All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2025

This list is organized in chronological order, and categorized thusly:

music
play
COMEDY
visual art
lecture/reading/other

January

1/23 Damien Jurado, Byland — Tractor Tavern

February

2/5 Neko Case: The Harder I Fight the More I Love You — Town Hall
2/19 Blues for an Alabama Sky — Seattle Rep
2/21 Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & Friends; DAVE HILL — Neptune Theater

March

3/30 HOW DID THIS GET MADE? – SURF II (PAUL SCHEER, JASON MANTZOUKAS, JESSICA ST. CLAIR) — Paramount Theater

April

4/11 BEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS (EUGENE CORDERO, MARY HOLLAND, LAUREN LAPKUS) — Paramount Theatre

May

5/17 The Little Mermaid — Shorecrest High School

July

7/9 DINOSAUR (PAUL SCHEER, ROB HUEBEL, EDIE PATTERSON, CARL TART, OWEN BURKE, LILY SULLIVAN, SETH MORRIS, ANDREW DISMUKES) — Neptune Theatre
7/17 Ben Kweller — Nuemos
7/31 Paul Simon featuring Edie Brickell — Benaroya Hall

August

8/2 Death Cab for Cutie, Nation of Language — Climate Pledge Arena
8/10 Waxahatchee, Foxwarren — Woodland Park Zoo
8/15 KYLE MOONEY, CARMEN CHRISTOPHER — The Showbox
8/22 SETH MEYERS — Woodland Park Zoo
8/26 The Beths — KEXP Gathering Space

September

9/11 NxWorries — The Showbox
9/18 The Play That Goes Wrong — Seattle Rep

October

November

11/8 Omnibus with John Roderick & Ken Jennings — Town Hall
11/11 David Byrne — Paramount Theater
11/13 Madi Diaz, Morgan Nagler — Fremont Abbey
11/17 Lucius — The Triple Door
11/20 CONNER O’MALLEY — Neptune Theater
11/22 Emma — Shorecrest High School

December

12/1 Flock of Dimes, Jill Ryan — Barboza
12/2 Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy — Benaroya Hall
12/17 Come From Away — Seattle Rep
12/19 Jay Som, Coral Grief — Neumos