Upcoming Events
Bach's 'The Art of Fugue'
Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of Orchestra Seattle and friends present a free performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece The Art of Fugue, transcribed for strings and woodwinds.
Free
Racer Sessions: Thelonious Dump Truck
Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
S. Eric Scribner: Found Sound + Found Objects = Found Music (and a piano)
Friday, August 28, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music performed with found objects.
$5-$15 suggested donation
[Cancelled] Altaeus Woodwind Quintet at the Ballard Locks
Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Enjoy a program of classical and popular woodwind music outdoors. Bring a picnic lunch and sit on the grass in the lovely park at the Ballard Locks!
Free
Olympic Music Festival: The quintets of Franck & Schubert
Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Haydn’s Keyboard Suite in G minor
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$32
Wayward Music Series: Vance Galloway & Charles Stanyon
Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of evocative sound and acoustic meditation.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Olympic Music Festival: The quintets of Franck & Schubert
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Haydn’s Keyboard Suite in G minor
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$32
Opera on Tap's Happy Songs for Happy Hour
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Hula Hula, Seattle, WA, United States
If all the summer weather makes you want to turn your frown upside down, here’s the chance to keep acting like Little Miss Sunshine! This month’s show kicks off Opera on Tap’s first happy hour performance with works from Der Rosenkavalier, Semele, I Puritani, Candide, Faust and much, much more.
Free
Racer Sessions: Clifford Kimbrel-Dunn
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Cello duets with Kevin Krentz & Haeyoon Shin
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for two cellos!
Gliére – Duos for two cellos
Popper – Duos for two cellos
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Saint-Saëns – The Swan
Mark Summer – Julie-O
Coldplay – A very cool and unusual encore
Gliére – Duos for two cellos
Popper – Duos for two cellos
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Saint-Saëns – The Swan
Mark Summer – Julie-O
Coldplay – A very cool and unusual encore
$10 (suggested donation)
Seattle Composers Salon: Briggs, Owcharuk, Hamilton, Shaskus
Friday, September 4, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring new music by Matthew James Briggs, Michael Owcharuk, Jay Hamilton, and Jeremy Shaskus.
$5-$15 donation
Olympic Music Festival: Ray Chen returns to the OMF
Saturday, September 5, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: Ray Chen returns to the OMF
Sunday, September 6, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
$20-$32
Racer Sessions: Table & Chairs
Sunday, September 6, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Gregg Belisle-Chi + Carmen Rothwell
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Guitarist/composer Gregg Belisle-Chi balances harmonic dissonance with clear melodic line. Bassist Carmen Rothwell has established herself as an active voice in Seattle’s improvised music scene.
$10-$15 suggested donation
Schubert on Whidbey Island
Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Baby Island Saratoga Club, Langley, WA, United States
Schubert – Octet in F major, D. 803
Free
Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil
Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Rachmaninoff’s monumental Vespers, plus psalms and hymns by Tchaikovsky.
$10-$39
On Stage with Classical KING FM: A Taste of France in the Pacific Northwest
Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Six French wines from local vineyards, paired with a delightful assortment of French early music: Lully, Couperin, Marais, and more.
$35 (includes wine tasting)
Ant’lrd + Panabrite + RM Francis
Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three Pacific Northwest artists present an evening of exploratory solo electronic sound performances, ranging from the drifting phonic ecstasies of Portland’s Ant’lrd to Panabrite’s concrète-kosmische hybridizations and the fragmented computer synthesis of RM Francis.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Olympic Music Festival Encore: Jeremy Kittel Band
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Grammy-nominated violinist Jeremy Kittel brings his band to the OMF barn to perform music from bluegrass, jazz, and Celtic traditions.
$20-$32