## MQ Stage & Lounge Happy Hour
New lower prices on drinks & snacks!

### Join us for drinks and small bites Tuesday - Friday from 4pm - 6pm. View the menu here.

## Live Music Tuesday - Thursday (no cover)

#### Join us for happy hour and live music from A cast of rotating musicians in our lounge from 5pm - 7pm when there is a show in the theatre.

### Check out the full schedule here

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## Upcoming Mainstage Shows

## May 2026

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday
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26 Iris Dement Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Iris Dement Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:00PM | 27 | 28 Dervish Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dervish Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 29 Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 30 Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 1 Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 6:00PM Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 9:00PM | 2 Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle May 2 ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 5:00PM Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 8:00PM
3 Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle May 3 ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 5:00PM Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Dina Martina Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 8:00PM | 4 | 5 Le Vent Du Nord Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Le Vent Du Nord Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 6 Angelo De Augustine w/ Hannah Frances Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Angelo De Augustine w/ Hannah Frances Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 7 Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 8 Seattle Cabaret Festival Opening Night: Arnaldo!, The Love Markets & More! Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Seattle Cabaret Festival Opening Night: Arnaldo!, The Love Markets & More! Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 9 Willy Porter and Mai Bloomfield, Special Guest Jeremy Dion at The Rabbit Box The Rabbit Box, Seattle, WA ## Willy Porter and Mai Bloomfield, Special Guest Jeremy Dion at The Rabbit Box The Rabbit Box, Seattle, WA 7:30PM For the Love of Tom with Petty Thief Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## For the Love of Tom with Petty Thief Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Mike Doughty Solo Tour '26 Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Mike Doughty Solo Tour '26 Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 14 Curtis Salgado Album Release Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Curtis Salgado Album Release Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 15 Ana Roxanne w/ Patricia Wolf Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Ana Roxanne w/ Patricia Wolf Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 16 LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM
17 Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) w/ Garrison Starr Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) w/ Garrison Starr Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 18 Augustana Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Augustana Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 19 Pure Prairie League Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Pure Prairie League Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 20 Jacqueline Tabor & Marina Albero Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Jacqueline Tabor & Marina Albero Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 21 The Paula Boggs Band w/ Whitney Monge Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## The Paula Boggs Band w/ Whitney Monge Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 22 Marisa Anderson at The Rabbit Box The Rabbit Box, Seattle, WA ## Marisa Anderson at The Rabbit Box The Rabbit Box, Seattle, WA 7:30PM Booklover's Burlesque Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Booklover's Burlesque Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 23 Portland Cello Project Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Portland Cello Project Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 5:00PM Portland Cello Project Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Portland Cello Project Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 8:00PM
24 | 25 | 26 Essentially Ellington 2026 Homecoming Bothell, Mountlake Terrace, and Shorewood High School Jazz Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Essentially Ellington 2026 Homecoming Bothell, Mountlake Terrace, and Shorewood High School Jazz Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 27 Mercer Island and Mount Si High School Jazz with Guest Artists Steve Kovalcheck and Dawn Clement Mainstage Theatre, Seattle May 27 ## Mercer Island and Mount Si High School Jazz with Guest Artists Steve Kovalcheck and Dawn Clement Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:00PM | 28 Mara & The Charm Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Mara & The Charm Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 29 Eliza Gilkyson w/ Nina Gerber Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Eliza Gilkyson w/ Nina Gerber Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 30 Tony Abreu's Devilish Swing w/ Al Nesbitt & The Alchemy Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Tony Abreu's Devilish Swing w/ Al Nesbitt & The Alchemy Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM
31 | 1 | 2 Kommuna Lux Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Kommuna Lux Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 3 Sun Kil Moon Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Sun Kil Moon Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:00PM | 4 THE KINGS OF LATIN JAZZ: Tito Puente Jr and Nestor Torres Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## THE KINGS OF LATIN JAZZ: Tito Puente Jr and Nestor Torres Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM Fox and Bones & Haley Johnsen at The Rabbit Box The Rabbit Box, Seattle, WA ## Fox and Bones & Haley Johnsen at The Rabbit Box The Rabbit Box, Seattle, WA 7:30PM | 5 Jane Monheit “I Am In Love” Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Jane Monheit “I Am In Love” Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 7:30PM | 6 Ms. Pak-Man “Out of Control” Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Ms. Pak-Man “Out of Control” Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 5:00PM Ms. Pak-Man “Out of Control” Mainstage Theatre, Seattle ## Ms. Pak-Man “Out of Control” Mainstage Theatre, Seattle 8:00PM

## Le Vent Du Nord

Tuesday, May 5 @ 7:30PM Tue, May 5 @ 7:30PM

Mainstage Theatre, 216 Union Street, Seattle

The award winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing it’s hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences.

Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing well over 2,000 concerts over 4 continents and racking up several prestigious awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros, two Junos (Canada’s Grammys), a Félix at ADISQ, a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala.

The group exhibits great finesse and flexibility, appearing regularly on Canadian, American, French, and UK television and radio, and participating in a wide variety of special musical projects. They’ve collaborated and performed with a diverse range of artists including: Harry Manx, Väsen, Dervish, The Chieftains, Breton musical pioneer Yann-Fañch Kemener, Québecois roots legend and master storyteller Michel Faubert, the Scottish folk band Breabach, singer Julie Fowlis, and the trans-Mediterranean ensemble Constantinople.

$27 General // $30 Premium

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## Angelo De Augustine w/ Hannah Frances

Wednesday, May 6 @ 7:30PM Wed, May 6 @ 7:30PM

Mainstage Theatre, 216 Union Street, Seattle

Angelo De Augustine is a singer-songwriter living in Thousand Oaks, California—a suburb north of Los Angeles, where he grew up. He has released four solo albums including his self-released debut, Spirals of Silence (2014), and three for Asthmatic Kitty Records: Swim Inside The Moon (2017), Tomb (2019), and Toil and Trouble (2023). In 2021, De Augustine collaborated with labelmate Sufjan Stevens to record the critically acclaimed A Beginner’s Mind, an album of 14 songs (loosely) based on (mostly) popular films. With his recent return to playing live at LA’s Barnsdall Gallery Theatre alongside a full band ensemble, and the promise of more new music on the way, 2026 is set to be De Augustine’s biggest year yet.

$30 General // $35 Premium

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## Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky

Thursday, May 7 @ 7:30PM Thu, May 7 @ 7:30PM

Mainstage Theatre, 216 Union Street, Seattle

Patty Larkin is a visionary of sound and wonder, a real-deal version of artistry made of equal parts guitar wizardry, vocals shot through with soul and inventive lyrics that ripple across the terrain of the heart. Described as “riveting” (Chicago Tribune), “hypnotic” (Entertainment Weekly), and a “drop-dead brilliant” performer (Performing Songwriter), Patty has captured audiences for over thirty years with an imagination, enchantment, and technical artistry that has redefined the boundaries of the guitar driven singer songwriter. With eleven studio albums and two live recordings under her belt, Patty mines the intersections of poetry and song with her innovative 14th release, Bird in a Cage, released on her own Road Narrows Records. Bird in a Cage puts poems from ten notable poets to song, including US Poet Laureates William Carlos Williams, Stanley Kunitz, Kay Ryan, Robert Pinsky and Billy Collins, for a new and haunting collection that pulses with the magic of lyricism. Poems are made to be shared aloud, and with Bird, Patty takes up that tradition and sets it aglow: her extraordinary musical shadings make each poem a star.

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She started out singing in Chicago folk music clubs as a teenager. Then, barely out of high school, Lucy Kaplansky took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers—Suzanne Vega, Steve Forbert, The Roches, and others. With a beautiful flair for harmony, Lucy was everyone’s favorite singing partner, but most often she found herself singing as a duo with Shawn Colvin. People envisioned big things for them; in fact, The New York Times said it was “easy to predict stardom for her.” But then Lucy dropped it all.

Convinced that her calling was in another direction, Lucy left the musical fast track to pursue a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Upon completing her degree, Dr. Kaplansky took a job at a New York hospital working with chronically mentally ill adults, and also started a private practice. Yet she continued to sing. Lucy was often pulled back into the studio by her friends, (who now had contracts with record labels) wanting her to sing on their albums. She harmonized on Colvin’s Grammy-winning "Steady On," and on Nanci Griffith’s "Lone Star State of Mind" and "Little Love Affairs." She also landed soundtrack credits, singing with Suzanne Vega on "Pretty in Pink" and with Griffith on "The Firm," and several commercial credits as well—including “The Heartbeat of America” for Chevrolet.

Then Shawn Colvin—who was itching to produce a record—hooked up with Lucy, her ex-singing partner. They went into the studio, and when Lucy’s solo tapes got into the hands of Bob Feldman, president of Red House Records, he was blown away. Suddenly, Lucy was back in the music business. She signed with Red House Records and started playing gigs. Red House released The Tide in 1994 to rave reviews, and within six months Lucy signed with a major booking agency—Fleming Artists—and began touring so much it required leaving her two psychologist positions behind.

$25 General // $30 Premium

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