Kenyon Hall Presents
Reid Jamieson & CVM in “The Pigeon & The Dove”
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Reid Jamieson & CVM in “The Pigeon & The Dove”
Saturday, April 5th 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
Sunday, April 6th 2025 (MATINEE)
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
Ages 14+
Seated
$20 General Admission Advance / $25 @ Door
$20 Senior/Student
The Pigeon and The Dove: A History of Hatred & Love is a powerful and evolving lo-fi folk opera about Pigeons! Well, really, it's about housing insecurity and the many roads one can take to end up on the street. A mix of comedy, social justice, and dark yet danceable tunes. By singing these stories, we might make them easier to hear. But really...it's about pigeons.
**WINNER of the Vancouver Fringe Stir Social ImpactAward**
“A tremendously important and much-needed piece of work.” Vancouver Stir
“A compassionate ode to the invisibilized struggles of the unhoused” Vancouver Arts Review
REID JAMIESON & CVM
“Gorgeous, sun-struck acoustic soul”- Globe & Mail
“Prepare to be surprised” – Vancouver Province
Vancouver BC’s Reid Jamieson & CVM are a vocal powerhouse making music that matters and moves us. With an incredible voice, spirited guitar playing, and a magical way with melodies, Reid is that rare songbird whose originals are every bit as compelling as his interpretations. A classic introvert/extrovert combo, Reid shines alongside his saucy wife and long-time songwriting partner Carolyn Victoria Mill, where their unique harmonies and swapping of lead vocals make for an eclectic, entertaining, and sometimes heartbreaking variety show. Tireless promoters of voting, equality, and love, they thrive on creating intimacy, causing tears and laughter in equal measures. You won’t want to miss what they do next…
Check more out from them Here!
Written, directed and performed by Carolyn Victoria Mill.
Music created and performed with Reid Jamieson.
Kenyon Hall Cabaret
Kenyon Hall Cabaret is a night not to be missed! Filled with dance, song, games and a chance to connect with our Wonderful West Seattle Queens and Kings!
Ray Skjelbred (Solo)
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Ray Skjelbred (Solo)
Saturday, April 12th 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Ray Skjelbred has been a piano soloist as well as band leader and sideman in blues, jazz and swing groups for many years in Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, and in festivals and concerts throughout the U.S. and Europe. He currently leads two groups —The Yeti Chasers and Ray Skjelbred and his Cubs. He has also worked as chosen accompanist for legendary blues singers Victoria Spivey and Barbara Dane. His 2018 film, Piano Jazz: Chicago Style! (recorded at the Royal Room) won the documentary/history award at the 2018 New York Jazz Film Festival.
Check more out from them Here!
The Half Brothers
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
The Half Brothers
feat. Jed Zeppelin
Sunday, 13th 2025 (MATINEE)
Doors: 3:00pm / Show: 3:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Seattle's premier purveyors of skewed bluegrass are excited to return to Kenyon Hall to entertain all ages with their new-fangled old-timey music. Since 2006, David Nixon, John Ackermann, and Rick Miller have delighted audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest with their incisive original tunes about food, traveling, and death. Expect lots of harmonies, a banjo solo or two, and a heaping helping of absurdity.
Joining the Half Brothers for their premiere full-length show is Jed Zeppelin, the world's first* bluegrass Led Zeppelin tribute band, who are totally not the same band as The Half Brothers.
Check more out from them Here!
Kenyon Hall Open-Mic
Kenyon Hall’s Monthly Open Mic - Hosted in collaboration with ‘The El’
Wes Weddell & Del Rey
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Wes Weddell & Del Rey
Saturday, April 19th 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
For the past two-and-a-half decades, Wes Weddell has worked multiple shifts in the engine room of Seattle’s roots music scene as frontman, sideman, writer, teacher, and community-builder. “Always heartfelt and well-constructed” (Seattle Weekly), listeners have come to expect Weddell’s regionally rooted songs to “speak for themselves” (No Depression). Yet performed live—solo or with his band behind him—the melodic stories deepen further against the backdrop of the multi-instrumentalist’s relatable presence and quick wit. In 2010, Weddell began working with The Bushwick Book Club Seattle, an expanding collective of songwriters who each compose new music inspired by literature to share in monthly showcases focused around specific books. Songs from this catalog appear on his latest release, Somewhere in the Middle (2019), and comprise the entirety of the full-band showpiece Nobody’s Flag (2015).
Del Rey started playing guitar when she was four. At the age of thirteen, Del was introduced to the world of traditional acoustic music, when a friend and she stumbled into a concert at Folk Arts Rare Records in San Diego. About 20 people were sitting on the floor under the record bins listening to a kid named Tom Waits play his original songs.
Lou Curtiss, proprietor of Folk Arts and artistic director of the San Diego Folk Festival suggested she quit wasting her time playing “Stairway to Heaven” and listen to some Memphis Minnie. He put her on stage with Sam Chatmon when she was fourteen, and introduced her to Lydia Mendoza and Howard Armstrong. Lou gave Del recordings that still influence everything she does on solo acoustic guitar. She soaked up country blues, stride piano, classic jazz and hillbilly boogie. It was a musical education hanging around the record shop.
Thirty years later, Del became fascinated with the ukulele, playing the same kind of complicated rhythmic blues and ragtime on four strings as on six. She expects a lot out of the little instrument.
“Del Rey, who plays a syncopated style of guitar based on prewar blues and barrelhouse piano traditions, is one of the best fingerpickers of this or any generation. “ Ian Zack, Acoustic Guitar
“Whilst known for her amazing instrumental skills … it should not be overlooked that she always provides a very entertaining show, full of variety, drama and humour.” Blues In Britain
Kenyon Hall Jazz/Blues Jam
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Final Friday’s Jazz/Blues Jam
Lead by and for emerging student musicians and young professionals
Friday, April 25th 2025
Doors: 6:00pm / Music: 6:30pm
All Ages
Seated
ALL ADMISSION IS FREE
Kenyon Hall will be hosting open jam sessions for learning and early professional players in the West Seattle Area. Focusing on jazz/blues material these will be sessions open to all players looking to learn more about improvising and creating on the bandstand with other musicians.
Kenyon Hall will provide a house trio made up of some great musicians from the Chief Sealth music program. All instruments and/or vocalists welcome!
These jam sessions will be an open-call environment. We’ll have a sign-up sheet available when doors open (6:00pm) that players can sign-up with instrument details as well as song calls. Players can sign-up as soloists to play with the house band as well as duos/trios.
Each month will include a dedicated theme/recommended set-list of songs provided below. Feel free to choose from these songs or bring music to call your own song.
Kenyon Hall sits near the corner of Kenyon Avenue and 35th Ave on top of High Point in West Seattle. 7904 35th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126
We have an intimate listening space with a modest stage that is welcoming to all ages, all genres, and all levels of learning.
The Jamboree will take place on the “Final Friday” of each month. Through the spring and the rest of the school year, dates will be: 3/28/25, 4/25/25, 5/30/25, and 6/27/25.
Doors will open for sign-ups at 6:00pm, with performances occurring between 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Check out more about it Here!
Cyd Smith & Kristina Olsen
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Cyd Smith
feat. Kristina Olsen
Saturday, May 3rd 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$20 General Admission / $15 Senior/Student
Cyd Smith
Genre blending/bending singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Cyd started her musical journey in her teens as a classical guitarist, majored in music at Stanford University, and then found her singing voice through the great jazz standards of the 20s/ 30s/40s. She produced her first album of original songs in the 1990s, collaborating with musicians such as Joe Pass and many Northwest luminaries. Her songs weave together her original influences with the various strands of American folk and pop music. With tenderness, wonder, wit, and well-crafted irony, her songs engage and surprise. She has toured and worked with artists as diverse as Laurie Lewis, Mary Flower, Rebecca Kilgore, and Russ Barenberg. Now based in Seattle, she performs regularly in concert settings, coffee houses, and bars.
“There’s no simple formula to Cyd Smith’s songs; refreshing, unpredictable, and quirky, they’re great songs that really work.” — Laurie Lewis
Kristina Olsen
Award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a big bluesy voice
Touring, writing, performing, storytelling, and composing, Kristina Olsen has led a highly successful musical career. She has travelled the world with her mix of powerful songs ranging from sassy bottleneck blues to lilting ballads to swing jazz to raunch and roll--all this interlaced with storytelling worthy of a standup comic. She has released her 15th musical recording, Sweet Sillness, as well as published her first book They Paid Us in Tub Time. Her songs have been recorded by Eric Bibb, Fairport Convention, Mary Coughlan, Maddy Prior, and Mollie O’Brien among others. She has been a session player for Michelle Shocked, Rikki Lee Jones, and Mary Coughlan. She holds a Bachelor’s of Music from Berklee College of Music in guitar and interdisciplinary studies.
“..wicked blues slide guitar...soon her storytelling becomes so wonderful, and her music so expressive, one realized that the untamed Olsen is more valuable than any slicker version could be.” — Boston Herald
Eleni Govetas Kompanía & Virovka
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Eleni Govetas Kompanía
feat. Virovka
Saturday, May 24th 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Standing
$15 General Admission
ELENI GOVETAS KOMPANÍA
Eleni Govetas has been immersed in Greek and Balkan music since day one. She began performing with her parents at the age of nine and has continued to add instruments to her repertoire. Eleni has mastered the nuances of regional music on the défi and doumbeléki, and has added saxophone, zourná acoustic and electric bass and in the last four years is a sought-after traditional Greek violinist to her growing list of musical endeavors. She has played with Drómeno, the Bucharest Drinking Team, The m9, Melez band, as well as Kultur shock.
Eleni Govetas - violin
Mik Bewsky - guitar
Bobby Govetas - bass
Nico Sophiea- drums
https://elenigovetas.bandcamp.com/album/eleni-govetas-kompan-a
VIROVKA
Virovka is a new klezmer band put together by cellist and Black Cat Orchestra founder Lori Goldston. Old World music with a PNW feel.
Eric Padget- cornet
Lori Goldston - cello
Sylvia Wiedemann - accordion
Evan Strauss - double bass
Dave Abramson - drums
Kenyon Hall Jazz/Blues Jam
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Final Friday’s Jazz/Blues Jam
Lead by and for emerging student musicians and young professionals
Friday, May 30th 2025
Doors: 6:00pm / Music: 6:30pm
All Ages
Seated
ALL ADMISSION IS FREE
Kenyon Hall will be hosting open jam sessions for learning and early professional players in the West Seattle Area. Focusing on jazz/blues material these will be sessions open to all players looking to learn more about improvising and creating on the bandstand with other musicians.
Kenyon Hall will provide a house trio made up of some great musicians from the Chief Sealth music program. All instruments and/or vocalists welcome!
These jam sessions will be an open-call environment. We’ll have a sign-up sheet available when doors open (6:00pm) that players can sign-up with instrument details as well as song calls. Players can sign-up as soloists to play with the house band as well as duos/trios.
Each month will include a dedicated theme/recommended set-list of songs provided below. Feel free to choose from these songs or bring music to call your own song.
Kenyon Hall sits near the corner of Kenyon Avenue and 35th Ave on top of High Point in West Seattle. 7904 35th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126
We have an intimate listening space with a modest stage that is welcoming to all ages, all genres, and all levels of learning.
The Jamboree will take place on the “Final Friday” of each month. Through the spring and the rest of the school year, dates will be: 3/28/25, 4/25/25, 5/30/25, and 6/27/25.
Doors will open for sign-ups at 6:00pm, with performances occurring between 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Check out more about it Here!
Ranger & The Re-Arrangers
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Ranger & The Re-Arrangers
Saturday, March 29 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$20 General Admission / $15 Senior/Student
Seattle "Gypsy Jazz" band Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” evoke the spirit of a Paris cafe and the raucous energy of a Romani campsite with their version of Hot Club Swing. “At the heart of their sound is Ranger Sciacca's sweet violin playing… his sense of melody and daring improvisations” (World Rhythm). The band’s repertoire includes swing standards, traditional European melodies, the music of Django Reinhardt, and Ranger's unique originals.
Check more out from them Here!
Kenyon Hall Jazz/Blues Jam
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Final Friday’s Jazz/Blues Jam
Lead by and for emerging student musicians and young professionals
Friday, March 28th 2025
Doors: 6:00pm / Music: 6:30pm
All Ages
Seated
ALL ADMISSION IS FREE
Kenyon Hall will be hosting open jam sessions for learning and early professional players in the West Seattle Area. Focusing on jazz/blues material these will be sessions open to all players looking to learn more about improvising and creating on the bandstand with other musicians.
Kenyon Hall will provide a house trio made up of some great musicians from the Chief Sealth music program. All instruments and/or vocalists welcome!
These jam sessions will be an open-call environment. We’ll have a sign-up sheet available when doors open (6:00pm) that players can sign-up with instrument details as well as song calls. Players can sign-up as soloists to play with the house band as well as duos/trios.
Each month will include a dedicated theme/recommended set-list of songs provided below. Feel free to choose from these songs or bring music to call your own song.
Kenyon Hall sits near the corner of Kenyon Avenue and 35th Ave on top of High Point in West Seattle. 7904 35th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126
We have an intimate listening space with a modest stage that is welcoming to all ages, all genres, and all levels of learning.
The Jamboree will take place on the “Final Friday” of each month. Through the spring and the rest of the school year, dates will be: 3/28/25, 4/25/25, 5/30/25, and 6/27/25.
Doors will open for sign-ups at 6:00pm, with performances occurring between 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Check out more about it Here!
Kenyon Hall Open-Mic
Kenyon Hall’s Monthly Open Mic - Hosted in collaboration with ‘The El’
Magical Strings
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Magical Strings
Sunday, March 16 2025
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$20 General Admission / $15 Senior/Student
Founded by Pam and Philip Boulding, Magical Strings has been sharing the joy of Celtic music and dance in the lives of people around the United States and abroad since 1978. They have recorded 21 albums encompassing traditional Celtic arrangements, original compositions and subtle world music influences, performing on their own crafted Celtic harps and hammered dulcimers, augmented with pennywhistles, button accordion, concertina and more. They have toured and collaborated with notable artists such as singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg and slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer. When not on the road, Philip and Pam teach, build instruments, compose, and seem to have boundless energy for their creative life which is nurtured at their home, Magic Hill, on a beautiful farm by the Puget Sound.
Check more out from them Here!
The Home Rulers
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
The Home Rulers
Saturday, March 15 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
This hearty trio brings spirited Irish and Scottish traditional music to Seattle Irish week. Seasoned performers, their fiery songs and tunes will set toes tapping. Veterans of the BOWL band, Tony Schuler (banjo, guitar and vocals) and Leah Cupps, vocals, bodhran are mainstays of the Renaissance and country fairs of the Northwest and have produced multiple recordings. Susan Burke, fiddle, founded the Home Rulers in 2012 and is active playing contra dances, local celebrations and sessions.
Check more out from them Here!
Kenyon Hall Cabaret
Kenyon Hall Cabaret is a night not to be missed! Filled with dance, song, games and a chance to connect with our Wonderful West Seattle Queens and Kings!
Cartoon Mess LIVE
***LIMITED WALKUPS AVAILABLE***
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Cartoon Mess LIVE
feat. Tom & Duck
Saturday, March 8th 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Cartoon Mess LIVE! is an umbrella of interactive animated performances. Only using keyboards, tablets and cameras. I’ve written the code myself, and I pull all the strings: direction, character performances, and camera switching.. all while live-streaming on twitch.tv/tomthinks. It’s like cartoon improv. Toonprov?
The flagship show (Cartoon Mess LIVE!) is hosted by Duck and Tom. From user-submitted word suggestions, they sketch scenes that come to life! The drawings begin to speak, or sing, or scream!? Anything is possible!
Tom Deslongchamp is an all around creative. Making portraits using a variety of methods, but the most unusual is his fingerprint/ink technique. Follow his art journey on his @tomthinks account on Instagram.
Tom is also a digital puppeteer. This performance will feature his Cartoon Mess LIVE which also streams on twitch.tv/tomthinks. Follow @CartoonMessLIVE on Instagram for show updates and clips.
Check more out from them Here!
Mac Potts
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Mac Potts
Saturday, March 1st 2024
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Nationally recognized multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Mac Potts began as a child prodigy. Born totally blind, Mac stepped into the spotlight as a professional musician at 14 years old. He progressed from classical piano to jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, and rock and roll – performing solo and collaboratively across North America.
Mac was a contestant on Season 17 of ABC’s American Idol. He wowed Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie, making it through multiple rounds of the popular TV show. While Mac possesses the charm and charisma to fill auditoriums, he is best known for his solo piano/vocal/saxophone act at establishments across the Pacific Northwest. Mac frequents venues in Portland, SW Washington, Seattle, and the shores of Lake Chelan, where he lives and works as a worship director for Lake Chelan Bible Church.
Playing the piano behind his back is his go-to party trick but especially for dueling pianos. If Mac’s dynamic personality and soulful voice wasn’t enough as a dueling pianist, his sheer prowess on the keys alone astounds audiences of all ages and stages of sobriety.
Check more out from them Here!
Benjamin Jay Thomas
Join Benjamin Jay Thomas and friends for an immersive guided concert blending soul-filled indie/folk melodies, storytelling, poetry, and communal singing. Featuring both traditional singer-songwriter songs and intention-based “mantrasongs,” this unique experience invites you to engage at your comfort level, deepening your connection to the music and the community.
Kenyon Hall Open-Mic
Kenyon Hall’s Monthly Open Mic - Hosted in collaboration with ‘The El’
Dennis James & The Mighty Wurlitzer
An evening celebrating the magic of silent film and our Mighty Wurlitzer
Joseph Giant (Album Release)
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
The Record Release Party for "A Night In The Sun" by Joseph Giant
w/ special guest Brent Carpenter.
A showcase of independent, local music from Lithic Records
Saturday, February 15 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$12 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Joseph Giant is a stage name adopted by Seattle singer and songwriter Joe Syverson whose beautifully crafted bedroom americana indie folk rock songs lead the listener down a path of hope, love and loss. Born and raised in a religious cult that his family left at the age of 12. Joe found escape in writing songs at a young age and eventually moving to Seattle where he was a member and fronted many bands over the years including Terror Sheets, Throw Me The Statue (Secretly Canadian) Pearly Gate Music (Barsuk), Final Spins, & Floored Faces.
With the arrival of his third album A Night In The Sun, Joseph Giant immediately pulls the listener into a world of lush instrumentation (drum machines, acoustic guitars, reverb soaked vocals) with guitar lines that flirt with ticklish cosmic country and others that reflect the dark garage sounds of the early 60’s. Home recorded and self produced with just enough polish to bring out the shining and melancholy undertones of Syverson’s vocals. There is an abiding sadness with a friendly and familiar theme of light carrying you through the dark times, “one more night in the sun” indeed."
Brent Allen Carpenter is a musician who has lived in Seattle, Washington his whole life and has written songs and composed music for the better part of thirty-five years. Most of his musical output has taken place in bands. *** His story is similar to other punk rockers that have answered the call to take up the acoustic guitar and serenade his friends from time to time.
Most of Brent’s solo “career” has been sporadic performances around Seattle. He admits that solo performances “are terrifying. I’m a band guy! I don’t like being the only one on stage and usually have to force myself to play solo twice a year just to do it…”
Although shows are sparse, he enjoys the creative process; writing and recording is one of his favored artforms. Lithic Records has been going through his catalog and re-mastering some of the older sessions. At the time of this writing (1/3/25) Brent is working on a new full length effort. We’ll keep you posted.
***Brent Carpenter has been in: BlöödHag – Audio Infidels – The Grindylow – Blue Collar – Muchos Arms – Eternal 13 – Antiquarian – Black Friday – Pure Tons of Love – Lynss – Subculture"
Check more out from them Here!
Kenyon Hall Cabaret
Kenyon Hall Cabaret is a night not to be missed! Filled with dance, song, games and a chance to connect with our Wonderful West Seattle Queens and Kings!
Jeff Plankenhorn
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Jeff ‘Plank’ Plankenhorn
Saturday, February 8th 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$25 General Seating
JEFF PLANKENHORN
– aka “Plank” – is a world-class songwriter who after 16 years serving as accompanist and first-call session musician to Texas’ biggest musical stars (Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster, Ray Wylie Hubbard, etc.) decided to go solo with his SoulSlide album.
A virtuoso multi-instrumentalist whose signature-designed lap-steel "The Plank" landed him an Austin Music Award in 2017, Jeff Plankenhorn was a Black Fret major grant recipient in 2018, and his continuous hard work has paid off with an ever-growing fanbase he’s built at festivals and venues across Canada & the U.S., touring his second full-length album Sleeping Dogs, which features Patty Griffin and Ray Wylie Hubbard. His current releases are a pair of EPs: Covered/Uncovered Vols. I and II. In 2023, Plank will extend his reach, touring Europe as a solo artist for the first time.
Check more out from them Here!
Romantic Cello
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Steven Damouni & Chris Young are
Romantic Cello
Saturday, February 1 2024
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Romantic Cello is:
Chris Young, Cello
Steven Damouni, Piano
Program
Élégie for Cello and Piano, Op. 24………………………….…….…Gabriel Fauré
Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)……..……………..………….Arvo Pärt
Pohádka (Fairy Tale)………………………….…………………….…Leoš Janáček
Intermission
Sonata for Piano and Cello in F Major, Op. 99……………..……Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro Vivace
II. Adagio Affettuoso
III. Allegro Passionato
IV. Allegro Molto
The duo believes in the importance of including education and community outreach in their programming and seeks to surprise and inspire their audiences!
Bernard Struber
Bernard Struber lives in Strasbourg, France. He began studying music when he was nine years old. As a teenager, he displayed his musical range, performing regularly as a rock guitarist, a jazz pianist, and performing classical and liturgical pieces on pipe organ each Sunday. Mr. Struber’s range in instruments, style and repertoire, is part of his lifelong pursuit to enrich his musical life and achievements through the influence of multiple schools and cultures in music from around the world.
Kenyon Hall Open-Mic
Kenyon Hall’s Monthly Open Mic - Hosted in collaboration with ‘The El’
Kenyon Hall Cabaret
Kenyon Hall Cabaret is a night not to be missed! Filled with dance, song, games and a chance to connect with our Wonderful West Seattle Queens and Kings!
A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
Kenyon Hall is proud to present A Christmas Carol A Live Radio Play this holiday season. Kenyon Hall’s Holiday Radio plays have become an annual tradition for community members seeking to revel in holiday cheer with their friends and family. Previous radio show productions have included It's A Wonderful Life, and Miracle on 34th Street.
Kenyon Hall Cabaret
Kenyon Hall Cabaret is a night not to be missed! Filled with dance, song, games and a chance to connect with our Wonderful West Seattle Queens and Kings!
KH Music School - Live Concert!
KENYON HALL PRESENTS:
Narrower
Featuring:
The Summit
DJ Dave
Thursday, December 5th 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 6:30pm
All Ages
Seated / Standing
FREE ADMISSION
Kenyon Hall celebrates our many students who are constantly growing, learning, and taking the music world by storm! Come celebrate their achievements with us and catch a special surprise performance by a Special Guest Artist as they give back to our young and aspiring community of musicians!
We feel so supported in our efforts to provide this space for our students and what them to feel the same - so come on out, cheer them on and take your seasonal dose of rock!
Cartoon Mess LIVE
*** SOLD OUT ***
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Tom Deslongchamp in Cartoon Mess LIVE
Saturday, November 16th 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Cartoon Mess LIVE! is an umbrella of interactive animated performances. Only using keyboards, tablets and cameras. I’ve written the code myself, and I pull all the strings: direction, character performances, and camera switching.. all while live-streaming on twitch.tv/tomthinks. It’s like cartoon improv. Toonprov?
The flagship show (Cartoon Mess LIVE!) is hosted by Duck and Tom. From user-submitted word suggestions, they sketch scenes that come to life! The drawings begin to speak, or sing, or scream!? Anything is possible!
Tom Deslongchamp is an all around creative. Making portraits using a variety of methods, but the most unusual is his fingerprint/ink technique. Follow his art journey on his @tomthinks account on Instagram.
Tom is also a digital puppeteer. This performance will feature his Cartoon Mess LIVE which also streams on twitch.tv/tomthinks. Follow @CartoonMessLIVE on Instagram for show updates and clips.
Check more out from them Here!
Kenyon Hall Open-Mic
Kenyon Hall’s Monthly Open Mic - Hosted in collaboration with ‘The El’
Ilana Zaks
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Ilana Zaks
Sunday, November 10th 2024
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Program will include:
Bach Partita #3
Ysaye Sonata #4
Kreisler Recitative and Scherzo
Milstein Paganiniana
Brannon: A Year with Cancer
Gershwin: Summertime solo arrangement
Jewish-American violinist and member of the Seattle Symphony, Ilana Zaks has been described as “fearless, refreshing and commanding” (Boston Music Intelligencer) and “captivating and delightful”(Worcester Telegram). She has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and as a soloist, with the Boston Civic Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, Pioneer Valley Symphony, Pro-Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Nashua Chamber Orchestra, Wellesley Symphony, Brockton Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Symphony, Arlington Philharmonic, Cape Cod Symphony, Symphony Pro Musica, and Thayer Symphony Orchestra.
At the age of eleven, Ilana had her symphonic debut with the Boston Civic Symphony under the conductorship of Maestro Max Hobart. In October of 2013, Ilana had the privilege to be a featured soloist with Boston Civic at the Jordan Hall in Boston and in the summer of 2012, at the Boston Hatch Shell. Other notable appearances have included performing on the stages of Symphony Hall and Harvard University's Sanders Theater in Boston, Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Benaroya Hall, Powell Hall in St Louis, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, The Concertgebouw, Rudolfinum, Granada Festival, Valladolid National Concert hall and Smetana Hall.
In addition to playing chamber music and collaborating with individual artists of all disciplines, Ilana enjoys and seeks collaborations with cultural centers, dance companies (ballet, tap, hip hop, modern, dance theater, tango, swing, ballroom, contemporary); comedy groups (sketch, stand up, improvisation); theater companies (experimental, Shakespearean, jazz ensembles, fashion designers; visual artists (photographers, painters, collage, mixed media artists, digital, projection designers, lighting designers); athletes (artistic and rhythmic gymnasts, ice dancers); chefs and vineyards, educational farms; writers (spoken word, poets, novelists, memoirists, journalists, academics); medical professionals (research, public health outreach projects), software engineers, designers and architects (AR, AI, VR, video game design) and more.
Check more out from them Here!
Roughtail with American Flats & Model Shop
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Roughtail
Feat. American Flats
& Model Shop
Saturday, November 9th 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Rough Tail is the project name for singer/songwriter, Larence Wawro. Based in Seattle, WA, he crafts Americana-tinged songs that combine hooks with traditional structures and explore the human condition in three minute morsels.
American Flats is an Americana/Rock band from Seattle WA. AF has been wowing audiences across Seattle since it formed in 2019. Their first album “Nevada” was released earlier this year, is available on vinyl and is on all the major streaming platforms.
Model Shop spins shimmering melodies and acrobatic hooks into tightly crafted songs that probe the ether of love and longing through a nostalgic pop lens. Emerging from the descendants of indie-pop darlings Math & Physics club, Model Shop’s albums ‘Love Interest’ (2022) and ‘Check the Forecast’ (2023) met rave reviews and rotation on KEXP. With a new album in the works, the Seattle-based band continues to bring sunshine to even the rainiest NW days.
Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band
Sousa Birthday Bash!
Sunday, November 3rd 2024
Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Bringing their own party with them, the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band, Seattle’s own non-marching march band, plays the greatest hits of band music, rousing classics by John Philip Sousa, Henry Fillmore and more. What sets them apart? You can expect appearances by the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band Drill Team, and the world’s only Sedentary Majorette, who performs thrilling feats of seated baton twirling. This band’s sparkling goodwill never fails to make people smile.
Excited and armed with cake in honor of the one and only John Philip Sousa celebrating his 170th birthday!
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Cyd Smith & Greg Scott
KENYON HALL PRESENTS
Cyd Smith and Greg Scott
Featuring Julian Smedley
Saturday, November 2nd 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
All Ages
Seated
$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student
Genre bending-blending singer/songwriter/guitarist Cyd Smith is hard to pin down. With years of performing in the Nortwest in bands covering everything from bluegrass to swing to rock 'n roll, she covers a remarkable breadth of stylistic ground, Her deft guitar playing interweaves seamlessly with her soulful, sensuous vocals. She can deliver a self-penned song with depth and charm or give new meaning to a vintage swing standard. Or perhaps she'll get your feet tapping to a ripping guitar arrangement of an old piano rag or heat up the room with a classic blues ballad.
With songs full of wry wit and tenderhearted longing, Greg Scott accompanies his distinctive baritone voice with skillful guitar in a variety of styles. Tonight Greg brings some of his classic material ("Moonlight Ain't No Use To Me", "Work For The County") and some new ones like "The Worms and the Germs".
In the days when singer-songwriters ruled the NW Folklife Festival, Greg Scott was one that audiences made sure to seek out. Of late, Greg has been working a bit under the radar, with a composing group consisting of crackerjack musicians Julian Smedley, Kim Scanlon, Ben Smith, and Libby Torrance. “The Palace Thieves“ will be releasing an album in early 2025.
Julian Smedley’s exquisite violin and tasty solos round out the evening's musical offerings. Julian has had a career as a violinist and vocalist in England, the Bay Area and now the Northwest. He has played and recorded with many bands and currently works as a record producer, arranger session musician and performer. Recent projects include ‘Les Cygnes’- a 13 song original recording co-written with The Palace Thieves (band mate Greg Scott features prominently)!
"Great writing"-Laurie Lewis (west coast bluegrass titan)
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Guerrilla Recording Studio with Steve Fisk & John Goodmanson
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KENYON HALL’S
Guerrilla Recording Studio with Steve Fisk & John Goodmanson
Monday Evenings October 21st - November 11th, 2024
4-hour session: 6:30pm - 10:30pm
- $400 to attend all 4 evening workshops
- Limited to 12 participants.
- Advance reservation required.
Noted Seattle veteran record producers Steve Fisk (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pigonhed, Solo Artist) and John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Wu-Tang Clan, Blood Brothers, Blonde Redhead) will open students eyes and ears to the magic that can be made from your bedroom, basement and even your local arts hall. Over the course of four consecutive Mondays in October and November the duo will be discussing and teaching on the topics of recording, producing and mixing in the current production environment and on a budget!
Where: Kenyon Hall - 7904 35th Ave SW Seattle, WA
When: Mondays in October 21 and November 2024, 6:30 pm-10:30 pm
What We Will Talk About: Making what used to be called records. The focus of these workshops will be primarily on recording and mixing music made by bands and songwriters with traditional rock instrumentation – Guitars, Bass, Live Drums, Vocals. There will be specific discussion about:
- Recording Live Drums.
- Recording outside of a traditional studio environment.
- Recording on a budget.
- Creative and inventive ways to “make it work”
- Keeping things running smoothly (recording session workflow)
- Basic mixing techniques
Who It’s For: Aspiring record producers, engineers, and mixers who have a basic understanding of the modern recording process.
Musicians with an interest in the recording process, or who, by necessity, are recording themselves and would like to know how to make the process easier and sound better.
What WILL NOT be covered: MIDI. How to use recording software. How to succeed in the music business. Marketing your music.
We will be talking from experience about making records - what has worked for us and what hasn’t and why, how we approach working with bands and musicians and how to apply current technology to creating music for commercial release.
Evening 1, Oct 21, 2024: Overview of the process – how we make records (between the two of us, hundreds of records) w/ Q and A and specific examples. Recording live drums at Kenyon Hall.
Evening 2, Oct 28, 2024: Recording guitar and bass
Evening 3, Nov 4, 2024: Recording vocals and keyboards
Evening 4, Nov 11, 2024: Mixing and mastering techniques