Jenia 'Nia' Viles, is a Kitsap musician on the rise performing heart felt music with a unique talent and has been engaging audiences all around the region. Come support this local up and comer.
Batuka is the Carlos Santana Tribute show. The Kitsap based super group pays homage to the music of Santana in the purest manner, by bringing out the heart and soul of the music. The group comprises of John Hural on Guitar, Jaymes Dunlap on Bass, Joseph Rice on Piano, Ian Jones on Saxophone, Alfonso Batista on Congas, Rob Milliken on Drums, and Malo Castro on Timbales.
Come on down to The Marketplace for Open Mic Thursdays hosted by Alan Simcoe! Sign ups begin at 6 PM and performances are from 7-9 PM. All styles welcome!
Frontman of indie dance band LEGS, Tito Ramsey is a multi-instrumentalist and formally trained composer. His crisp pop songs tether instruments to pedals, pairing falsetto flourishes with electronics until a web of machinery, movement, energy, and mood emerges. And then takes the crowd over.
Doors 6:30 PM
Show 7 PM
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Fronted by married songwriting duo Kim West and Ryan Devlin, the bands melodies and harmonies exude intimacy. The swirling synths of keyboardist/vocalist West cut through the heaviness of Devlin’s fuzzed out guitars like a neon sign in the night. Bassist Luke Ragnar fills in the bottom end with stylishly inventive bass lines that perfectly compliment Nick Krivchenia’s grounded and authoritative drums.
The very first band signed to Seattle label Freakout Records, the group quickly released a number of albums and a slew of singles while simultaneously hitting the road, playing across the US and Europe. A new record was ready to be released and a year of tours booked to support it, but the dark cloud of 2020 came down and, well, no one said perseverance was easy. Smokey Brights shined on, releasing the album I Love You But Damn in July of 2020. The record quickly garnered rave reviews and the support of independent radio, eventually landing on KEXP’s top albums of the year. Confined to their rehearsal space the group kept grinding, hammering out new material and honing their performance to a razor's edge.
The group released their first LP, Taste For Blood, in 2014 to regional acclaim and heavy airplay and support from iconic radio station KEXP. Catching the attention of upstart label Freakout Records, the band released their sophomore LP, Hot Candy, in 2016. 2018 saw the band releasing two EP's, "Come to Terms" and "Different Windows," with supporting appearances at clubs and festivals across the United States as well as the group's first headlining UK tour. 2019 brought extensive touring in support of these EPs, with the band's first headlining European tour, official plays at SXSW, Treefort Music Festival, and additional tours and festivals across the US. Smokey Brights will release a new LP in 2020.
-Nick Anderson - writer at large, Smokey Brights merch seller
Come on down to The Marketplace for Open Mic Thursdays hosted by Alan Simcoe! Sign ups begin at 6 PM and performances are from 7-9 PM. All styles welcome!
Jodi Doidge is a creative enterprise, a vocal songbird and a musical maven. Her voice sounds like Dolly Parton and Leslie Feist created a love child. Jodi sings her own lyrics and music in a distinctly unique alt/pop/country style. Singing about love, relationships, transformation and etheric feelings she has the ability to transport you from your seat and into her heart.
Come on down to The Marketplace for Open Mic Thursdays hosted by Alan Simcoe! Sign ups begin at 6 PM and performances are from 7-9 PM. All styles welcome!
Seasoned local musician Mark Soltys is a fantastic performer and has performed the best of rock from the 70s through to todays iconic hits.
"When music journalists say things like 'this artist is a fixture in Seattle music,' there’s probably no one right now who fits that title better than Nakayama." - KEXP
Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been praised by NPR, New York Times, and The Stranger. Beginning as frontman of the indie rock bands Asahi and Grand Hallway and a successful solo career spanning two decades as a singer, songwriter, composer, producer, actor, and curator, Nakayama has become one of the most active and recognizable figures in Seattle music.
After the critically acclaimed indie-folk albums “Fog on the Lens” and “Pieces of Sky” (named "Best Folk Act" by Seattle Weekly), Nakayama surprised his fans by releasing his latest album "Melonday" (on Porchlight Records), a collection of instantly memorable and undeniably danceable synthpop songs. Co-produced by Yuuki Matthews (The Shins, Sufjan Stevens) and mastered by Dave Cooley (M83, Paramore, Tame Impala), “Melonday” was named one of the Top Albums of the year by Seattle Times, KEXP, and Seattle Met Magazine, and debuted at #1 on KEXP’s NW Charts. The following year he composed the music for Megan Griffith’s feature film “I’ll Show You Mine” and the KUOW podcast “Ten Thousand Things” hosted by Shin Yu Pai, and collaborated on a song with Dave Matthews for SMASH (Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare).
Nakayama has toured across the US and Japan, sharing the stage with Built to Spill, Thao, Cornelius, Daði Freyr, Fleet Foxes, Michael Hurley, Sons of Kemet, Ben Gibbard, Fruit Bats, Damien Jurado, Buffalo Daughter, Wye Oak, and Shugo Tokumaru. He has performed and collaborated with Sera Cahoone, Jherek Bischoff, Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate), and experimental dance company Malacarne. He also composed music and appeared as an actor in the Lynn Shelton film “Touchy Feely” with Elliot Page and Rosemarie DeWitt. A former Artist in Residence at Seattle’s Town Hall, his sound installations and compositions have also been featured at the Museum of Northwest Art and Wing Luke Museum.