All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2006

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

February

2/26 Nada Surf, Rogue Wave — The Showbox

March

3/3 JIM GAFFIGAN — Moore Theatre
3/4 Ben Folds — Paramount Theatre
3/21 Gomez — Easy Street Records Queen Anne

April

4/23 Ryan Adams — Moore Theatre

May

5/11 Cirque du Soleil: Varekai — Marymoor Park
5/27 Ben Harper — Sasquatch!, The Gorge Amphitheater
5/27 The Flaming Lips — Sasquatch!, The Gorge Amphitheater

June

6/25 Guster — Easy Street Records Queen Anne

July

7/1 Neko Case — Moore Theatre
7/11 Foo Fighters — Paramount Theatre
7/22 Pearl Jam — The Gorge Amphitheater

September

9/1 People Talking & Singing: Sarah Vowell, Dave Eggers, John Hodgman, Smoosh, The Gothic Archies, Ben Gibbard & Colin Meloy — McCaw Hall
9/X Spoon — Mainstage, Bumbershoot
9/4 TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET with AZIZ ANSARI, et al — Charlotte Martin Theatre, Bumbershoot

October

10/3 Guster, Nada Surf — Moore Theatre
10/22 Gomez, Matt Pond PA, Rodrigo y Gabriela — Moore Theatre

November

11/7 The Underpants — ACT
11/11 DEMETRI MARTIN — The Showbox
11/12 Ben Lee, Rooney — Neumos
11/15 Ray LaMontagne, David Ford — Paramount Theatre

December

12/9 Black Nativity — Intiman Theatre
12/29 Tim Seely — Tractor Tavern
12/31 Jeremy Enigk, Wild Sweet Orange, Walter Meego — John in the Morning at Night III, Chop Suey