Uncle Reverb: The Marysville duo is performing at 5:30 p.m. June 21 at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. Friends Marty Wray and Michael J. Good like to put an original spin on popular songs. Tickets are $5 at the door. Beer and wine available for purchase. More at www.marysvillewa.gov or call 360-363-8400.
The Spur Festival: The fourth-annual country music festival is June 21-24 at Darrington Music Park, located west of Darrington on Highway 530. The lineup includes over a dozen artists, including The Lowdown Drifters, Tayla Lynn and The FrogHollow Band. It’s billed as the fastest-growing music festival in the Pacific Northwest and features riverside camping and a mechanical bull. A one-day ticket for June 21 is $20, while Friday and Saturday day-passes are $50; a weekend pass is $105. More at www.thespurfestival.com.
Tulalip Summer Concert Series: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons kicks of the Tulalip Summer Concert Series, which runs June through August. The doo-wop band from the 1960s performs June 23 at the Tulalip Amphitheatre, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd., Marysville. Pre-show and opening acts at 7 p.m., headliners at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $55 to $70. Call 360-716-6000. More at www.tulalipresortcasino.com.
Sonus Boreal: The Snohomish County women’s choir is giving two performances titled “Songs from the Stage and Screen” on June 23 at the Red Curtain Arts Center, 9315 State Ave., Suite J, Marysville. A 2 p.m. matinee is followed by a 7 p.m. evening show. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Children 5 and younger get in free. There will be refreshments and raffles. More at www.northernsoundchoirs.org.
Rock for Life: The concert meant to promote suicide prevention is 4 p.m. June 23 at Mukilteo Foursquare Church, 4424 Chennault Beach Road, Mukilteo. The lineup includes Stormwalker, Chasing Oz, Enloe and He & I Band. Free, but donations will be accepted. Donations go to Out of the Darkness Community Walks, a movement to change the nation’s approach to mental health. More at www.mukilteofoursquare.org.
Evergreen Community Orchestra: The orchestra’s “Russian Tales” concert, conducted by Marcin Paczkowski, will feature musical stories about Russia’s defense against French invasion in 1812 at 3:30 p.m. June 24 at Everett First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. The program includes works by Modest Mussorgsky, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Admission is free. More at www.evergreencommunityorchestra.org.
Music at the Marina: Jamaican roots reggae artist Clinton Fearon kicks off Everett’s Music at the Marina summer concert series. The show is 6:30 p.m. June 28 at Port Gardner Landing, 1700 W. Marine View Drive. Fearon who has been singing and writing songs since he was 19, has sung for the Gladiators, The Defenders and Boogie Brown Band, which he formed in 1993. Admission is free. The concert series continues every Thursday through Aug. 30. More at www.everettwa.gov.
Tayla Lynn: The granddaughter of country legend Loretta Lynn is performing at 7:30 p.m. June 29 at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. Tayla Lynn was a songwriter and singer for Stealing Angels. Tickets are $15 at the door. More at www.marysvillewa.gov or call 360-363-8400.
Union Zero Gathering: This year’s Union Zero music festival, sponsored by the Everett Music Initiative, is from 8 p.m. June 29 to noon June 30 at 54770 Grant Road, Darrington. Celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Everett-based independent recording label. Hear more than 10 local bands over the two-day gathering. Two-day passes are $25. Limited overnight camping with river access available. More at www.everettmusicinitiative.com.
Whiskey Fever: The four-piece band will play bluegrass, acoustic and “rocky tonk n’ roll” at 7 p.m. July 13 at Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville. Whiskey Fever was voted Best Band of 2017 in the Cascadia Weekly, a newspaper based in Bellingham. The performance is part of the 2018 Marysville Sounds of Summer Concert Series, featuring live music every Friday from July 13 to Aug. 10. All concerts are free and begin at 7 p.m. Next up is Gin Gypsy, July 20.
The Cliff Perry Band: A free concert by the Pacific Northwest bluegrass group is at 3 p.m. July 15 in Edmonds City Park, 3rd Ave. S. and Pine St., Edmonds. The traditional style bluegrass band includes Tom Moran (mandolin), Harley Bray (banjo), Greg Maass (dobro), Mary Fleischman (backbone bass) and Cliff Perry (guitar) and features Mary Maass on fiddle. Its the first of more than a dozen free summer concerts scheduled between July and August in Edmonds City Park and Hazel Park. More at www.edmondswa.gov/arts-commission.html or call 425-771-0230.
Soulevard: The Kirkland band is performing at 5:30 p.m. July 19 at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. Soulevard plays blues, soul and jazz covers, as well as some R&B and funk tunes. Musicians include Arthur Nez (guitar), Charlie Bartlett (drums), Erik Saganic (saxophone), Nate Reese (bass), Nick Warrenchuk (horns), Sean Meckley (keyboards) and Suze Price (vocals). Tickets are $5. More at www.marysvillewa.gov or call 360-363-8400.
Octava Chamber Orchestra: The Edmonds-based orchestra’s final concert of the season is at 7:30 p.m. July 21 at Edmonds United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St. The performance, titled “Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza,” will feature a variety of genres from music found all around the world. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors 65 years or older; children are free. More at www.octavachamberorchestra.com.
Canalón de Timibquí: The all-female group will perform African and Latin American traditional music unique to Colombia’s Pacific coast at 7:30 p.m. July 25 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. In addition to singing, the group plays marimbas, guasa percussion and other drums to embody the spirit of the jungle, the river and the miners from their region. Tickets start at $19. More at www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.
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