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Westerlies Fest - June 15-17

  • Live Music: Jazz

Westerlies Fest - June 15-17

Sponsored by KNKX. Seattle-bred, Brooklyn-based brass quartet The Westerlies return home to present the fifth annual Westerlies Fest, a multi-day music festival featuring Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner, Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet, and Jahnvi Madan. Westerlies Fest will include evening performances and workshops in local schools, including a residency in Highline Public Schools. The performances will take place over three evenings, each with a different guest artist and The Westerlies. Every performance will feature exclusive, one-off collaborations, showcasing the cutting edge of genre-defying contemporary music. The Westerlies created Westerlies Fest to give back to the musical ecosystem that raised them by engaging local students, highlighting local talent, and facilitating dynamic collaborations between artists from Seattle and beyond.

On June 15th, The Westerlies will be joined by vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and pianist Jarrett Cherner, 8 p.m. at The Royal Room (5000 Rainier Ave S). Charles and Cherner will perform selections from their recent duo album, Tone, and premiere a number of collaborative ensemble arrangements featuring The Westerlies. The second evening, June 16th at 8 p.m., will be the official Seattle album release show for the Westerlies’ latest studio album, MOVE, featuring an opening set from local Seattle-based clarinetist and composer Jahnvi Madan, also at The Royal Room. The Westerlies will cap off the festival on June 17th, 8 p.m. at The Chapel Performance Space (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor) with a performance featuring the Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet. Gravitas Quartet was one of the original inspirations that sparked the formation of The Westerlies nearly 12 years ago; now the ensembles will come together for an evening celebrating the musical legacy of Gravitas Quartet’s cornetist, the late, great Ron Miles. The Westerlies’ own Riley Mulherkar will fill the trumpet chair for Gravitas Quartet, illustrating the power of an important musical lineage.

Royal Room and Chapel Performance Space
See website for ticketing information.
08:00 PM - 10:00 PM, every day through Jun 17, 2023.
Royal Room and Chapel Performance Space