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JOHNNY CASH – The Official Concert Experience
JOHNNY CASH – The Official Concert Experience
JOHNNY CASH – Bringing songs and stories from the “Man in Black” to the stage in a way that audiences haven’t seen or heard before. With video of Johnny from episodes of The Johnny Cash TV Show projected on a screen above the stage, a live band and singers will accompany him in perfect sync. ...
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Lantern Records Presents: Electric Sweats with Fox Medicine
Lantern Records Presents: Electric Sweats with Fox Medicine
Join us for the first in a new series of free live music events at the Library for all ages, featuring the bands Electric Sweats (Olympia spunk) and Fox Medicine (Portland bubblegum doom).
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International Guitar Night
International Guitar Night
International Guitar Night brings you the world’s best guitar musicians on one stage together! This year, the lineup includes three International Guitar Night favorites and an exciting newcomer. Italian acoustic rock sensation Luca Stricagnoli, returns to our stage along with progressive fingerstyle guitarist, Thu Le from Vietnam and Marco Pereira, the award-winning master composer and ...
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Olympia Funk Festival – Funk OFF!
Join us for the inaugural Olympia Funk Festival - Funk OFF! - three days of electrifying funk music, non-stop dancing, and pure celebration from February 2nd to 4th, 2024. Hosted by the PARC Foundation of Thurston County and sponsored by awesome local businesses and nonprofits, this unforgettable event will transform two of Olympia's most historic venues, the ...
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Sarah Hagen – Wonder Women! A Celebration for Female Composers
Sarah Hagen – Wonder Women! A Celebration for Female Composers
In “Wonder Women!”, pianist and humorist Sarah Hagen delves into the remarkable stories and piano music of forgotten female composers from the classical repertoire. This recital will highlight piano works by 18th and 19th century composers, including Clara Schumann, Cécile Chaminade, Delphine von Schauroth, and others. Included will be stunningly gorgeous music by Marianna Martines, ...
Sarah Hagen – Wonder Women! A Celebration for Female Composers
Sarah Hagen – Wonder Women! A Celebration for Female Composers
In “Wonder Women!”, pianist and humorist Sarah Hagen delves into the remarkable stories and piano music of forgotten female composers from the classical repertoire. This recital will highlight piano works by 18th and 19th century composers, including Clara Schumann, Cécile Chaminade, Delphine von Schauroth, and others. Included will be stunningly gorgeous music by Marianna Martines, ...
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Fantastique
Fantastique
Alexandra Arrieche, Music Director and Conductor Set your musical muse loose with Jacob Bancks' concerto, written for world-renowned clarinetist Ricardo Morales, who will perform its WEST COAST PREMIERE with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra. After, delve into the vivid orchestral imaginings of Berlioz's symphony - it's simply fantastique! JACOB BANCKS Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (featuring ...
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Black Box Jazz: Michael Powers Band
Black Box Jazz: Michael Powers Band
Michael was born in New York City in 1960, but grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. His musical career began as therapy, when at the age of 15 he took up strumming the guitar to strengthen his wrist after a skateboard accident. Following his graduation from Berkeley High School when he was 15½, ...
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Iranian Daf Music Workshop (Rescheduled)
Iranian Daf Music Workshop (Rescheduled)
Washington State Parks Folk & Traditional Arts Program and Arbutus Folk School present: Iranian Daf Music Workshop Event Date: February 11, 2024, 1:00 - 2:30pm (Rescheduled from January) Event location: Tolmie State Park, Lower Kitchen Shelter Free, Ages 12 and up. No registration required - Seating is available for up to 45 people. Annual or One ...
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Storm Large
Storm Large
Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day. She was seen on the 2021 ...
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Love Beyond Borders
Love Beyond Borders
LGBTQ+ people are among the most vulnerable of all refugee groups. In the original oratorio, Love Beyond Borders, Seattle Men's Chorus celebrates the power of love. Compelling video interviews are woven throughout this extraordinary, one-of-a-kind concert. Hear the inspirational songs and stories of refugees escaping persecution in this must-see performance. This performance will also be ...
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QUEEROTICA ART EXHIBIT
QUEEROTICA ART EXHIBIT
QUEEROTICA ART EXHIBIT Celebrating Queer Expression: Embracing Bodies, Art, and Healing Through Erotica Queerotica is a showcase of LGBTQIA2S+ artists and speakers celebrating diverse sexual expression and promoting healing. The event features 2D art, sculptures, and virtual projections, accompanied by speakers, intermittent music, and mood lighting, setting an inviting and sensual tone for the event.
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Center Salon VII
Center Salon VII
Music! Art! Acting! More Music! It's our annual celebration of local artists with Kathy Gore Fuss (painting), Jill Barnes (song & emcee), John Serembe (monologue written by Bryan Willis), Holly Reeves (cello), Christian Carvajal (travel writing), Kathleen Byrd (Olympia's new Poet Laureate), Jami Heinricher (Design - Sherwood Press), and Jennifer Hermann (Piano). It's a fast, ...
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The Greatest Piano Men
The Greatest Piano Men
THE GREATEST PIANO MEN: Billy, Elton, Stevie, Ray & More A live Rock & Roll celebration of the greatest piano icons in music from Jeff Davis (Executive Producer of Broadway’s ‘Rock of Ages’). This electrifying production, which debuted to rave reviews at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, celebrates the world’s greatest pianists and showmen – ...
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Kendl Winter “Banjo Mantras” at Traditions Cafe
Kendl Winter “Banjo Mantras” at Traditions Cafe
Kendl Winter’s album “Banjo Mantras” began as a way to connect with her fans and peers by sharing her daily melodic meditations and explorations on the clawhammer banjo. Kendl found that the daily practice of creating and sharing her “mantras” led to further inspiration, and was moved to expand upon these ideas and ultimately record ...