Concerts and musical performances around Snohomish County and nearby

Published 1:30 am Friday, November 18, 2016

Stringbands for Solidarity: Three local stringbands — the Dovetails, Hop Hi and Pickled Okra — offer a benefit concert for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. Proceeds will buy supplies for people trying to protect water supplies near the Dakota Access Pipeline. $15 donation. Concert starts at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Red Curtain Arts Center, 9315 State Ave., Marysville.

American Fool: 8 p.m. Nov. 18, the band is considered the Pacific Northwest’s premier tribute to the music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member John Mellencamp. Based in Seattle, the seven-piece band replicates the heartand soul of Mellencamp’s hits, including “Crumblin’ Down,” “Hurts So Good,” “Jack and Diane,”“Lonely ol’ Night” and “Pink Houses.”

Ted Vigil is John Denver: 8 p.m. Nov. 19, Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. Tickets from $18. Call 425-258-6766. Back for a third time in Everett, Ted Vigil is a favorite at the theater.

Country Girls Sing the Blues: A fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, this concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Red Curtain, 9315 State Ave., in Marysville features Marcia Kester, Bev Cloer and Britta Grass with the Lost Creek Band singing and playing tunes by Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline and Dusty Springfield. Tickets are $28 or $21 for students, seniors and military. Call 360-322-7402.

Nancy Erickson Quartet: Award-winning jazz vocalist Nancy Erickson performs with Eric Verlinde, Chris Symper and Max Wood at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. Tickets $20 or $15 for seniors and students.

Legends of the Blues IV: Arlington Arts Council will load the stage with a stellar line-up of musicians including Ben Hunter, Joe Seamons and Randy Oxford’s All-Star Slam at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Byrnes Performing Arts Center, Arlington High School; 425-359-3755. Tickets are $15, but free for children. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Gary Stroutsos: The flutist offers a free concert of Native American music from various tribes at 2 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Originally trained as a jazz flutist, Stroutsos has worked with the likes of Navajo flute maker Paul Thompson. He has appeared on the soundtrack of Ken Burns’ “Lewis and Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery” and other programs.

Everett Chorale: The chorale performs at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd., Arlington. Patriotic and holiday music. Free.

North Cascades Concert Band: Fall concert — “Pop Classics From the Masters” — is 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at Byrnes Performing Arts Center, Arlington High School, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. The program by the 60-piece band features music from Mozart’s Figaro, John Williams’ Star Wars music and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Free, but donations accepted. More at www.nccband.org.

Rebecca Kilgore, Dave Tull Quartet with Soundsation: Edmonds Community College’s Soundsation welcomes these musicians in residence for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in the Black Box Theatre in Mukilteo Hall on campus, 20310 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood.

Sonus Boreal women’s chorale: northernsoundchoirs@gmail.com. “Haul out the Holly” concert will be presented at 3 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 at Red Curtain Arts Center, 9315 State Ave., in Marysville. Tickets are $10 or $5 for seniors.

Tingstad and Rumbel: Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel play their annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. Tickets $25 or $20 for seniors.

Nancy Erickson Quartet: Award-winning jazz vocalist Nancy Erickson performs with Eric Verlinde, Chris Symper and Max Wood at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. Tickets $20 or $15 for seniors and students.

Everett Philharmonic Orchestra: “Music for the Imagination,” a family oriented concert, 3 p.m. Nov. 27, Everett Civic Auditorium. Tickets are $20, but a family of four gets in for $40.

Nick Dumas and Chris Luquette: These young bluegrass stars are home for the holiday and offer a show at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish.

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