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DIIV —Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman, and Zachary Cole Smith—are embarking on a North American tour in support of their new record. Amid swirling rumors of a televised performance on a famed live show, the band has revealed the never-before-seen “Brown Paper Bag” live video performance featuring Limp Bizkit frontman, Fred Durst.

Chirping crickets and a welcoming “woo-hoo”' immerse the listener into three minutes of triumphant bliss about living life to the fullest in the name of those that you've lost. The band immerses listeners into the song with an accompanying jubilant, storybook-like music video directed by Vanessa Pla and animated by Amber McCall. 

The 2024–25 Season includes six mainstage opera productions along with concert presentations including a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, honoring the work's 200th anniversary and, in the summer of 2025, a special Pride Concert celebrating San Francisco's LGBTQIA+ community.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the lineup and music director for the 23rd Annual More Music @ The Moore, a program that brings together young local musicians for a live performance on March 22, 2024, at the Moore Theatre.

Seattle’s top young jazz musicians will be performing at the Starbucks 27th Annual Hot Java Cool Jazz event at The Paramount Theatre. The concert is on Friday, March 29, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now.

Los Angeles-based vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rett Madison announces a string of headline tour dates. After hitting the road for a run of dates supporting John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats and Bailen, the headline tour kicks off on March 25 in Kansas City, MO before wrapping up in Louisville, KY on April 2.

Matisyahu has released his new EP, Hold The Fire. The 5-song collection – already hailed “a must listen!” – includes the lead single “Fireproof” as well as the previously released tracks “Fool’s Gold” and “End Of The World.” Earlier this week, Matisyahu kicked off his headlining Hold The Fire Tour in support of the new EP.

Fresh off ringing in 2024 with an epic two-night stand at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, LCD Soundsystem has announced 12 new shows in five North American cities, including a four-night residency in Seattle at the historic Paramount Theatre, presented by Seattle Theatre Group (STG) this Spring from May 16 - 19.

Shannon & The Clams are set to release their most personal — and game-changing — album to date: entitled The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, the record — which was produced by longtime collaborator Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Shannon & The Clams will be touring throughout 2024 to support The Moon Is In The Wrong Place.

Kitchen Dwellers set two-night album release party at The Elm in Bozeman featuring their new album 'Seven Devils.' In support of the new album, The Kitchen Dwellers will kick off their L.F.G. Tour on January 16 with two nights in Aspen, Colorado before heading out on an extensive 32-date tour that will bring the band cross-country. 

After Veeze opens for Travis Scott during sold-out dates in Chicago, Miami, Louisville, and others on his Circus Maximus Tour alongside fellow Detroiters Babyface Ray and Skilla Baby, he'll be kicking off the second leg of The Ganger Tour in February.

The Kitchen Dwellers — Shawn Swain [Mandolin], Torrin Daniels [banjo], Joe Funk [upright bass], and Max Davies [acoustic guitar]— have announced the premiere airing of their three-show NYE run that took place December 29-31, 2023 from their home state of Montana.

Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors release Strangers No More: The Worktapes – an EP that features acoustic versions of select tracks from their ninth full-length studio album Strangers No More (June 2023). Recorded on an old 80's tape machine by Holcomb and his longtime Production Manager and Engineer Thomas Dulin.

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and alternative reggae rock musician Matisyahu is kicking off the new year with the release of his new single “End Of The World,” the latest taste of what's to come from his forthcoming EP, Hold The Fire. In support of Hold The Fire, Matisyahu is hitting the road on his headlining Hold The Fire Tour 2024.

The COAL MINE THEATRE will produce their first ever World Premiere, a fully sung through rock opera based on Euripides’ The Bacchae, DION: A ROCK OPERA. The production is co-created by COAL MINE co-founder Ted Dykstra and Prince Edward Island poet and novelist, Steven Mayoff. 

The ShowRoom will host a January 'Made in Jersey' film series, spotlighting movies filmed in New Jersey. The series will run on the last four Tuesdays of the month. Learn more about the lineup here!

Regardless of the title of Tom Stoppard’s brilliant debut play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will live to play another week of performances in Toronto.

Don't miss New Jersey Symphony's live concert of Matilda with Danny DeVito narrating! Composer David Newman conducts the enchanting score at State Theatre New Jersey.

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, written by Robyn Grant and Daniel Foxx with music by Tim Gilvin, tells the “true” story of Ursula, starting from her childhood and ending with what happens after The Little Mermaid (both 1989 and 2023).

The Blue Note Quintet—a collective comprised of Blue Note recording artists pianist and musical director Gerald Clayton, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, and drummer Kendrick Scott, as well as bassist Matt Brewer—will embark on an extensive North American tour next month in celebration of Blue Note’s 85th Anniversary.