickets $18, $12. Call 425-778-0373.

Pearl Django: The well-regarded Hot Club-style jazz band performs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. Tickets are $20. Call 360-568-9412.

Everett Music Initiative: The lineup for the Fisherman’s Village Music Festival will be announced at a concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 10, at the Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. Taproom, 3310 Cedar St., Everett. Tickets are $10 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2799853. Performing will be SISTERS, Tango Alpha Tango and TELLERS.

Cascade Symphony Orchestra: The annual concert for young people (and the young at heart) is 3 p.m. Feb. 11 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. The concert is “The Tortoise &The Hare.” Dave Dolacky is back as the narrator. The concert also includes a performance by the popular Cascade Percussion Ensemble. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students with ID and $3 for children. Call the box office at 425-275-9595.

Camano Junction: The swing band plays for a dance at 7 p.m. Feb. 11, Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Tickets, $10 each, sold at the door.

The F Street Project: The jazz, pop and blues band performs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. Featuring rising star Dawn Madsen on vocals. Tickets are $15. Call 360-568-9412.

Jazz at the Center: The series continues with the Miles Black Trio playing Oscar Peterson beginning at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Tickets for the dinner concert are $35 , or $15 for students with ID. Call 360-387-0222 for more information.

Everett Philharmonic Orchestra: Hear the orchestra’s annual Magnificent Mozart concert, 3 p.m. Feb. 12, First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Featured is flutist Janelle Janovich-Barrera performing Mozart’s concerto in D Major. More at www.everettphil.org.

Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky: With their show LIV ON, these award-winning women are set to perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. The concert includes songs off their new album and each other’s best-known hits. From $44. Call 425-258-6766.

Organ recital series at Trinity: Lynwood’s Trinity Lutheran Church resumes its popular organ recital series featuring Paul Thornock, director of music at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, in concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at the church, 6215 196th St. SW. Suggestion donation is $15 general, $10 for seniors and students. Trinity’s organ is noted regionally for its sound.

Blues and Brews Thursdays: Marysville Kiwanis Club joins the city in offering blues music and brews from a local microbrewery from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursdays at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St.; 360-363-8400. $5 at the door. The entertainment continues with the Margaret Wilder Band on Feb. 16 and the Gin Joints on March 16.

Un-Wine-d Wednesdays: Live music and tastes of local wines are offered by Marysville Rotary from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on second Wednesdays at the city-run Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St.; 360-363-8400. Tickets are $5. Hear Swing Nuts Jazz, Feb. 8; and the Joan Penney Trio on March 8.

E&E Country Showcase: This new series at the Marysville Opera House continues with Knut Bell &The Blue Collars at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at 1225 Third St., Marysville. Tickets are $10. Call 360-363-8400. Come ready to dance.

Hot Java, Cool Jazz: The annual concert by Starbucks, featuring some of the region’s most talented young jazz musicians, is set for 7 p.m. March 17 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. Among the bands that will perform are the jazz bands from Mountlake Terrace and Edmonds Woodway high schools. More at www.stgpresents.org.

Sno-King Community Chorale: The chorale, along with a children’s choir and orchestra, will present the West Coast premiere of Sir Karl Jenkins “Cantata Memoria — For the Children,” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1966 disaster that killed 116 children when a coal mine slid into a school in Aberfan, South Wales. The concert is to be presented at 3 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. March 18 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St., Lynnwood. Tickets are $10 to $20, and are available in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2795090.

To submit information for this calendar, email reporter Gale Fiege at gfiege@heraldnet.com.