Calendar of upcoming live music in the area

CONCERTS

Strawberry City Acoustic Jam &Open Mic: Red Curtain Arts Center offers this opportunity, 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 13, 1410 Grove St. Singers, songwriters, karaoke divas and fans are invited to the arts center. Admission is by donation, and refreshments are available for purchase.

Common Ground: Free Valentine’s Day concert, 7 p.m. Feb. 14, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2531 Hoyt Ave., Everett. The quintet sings an entertaining selection of folk, classical, sacred, humorous and show tunes. Common Ground has performed at the Evergreen State Fair. A free will offering will be taken in support of the church’s historic restoration and music scholarships for area youth. For information, call 425-252-3757.

Spencer Day: This crooner’s concert begins at 7:30 Feb. 14 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. Tickets are $19 to $29. Call 425-275-9595. Day has earned rave reviews for jazz and pop performances in New York City.

Seattle Symphony: Berlioz’s “Romeo et Juliette,” 8 p.m. Feb. 14, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St. Tickets from $20. Call 206-215-4747. Seattle Symphony’s recording of John Luther Adams’ “Become Ocean” won a Grammy Award earlier this month.

Bob Strickland’s Jazz Couriers: Jazz jam, 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 15, Anchor Pub, 1001 Hewitt Ave., Everett. All ages welcome. Music will include straight-ahead jazz, tunes from the Great American Song Book, Latin and more. For details, call Strickland, 425-876-2158.

Jazz on Camano: Bill Anschell, Chris Symer, and Jeff Busch will play jazz 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Tickets $20 for adults; students with student ID are free. Call 360-387-0222.

Battle of the Bands: Everett High School students and the Everett Music Initiative offer a competition at 7 p.m. Feb. 20, Everett Civic Auditorium. Headliners include Hot! Donna and Born of Ghosts. Four high school bands, guest judges and proceeds benefit Cocoon House. Tickets are $10 at the door and T-shirts will be available for $15.

Down Home Country Round-up: The Marlin James Band performs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Historic Everett Theatre, Guest performers are Stephanie Miller, Randi Coffman, Bev Cloer, Angelyn Dawn, Randy Oesch and Polly O’Keary. Theme is music from the movies, with a country twist. Call 425-258-6766.

Clint Black: Tickets are nearly sold out for the country music star’s show at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20. It might be worth checking with the box office at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. Call 425-275-9595.

Cascade Symphony Orchestra’s Children’s Concert: 3 p.m. Feb. 21, Edmonds Center for the Arts. 410 Fourth Ave. N. The program includes Poulenc’s “The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant” and Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2, 3rd movement “La Campanella” performed by 11-year-old violinist Yesong Sophie Lee. The CSO percussion ensemble also will perform. Children are invited to arrive at 2:15 for the orchestra’s “instrument petting zoo.” Tickets are $2 for children, $5 for students with ID and $10 for adults. Call 425-275-9595.

Tim and Jude Noah: This father-son duo, Tim on guitar and Jude on violin, play Americana, Celtic, folk, pop, gospel, blues and tin-pan alley at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Thumbnail Theatre, 1211 Fourth S., Snohomish. Tickets, $20, at www.brownpapertickets or at the door.

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra’s “Sunshine Concert”: 3 p.m. Feb. 22, First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. The program includes “Divertimento Brilliante” by Glinka, Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello and Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet. Tickets available online through Brown Paper Tickets. More information at www.pacificachamberorchestra.org.

Mike Faast &Jamie Blair: The duo brings its high-energy “extreme bluegrass” to Everett Public Library Auditorium in a free concert at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. They will be joined for the concert by Seattle fiddler Paul Elliott of the Downtown Mountain Boys. From Darrington and Kent respectively, Faast &Blair are among the region’s elite bluegrass players. Faast &Blair have been headliners at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival.

Mukilteo Community Orchestra: “Local Heroes” free concert, 2 p.m. March 1, Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. Features local composers and soloists. More information is at www.mukilteoorchestra.org.

Wintergrass Music Festival: The festival is Feb. 26 through March 1, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 900 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue. Among the performers are fiddler Mark O’Connor, who grew up in Mountlake Terrace, and from north Snohomish County the groups Faast &Blair and Blueberry Hill. More at www.wintergrass.com.

Danny O’Keefe: The renowned songwriter performs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. In the 1970s, O’Keefe put out a string of albums that cemented his reputation as being among the best songwriters of his generation. Casual fans know him best for his Top 10 hit “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues” or Jackson Browne’s version of “The Road” from the “Running On Empty” album.

Gary Evans Collective: The jazz group will perform 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 27, Under the Red Umbrella, 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett.

Everett Chorale fundraiser: The “Puttin’ On The Ritz” sing-along gala is 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. Tickets, $30, are available by calling 425-338-5969 or emailing info@everettchorale.org.

Sheila Weidendorf: The pianist and members of Island Consort offer an afternoon of classical music, 2 to 4 p.m. March 1, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $12 for students. Call 360-221-8268.

DeMiero Jazz Fest: The annual festival of national renown is March 5 through 7 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. Evening concerts start at 7 p.m. Performers include Dee Daniels, Groove for Thought, Lauren Kinhan, Greta Matassa, Josh Nelson, Bruce Forman, Jay Leonhart, David Tull, Seattle Jazz Singers and Edmonds Community College Soundsation. The center is located at 410 Fourth Ave. N. For more information, see www.demierojazzfest.org. For tickets, call 425- 275-9595.

Geoffrey Castle Celtic Celebration: 8 p.m. March 7, Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. Call 425-258-6766.

Southern Troubadours: Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster and Paul Thorn perform at 7:30 p.m. March 13, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. For tickets, call 425- 275-9595. Ely is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. Foster’s eclectic vocal musical career is a blend of soul, blues, rock, folk and gospel. Thorn plays roots music — bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern.

The Brothers Four: 7:30 p.m. March 14, Northshore Performing Arts Center, 18125 92nd Ave. NE, Bothell. Tickets, $10 youth, $27 seniors, $30 general, 425-984-2471 or www.npacf.org.

Adam Miller: The folksinger, storyteller and autoharp virtuoso will perform a free concert of American folk songs and autoharp instrumentals at 2 p.m. March 15 at the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett.

Choirs seek members

Mukilteo Chorale: Anne Bergsma directs the group, a non-audition group of adults who love to sing. Repertoire consists of a variety of musical styles including classical and show tunes along with some folk and pop. The ensemble meets from 7 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the Rosehill Community Center. Fee is $25 a month. Bergsma, teaches voice and classical guitar at Gene Nastri Community School of the Arts, which co-sponsors the Chorale along with the city of Mukilteo. For more information, call 425-263-8180.

Mill Creek Chorale: Sean Berg directs the adult community choir, which continues to look for new members to fill all vocal parts. The choir rehearses 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Advent Lutheran Church. Berg’s background includes performances at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall in New York City. Members must audition by appointment. For information, email millcreekchorale@gmail.com or call 425-948-7714.