All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2023
This list is organized in chronological order, and categorized thusly:
music
play
COMEDY
visual art/architecture
lecture/reading/other
January
1/22 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter — Seattle Rep
February
2/27 Bruce Springsteen — Climate Pledge Arena
March
3/8 S.G. Goodman — Tractor Tavern
3/19 BEN SCWHARTZ & FRIENDS (JESS McKENNA, DREW TARVER, EUGENE CORDERO) — Paramount Theatre
May
5/17 Tom Hanks: The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece — Benaroya Hall
5/21 Hello, Dolly! — Scorecrest High School
June
6/1 The Velvet Underground & Nico: Scepter Studio Sessions, The Warhol’s Collection — Andy Warhol Museum
6/2 Fallingwater — Fallingwater
July
7/5 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Deer Tick — Woodland Park Zoo
7/29 boygenius, Carly Rae Jepsen — The Gorge
August
8/1 Beck/Phoenix, Jenny Lewis — Climate Pledge Arena
8/9 Horse Feathers — Tractor Tavern
8/23 The Flaming Lips — Woodland Park Zoo
September
9/2 Matt & Kim — Bumbershoot
9/2 Sunny Day Real Estate — Bumbershoot
9/3 Valerie June — Bumbershoot
9/3 The Dandy Warhols — Bumbershoot
9/3 Band of Horses — Bumbershoot
9/23 The Tallest Man on Earth, Andrea von Kampen — Neptune Theatre
October
10/6 Death Cab For Cutie/The Postal Service, The Beths — Climate Pledge Arena
10/14 MARC MARON, MONICA NEVI — Mt. Baker Theatre
10/23 Eddie Vedder, JEFF ROSS — Benaroya Hall
10/24 Ratboys, Another Michael — Madame Lou’s
10/29 BEN SCWHARTZ & FRIENDS (JESS McKENNA, COLTON DUNN, GIL OZERI) — Paramount Theatre
November
11/11 DEMETRI MARTIN — Moore Theatre
11/14 Little Women — Seattle Rep
11/16 You Can’t Take It With You — Shorecrest High School
11/18 La Doña — Barbosa
11/19 Flock of Dimes — The Red Barn at the Museum of Flight
11/25 Mannheim Steamroller — Paramount Theatre
11/26 Depeche Mode, Young Fathers — Climate Pledge Arena
11/29 THE STATE — Moore Theatre
December
12/3 Middle Aged Dad Jam Band — Neptune Theatre
12/17 Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence — Seattle Art Museum