Our musicians can still get their music out to us through the efforts of Nectar Lounge and High Dive and their Virtual Concert Series! Check out the next series of concerts coming to a screen near you –
- Fri, Jun 5th at 6:30p – Warren Dunes charts new realms of musical fantasy with contagious joy. Playing post-modern beach music from the Pacific Northwest, Warren Dunes weaves threads of indie pop, alt-rock, psych, and Tropicalia. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Fri, Jun 5th at 8p – Parisalexa performs a Benefit Concert for Black Lives Matter Seattle. This R&B singer/songwriter recently released her highly anticipated debut album. She has begun to gain national praise, and has paid homage in her video to black-owned businesses in our area. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Sat, Jun 6th at 6:30p – The Cosmic Shuffle creates unfiltered, artistic statements that reflect the emotions and influences of their shared musical language. Each concert The Cosmic Shuffle performs tells a different psychedelic story, encompassing soundscapes that reflect the Pacific Northwest. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Sat, Jun 6th – The Hasslers with Navid Eliot for an Americana concert, headlined by a bunch of kids from Montana with a knack for writing catchy tunes. Grab a cold one and listen close as the award-winning Hasslers embody the kind of small town pride you can raise a glass to. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Thus, Jun 11th at 6:30p – Moon Darling harken back to an older time and place, when music was about saying something of substance, and creating a bluesy sound that echos the classic ‘70s rock howl. The band builds a kaleidoscopic version of artists like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple that remains relevant and reverent among all the gaudy imitations littering the modern musical landscape. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Thurs, Jun 11th at 8p – Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints features the talents of a variety of musicians and instruments from New York City, New Orleans and Seattle. The soundscape of this Rock-N-Roll Revival band has its fingers on a veritable radio dial. Featuring front man Birch Pereira, this group offers fresh interpretations of Americana to take you on a sonic tour of great music. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Fri, Jun 12th at 6:30p – Harmony-rockers The Mondegreens have been holed up during the COVID-19 shut-in writing and creating new tunes. Hear this foot-stomping, folk-rock band, laden with lush synths and wide dynamic swings. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Fri, Jun 12th at 8p – Nectar presents tribute bands Tiger Tiger (covering Duran Duran,) and Whiplash Smile (honoring Billy Idol.) As Whiplash Smile, Nite Wave brings the rock-n-roll energy and full committal of Billy Idol to their show. Passionate about the art of Duran Duran, Tiger Tiger brings the music and the essence of these musicians to everything from ‘The Reflex’ to ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Sat, Jun 13th at 6:30p – The Modern Daze Album Release Concert with Palace Hotel perform an indie extraordinary show. Modern Daze bring smoky elements of jazz, soul, and psychedelia, served with a main course of ambient funk pop, and are known for their high energy shows. Palace Hotel are a brand new band, formed last summer, and are made up of four average joes on a mission for luxurious tones. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Sat, Jun 13th at 8p – Nectar presents the 9th Anniversary Show of the Best 80s Party Ever! (So Far) This high-energy show continues the Nite Wave signature 80s dance ways performing hits from all the best acts of the decade of New Wave, funk, glam rock, and pop. Enjoy this guilty pleasure in the secret of your home, or simul-cast with your friends! Click here to support this incredible 80s music show.
- Sun, Jun 14th at 8p – The Warren G. Hardings give us a ‘Virtual Getdown’, playing organic, handmade traditional bluegrass infused with infectious influences of Pop and Americana to entertain with high-energy tunes you cannot help but dance to. Harken back to forefathersof bluegrass with “strong originals and stellar musicianship” according to Country Standard Time. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Thurs, Jun 18th at 8p – All Star Opera Live arrive by way of the Universe to bring their buzz, vibe, and movement to the Nectar stage for this dank, effervescent, transcendent, and nebulous show. This indefinable sextet create soul-stirring music and art for the benefit of the people, ASO is a social, communal and political movement based on spreading love and peace. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Sat, Jun 20th at 8p – Travis Thompson performs a Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser. Click here for ‘tickets’.
- Fri, Jun 26th at 6:30p – The Gods Themselves is a local dance punk band featuring Elane and Dustin Patterson. Their music mixes raw angular guitars and hungry vocals shimmering with disco undertones. They deliver vivid, hook-laden hits at the band’s celebrated and sexy live shows. Click here for ‘tickets.’
- Fri, Jul 3rd at 6:30p – The Circular Reasoning Album Release concert for their second full-length studio work, ‘Simple Music for Simple Times,’ an audacious, heavily-orchestrated voyage to obscure destinations. This unapologetic matrimony of funk and progressive rock has been romping around the Seattle area since 2011, overlaying psychedelic, jazzy abstractions over old-school stone grooves. Click here for ‘tickets’.
All concerts are ‘Pay-What-You-Can’ fundraisers (suggested $10 & up) and a link to the show, and the payment methods, can be found on the EventBrite page for each show (click on tickets.) The Nectar shows in June will raise money for the musicians, the venue and Northwest Harvest, and the High Dive shows will contribute to the bands, the venue and the Northwest Community Bail Fund.
Until we can gather for music, and a sharing of the sounds, enjoy these virtual concerts courtesy of Nectar and High Dive – and connect with your friends around the shows!