Jun 20 Saturday
Kick off the summer right with BlueStreet’s last show of the year at the Triple Door!
book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutruxoriginal concept and direction by Floyd Mutruxinspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkinsdirected by Emily A. Rollie
December 4, 1956. Sun Records. One legendary night. When a twist of fate brings Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins into the same Memphis recording studio, music history is made. Inspired by the true story of that once-in-a-lifetime jam session, Million Dollar Quartet is a Tony Award-nominated high-octane rock ’n’ roll musical packed with heart, history, and hit after iconic hit. From “Blue Suede Shoes” to “Great Balls of Fire,” this electrifying celebration of talent, fame, and raw sound takes you inside the night that changed music forever.
Sponsored by KNKX. Kokoroko first formed in 2014 when Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet/flugelhorn/vocals) and Onome Edgeworth (percussion) met on an arts trip in Kenya, bonding over their shared tastes in music. A desire to connect young people in the African diaspora with genres like Afrobeat and Highlife would also fuel the band’s genesis. Before long they were playing gigs, riding a wave of the then nascent “London jazz scene”. In 2018, their breakthrough was secured when the sparse ‘Abusey Junction’ was included on Gilles Peterson’s ‘We Out Here’ compilation. An understated 7 minute ballad recorded in an afternoon, it quickly became a viral hit racking up 75 million streams.
The next few years were spent touring extensively, work-shopping their music and perfecting their sound. In 2019 they self-released their debut EP in 2019, selling over 20,000 copies on vinyl, before having its momentum halted by the pandemic. In 2022, after much heightened anticipation, and with the help of producer Miles James (Little Simz, Yussef Dayes, Tom Misch), they released their debut album ‘Could We Be More’.
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Jun 21 Sunday
Sponsored by KNKX. T-D Victoria International JazzFest, with 8 stages, 50 performers and over 200 musicians, including Pink Martini, Kokoroko, Miles Electric Band: M.E.B. – Celebrating 100 Years of Miles Davis, Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez: BEATrio, Brandon Woody’s Upendo and Sharan Blues Group etran de l’aÏr.
Full lineup at- https://jazzvictoria.ca/jazzfest-home/jazzfest-line-up/
Jazz Funk Soul began originally as a touring package idea formed in 2014 by GRAMMY nominated guitarist Chuck Loeb, along with GRAMMY nominated saxophonist Everette Harp, and GRAMMY winning keyboardist Jeff Lorber. JFS was signed immediately by Shanachie Records as the company realized something special was in the making. The result was their first release, GRAMMY nominated, Serious Business.
After Loeb’s untimely passing in 2017, GRAMMY nominated session guitar legend Paul Jackson Jr. agreed to join Jeff and Everette in continuing JFS’s vision creating a contemporary jazz sound that pushes the envelope. Along with Jackson Jr.’s celebrated sound and rhythm prowess, Harp’s sinuous emotionally charged playing, and Lorber’s ear bending and blistering fusion approach, these three certainly deliver on the expectations derived from the name of the group - Jazz Funk Soul.
Everette Harp has nine Billboard hit solo records and has toured or recorded with Anita Baker, Kenny Loggins, George Duke, Al Jarreau, Marcus Miller, Eros Ramazzotti, and Peter Maffay amongst others.
Jeff Lorber has been a vital musical force throughout a lengthy and successful career featuring multiple Billboard #1 hits.
Paul Jackson Jr. has multiple Billboard #1 solo hits and has been featured on recordings by Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Luther Vandross, Barbra Streisand, The Weeknd, Zendaya, and Daft Punk.
A PREMIERE WEST COAST EXPERIENCE
The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is held in multiple locations across the beautiful city of Vancouver. Framed by mountains and the ocean, this idyllic location is the perfect place to get your musical fix.
Featuring- Tomoki Sanders Quartet with Todd Stewart Trio, The Ex with Grdina/Lillinger, Keyon Harrold “Foreverland and Songs For Miles,” Voodoo: The Music of D’Angelo, Isaiah Collier “Collier Plays Coltrane” and many others.
Grab your galoshes and get ready to discover art where you least expect it in BIMA’s Treasure Trek: A Glass Float Seek & Keep!
This summer, 200 hand-blown glass orbs will be hidden on public lands across Kitsap County just waiting to be discovered and treasured by intrepid art lovers like yourself. The rules are simple: you find it, you keep it! (Please only take one per person so more people can enjoy the hunt.)
The orbs will be hidden in parks, on trails and beaches, and throughout public lands across Kitsap County. Never quite in plain sight, the floats could be behind a log, in a tree, in a hollowed-out stump, under a bush, or other spots that help camouflage the grapefruit-sized artworks. But there’s no need to go tromping around off-trail, these translucent treasures will always be about an arm’s reach from marked pathways.
These glass orbs stamped with BIMA’s logo are created by Hilltop Artists, a Tacoma-based youth development arts non-profit. These young glassblowers will create 200 unique “floats” inspired by the glass fishing net floats used by Japanese fisherman.
Found one? It’s yours to keep! Keep just one, but continue to hunt and share photos if you’d like—post your find on social media with the hashtag #BIMATreasureTrek and be entered to win one of five prize packages. Plus, tag us at @bimuseum.of.art so we can reshare your photos!
Our first float drop will be June 1, 2026 and more will be hidden over the next two weeks, so don’t give up if you don’t find one on your first outing.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Washington State Historical Society invites you to explore the history of building the State History Museum. 30 Years and Counting: The Making of the Washington State History Museum is a special exhibition that uncovers the vision, effort, and community spirit that brought this iconic Tacoma landmark to life.
Discover the bold ideas and architectural ingenuity that shaped the museum’s distinctive look. From early sketches to final blueprints, see how the building’s design reflects both innovation and reverence for Washington’s past. Go behind the scenes of the museum’s construction. Through photographs and artifacts from the building process, witness how a dream took shape—brick by brick, beam by beam.
Staff Picks: 30 Objects for 30 Years
In a special feature area, museum staff share their favorite objects from the collection—each one a personal reflection on the power of history to inspire, surprise, and connect us.
Dive into the whimsical world of Moominvalley and the life of its creator, Tove Jansson, with "Moomins’ Sea Adventures" and "Tove and the Sea".
"Moomins’ Sea Adventures" brings Moominvalley to life with illustrations and life-sized characters from the stories. In the center of the exhibit is an interactive island complete with a lighthouse and rowboats that invites visitors to imagine adventures of their own.
"Tove and the Sea" offers a more intimate counterpoint, tracing Tove Jansson’s lifelong relationship with the Finnish archipelago through large-scale photographs and reflective texts.
Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music unveils the profound legacy of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Soul artists who shaped the soundscape of American culture and used their music as instruments of resistance, identity, and representation.
Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Soul embody the profound influence of African American music on culture and history. From the spiritual foundations and transformative movements of Gospel hymns to the revolutionary improvisations of Jazz, the Blues’ Southern roots rising from the Mississippi Delta, and Soul’s powerful amplification of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, these genres have defined the unique sound and undying spirit of a nation that continues to echo through contemporary Black music today.
