Here’s some memories from all of the live performances I’ve seen on stage in 2025. I have a goal to see more live art this year than ever before. This includes ballet, concerts, dance, lectures, musicals, plays, basically anything that is performed on a stage. Newest photos are on top, and I put a text list at the bottom of this page .
2025 Synopsis:
47 stage performances (!!)
38 bands
16 music shows
12 musicals
7 plays
6 ballet/dance
6 lectures
Here we go:
The Sam Grisman Project perform @The Neptune on 20 December 2025 Come From Away @ Seattle Rep on 17 December 2025. Five star show!!! A Sherlock Carol @ Taproot Theatre, 16 December 2025 The Nutcracker @ PNB, x December 2025 with Katt and her parents Gill Landry performs at Fremont Abbey, 12 December 2025 A Christmas Carol @ Union Center for the Arts (ACT), 10 December 2025 The Lion King @ Paramount Theatre, 9 December 2025. One of the most incredible shows I’ve ever seen Thom Hartman and Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson at Townhall Seattle, x December 2025 The CDs I bought from the last 4 shows! Support local artists!! Ural Thomas & The Pain perform at Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR on 15 November 2025 Johnny Franco and his Real Brother Dom perform at Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR 15 November 2025. Anna Tivell performs at The Tractor Tavern 13 November 2025 Jeffrey Martin delivers an unbelievably moving performance at The Tractor Tavern, Ballard, Seattle on Broadway tour of Chicago at 5th Avenue Theatre, 2 November 2025. Happy folks after Chicago Lord Huron perform @Spokane Pavillion, Spokane WA, 19 October 2025; phenomenal show! The Importance Of Being Earnest @Taproot Theatre, 11 October 2025 was excellent! Suffs at 5th Avenue Theater, 27 September 2025The Play That Goes Wrong Seattle Rep , 12 September 2025. Maybe the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on stage! Damian Jr. Gong & Damian Marley perform at Marymoor, Redmond, WA, 28 August 2025 on their Traffic Jam tour. The guy with the flag waved it non stop for the entire performance!! Murder on the Links , based on an Agatha Christie novel, at Taproot Theatre, 20 August 2025 with Katt. This was understudy Justine’s guaranteed performance; Katt and he went to the same performing arts high school! Artwork for After Midnight , set in 1920s Harlem, by The Fifth Avenue Theatre The jazz band takes the stage for After Midnight at 5th Avenue Theatre, 13 August 2025. The set was gorgeous! Maren Morris is phenomenal Maren Morris performs at Chateau Ste Michelle , 10 August 2025East Nash Grass perform at Tractor Tavern 7 August 2025. Alex Dunn was the opener. Maddie Denton won Fiddler of the Year at the 2025 International Bluegrass Association (IBGA) awards; she deserves it!!!!! Blind Pilot perform at Seattle’s Pier 62 , 24 July 2025John Craige performs at Pier 62 , Seattle, 24 July 2025Della Mae perform at the 2025 Darrington Bluegrass Festival , 20 July 2025Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen perform at the 2025 Darrington Bluegrass Festival 20 July 2025. Jack Dunlap nearly set his guitar on fire by picking so fast! The Void Sponsored By The Void at Taproot with lights designed by Katt!Dance This! At The Moore Theatre July 2025 and stage managed by my wife!The famous Broadway musical Rent Harlequin Productions at State Theatre , Olympia, Washington on 26 June 2025 Cayman Ilika in Always…Patsy Cline at Taproot Theatre, 12 June 2025 Copyright Robert Wade Photography Screenshot from pnb.org of Crystal Pite’s Emergence , one of the most incredible dances I’ve ever seen. At the height of this piece, there are ~40 dancers on stage! 8 June 2025 Copyright PNB . Happy me about to see Season Encore Ira Glass does Q&A following his performance at Pantages Theatre , 8 June 2025 I got to meet Ira Glass after the show!! Pantages Theatre Tacoma following Ira Glass on 7 June 2025Jonathan Batista and Clara Ruf Maldonado in Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs , Director’s Choice , PNB , 5 June 2025, photo © Angela Sterling . Chaotic Noise Marching Corps at the free Honk! Fest West at West Pratt Park, Central District, Seattle on Funkrust Brass Band were fantastic! HONK!! Chicago at Bellevue College Stop Gap Theatre, 29 May 2025, Copyright Colin Madison Photography Spectrum Dance Theatre, Localities / An Odyssey Pt. 1 by Donald Byrd; photo copyright Trish French 2025 The set of Localities / An Odyssey, Pt. 1 by Donald Byrd, Spectrum Dance Theater , Seattle, 16 May 2025 This fantastic show is based on Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir. Selfie Station at Jersey Boys , Village Theater, Everett, WA 9 May 2025 Selfie Station at Jersey Boys , Village Theater, Everett, WA 9 May 2025 AJ Lee and Blue Summit Tractor Tavern in Ballard, 24 April 2025Parade (Broadway tour) at 5th Avenue Theatre , 22 April 2025Donovan Mahannah, Shermona Mitchell, and Deja Culver in A Raisin in the Sun , Taproot Theatre , 12 April 2025 Copyright Robert Wade Photography Crystal Pite’s Emergence is a fantastic ballet! March 2025 Outside Waitress , the Broadway musical, 16 March 2025 Waitress at 5th Avenue Theatre SeattleYonder Mountain String Band perform at Spanish Ballroom , 13 March 2025Spice Box perform at Fiddler’s Inn, Wedgwood, Seattle, 27 February 2025Blind Pilot perform at Neptune Theatre, 24 February 2025Katt and I at the Neptune. We’ve seen Blind Pilot in a BUNCH of venues!! Daryl, Mike, and Fisher at Wintergrass February 2025 – two generations of McDaniel I counted 13 different acts at Wintergrass that I saw including Darol Anger & Bruce Molsky, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Della Mae, East Nash Grass, The Fretless, Genticorum, Locarno, Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso, Never Come Down, Steep Canyon Rangers, Tony Furtado Trio, and Yasmin Williams.
Locarno perform at Wintergrass 2025 – this band is fantastic live!Genticorum perform at Wintergrass SMOKING hot East Nash Grass perform at Wintergrass 23 February 2025 Katt and I in the lobby of McCaw Hall after The Sleeping Beauty , February 2025 The costumes, set design, and lighting for The Sleeping Beauty by PNB were phenomenal as usual. Gangstagrass performs at Town Hall Seattle , January 2025. Benaroya Hall January 2025 Mike and I at Banff Mountain Film Festival @ Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15 January 2025 2025 List:
15 January: Banff Mountain Film Festival Benaroya Hall , Seattle
24 January: Gangstagrass Town Hall Seattle , Seattle
9 February The Sleeping Beauty McCaw Hall , PNB , Seattle
20-23 February: 13 bands at Wintergrass
24 February Blind Pilot Neptune Theatre , U District, Seattle
27 February: Spice Box Fiddler’s Inn , Wedgwood, Seattle
13 March: Yonder Mountain String Band Spanish Ballroom , Tacoma
16 March: Waitress 5th Avenue Theatre , Seattle
20 March: Emergence McCaw Hall , PNB , Seattle
12 April: A Raisin in the Sun Taproot Theatre , Greenwood, Seattle
22 April: Parade 5th Avenue Theatre , Seattle
24 April: AJ Lee and Blue Summit The Tractor Tavern , Ballard, Seattle
26 April Mandy Patinkin Paramount Theatre , Seattle
9 May 2025: Jersey Boys Village Theater , Everett
16 May 2025: Localities / An Odyssey, Pt. 1 Spectrum Dance Theater , Madrona, Seattle
29 May 2025: Chicago @ Stop Gap Theatre , Bellevue College, Washington
1 June 2025: Honk! Fest West
5 June 2025: Director’s Choice McCaw Hall , PNB , Seattle
7 June 2025: Ira Glass, 7 Things I’ve Learned Pantages Theatre , Tacoma
8 June 2025: Season Encore McCaw Hall , PNB , Seattle
12 June 2025: Always…Patsy Cline Taproot Theatre , Greenwood, Seattle
26 June 2025, Rent Harlequin Productions / State Theatre , Olympia
11 July 2025: Dance This! The Moore Theatre , Seattle (and Stage Managed by Katt!)
18 July 2025: Sponsored by The Void The Co-Conspirators @ Taproot Theatre Greenwood, Seattle (Lighting design by Katt, which then went to the Edinburgh Fringe Fest and got a “Best of” award!)
19-20 July 2025: Darrington Bluegrass Festival Darrington Bluegrass Park , Washington
24 July 2025: Blind Pilot Waterfront Park Pier 62 , Seattle
7 August 2025: East Nash Grass Tractor Tavern , Ballard, Seattle
10 August 2025: Maren Morris Chateau Ste Michelle , Woodinville Washington
13 August 2025: After Midnight 5th Avenue Theatre , Seattle
20 August 2025: Murder on the Links Taproot Theatre Greenwood, Seattle
28 August 2025: Damian Jr. Gong and Stephen Marley Marymoor Live , Redmond Washington
12 September 2025: The Play That Goes Wrong Seattle Rep , Seattle
11 October 2025: The Importance of Being Earnest @ Taproot Theatre, Greenwood
19 October 2025: Lord Huron Spokane Pavilion , Spokane, Washington
Coming Soon:
November: Jeffrey Martin w/ Anna Tivel
December: Sam Grisman Project
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