All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2013
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
1/18 Yo La Tengo — Easy Street (Queen Anne)
1/27 Parson Redheads, Rayland Baxter — Sunset Tavern
February
2/8 MARTIN SHORT, REGGIE WATTS, KRISTEN SCHAAL — Vancouver Comedy & Arts Fest / The Centre
March
3/7 Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside — Neumos
April
4/23 Shuggie Otis — The Triple Door
May
5/4 Teatro ZinZanni — Teatro ZinZanni
5/4 The Cave Singers, Bleeding Rainbows — The Showbox
5/11 The Music Man — Shorecrest High School
5/12 Kurt Vile — Neumos
June
6/5 Junip — Neumos
6/17 Joseph Arthur — The Triple Door
6/18 Quadron — Nectar Lounge
July
7/13 The Baptist Generals — Sub Pop 25 / Georgetown Streets
7/13 Metz — Sub Pop 25 / Georgetown Streets
7/13 Shabazz Palaces — Sub Pop 25 / Georgetown Streets
7/13 J. Mascis — Sub Pop 25 / Georgetown Streets
7/13 Father John Misty — Sub Pop 25 / Georgetown Streets
7/24 Son Volt — The Neptune
7/31 Justin Timberlake / Jay-Z — BC Place (Vancouver, BC)
August
8/5 Rhye — Neumos
8/20 Majical Cloudz — Barboza
September
9/1 TK — Bumbershoot
9/2 TK — Bumbershoot
9/3 TK — Bumbershoot
9/15 Valerie June — Tractor Tavern
9/18 Neko Case, Pickwick — The Paramount
9/20 The National, Frightened Rabbit — The Paramount
9/24 Patricia Churchland: The Brain — Town Hall
October
10/4 Fiona Apple, Blake Mills — Benaroya Hall
10/25 Okkervil River, Matthew E. White — The Showbox
10/26 TBD — Bridge School Benefit / Shoreline Amphitheatre
10/27 TBD — Bridge School Benefit / Shoreline Amphitheatre
November
11/8 The Long Winters: When I Pretend to Fall, David Bazan, Minor Alps, Sunset Valley — Barsuk 15 / The Neptune
11/9 Phantogram, Menomena, Maps & Atlases, Yellow Ostrich, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Say Hi — Barsuk 15 / Neumos
11/12 Toro y Moi, Classixx — The Showbox
11/16 Harvey — Shorecrest High School
December
12/7 The Dismemberment Plan, Telekinesis — The Neptune