All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2004

What is live art? Well, in my world, it is anything that is performed, experienced, or interacted with solely in a live setting. It can be a play, a concert, or a museum exhibition. It can be a comedy show, a lecture, or a podcast taping. It doesn’t really matter, so long as it is happening in front of me, and I am there to see it in the moment.

This list will not be as extensive as some of my others, mostly because these things cost money and time, in a way the other culture consumables do not, but I still managed to engage with more than a fair share of live art over the course of 12 months. It is a list which I will organize in chronological order, and categorize thusly:

music
play
COMEDY
visual art
lecture/reading/other

January

1/12 Dave Matthews & Friends — KeyArena
1/31 The Shins — The Showbox

February

2/24 The Wrens, The Long Winters, Damien Jurado (John in the Morning at Night II) — Crocodile Cafe

March

3/5 The Presidents of the United States of America — The Showbox
3/24 Chris Whitley — Tractor Tavern

April

4/13 Black Coffee — ACT Theatre

May

5/24 Sondre Lerche, Charlotte Martin — Crocodile Cafe

July

7/28 Béla Fleck & the Flecktones — Woodland Park Zoo

August

8/25 Guster, O.A.R. — Marymoor Park

October

10/11 R.E.M. — Madison Square Garden

November

11/10 Fiction — ACT Theatre
11/19 R.E.M. — McCaw Hall
11/20 R.E.M. — McCaw Hall