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Concerts & Happenings Coming Up – The SHORT LIST:
- Thur. 8/ 20 Seattle: The Royal Room, 7:30 PM ~ Jessica Lurie, Kate Olsen, Heather Bentley TRIO set; 2nd set with The Bigger Band featuring Joe Doria, Jonti Simon and Chris Icasiano
- Sat. 8/22 Seattle: Layne Staley Tribute 2026 @Showbox Theatre (Market)
- Thur. 8/27 Seattle: Fiddler’s Inn 7 PM ~ Julie Slick / Jessica Lurie Duo
- Sat. 8/29 Seattle: Couth Buzzard ~ 6 -8 PM. Jim Page with Grant Dermody (harmonica) & Jessica Lurie (sax/flute)
- Fri. 9/4 Seattle Jazz Fellowship with Anne Reynolds, 7 PM 109 S Main St, 98104
- Fri. 9/11 Brooklyn, NY Erev Rosh Hashana Romemu
- Sat. 9/ 12 Brooklyn, NY: Barbes ~ Eleonore Weill Barbes Brooklyn residency – 6 PM
- Sat. 9/19 NYC, Ft Tryon Park: National Dance Day Walk & Performance ~Alterations and Repairs: Nature and Us. New dance works and music created for this now annual dance celebration in the park!
- Fri 10/ 2 Baltimore, MD: Nikki Glaspie’s Super Sonic Shorties
- Sat & Sun 10/ 3 &4 NYC: Robert F. Wagner park in Battery Park, NYC, 1- 4 PM. Free! Ken Field’s RESIST ANTS
- 10/13 Seattle: The Royal Room, 7:30 PM ~ BANNED a new ensemble featuring Jessica Lurie ~ woodwinds, Naomi Siegel ~trombone, more horns tbd, Andy Coe ~ guitar, Julie Slick ~ electric bass and a percussion section. Celebrating compositions by female composers, new works by Lurie and books that should have never been banned. 7:30 PM 2 sets.
- Sat./Sun. Nov 14-15, NYC: Signature Theatre Free concert performances of Heather Christian’s TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY
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• MUSIC LESSONS! I’m giving online lessons on flute, saxophone, clarinet, singing, composition and improvisation! Please contact me directly if you’re interested! zipamusic@gmail.com