Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Cello X at Breaking Free: Emerging Teen Artists
Thursday, July 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Cello eXperiment performs U2, Apocalyptica, Iz Kamakawiwo'ole, Powell and more.
$5-$15
Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Friday, July 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the music of Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu, conducted by Grammy Award winner Arnie Roth.
$35-$105
Seattle Composers' Salon
Friday, July 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Keith Eisenbrey, Kam Morrill, Nadya Kadrevis and S. Eric Scribner.
$5–$15 suggested donation
Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Saturday, July 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the music of Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu, conducted by Grammy Award winner Arnie Roth.
$35-$105
Racer Sessions: Brennan Carter
Sunday, July 12, 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
Substrata: O'Neil, Rauelsson, bvdub + Mayberry
Thursday, July 16, 2026 @ 7:45pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three artists touch on multitudinous points throughout the last century of modern music, the only constant their transcending of collocation and the constraints of singular genre concerns.
$45
Olympic Music Festival: GardenMusic
Saturday, July 18, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Mvt. IV)
Traditional – Selected Scandinavian Folk Tunes
Chang – Sunrise for Two Violins and Piano (2014)
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Kittel – Crooked Tune
Foster – Hard Times Come Again No More
Traditional – I’ll Fly Away
Abrams – Rotation
Traditional – Selected Scandinavian Folk Tunes
Chang – Sunrise for Two Violins and Piano (2014)
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Kittel – Crooked Tune
Foster – Hard Times Come Again No More
Traditional – I’ll Fly Away
Abrams – Rotation
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: GardenMusic
Sunday, July 19, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Mvt. IV)
Dickbauer – Treffpunkt 7
Traditional – I Ride an Old Paint, Bonaparte’s Retreat
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Chang – New Work commissioned for the OMF
Hancock – Canteloupe Island
Dickbauer – Treffpunkt 7
Traditional – I Ride an Old Paint, Bonaparte’s Retreat
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Chang – New Work commissioned for the OMF
Hancock – Canteloupe Island
$20-$32
Racer Sessions: Akihiko Ando (Tokyo)
Sunday, July 19, 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
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Introduction to Steven Stucky's 'Cantus'
Monday, July 20, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Steven Stucky discusses his work Cantus with performers as musical demonstration.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars
Monday, July 20, 2026 @ 7:15pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Columbia Park, Seattle, WA, United States
The Daana Quartet performs Haydn, followed by an audio broadcast live from Benaroya Hall (Mendelssohn, Stucky, Brahms).
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mendelssohn, Stucky, Brahms
Monday, July 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 58
Stucky – Cantus (world premiere)
Brahms – String Quintet in G major, Op. 111
Stucky – Cantus (world premiere)
Brahms – String Quintet in G major, Op. 111
$48 ($16 student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Pärt & Saint-Saëns Recital
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pärt – Fratres
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor
Free
Octava Chamber Orchestra Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Saturday, July 25, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
New music from around the world in a variety of genres featuring the works of Nathan Jensen, Andre Van Haren, Greg Bartholomew, Jeffrey Goodman, Richard Vitzhum and more!
$15-$20
Racer Sessions: Ross Hammond (Sacramento)
Sunday, July 26, 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
Racer Sessions: Bill Kautz & Neil Welch
Sunday, August 2, 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
The Esoterics: Audacior
Friday, August 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral works inspired by revolutionaries, journalists, protestors, nonconformists and those unafraid of speaking truth to those in power.
$15-$22
The Esoterics: Audacior
Saturday, August 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral works inspired by revolutionaries, journalists, protestors, nonconformists and those unafraid of speaking truth to those in power.
$15-$22
The Esoterics: Audacior
Sunday, August 9, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Grace Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Choral works inspired by revolutionaries, journalists, protestors, nonconformists and those unafraid of speaking truth to those in power.
$15-$22
Racer Sessions: Wally Shoup Sax Trio
Sunday, August 9, 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