More than 100 bands will flock to Seattle Center this Labor Day weekend, including Seattle bands Death Cab for Cutie (playing Transatlanticism), Heart, and Allen Stone among other local talent. Grammy-winning artists fun. and MGMT join the lineup, as well as breakthrough EDM act BASSNECTAR and rising hip hop star Kendrick Lamar. See the full music lineup plus the already-announced lineups for theatre, visual arts, spectacle and the popular Words & Ideas stage.

Tickets are now on sale, including day-specific options, the flexible Any Day ticket (valid any day of the Festival, your choice), and 3-Day passes to see it all. Labor Day weekend just got interesting, and it’s all in the heart of the city at Seattle Center. 

Top 11 Finalists from American Idol are going on Tour!

Featuring: Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr, Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos, Paul Jolley and Aubrey Cleland!

The tour will be at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington on July 19th!

Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 3rd at 10am and are avaibale at the ShoWare Center Box Office, ShoWareCenter.com, Facebook.com/ShoWareCenter, and by phone at 866-973-9613.

$1 from each ticket sold will be donated to the Melanoma Research Alliance.

MGMT will be at the Knitting Factory on Tuesday, May 14th. Tickets are $30.00 and can be purchased here!

Digital and nature collide once again! The largest electronic dance music event ever staged in the Pacific Northwest, PARADISO FESTIVAL, would like to announce the full lineup of artists that will be performing at this summer’s 2-day festival.

Joining previously announced headliners Tiësto and Kaskade will be: 3LAU, Adam F, Adventure Club, Andy C, Borgore, Bro Safari, Calvertron, Caspa, Cazzette, Chris Lake, Christopher Lawrence, Crizzly, Designer Drugs, Destructo, Dig-Dug, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Donald Glaude, Eric Prydz, Etc!Etc!, Feenixpawl, Figure, Fury & MC Dino, Gareth Emery, Gramatik, GTA, Headhunterz, Infected Mushroom presents Fungusamongus, Jacques Lu Cont, James Egbert, Jaytech, Kill The Noise, Lazy Rich, Liquid Stranger, Loadstar, Lucky Date, Luminox, Madeon, Markus Schulz, Michael Woods, Morgan Page, Mt Eden, Myon & Shane 54, NERVO, Noisia, Pegboard Nerds, Porter Robinson, Savoy (live), Schoolboy, Sound Remedy, The Crystal Method (live), Tommy Trash, Trolley Snatcha, tyDi, Zeds Dead, and even more local artists to be announced.

For more information on the festival, click here.

West Coast Entertainment has announced it's 2013-2014 season shows! Check them out below and for more information on any of the shows, click here.

Anything Goes

Oct 10-13, 2013

Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. The musical introduced such songs as "Anything Goes", "You're the Top", and "I Get a Kick Out of You."

Million Dollar Quartet

Dec 12-15, 2013

Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott. It dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet recording session of December 4, 1956, among early Rock and roll stars Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis. 

Hello, Dolly!

Jan 30-Feb 2, 2014

Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955.

Sister Act

Mar 27-30, 2014

Sister Act is a musical written by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and music by Alan Menken. It is based on the hit 1992 film comedy of the same name. 

Wicked

May 7-25, 2014

This musical is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy's arrival in Oz from Kansas and includes several references to the 1939 film and Baum's novel. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace.

The Capitol Steps

Oct 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm

The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom "Don't quit your day job”! The Capitol Steps troupe is a favorite in the Washington, D.C. social circuit and their reputation for skewering the political right and left with equal glee brings chuckles, rave reviews, guffaws, and bipartisan grins all around. Full of parody’s performed in complete character (imagine Obama sitting only feet away, but with an off hair-day) you’ll love hearing recognizable tunes, with unfamiliar words!

American Idiot

Nov 10, 2013 at 1pm and 6:30pm

Direct from Broadway, the smash-hit musical AMERICAN IDIOT tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their quest for true meaning in a post 9/11 world leads them on the most exhilarating theatrical journey of the season.

Mannheim Steamroller

Nov 23, 2013 at 8pm

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America’s favorite holiday celebration for over 25 years. Grammy Award winner Chip Davis has created a show that features the beloved Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller along with dazzling multimedia effects performed in an intimate setting. The spirit of the season comes alive with the signature sound of Mannheim Steamroller. Don’t miss this ultimate holiday tradition from the #1 Christmas music artist in history!

The Ten Tenors

Feb 15, 2014 at 8pm

THE TEN TENORS’ unique approach to opera has powered their rise to the top; bringing rock and classical music together, kicking and screaming, they have created a sound that is uniquely theirs. Expect them to bring the same contrast of raw power and soothing beauty to this special evening of the best of Broadway.

Bring It On: The Musical

Mar 4, 2014 at 7:30pm

Bitingly relevant and sprinkled with sass, BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL inspired by the Bring It On film, takes you on a high-flying journey through friendship, forgiveness and determination. BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL tells the story of the challenges and unexpected bonds formed through the thrill of extreme competition. With a colorful crew of characters, an exciting fresh sound and explosive dance with aerial stunts, this all new story is sure to be everything you hoped for and nothing like you expected. The New York Times calls it, “Impossible to resist!”