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Would it improve your quality of life if there was somewhere in your city with free live music every single night? Comment & Share if you agree!

This is the vision behind No Cover Show Grants at scale.

Tim’s Tavern in White Center shows a version of it: live music every Thursday for free, all ages, no cover, neighborhood energy. @timstavernseattle actually has live music almost every night, check them out.

@fremontfridays shows another: multiple stages, multiple businesses, people bouncing around the neighborhood because the multiple stages gives them a reason to be there and explore.

Let’s take these blueprints and scale them across the county. We create a $5 million No Cover Show Grant fund using existing 4Culture / Doors Open arts dollars

The model is ridiculously simple: A coffee shop, restaurant, bar, community center or park applies to host music.

A nonprofit handles the booking and keeps a nominal 10-15%.

The musician gets paid. The public pays no cover.

Proposed rates:
$150 daytime solo
$200 evening solo
$350 duo
$500 full band

At avg $350 per performance, $5 million could create around 14,000 paid gigs a year.

Fourteen thousand!!!!

Now connect it to @soundtransit

Imagine hearing a musician during your morning or evening commute, scanning a QR code and finding out they’re playing a free show that night somewhere else in King County.

Hear the artist at the station.
Follow them into the neighborhood.
Grab dinner.
See the show.

Now you have an ecosystem.

Artists get WAY more gigs, more money and more time practicing their craft in front of people.

Businesses get customers.

Neighborhoods get activity.

Transit gets a little more humanity.

We get something government doesn’t talk about enough: quality of life.

We have the musicians.
We have the businesses.
We have the arts dollars.

We just need to connect them with a plan.

Pay the artist. Remove the cover. Fill the county with music.

I want King County to become a place where great live music is so common you almost accidentally run into it every day.

Would that improve your quality of life? If you agree contact me & let’s make this reality! #whitecenterseattle #seattle #livem

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community — from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for sharing space and soul with us throughout our summer series with @artenoirnow in Midtown Square. your presence transformed every night into something magical. we were honored to close out our series with the phenomenal @kevin_gardner and his band, @dgtlbeats, @__nicholasj__, and @trevorleeridge. Kevin is a three-time platinum producer and multi-instrumentalist bringing soul, funk, and R&B.

deepest gratitude always to @artenoirnow for holding and uplifting us throughout the summer. what a gift. 🫂

all our love,
@indra.sol and @kaijasoul

(P.S. from Indra — we were also blessed to close with a performance by a very special guest, our own, KAIJA 🌞)

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Tonight.

One last Night Bloom before summer begins to soften.
We’ve gathered in music, tea, conversation, and community. We’ve watched strangers become friends, artists become family, and every room bloom into something we couldn’t have created alone.

For our summer finale, we’re honored to close this chapter with Kevin Gardner & his band alongside special guests, surrounded by the sweetness of honeysuckle.

Gratitude every person who’s stepped through the portal with us this season. Your presence has made these nights what they are.

One more bloom before the season changes.

Doors 6:30 PM • Music 7:00 PM | ARTE NOIR

꩜ may you enter

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Gen Z marketing strategy activated: 6/7.

Shifting Moon
with Robot Sunsets + Don’t Worry
June 7th at Baba Yaga
Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

#SeattleMusic #kexp #IndieMusic #LiveMusicSeattle #BabaYaga

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Today kicks off with @raywolffband at 5pm for a @space101fm matinee and later tonight stop in for @shiftingmoonband @dgtlbeats @rigg.sz & @nodaphonemusic

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MAY SHOWS (Week of 5.11 — 5.17)

05.16 SAT:
CONOR BYRNE PUB Matinee show at 5:30pm feat. Ray Wolff

Main Show at 9pm feat. Shifting Moon | Nodaphone | Riggsz | theDGTL
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BARBOZA feat. Palmyra | Natalie Hanes

NOTE: Any changes on the shows and lineup will be best represented directly to the venue websites/socials

[we apologize in advance for any spelling corrections needed from the generated images]

#seattlelivemusic #seattlelive #seattleband #seattlesingersongwriters #seattlelocalmusic

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Saturdaaaaaay***(May 16)
Conor Byrneeee
We will be rockin all night long 😎

RiggsZ & Angle 21 will be 3-piecin’ it w/
@rynobromandawg on drums
@fm_kid_82 on bass

See ur sweet faces there 😘
#seattlelivemusic

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Day 1 of helping my friend @willtravismusic move from Austin’s music scene to Seattle. Give him a follow and track as #WillTravis hunts for gigs, plays on the street for tips and takes his talents from #Austin to #Seattle while finishing a debut album with local producer @dgtlbeats and @redacted.records - if you have tips on jams, places to play on the street for $$$ and any other suggestions to “entering” Seattle’s music scene let Will know in the comments :) #seattlemusic #seattlemusicscene

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Louiza got a donut! Known for blending indie pop, jazz, and electronic textures … she’ll bring a taste of that spirit to her set at the BreakFEST Austin Showcase … after tasting this donut! 🍩

@louizamusic will be playing the @blncdbrkfst Austin Showcase today at 3P at @woodyswest6th during SXSW week. The showcase runs 2-10P two days, March 13–14.

Come see this Bay Area artist known for genre-blending songwriting and expressive vocals.

#BBDonutVideo #SXSW2026 #BalancedBreakfast #blncdbrkfst #louiza

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Coaster brings a full stack to his BreakFEST AUSTIN 2026 donut video! 🍩🍩🍩

@coaster_509 will be playing the @blncdbrkfst Austin Showcase Saturday, March 14 • 3:00 PM at @woodyswest6th during SXSW week. This year our Austin Showcase is two days happening on March 13th & 14th.

Fans, bands, and sponsors, grab a stack of donuts and film yourself eating them.

#BBDonutVideo #SXSW2026 #BalancedBreakfast #blncdbrkfst #coaster

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AVO crea su video de dona para BreakFEST… 🍩

@avozone tocará en el @blncdbrkfst Austin Showcase sábado 14 de marzo • 8:00 PM en @woodyswest6th durante la semana de SXSW. Este año nuestro Austin Showcase dura dos días — 13 y 14 de marzo.

Fans, bandas y sponsors — ¡videos de donas bienvenidos!

#BBDonutVideo #SXSW2026 #BalancedBreakfast #blncdbrkfst #avozone

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