Geoff Tate Is Bringing Operation: Mindcrime — The Final Chapter to the Historic Everett Theatre on May 23 — The Last Time the 1988 Album Will Be Performed in Full

Where can I see Geoff Tate perform Operation: Mindcrime in 2026? Geoff Tate brings the Operation: Mindcrime — The Final Chapter tour to the Historic Downtown Everett Theatre at 2911 Colby Avenue on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Doors open at 7:30 PM and the show starts at 8 PM. It is the only Pacific Northwest stop on the U.S. spring leg and the last time Tate will perform the full 1988 album live in the region. Tickets are sold through Eventbrite via the Historic Everett Theatre.

The 1988 album that defined progressive metal is going away

For thirty-eight years, Operation: Mindcrime has been the album people pull off the shelf when they want to argue that progressive metal could carry a full novel inside one record. Released in May 1988 by Queensrÿche, it told the story of Nikki — a heroin-addicted assassin programmed by a shadowy figure called Dr. X — across fifteen interlocking tracks built on Chris DeGarmo’s guitar architecture and Geoff Tate’s four-octave command. It is Queensrÿche’s only platinum studio record, the reason the band headlined arenas in 1990–91, and the album the original lineup captured live on the legendary Operation: LIVEcrime document.

After this 2026 U.S. spring leg of Operation: Mindcrime — The Final Chapter, Geoff Tate will not perform it in full again.

The Saturday, May 23 stop at the Historic Downtown Everett Theatre is the only Pacific Northwest date on the spring run. Doors open at 7:30 PM. The show runs 8 PM to 11 PM per the Eventbrite listing the venue links to from its official events page. Tate performs the original Mindcrime front-to-back with an enhanced production that adds strings and a laser show to the staging, then returns for an encore drawing on additional Queensrÿche-era material and selections from the brand-new Operation: Mindcrime III, which dropped on May 3, 2026.

Why this is the show, and why this is the room

Geoff Tate is sixty-six. He has been touring this album cycle in some configuration for nearly four decades — first with Queensrÿche, then under his own name after the 2012 split that ended his run as the band’s frontman. Blabbermouth and BraveWords both reported, when the U.S. leg was announced, that the spring 2026 dates would close out the “Final Chapter” framing. The last performances Tate will give of the full Mindcrime sequence happen on this run. Then the album, as a live entity, retires.

The Historic Everett Theatre is the right room for it. Built in 1901, the venue seats roughly 800 — proscenium-arch sightlines and acoustic warmth that fit a guitar-and-keys progressive metal performance far better than an arena ever did. The original LIVEcrime recording was captured at Hammersmith Odeon, a 3,600-seat London theater; the Everett room is smaller, denser, more intimate, and that is the point. Tate’s spring routing has deliberately favored 800–2,000 seat theaters — Taft Theatre in Cincinnati, Rose Music Center in Huber Heights, Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. Everett fits that pattern exactly.

It also lands in a remarkable spring at the 1901 building. The Historic Everett Theatre has been carrying a near-weekly slate — comedy from Dana Gould on May 16, the original Woodstock-era double bill of Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company on May 29, and the Latin Grammy–winning Grupo Niche on May 31. Geoff Tate slots in as the heaviest rock show of the month and the only progressive metal date the venue has booked all spring.

What the new album means for the Everett setlist

Operation: Mindcrime III arrived three weeks before the Everett show and changes how the encore should be read. Tate has been clear in interviews that III is structured as a parallel companion to the original — the same timeline told from the perspective of Dr. X, the puppet master who programs Nikki in the first record. Producer John Moyer (Disturbed bassist; long-time Tate collaborator since 2015) built the album heavier and more aggressive than I or II, with denser riffing and a modern metal sound Tate himself has called “super heavy.” Maximum Volume Music called it “an admirable attempt to give the trilogy a proper end.” MyGlobalMind framed it as the conclusion of “a metal masterpiece.”

The encore, in other words, is no longer a victory lap of Queensrÿche radio singles. It is a contemporary statement about the same characters from a new vantage point, with strings and lasers built to support the heavier delivery.

Tickets, VIPs, and the value question

General admission and reserved seating are on Eventbrite through the Historic Everett Theatre’s official listing — the canonical ticket path, ahead of any third-party reseller. A separate VIP Meet and Greet package is sold directly through GeoffTate.com and includes a pre-show meet, a posed photo with Tate and the band, an autograph session, and early entry. Standard tickets are positioned at face value, before resale margins start chasing the earlier Pabst, Taft, and Rose Music Center dates upward — fair-market pricing for a once-in-a-career performance window in an 800-seat room.

What to know before you go

The Historic Downtown Everett Theatre sits at 2911 Colby Avenue, between Hewitt and Wall in the heart of downtown Everett. Street parking on Colby and Wetmore is metered through 6 PM, then free; the Everpark Garage at 2925 Wetmore is a block north. Pre-show dinner options cluster within a three-block walk on Hewitt and Colby. The 1901 venue is fully ADA-accessible from the main Colby entrance, with the box office at the corner of Colby and Wall.

If you are tracking the broader legacy-act calendar in town, the Apex’s Kings Hall closes June with Petty Thief and Pretenders UK on June 27. The two rooms together are giving Everett a two-month run of bookings the city has not had in this density in years.

The bottom line

If Operation: Mindcrime shaped how you think about what a metal album can do, this is the one to clear the calendar for. The Final Chapter is the last living performance of the full 1988 sequence by the voice that originally sang it. The Historic Everett Theatre is the right-sized room. The album that closes the trilogy just hit the streets. Saturday, May 23, 2026. Doors at 7:30 PM. Show at 8 PM. 2911 Colby Avenue. Verdict: GO.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Geoff Tate?

Geoff Tate is the original lead vocalist of progressive metal band Queensrÿche, best known for the platinum-selling 1988 concept album Operation: Mindcrime and hits including “Silent Lucidity,” “Empire,” and “Eyes of a Stranger.” He fronted Queensrÿche from 1982 until 2012 and has performed as a solo artist since.

What is the Operation: Mindcrime – The Final Chapter tour?

It is Geoff Tate’s farewell touring cycle for the original 1988 Operation: Mindcrime album. On The Final Chapter tour Tate performs Mindcrime in full one last time, with an enhanced production featuring strings and a laser show. The U.S. spring leg in 2026 is the last time the full album will be performed live.

When and where is the Everett show?

Saturday, May 23, 2026, at the Historic Downtown Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201. Doors open at 7:30 PM with the show at 8 PM.

How do I buy tickets?

General admission and reserved seating tickets are sold through Eventbrite via the Historic Everett Theatre’s official event listing. A separate VIP Meet and Greet package is sold through GeoffTate.com and includes a pre-show meet, photo, and autograph session with Geoff Tate and the band.

What songs will Geoff Tate play in Everett?

The set centers on the full 1988 Operation: Mindcrime album performed front-to-back, with Queensrÿche-era hits and selections from the new Operation: Mindcrime III, released May 3, 2026, expected in the encore segment.

How long is the show?

Eventbrite lists the run time at three hours from 8 PM to 11 PM, including the album performance, additional Queensrÿche material, and an encore.

Is the Historic Everett Theatre the right size for this show?

Yes. The 1901 venue seats roughly 800 in its main hall — exactly the right room for a legacy progressive metal act on a focused theater tour. The Final Chapter run is deliberately routed to mid-size theaters rather than arenas.

Where should I park and eat before the show?

Street parking and the Everpark Garage at 2925 Wetmore Avenue are within a block of the theater. Pre-show dinner options on Hewitt Avenue and Colby Avenue cluster within a three-block walk.

Is Grupo Niche playing in Everett, WA in 2026?
Yes. Grupo Niche — the Latin Grammy-winning Colombian salsa orchestra founded in Cali in 1978 — performs at the Historic Everett Theatre (2911 Colby Ave, Everett WA) on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available through events.theatreconcertconsulting.com and secondary markets.

Verdict: GO. Unique-to-market touring act. Right-size room for a brass-forward Latin orchestra. The Historic Everett Theatre’s most ambitious Latin booking since reopening under new ownership. If you have any connection to salsa music, clear Sunday, May 31.

The Setup

A Sunday night in a 125-year-old opera house. A Colombian salsa orchestra with 47 years of catalog and a Latin Grammy on the shelf. Eight hundred seats on Colby Avenue.

That is what May 31 looks like at the Historic Everett Theatre.

Grupo Niche — not a tribute act, not a cover band, but the actual Cali orchestra founded in 1978 by Jairo Varela — is coming to Everett. If you have any connection to Latin music, to salsa, to the specific joy of hearing a full brass section tear through “Cali Pachanguero” in a room this intimate, this is the show. It is not a show you will find again at this scale in the Pacific Northwest any time soon.

Who Grupo Niche Is

Grupo Niche was born in Cali, Colombia in 1978. Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano built the orchestra with the conviction that Colombian salsa deserved to stand beside — and ahead of — the New York and Puerto Rican traditions that dominated the genre at the time.

Their 1984 album No Hay Quinto Malo contained a single called “Cali Pachanguero,” a tribute to the city’s carnival spirit. It became one of the defining songs of the salsa genre. It still plays at every Grupo Niche concert, and when it does, rooms of 800 people tend to become one organism.

The catalog extends well beyond that song. “Cali Ají,” “Sin Sentimiento,” “Una Aventura,” “Buenaventura y Caney,” “Debiera Olvidarla” — these are songs that defined Latin dancefloors across the Americas, Spain, and wherever the Colombian diaspora settled. In 1986, Grupo Niche became the first Colombian orchestra to perform at Madison Square Garden, part of the World Salsa Festival. In 1989, they played to one million fans at Lima’s Campo de Marte park in Peru.

Maestro Jairo Varela died on August 8, 2012. The group continued under the direction of longtime members, and in 2020 won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album with 40, a fortieth-anniversary record. The group is still recording, still winning hardware, and still performing at the level that earned those credentials. Forty-seven years in, this is not a nostalgia act — it is a working orchestra with an active catalog and a live show that has filled venues across two continents this decade.

None of that usually arrives at a venue that seats 800 people in Snohomish County. May 31 is the exception.

Why the Room Is Right

The Historic Everett Theatre opened in 1901 as the Everett Opera House. The building survived a 1923 fire, was rebuilt in 1924, and operated for decades as one of the Pacific Northwest’s working music venues. By 2025, Bellevue real estate investor Johnny Phan had purchased it for $1.5 million and put hundreds of thousands more into renovations before reopening in September 2025 — the latest chapter for a room that has hosted everything from vaudeville performers to grunge-era tribute acts.

For salsa, the room size is an asset. Salsa at 800 seats means the brass section hits differently than it does at a 5,000-seat amphitheater. You can hear the rhythm section individually. The coro — the call-and-response vocal hook that defines salsa’s live energy — echoes in a room this size instead of evaporating into a sound system the size of a building.

If you have seen Grupo Niche in a large theater or arena context, the Historic Everett Theatre is a different kind of show. If you have never seen them live, this room is an argument for starting here rather than waiting for a bigger venue.

What to Expect at the Show

A typical Grupo Niche concert runs 90 minutes to two hours. The set draws from a catalog spanning four decades, and the group sequences it to build toward the signature moments. Recent setlists have included “Un Alto en el Camino,” “Buenaventura y Caney,” “Sin Sentimiento,” and “Cali Ají” alongside material from the 2020 Latin Grammy-winning 40 album. “Cali Pachanguero” is always in the set, and it always closes a chapter of the show at high volume.

The touring lineup includes featured vocalists, a full horn section, piano, bass, percussion, and a coro that fills whatever space it occupies. There will be dancing. If you know how to salsa, you will find floor space near the stage. If you do not, watching the people who do from 20 feet away is its own kind of entertainment.

Dress for dancing if you plan on it. The venue does not have a dress code, but you will not be the first person there in something worth moving in.

The Full Last Weekend of May

If you are building a cultural calendar around this show, the timing works unusually well. Three days of the same weekend offer three different reasons to be downtown.

On Friday, May 29, Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company play the same stage — two bands that performed at the original Woodstock on one Historic Everett Theatre bill. The request is that you wear something that looks like it came out of 1969. This is a co-headliner at $65 general admission, and it is one of the stronger live-music bookings in Everett in years.

On Saturday, May 30, the Schack Art Center’s Artists’ Garage Sale runs 9 AM to 3 PM on Hoyt Avenue — 140+ artists, work priced for actual purchase, free to browse. That same Saturday evening, EMO Prom lands at Tony V’s Garage on Hewitt — a tribute night for the era’s music, with the room dressed accordingly.

Grupo Niche closes the weekend on Sunday. Three consecutive days, three completely different rooms, three different reasons to stay in Everett instead of driving to Seattle.

Show Details

• Artist: Grupo Niche
• Date: Sunday, May 31, 2026
• Show time: 7:00 PM
• Venue: Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave, Everett WA 98201
• Capacity: ~800
• Tickets: events.theatreconcertconsulting.com (official); also available on SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, and Bandsintown
• Parking: Street parking on Colby Ave; Everpark Garage (2919 Oakes Ave) nearby

Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Grupo Niche play at the Historic Everett Theatre?

The show starts at 7:00 PM on Sunday, May 31, 2026. The Historic Everett Theatre is located at 2911 Colby Ave, Everett WA 98201. Arrive by 6:30 PM to find parking and get settled before the show.

Where can I buy Grupo Niche tickets for the Everett show?

Tickets are available through the Historic Everett Theatre’s official ticketing platform at events.theatreconcertconsulting.com, and through secondary markets including SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, and Bandsintown.

What songs does Grupo Niche play in concert?

Grupo Niche setlists draw from 47 years of catalog. Expect “Cali Pachanguero,” “Cali Ají,” “Sin Sentimiento,” “Buenaventura y Caney,” “Un Alto en el Camino,” and material from the 2020 Latin Grammy-winning album 40. “Cali Pachanguero” is performed at every concert without exception.

How big is the Historic Everett Theatre?

The Historic Everett Theatre holds approximately 800 people. It opened in 1901 as the Everett Opera House, survived a 1923 fire, and was renovated and reopened under new ownership in September 2025. For salsa, the room size is an advantage — you can hear the full orchestra clearly from anywhere in the hall.

Who is Grupo Niche?

Grupo Niche is a Colombian salsa orchestra founded in 1978 in Cali, Colombia by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. They won the Latin Grammy for Best Salsa Album in 2020. They were the first Colombian orchestra to perform at Madison Square Garden (1986) and played before one million fans in Lima, Peru in 1989. Critics and audiences across Latin America consistently cite them as the continent’s most successful salsa orchestra of the past forty years.

Is the Grupo Niche Everett show all ages?

Age policy details should be confirmed at point of ticket purchase through the official ticketing page. Most Historic Everett Theatre shows are all ages unless otherwise noted. Check events.theatreconcertconsulting.com for the current listing.

What time does Red Karma play at the Historic Everett Theatre on May 1?
Red Karma takes the stage at the Historic Everett Theatre (2911 Colby Ave, Everett, WA 98201) on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM PDT. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $30 general admission, with senior/military at $25 and children under 12 at $20.

VERDICT: GO. All three criteria land: Red Karma is the only Taylor Swift tribute announced for this market this spring, the Historic Everett Theatre’s ~800-seat room is precisely the right size for this kind of act, and $30 GA undercuts every comparable tribute show in the Seattle market.

The Historic Everett Theatre opened in 1901 as the Everett Opera House, and on Friday night — May 1 — it gets Taylor Swift.

Not Taylor Swift. Red Karma, the Pacific Northwest tribute act that has spent years playing Swift’s catalog across the Emerald City and beyond. But in a 125-year-old building with original sight lines and real acoustics, with a stage that knows how to hold a show, the distinction matters less than you might think.

The Essential Details

The show is Friday, May 1 at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM. The venue is at 2911 Colby Ave, Everett, WA 98201. The show runs approximately 90 minutes, ending around 8:30 PM per the official listing. If you are driving downtown, plan for parking on the adjacent streets or in the nearby garages — Friday evening in downtown Everett fills up, but it fills up manageable.

Tickets are $30 general admission. Senior and military pricing drops to $25. Children under 12 are $20. If you are bringing the whole family — three or more members — the Family Pack pricing comes out to $20 per person, making this one of the more affordable live music nights you will find anywhere in Snohomish County this spring. Tickets are available at events.theatreconcertconsulting.com/red-karma-2/.

Why Red Karma in This Room Works

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert tour in recorded history. For the fans in Everett who could not get tickets, could not afford the resale prices, or simply did not want to navigate a stadium, the tribute band circuit has become the practical alternative — and it has gotten very good.

Red Karma is a Pacific Northwest outfit. The band has built its reputation playing this specific market — Seattle stages, Puget Sound clubs, the broader Emerald City scene — and that touring knowledge shows. They understand this audience because they have played to it for years.

The Historic Everett Theatre is the correct room for this act. The venue seats roughly 800 people. The stage is proportioned for a production that wants actual intimacy — where the performer can see the audience, where you can hear the arrangement without stadium reverb washing out the detail. Taylor Swift’s catalog spans more than a decade of genre-crossing: the country years, the pop transformation of 1989, the dark turn of Reputation, the indie-adjacent textures of Folklore and Evermore, the pop maximalism of Midnights. Getting any of those eras to land correctly requires a room where the sound does not fight itself. The HET stage has that.

The building opened on November 4, 1901 as the Everett Opera House. It hosted Lillian Russell and Al Jolson in its early decades, survived a 1923 fire, was rebuilt in 1924, and was restored between 2000 and 2004. Seeing Taylor Swift’s catalog performed here — in a room that has held real theater, real concerts, and 125 years of Everett’s public life — is not a lesser experience than a stadium. It is a different experience. Specifically, it is better for almost every reason that matters in a live music context.

The Ticket Math

The Seattle comp range for comparable tribute acts at venues like the Neptune or Moore runs from roughly $35 to $60 or more for general admission on a Friday night. The $30 GA at HET is on the low end of that range for a dedicated performance space, not a bar stage.

The Family Pack pricing at $20 per person for three or more members is worth naming directly. There is no Pacific Northwest market where you take three people to a live music event in a real theater for $60 total on a Friday night. That pricing, combined with an all-ages format, makes this a legitimate family event. If you have kids who are in the Swiftie phase right now and you have been looking for a way to make the live music experience work without stadium prices, this is it.

What to Expect

Red Karma covers Taylor Swift’s catalog across multiple eras. Expect the country-to-pop crossover material alongside the 1989 high points, the Reputation era, and material from Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights. The set runs approximately 90 minutes. The venue serves beverages. The building has coat check facilities.

This is a Friday night in downtown Everett. Dinner before on Hewitt Avenue or Colby, show at 7, home by 10. That is a complete evening.

The Rest of May at the Historic Everett Theatre

Saturday, May 2, Trio Los Panchos — 50 Aniversario — brings the Latin ballad tradition to the same stage. Two consecutive nights, two completely different audiences, the same 1901 building. The following week brings Richard Marx on Friday, May 8, and Corduroy (Pearl Jam tribute) on Saturday, May 9. Later in the month, Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company land on May 29 for a night that puts two original Woodstock bands on one bill. Downtown Everett is putting together a legitimate entertainment calendar, and May is making the case.

What You Need

• Venue: The Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave, Everett, WA 98201
• Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
• Doors: 6:00 PM
• Show: 7:00 PM — approximately 8:30 PM
• Tickets: GA $30 / Senior-Military $25 / Children Under 12 $20 / Family Pack $20 per person (3+ members)
• Ages: All ages
• Buy tickets: events.theatreconcertconsulting.com/red-karma-2/

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Red Karma show at the Historic Everett Theatre all-ages?

Yes. The May 1, 2026 show is all-ages, with Family Pack pricing available for groups of three or more at $20 per person.

What time do doors open for Red Karma at HET?

Doors open at 6:00 PM. The show starts at 7:00 PM and runs approximately 90 minutes.

How much are tickets for Red Karma at the Historic Everett Theatre?

General admission is $30. Senior/military pricing is $25. Children under 12 are $20. Family pack (3 or more people) is $20 per person.

Where is the Historic Everett Theatre?

2911 Colby Ave, Everett, WA 98201. Phone: 253-422-4553. The building opened November 4, 1901 as the Everett Opera House.

Is Red Karma a Seattle-area band?

Red Karma is a Pacific Northwest tribute act based in the Seattle area, performing Taylor Swift’s catalog “across the stages of the Emerald City and beyond.”

What songs does Red Karma play?

Red Karma covers Taylor Swift’s catalog across multiple eras — from the country-era hits through Fearless and Red, through the pop transformation of 1989, Reputation, and into Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights.

What other shows are coming to the Historic Everett Theatre in May?

Richard Marx plays May 8, Corduroy (Pearl Jam tribute) plays May 9, and Canned Heat with Big Brother and the Holding Company headline May 29. Trio Los Panchos — 50 Aniversario — plays May 1 (same night as Red Karma, separate show). May at the HET is unusually strong.

Where can I see a Pearl Jam tribute band in Everett, WA? Corduroy: The Pearl Jam Experience plays the Historic Everett Theatre at 2911 Colby Avenue on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the show starts at 8:00 PM. It’s an all-ages show. General Admission tickets are $40, with an Early Bird Special at $30 while supplies last. The dance floor will be open.

Verdict: GO. This is a unique-to-this-market booking — a touring Pearl Jam tribute landing at Seattle’s nearest historic opera house — in the right-size room, at fair-market pricing for an all-ages show. Two of three GO criteria clear cleanly. The third — value — is well above the bar at $30 Early Bird.

The Historic Everett Theatre opened in 1901 as the Everett Opera House. It is a 125-year-old building with a restored stage, hard sight lines, and roughly 800 seats when fully sold. That is the kind of room Pearl Jam grew out of — small theaters, opera houses, the rooms a band books before the rooms get too big to feel anything in. Forty miles down I-5, in a basement off the Off Ramp Café in October 1990, five guys playing under the name Mookie Blaylock opened a show that became Pearl Jam. The band has since played stadiums on every continent that has them. The Historic Everett Theatre is closer to the room those five guys started in than anything Pearl Jam has played in three decades.

That is the frame for what happens on Saturday, May 9.

The Show

Corduroy: The Pearl Jam Experience is a Bay Area-based tribute band founded in the summer of 2016 in San Francisco. They are one of eleven Pearl Jam tribute acts worldwide that were selected to perform at the TEN 30th Anniversary Online Tribute Concert organized by Grunge Magazine in August 2021 — a peer-vetted credential, not a self-applied one. The band’s catalog runs from 1991 through current Pearl Jam material, which means the Ten, Vs., Vitalogy, and No Code eras get their full treatment alongside the post-2000 records.

The Everett show is officially billed as Corduroy’s 10th Anniversary celebration — they took the stage as a band in summer 2016 and are working a year-long anniversary run through 2026.

The basics, verified:

• Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026
• Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 8:00 PM
• Venue: The Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
• Tickets: General Admission $40 (Early Bird Special $30 while available)
• Age: All Ages
• Format: Dance floor open

Both the official venue listing at events.theatreconcertconsulting.com and Bandsintown event #108180402 confirm identical date, time, and venue.

Why “Corduroy” Is the Right Name for a Tribute

If you have to be a Pearl Jam tribute band, “Corduroy” is the name to take. The original song lives on Vitalogy, Pearl Jam’s third studio album, released in 1994. It hit number 13 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart without ever being released as a commercial single. Eddie Vedder wrote it after seeing a replica of one of his thrift-store corduroy jackets in a fashion store at a markup of hundreds of dollars. The song is about a relationship — not between two people, but between one person and a million of them. It is the song where Pearl Jam, at the peak of their commercial moment, lashed out at the culture industry that had spent two years selling the band back to its own audience at retail.

A tribute band naming itself after that specific track is making a small, sharp argument: we are here for the music, not the merch. That is the right argument to make in a 125-year-old room in downtown Everett.

The Venue: Why It Matters

The Historic Everett Theatre opened on November 4, 1901, as the Everett Opera House — a 1,200-seat room that hosted Lillian Russell, Al Jolson, and George M. Cohan in its earliest years. A 1923 fire gutted it. The building was reconstructed in 1924 as the New Everett Theater. The 2000–2004 restoration brought it back to its current configuration of roughly 800 seats with a working stage, full sound system, and the original architecture intact at the bones.

For a Pearl Jam tribute show, this is the right room. Pearl Jam’s grunge-era catalog was written for spaces this size — the Crocodile, the Off Ramp, the Moore. When you scale those songs up to a stadium, you lose the feedback, the room noise, the sweat in the crowd. When you scale them down to a theater that has been hosting live performance since the McKinley administration, the songs carry differently. Black sounds like Black in an 800-seat opera house. It does not sound like Black in a 50,000-seat baseball park.

Surrounding Context: The Historic Everett Theatre’s May Slate

May 9 sits inside the busiest month the Historic Everett Theatre has run this spring. The full month, all dates verified against the venue’s Tickible JSON-LD:

• Friday, May 1 — Red Karma: Taylor Swift tribute, doors 6:00 PM
• Saturday, May 2 — Trio Los Panchos Nostalgia Tour: 50 Aniversario, externally ticketed via Tickeri
• Friday, May 8 — Richard Marx: After Hours tour
• Saturday, May 9 — Corduroy: The Pearl Jam Experience (this show)
• Saturday, May 16 — Dana Gould: stand-up comedy via Eventbrite
• Friday, May 29 — Canned Heat with Big Brother and the Holding Company: two original Woodstock bands co-headlining

Six bookings in May, four of them music, two of them co-headlining heritage acts. The Historic Everett Theatre is not running a quiet spring — and June’s Sorticulture festival spills into the venue too with a free Ciscoe Morris lecture on June 7.

What to Expect in the Room

A few practical notes for anyone who has not seen a tribute show in this venue before. The dance floor will be open, per the event description — that is unusual for the Historic Everett Theatre and signals that the front of the house is being run as a standing pit rather than seated rows for this show. If you want to sit, arrive early and pick your spot. If you want to stand, arrive when doors open and walk to the front. Confirm seating policy at the box office on the night.

The venue is at 2911 Colby Avenue. Street parking is free after 5:00 PM throughout downtown on Saturdays. The Everpark Garage is two blocks away on Hewitt Avenue if street is full.

Why Pearl Jam Tributes Work Differently in the Pacific Northwest

Pearl Jam was formed in Seattle in 1990 by Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready. Eddie Vedder joined as lead singer after writing lyrics on the back of a tape he received in San Diego. The band’s first official show was at the Off Ramp Café on October 22, 1990 — they took the stage as Mookie Blaylock and announced their new name as Pearl Jam onstage. Forty miles north of the Off Ramp, the Historic Everett Theatre was almost a century old by the time Vedder walked into a Seattle basement to audition.

A Pearl Jam tribute playing the Historic Everett Theatre is not a tribute act passing through a generic venue. It is a tribute act playing the catalog of the Pacific Northwest’s defining rock band in a Pacific Northwest building that is older than the band’s drummer’s grandparents. Bay Area-based Corduroy gets to play Black, Yellow Ledbetter, Even Flow, and Alive in a room where the audience will know every word and where the building itself has been hosting live music since the year of Theodore Roosevelt’s first vice presidency.

That is a specific kind of show. It does not happen often. It is happening on May 9.

How to Get Tickets

Tickets are sold through the Historic Everett Theatre’s box office at events.theatreconcertconsulting.com/corduroy-the-pearl-jam-experience/. The Early Bird Special at $30 is the better value while it lasts; once those run out, General Admission opens at $40. Both tiers sit well below the $50–$70 range that comparable tribute shows pull in Seattle proper. For an all-ages 800-cap room with a restored historic stage, this is fair-market pricing on the low side.

The dance floor is open. Doors at 7:00 PM. Show at 8:00 PM. Bring layers — Everett Aprils get cold after sundown and the walk back to your car is two blocks of downtown air.

Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Corduroy: The Pearl Jam Experience start at the Historic Everett Theatre?

Doors open at 7:00 PM and the show begins at 8:00 PM on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

How much do tickets cost?

General Admission is $40. An Early Bird Special is available at $30 while supplies last. Both tiers are sold through the venue’s box office.

Is the show all ages?

Yes. The Historic Everett Theatre lists this as an all-ages show, with the dance floor open during the performance.

Where is the Historic Everett Theatre?

The venue is at 2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201, in downtown Everett. The building opened in 1901 as the Everett Opera House.

Who is Corduroy: The Pearl Jam Experience?

Corduroy is a San Francisco-based tribute band founded in summer 2016. They were one of eleven Pearl Jam tribute bands selected globally for Grunge Magazine’s TEN 30th Anniversary Online Tribute Concert in August 2021. The Everett show is part of their ten-year anniversary run.

Is there parking at the Historic Everett Theatre?

Free street parking is available throughout downtown Everett after 5:00 PM on Saturdays. The Everpark Garage on Hewitt Avenue is the nearest paid garage, two blocks from the venue.

What other shows are happening at the Historic Everett Theatre in May 2026?

The May slate includes Red Karma (Taylor Swift tribute) on May 1, Richard Marx on May 8, Dana Gould comedy on May 16, and Canned Heat with Big Brother and the Holding Company on May 29.

Q: When and where can I see Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company in Everett?

Friday, May 29, 2026 at the Historic Everett Theatre (2911 Colby Ave). Doors open at 6:00 PM, show at 7:00 PM. General Admission $65, Senior/Military $60, Family Pack (3+ tickets) $55 each. Tickets and the official listing are at events.theatreconcertconsulting.com.

If you have ever wished you could have been at Max Yasgur’s farm in August 1969, the Historic Everett Theatre is doing the next best thing this spring. On Friday, May 29, 2026, two of the original Woodstock bands — Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company — are sharing one downtown Everett stage for a single night, in a venue that has been hosting live music in this town since five years before the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

The official ask from the box office is delightful: “Dress up in your favorite 60’s hippie gear.” The official price tag on the marquee event is reasonable: $65 General Admission, $60 Senior/Military, $55 Family Pack when you buy three or more. And the official venue is a 1901 opera house at 2911 Colby Avenue, two blocks off Hewitt, that has been quietly building one of the most interesting tribute and heritage-act calendars on the I-5 corridor.

This is one to clear the calendar for. Here is everything you need to know.

The Show: Two Headliners, One Night, Doors at 6

According to the official Historic Everett Theatre listing for the event, here are the confirmed details:

• Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
• Doors: 6:00 PM
• Show: 7:00 PM (event ends approximately 10:30 PM per the venue’s posted end time)
• Venue: The Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave, Everett, WA 98201
• General Admission: $65
• Senior / Military: $60
• Family Pack: $55 per ticket when buying 3 or more
• Box office / tickets: events.theatreconcertconsulting.com (the official ticketing site for the venue)

This is a co-headlining bill. Both bands are listed equally on the venue’s marquee, both are playing full sets, and both are being marketed as a tribute to Woodstock-era rock. The “Relive Woodstock 1969” subtitle is the venue’s own framing.

The HeraldNet entertainment desk also flagged the show in their April 22, 2026 weekly preview, which is how a lot of folks in Snohomish County first heard about it. If you missed that one in the paper, this is your second look.

Who Is Canned Heat in 2026?

Canned Heat formed in Los Angeles in 1966 — roughly six decades ago, depending on which day you count from. They are not a tribute band. They are the band, with original member Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra still anchoring the kit as drummer, bandleader, and unofficial historian of the project. Per the band’s official bio published on the venue’s event page, the current touring lineup is:

• Fito de la Parra — drums, bandleader (in his 58th year with the group)
• Dale Spalding — vocals, harmonica, guitar (18-year tenure as of 2026; coming out of New Orleans, with a deep blues résumé)
• Rick Reed — bass (joined four years ago after stints with Paul Butterfield, John Mayall, and the Chicago Blues Reunion)
• Jimmy Vivino — lead guitar and vocals (best known for his 28-year run as guitarist, arranger, and music director for Late Night with Conan O’Brien; before that, a 20-year career playing with Al Kooper, Charlie Musselwhite, Michael McDonald, and many others)

The catalog they are pulling from is genuinely iconic. Per the band’s official biography, their three signature worldwide hits are “On The Road Again,” “Going Up The Country,” and “Let’s Work Together.” They played the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. They headlined the original Woodstock in 1969 — Canned Heat’s set notes from setlist.fm and the Woodstock archives confirm they took the stage Saturday, August 16, 1969 around 7:30 PM at sunset, ripping through “Going Up the Country” and closing with “On the Road Again” as the encore.

What makes this stop interesting beyond the catalog: in 2024, Canned Heat released “Finyl Vinyl,” their first studio album in fifteen years. The venue’s listing notes the record put the band back on charts around the world and got named to multiple Top 10 Blues Albums of the Year lists. So when they hit the stage at Everett, they are not just running through the hits. There is a reason to bring fresh ears.

Who Is Big Brother and the Holding Company in 2026?

Big Brother and the Holding Company is the band that, more than any other, you associate with Janis Joplin’s voice cutting through the late 1960s. They wrote and recorded “Piece of My Heart,” “Summertime” (the Gershwin standard, reimagined as a haunted blues), “Ball and Chain,” and “Bye Bye Baby” — songs that defined a moment. They were Janis’s band. They played Monterey Pop. They played Woodstock. They were the hinge between San Francisco psychedelia and stadium rock.

The band has continued touring since reforming in 1987. Per their official bbhc.com bio and the venue’s event listing, the current lineup centers on two original members: drummer/songwriter David Getz and bassist/songwriter Peter Albin — both of whom were on the records, both of whom were on the Monterey and Woodstock stages. They are joined on this run by Darby Gould on lead vocals (formerly of Jefferson Starship; she handles the Janis catalog, including “Piece of My Heart,” “Summertime,” “Down On Me,” “Ball and Chain,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” and “Mercedes Benz”) and Tom Finch on guitar.

The venue’s listing for May 29 calls them “the original architects” of the songs and notes that the band continues to introduce new material alongside the catalog. That is the right framing. This is not a tribute act. This is the band — with the original rhythm section — performing songs they wrote.

About the Venue: A 1901 Opera House Hosting Woodstock-Era Legends

The Historic Everett Theatre opened on November 4, 1901 as the Everett Opera House. Per the venue’s history page and Cinema Treasures, it was originally designed to seat 1,200 — about a sixth of Everett’s entire population at the time. The building faces 70 feet along Colby Avenue near the intersection with Hewitt and fills a trapezoidal lot 119 feet deep. In its first decades it hosted Lillian Russell, Al Jolson, Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys, and George M. Cohan. A 1923 fire gutted the interior. The theatre was rebuilt and reopened in 1924 as the New Everett Theatre.

Today the venue’s working capacity is approximately 800. It is one of the longest-continuously-operating performing arts venues in Washington State, and its 125-year heritage is exactly the kind of room a Canned Heat set was made for: hardwood floors, a real stage, a real audience, no festival mud.

Address: 2911 Colby Ave, Everett, WA 98201. Two blocks off Hewitt Avenue. Walking distance to most of downtown.

Should You Go? Yes. Here Is the Honest Take.

This is a curated recommendation, not a press release. There are three reasons this show is worth clearing your Friday for:

1. The age math is real. Fito de la Parra is in his 58th year with Canned Heat. David Getz and Peter Albin have been playing these songs since they wrote them. Co-headlining tours of bands of this vintage do not come through Everett every year. Most folks who want to see a Woodstock-era band live at this point are buying a Las Vegas residency ticket and a flight. This is a $65 ticket eight blocks from the Funko HQ.

2. The venue is the right size. The Historic Everett Theatre’s ~800-seat configuration means you will actually hear the band, see the band, and feel the room. Canned Heat at a stadium amphitheater is a different experience than Canned Heat in an 1,200-original-seat opera house. Pick the room.

3. The pricing is not a gimmick. General Admission at $65 with a Senior/Military rate of $60 and a Family Pack rate of $55 (when buying 3+) is fair-market for a co-headlining heritage-act bill. Ticketmaster resale on this kind of pairing tends to land north of $100. Buy direct from the venue and you are getting the real number.

The room is going to lean older — many of the people in attendance are going to have first-hand memories of these songs on the radio in 1969. Bring earplugs anyway. Canned Heat’s current live mix is loud the way it is supposed to be loud.

The “Dress Up in Your 60’s Hippie Gear” Thing

The venue’s official event listing — including their meta description — leads with the line “DRESS UP IN YOUR FAVORITE 60’S HIPPIE GEAR.” This is not optional flair on the marketing; it is the actual ask. Everett does not get a lot of theme nights at this scale. If you have a fringed vest in the closet, this is its night.

If you don’t, downtown Everett’s vintage shops on Hewitt have you covered. Bell-bottoms, a tie-dye, a headband, you are good to go.

How to Buy Tickets

Tickets are sold through the official venue ticketing site at events.theatreconcertconsulting.com under the Canned Heat with Big Brother and the Holding Company event listing. The three available ticket types as of publication:

• General Admission — $65
• General Admission Senior/Military — $60
• Family Pack (3+ tickets) — $55 per ticket

A small ticketing fee is added at checkout, per the venue’s standard. Do not buy resale; buy direct from the venue’s Tickible-powered store.

The Bigger Picture: The Historic Everett Theatre’s Spring 2026 Calendar

The Canned Heat / Big Brother bill is the headliner of a May calendar that has been quietly stacking up. The same week, the Historic Everett Theatre is also presenting:

• May 1 — Red Karma (Taylor Swift Tribute)
• May 8 — Richard Marx (After Hours Tour, Friday, the show we already covered separately)
• May 9 — Corduroy: The Pearl Jam Experience
• May 16 — Dana Gould (stand-up comedy, presented by Everett Comedy Night)

For a 1901 opera house running 800-seat shows, that is a serious month. Canned Heat closes it out the night before Memorial Day weekend.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a tribute band or the original Canned Heat?

This is the original Canned Heat. Drummer and bandleader Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra has been with the band since 1968 and is in his 58th year as of 2026. The current lineup also includes Dale Spalding (vocals/harmonica/guitar), Rick Reed (bass), and Jimmy Vivino (lead guitar — formerly the music director for Late Night with Conan O’Brien). Per the band’s official bio published on the venue’s listing, this is the touring lineup.

Is this a tribute band or the original Big Brother and the Holding Company?

This is the original Big Brother and the Holding Company, with original members David Getz on drums and Peter Albin on bass — both of whom played on the Janis Joplin–era records, the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Lead vocals on this tour are handled by Darby Gould (formerly of Jefferson Starship), who covers the Janis catalog. Tom Finch is on guitar.

What time does the show start?

Doors open at 6:00 PM. Show starts at 7:00 PM. The venue’s posted end time is approximately 10:30 PM.

Where is the Historic Everett Theatre?

2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201. Two blocks west of Hewitt Avenue, in the heart of downtown Everett.

How much are tickets?

General Admission is $65. Senior/Military is $60. Family Pack (when buying 3 or more tickets in one order) is $55 per ticket. A small ticketing fee is added at checkout.

Is there assigned seating?

The venue’s listing offers General Admission tickets for this event, meaning seating is first-come, first-served within the 800-capacity room. Arriving close to doors at 6:00 PM is recommended for sight lines.

What should I wear?

The venue’s official event listing requests that attendees “dress up in your favorite 60’s hippie gear.” This is encouraged but not enforced. Tie-dye, fringe, bell-bottoms, headbands, and 1960s-era denim all welcome.

Will Canned Heat play “On The Road Again” and “Going Up The Country”?

The band’s current set list pulls from their full catalog of three worldwide hits — “On The Road Again,” “Going Up The Country,” and “Let’s Work Together” — alongside material from their 2024 album Finyl Vinyl, which was their first studio release in fifteen years and earned multiple Top 10 Blues Albums of the Year placements. Specific setlist for the Everett date has not been published in advance.

Will Big Brother and the Holding Company play the Janis Joplin–era songs?

Yes. Per the band’s official bio, lead vocalist Darby Gould performs the Janis catalog including “Piece of My Heart,” “Summertime,” “Ball and Chain,” “Down On Me,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” and “Mercedes Benz.” The venue’s listing specifically names “Piece of My Heart,” “Summertime,” “Ball and Chain,” and “Bye Bye Baby” as part of the show.

Is the Historic Everett Theatre accessible?

The Historic Everett Theatre is a 1901-built opera house with 1924 reconstruction. For specific accessibility questions including ADA seating and accessible entrances, contact the venue directly via the box office number listed on theeveretttheatre.org.

Are food and drinks available at the venue?

Concession options at the Historic Everett Theatre vary by event. Check the venue’s FAQ at theatreconcertconsulting.com/frequently-asked-questions for current concession details.

Bottom Line

Two of the bands that defined the late-1960s American rock canon — both with original members on stage, both with current studio material to back the catalog — are co-headlining one night at a 1901 opera house in downtown Everett for $65 a ticket on Friday, May 29. This is the kind of show Everett used to drive to Seattle to see. On May 29, Seattle is going to be driving here.

Get the tickets. Wear the fringe. Show up at 6.

Richard Marx — yes, that Richard Marx, the guy who held down the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the late ’80s like it was his personal lease — is bringing his After Hours Tour into the Historic Everett Theatre on Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM. One night. One of the most historically loaded rooms on Colby Avenue. And according to Bandsintown’s listing for the show, ticket availability is already down to a sliver.

If you came up on “Right Here Waiting” on the car radio, if “Hold On to the Nights” was your slow-dance song, if “Endless Summer Nights” is permanently wired into your summer memory — this is the kind of show that only makes sense to skip if you truly hate joy. It is also, genuinely, one of the more unexpected bookings Everett has landed this spring.

Here is everything worth knowing before you click buy.

The Show at a Glance

• **Who:** Richard Marx — five-time No. 1 Billboard hitmaker, After Hours Tour
• **What:** Richard Marx live, supporting his January 2026 jazz-infused album After Hours
• **When:** Friday, May 8, 2026 — 7:30 PM
• **Where:** Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
• **Tickets:** Official box office and links through everetttheater.org and theeveretttheatre.org; also listed on Bandsintown
• **Availability:** Bandsintown’s listing for the Everett date showed very limited inventory remaining at time of publish

If you have ever talked yourself out of a show because “we’ll grab tickets closer to the date” — do not do that here.

Why This Booking Is a Big Deal for Everett

Let’s zoom out for a second. The Historic Everett Theatre is not a 5,000-seat amphitheater. It is an intimate, roughly 800-seat room with 1901 opera-house bones — a building that’s been hosting touring artists since vaudeville was the dominant American art form. An artist with Richard Marx’s catalog — the kind of catalog that would sell out rooms five times the Everett Theatre’s size in bigger markets — playing a venue this small and this historic is the entire reason we keep telling people to watch this theater’s calendar.

Between this booking, Canned Heat with Big Brother and the Holding Company on April 29, Trio Los Panchos on May 7, and Corduroy’s Pearl Jam tribute on May 9, the Historic Everett Theatre is quietly putting up one of the most stacked weekends in its modern concert history. Richard Marx on a Friday and a tribute to Pearl Jam the very next night in the same 1901 room — that’s not an accident of scheduling. That’s a room that’s been carefully programmed by people who know what they’re doing.

About the After Hours Tour

After Hours is Richard Marx’s jazz-infused studio album, released January 16, 2026. According to Marx’s interview with Billboard and his official tour site, the record was cut entirely live with a 24-piece ensemble — full takes, no studio patchwork, the way jazz records used to be made. The album’s lead-up singles included:

• **”Big Band Boogie”** featuring saxophonist Kenny G
• **”All I Ever Needed”** — a jazz-infused ballad featuring trumpeter Chris Botti
• **”Magic Hour”** — co-written with Marx’s wife, Daisy Fuentes

The tour officially kicked off April 16, 2026 and moves through Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada through the year, including headline stops at Red Rocks and the London Palladium. Marx is also joining Rod Stewart for select dates on Stewart’s tour, and the two released a duet version of “Young at Heart” in 2026.

The Everett Theatre show sits in a tight West Coast run. According to the official tour site, it is sandwiched between the Elsinore Theatre in Salem, Oregon (May 9) and the Holly Theatre in Medford, Oregon (May 10) — meaning Everett is the northernmost stop on that West Coast swing. This is the room and the date for the Puget Sound region. There is no closer option.

What to Expect from the Setlist

Tours built around a new jazz record still tend to honor the hits. On Richard Marx’s recent runs, the setlist has braided the new After Hours material with the songs everyone in the theater actually came to hear: “Right Here Waiting,” “Hold On to the Nights,” “Endless Summer Nights,” “Hazard,” “Satisfied,” “Should’ve Known Better,” “Now and Forever.”

Here’s the career footnote worth appreciating while you’re there: according to his Wikipedia entry and Billboard’s own historical chart data, Richard Marx is the only male artist in history whose first seven singles all reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. That is an absurd statistic. That is a “you were extremely good at this” statistic. Sitting in a theater built in 1901 watching the guy who did that perform them live with a band — that’s the kind of thing you tell people about at work on Monday.

Historic Everett Theatre: The Quick History

If this is your first time inside the Historic Everett Theatre, here’s the context that makes the night hit harder:

• **1901** — Opens as the Everett Opera House, hosting opera, vaudeville, and legitimate theater. Early-20th-century performers to grace the stage included Lillian Russell, Al Jolson, Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys, and George M. Cohan.
• **1923** — A fire tears through the building, destroying the interior and collapsing part of the front wall.
• **1924** — Rebuilt and reopened as the 1,200-seat New Everett Theater.
• **2000–2004** — Restored to its current form. The room now operates as a classic movie screen, concert venue, and stage-production house, seating roughly 800.

In other words: the same room that hosted Al Jolson in the 1910s is hosting Richard Marx on May 8. That lineage is not a marketing line. It is the physical building. That matters.

Getting There + Logistics

• **Address:** 2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
• **Start time:** Doors typically open an hour before showtime; show at 7:30 PM
• **Parking:** Colby Avenue street parking plus nearby downtown Everett garages — the Everpark Garage is one of the closest options for downtown events
• **Box office / ticket links:** everetttheater.org and theeveretttheatre.org both route to the official ticketing. Show is also listed on Bandsintown for tracking
• **Food and drink before the show:** Downtown Everett’s Hewitt Avenue is a four-minute walk. Tony V’s Garage, Lucky Dime, the restaurants along the Colby/Hewitt corridor — any of them will put you inside the theater well before the 7:30 curtain

The Honest Verdict

If you are the kind of person who already has tickets, you didn’t need this article. You’ve known for weeks.

If you are the kind of person who wasn’t paying attention — this is your nudge. Five No. 1 Billboard hits. A brand-new jazz record cut live with a 24-piece ensemble. A 125-year-old theater that Al Jolson once played. Tickets already showing as limited availability. A Friday night in Everett.

It is not complicated. Go.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What time does Richard Marx go on at the Historic Everett Theatre?

A: The show is scheduled for Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM. Doors typically open around an hour before showtime.

Q: Where is the Historic Everett Theatre located?

A: The Historic Everett Theatre is at 2911 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201, in downtown Everett.

Q: Are tickets still available for Richard Marx in Everett?

A: At time of publication, Bandsintown’s listing for the Everett date showed very limited inventory remaining. Check everetttheater.org, theeveretttheatre.org, or Bandsintown for the current availability — this show may already be sold out by the time you read this.

Q: What tour is this show part of?

A: This is Richard Marx’s After Hours Tour, supporting his January 2026 jazz-infused album of the same name. The Everett date sits in a West Coast run between Salem, Oregon (May 9) and Medford, Oregon (May 10).

Q: Will Richard Marx play his old hits or just new jazz material?

A: Based on setlists from the tour, Marx is braiding material from the new After Hours album with his catalog of Billboard hits including “Right Here Waiting,” “Hold On to the Nights,” “Endless Summer Nights,” and “Hazard.”

Q: How big is the Historic Everett Theatre?

A: The current seating capacity is roughly 800 seats. That makes this show an unusually intimate setting for an artist of Richard Marx’s commercial stature.

Q: Is the venue all-ages?

A: The Historic Everett Theatre hosts all-ages concerts as a general rule. Verify at the box office if you’re bringing younger family members.

Q: What’s the best place to eat before the show?

A: Downtown Everett’s Hewitt Avenue corridor is a short walk. Tony V’s Garage, Lucky Dime, and the Colby/Hewitt dining cluster all work if you want to grab dinner and walk to the theater.