After a year and a half of closures, Seattle's venues are reopening one at a time and refilling their seats and floors with (fully vaccinated) arts lovers. The Delta variant is changing any plans of a business-as-usual reopening, but still national and local acts are set to the hit our stages. For those comfortable taking to a concert hall in their finest night-out masks, here's a list of marquee events this September, October, and November. 

Books & Talks

Sep 28 – Anthony Doerr – Benaroya Hall
Sep 29 – Marcus Harrison Green with Michele Matessa Flores – Town Hall Seattle
Oct 15 – Kaveh Akbar – Hugo House
Oct 15 – Susan Orlean – Town Hall Seattle
Oct 17 – Lauren Groff – Benaroya Hall
Nov 3 – Jelani Cobb – Town Hall Seattle
Nov 5 – Sherwin Bitsui and Kenzie Allen – Hugo House

Concerts

Sep 3 – Shannon and the Clams – Neptune Theatre
Sep 4 – Cave Singers with Red Ribbon – Tractor Tavern
Sep 5 – Bully – Barboza
Sep 16 – Waxahatchee – Moore Theatre
Sep 18 – Tomo Nakayama – Neptune Theatre
Sep 21 – Herbie Hancock – Paramount Theatre
Sep 22 – James Blake – Paramount Theatre
Sep 24 – SOL – Showbox 
Sep 25–27 – Japanese Breakfast – Neptune Theatre
Sep 29 & Oct 2 – Lucy Dacus – Neptune Theatre
Sep 30 – Isaiah Rashad – Showbox SoDo
Oct 9 & 10 – Ben Gibbard and David Bazan – Showbox
Oct 12 & 13 – Wilco – Paramount Theatre
Oct 13, 16, & 17 – Ann Wilson –  Neptune Theatre
Oct 14 – Night Beats and Spirit Award – Chop Suey
Oct 23 – Fat Tony and Cadence Weapon – Clock-Out Lounge
Oct 30 – Freakout Records 5 Year Anniversary Party – The Crocodile
Nov 7 – Wavves – Crocodile
Nov 10 – Julien Baker – Moore Theatre
Nov 11 – Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Neumos
Nov 11–14 – Freakout Festival 2021– Ballard
Nov 13 – Kikagaku Moyo – Crocodile
Nov 13 & 14 – Perfume Genius – Showbox
Nov 19 – La Luz  – Neptune Theatre
Nov 23 – Metz and Preoccupations – The Crocodile

Classical & More

Sep 18 – Seattle Symphony Opening Night Gala – Benaroya Hall
Sep 14 & 15 – Vieux Farka Touré – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Sep 21 & 22 – Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery: “Two Lost Souls” – Triple Door
Sep 21 & 22 – The Cookers – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Sep 23–26 – R. Schumann Symphony No. 3 – Benaroya Hall
Oct 7 & 9 – Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances – Benaroya Hall
Oct 8 & 9 – Booker T. Jones – Triple Door
Oct 13 – Conrad Tao – Meany Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 14 & 16 – Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky – Benaroya Hall

Comedy

Sep 18 – Nikki Glaser – Moore Theatre
Sep 22 – Marc Maron – Neptune Theatre
Oct 1 & 2 – Jesus Trejo – Laughs Comedy Club
Oct 6 – Bianca Del Rio – Moore Theatre
Nov 5 & 6 – Dulcé Sloan – Laughs Comedy Club
Nov 12 & 13 – Hasan Minhaj – Paramount Theatre and McCaw Hall
Nov 13 – Daniel Sloss – Moore Theatre
Nov 26 – Trevor Noah – Climate Pledge Arena

Dance

Sep 24–26 – Singularly Cerrudo – McCaw Hall (Pacific Northwest Ballet)
Nov 5–7 – Beyond Ballet – McCaw Hall (Pacific Northwest Ballet) 

Theater

Oct 5–10 –Jesus Christ Superstar –  Paramount Theatre
Oct 15–31 – This Is Halloween – Triple Door
Oct 16–30 – La Bohème – McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera)
Nov 16–21 – Mean Girls – Paramount Theatre