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  • Altered 2ks and Centuries Are Playing the 2000s Emo and Pop Punk Catalog at Tony V’s Garage on June 6 — Your Move

    Altered 2ks and Centuries Are Playing the 2000s Emo and Pop Punk Catalog at Tony V’s Garage on June 6 — Your Move



    Saturday night, June 6. Tony V’s Garage on Hewitt Avenue. Two bands. Four hours. The entire 2000s emo and pop punk catalog you burned onto a CD in middle school and still know word-for-word.

    Altered 2ks and Centuries are sharing the stage — and together they cover the decade that turned angst into arena anthems. My Chemical Romance. Fall Out Boy. Paramore. Taking Back Sunday. Hawthorne Heights. The Used. If you were a teenager when these songs dropped, you’ve been waiting for a night like this without knowing it.

    Who’s Playing and What to Expect

    Altered 2ks is the headline act — a tribute project built specifically around 2000s emo and pop punk. They don’t try to do everything from that era; they do the specific songs that mattered. The ones that opened the floodgates. They’ve played Tony V’s before and they know how to fill that room.

    Centuries opens the set. Same era, same energy, same devotion to getting the details right. This is a double bill with actual curatorial intent — both bands exist in the same sonic universe and the setlist arc from opener to closer is going to hit like a full playlist you built yourself at 15.

    Tony V’s Garage has been the right room for nights like this since it opened in Everett’s historic downtown. It’s not a theater. It’s not a club designed for distance between you and the stage. It’s a place where the band is close, the sound is loud, and the crowd knows every word. For a tribute show built around songs this emotionally loaded, the intimacy is the point.

    The Venue and What You Need to Know

    Tony V’s Garage sits at 1716 Hewitt Ave in Everett. The show starts at 8:00 PM on Saturday, June 6 and runs to 11:30 PM. Tickets are $23.18 on Eventbrite — sold by organizer AJ Verhey, who has been putting on shows at this venue consistently.

    This is a standing-room show. Capacity at Tony V’s is limited. If you want a spot close to the stage, you want to be there early. The venue does not hold tickets at will call for late arrivals in the way larger rooms do.

    Street parking is available on Hewitt and the surrounding blocks. Everett’s downtown is walkable from several parking structures if Hewitt fills up.

    Why This Night Works

    There’s a specific thing that happens when a well-prepared tribute band plays songs from a formative era in a small room. It’s different from seeing those songs on a stadium screen. You’re not nostalgic at a distance — you’re in the room with 200 people who all know the same lyrics, and the band is ten feet away playing them at full volume.

    Tony V’s has hosted Emo Prom at Tony V’s and built a track record of landing the right acts for Everett’s live music crowd. The Polkadot Cadaver show drew the same energy this room can hold — dedicated, loud, present. And if you’ve been watching what’s come through the April lineup at Tony V’s, you already know this venue doesn’t book filler.

    Altered 2ks and Centuries together on one bill on a Saturday night is not a casual decision. This is a deliberate, fully committed tribute event with a tight setlist focus. Show up for it.

    Tickets and the Short Version

    What: Altered 2ks + Centuries — 2000s emo and pop punk tribute night
    When: Saturday, June 6, 2026 — 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM
    Where: Tony V’s Garage, 1716 Hewitt Ave, Everett WA 98201
    Tickets: $23.18 on Eventbrite — limited capacity, buy before the weekend
    Ages: Check Eventbrite listing for age policy

    Get tickets on Eventbrite →

    FAQ

    When is Altered 2ks playing at Tony V’s Garage?

    Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM. Doors open before then — get there early.

    Where is Tony V’s Garage in Everett?

    1716 Hewitt Ave, Everett, WA 98201. Street parking on Hewitt and the surrounding blocks.

    How much are tickets for Altered 2ks at Tony V’s?

    $23.18 on Eventbrite. Limited capacity at Tony V’s — don’t wait on this one.

    What kind of music do Altered 2ks play?

    2000s emo and pop punk — My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, and the full early-2000s catalog you know by heart.

    Who is opening at the June 6 show?

    Centuries opens the night. They play the same era — this is a two-band throwback double bill.

  • Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys Bring The Brotherhood Tour to Kings Hall on August 12 — One Pacific Northwest Stop, Two of America’s Most Important Mexican-American Rock Bands on One Stage

    Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys Bring The Brotherhood Tour to Kings Hall on August 12 — One Pacific Northwest Stop, Two of America’s Most Important Mexican-American Rock Bands on One Stage

    Q: When are Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys playing in Everett?
    A: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Kings Hall inside APEX Everett (1611 Everett Avenue). Tickets went on sale Friday, May 1 through Ticketmaster. The Brotherhood Tour pairs the East L.A. Grammy winners with the Garza brothers’ Texican rock trio for a single double-bill stop in the Pacific Northwest.

    If you only clear your calendar for one show this summer at Kings Hall, this is the one.

    Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys are bringing The Brotherhood Tour to APEX Everett’s Kings Hall on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, doors typical for the room and the show running 7:00–10:00 PM. Two of the most important Mexican-American rock bands in the country, on one stage, in a downtown Everett ballroom that has spent the last eighteen months quietly turning into the best mid-size music room between Seattle and Vancouver. Tickets went on sale Friday, May 1 at 10 AM through Ticketmaster, and the floor is already moving.

    Curation verdict: GO. Clear the calendar. This is a once-in-a-tour bill that almost never passes through a room this size, and the room itself is a big part of why this matters.

    Why a double bill of Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys actually matters

    You can list the hits and it still won’t capture it. Los Lobos are East L.A. lifers who started playing weddings and quinceañeras in the mid-1970s and ended up rewriting the rules for what a working American rock band could carry. They won the first Grammy in what was then called the “Mexican-American Performance” category, took “La Bamba” to number one in 1987, and have spent forty-plus years stitching rock, blues, Tex-Mex, son jarocho, and traditional Mexican folk into something that doesn’t actually sound like anyone else. David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas trading guitar lines is one of the great underrated sounds in American music.

    Los Lonely Boys are the Garza brothers — Henry, Jojo, and Ringo — out of San Angelo, Texas, who broke nationally in 2004 with “Heaven” and a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. They call what they do “Texican rock ‘n’ roll,” which is shorthand for guitar-forward blues with three-part harmony brothers can only get from sharing a kitchen table for thirty years. Henry’s tone is famously the closest thing to Stevie Ray Vaughan that the modern blues circuit produces, and his brothers’ bass and drums lock in like a single pulse.

    Pairing them is the obvious move and somehow nobody had done it. The Brotherhood Tour started rolling in 2025 and has been one of the year’s harder tickets in markets that have seen it. Kings Hall in Everett is one of a small handful of West Coast stops on the run, and the Pacific Northwest gets exactly one shot.

    Why Kings Hall is the right room for this show

    This is the part that gets undersold. Kings Hall is the upstairs ballroom inside the APEX Art & Culture Center at 1611 Everett Avenue — a 1909 Beaux-Arts Masonic temple that APEX has spent the last two years rehabbing into one of the more thoughtful mid-size venues in the region. Soaring proscenium, hardwood floor, balcony seating, and sightlines that work from anywhere in the room. It’s not a barn. It’s not a club. It’s the size of room where a band like Los Lobos can stretch out on “Don’t Worry Baby” or a half-time son jarocho jam without losing the audience to bar noise.

    The smaller-room upside is real. Los Lobos plays sheds and theaters all summer. Los Lonely Boys plays casinos and amphitheaters across the South. They both play arena seats opening for bigger acts. Kings Hall is meaningfully more intimate than any of those, and the room reads warm — wood, plaster, none of the cinderblock-bounce that wrecks so many converted-warehouse venues. If you have ever wanted to hear “Will the Wolf Survive” without 9,000 people in front of you, this is the night.

    Practical details for August 12

    • What: Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys — The Brotherhood Tour
    • When: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — 7:00 PM start, scheduled to 10:00 PM
    • Where: Kings Hall at APEX Everett, 1611 Everett Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
    • Tickets: Ticketmaster (on sale since May 1, 2026); also listed via Live Nation and SeatGeek
    • Age: All ages with a paying adult; the venue serves 21+ at the bars
    • Parking: Hewitt Avenue meters are free after 6 PM; the Wall Street garage at 2820 Wall Street is the easiest walk-in

    Where this slots into a great Everett summer of live music

    The Brotherhood Tour is one stop on what is shaping up to be the strongest concert summer downtown Everett has had in a decade. Kings Hall alone has The Crystal Method and Rabbit in the Moon on June 13, Petty Thief and Pretenders UK on June 27, and now Los Lobos / Los Lonely Boys on August 12. Around the corner at the Historic Everett Theatre, Grupo Niche is bringing a Latin Grammy–winning salsa orchestra to an 1901 opera house on May 31, and Geoff Tate is closing the book on Operation: Mindcrime on May 23. Tony V’s Garage is stacking weekend bills on Hewitt that consistently outperform their billing.

    You can argue with the calendar but you can’t argue with the math. For roughly the price of one Climate Pledge Arena ticket, an Everett summer of music gets you four headline shows and a couple of weeknight surprises in a venue you can walk to from a downtown brewpub. The Brotherhood Tour is the best individual bill of any of them.

    What to expect from the live show

    Both bands have framed this as a true co-bill, not an opener-and-headliner split. The pattern from earlier 2025 stops is each band doing roughly seventy minutes, then closing the night with a joint encore that has paired “La Bamba” and “Heaven” back-to-back, with all six players on stage. If you are coming for the catalog, you’ll get it: Los Lobos has been pulling deep cuts from Kiko and How Will the Wolf Survive? alongside the Ritchie Valens material, and Los Lonely Boys have rotated “Crazy Dream,” “More Than Love,” and “I’m a Stranger” into their core run.

    What you should not expect is a strict Latin-music night. Both bands draw from blues, classic rock, country, and gospel as much as anything Mexican-American specific. Los Lobos in particular is a roots-rock band that happens to also be one of the most important Mexican-American bands in history; the Tex-Mex framing under-sells what they do live. Bring earplugs if you want — the room can get loud — and bring the friend who still talks about that one time they saw Stevie Ray.

    Why this kind of booking matters for Everett

    Two summers ago, this show would not have stopped in Everett. It would have played the Moore in Seattle or skipped the Pacific Northwest entirely on its way to Portland. The fact that APEX has steadily landed Crystal Method, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Petty Thief, and now The Brotherhood Tour in 2026 says something about how fast Kings Hall has become a real touring stop. Promoters route to rooms that fill seats and treat the artists right. Kings Hall has now done both, repeatedly, and it shows.

    For locals, that translates to fewer trips to Seattle. For visitors, it means a credible Wednesday-night reason to be in downtown Everett in August — three blocks from the Historic Everett Theatre, six blocks from Tony V’s, and a five-minute walk from the Schack Art Center, the Funko HQ store, and a stretch of Hewitt Avenue that increasingly looks like a real downtown again.

    August 12. Kings Hall. Two great American bands on one stage. Don’t miss it.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How much do tickets cost for The Brotherhood Tour at Kings Hall?

    Pricing was set by APEX and Live Nation when tickets went on sale May 1, 2026. Across the run, Brotherhood Tour tickets have generally listed from the mid-$30s for general floor and rise into the $80s for premium reserved seating, with VIP tiers higher. Check Ticketmaster for the current Kings Hall price and any remaining premium reserves.

    Is Kings Hall a seated or standing venue?

    Kings Hall is a flexible-floor ballroom — for The Brotherhood Tour, expect a mix of reserved table seating, balcony seating, and a general-floor area near the stage. Configuration varies by show; the Ticketmaster seat map for August 12 reflects the final layout.

    Where is Kings Hall in Everett?

    Kings Hall is the upstairs ballroom inside the APEX Art & Culture Center at 1611 Everett Avenue, Everett, WA 98201, between Wetmore and Rockefeller in downtown Everett. The building dates to 1909 and was originally a Masonic temple.

    What’s the parking situation?

    Hewitt and Everett Avenue street meters are free after 6 PM. The Wall Street parking garage at 2820 Wall Street is the closest covered option (about a two-block walk). The lot at Wetmore and Pacific is the next best alternative.

    Will there be food and drink at the show?

    Yes. APEX runs El Sid, the on-site bar and lounge, plus 16Eleven downstairs for a sit-down dinner before the show. Reserve early — a Kings Hall headliner night fills 16Eleven by 6 PM.

    Is the venue accessible?

    Yes. APEX has an elevator to the Kings Hall floor and accessible seating sections. Note accessibility needs at the time of ticket purchase or call APEX directly to confirm placement.

    What other shows are coming up at Kings Hall?

    The Crystal Method and Rabbit in the Moon play June 13. Petty Thief: A Tribute to Tom Petty and Pretenders UK share the bill on June 27. The full APEX calendar is at apexeverett.com/events.

  • 16Eleven Is the Steak Dinner Downtown Everett Has Always Deserved — Beef Wellington, Dry-Aged Cuts, and Live Piano in a Historic Building

    16Eleven Is the Steak Dinner Downtown Everett Has Always Deserved — Beef Wellington, Dry-Aged Cuts, and Live Piano in a Historic Building

    Q: What is 16Eleven in Everett, WA known for?
    A: 16Eleven at 1611 Everett Avenue is Everett’s fine-dining steakhouse, known for dry-aged steaks, Beef Wellington, Chilean Sea Bass, and what local press has described as the largest wine-by-glass list in Snohomish County. Live piano plays Thursday through Saturday inside the historic Apex Art & Culture Center.

    16Eleven Is the Steak Dinner Downtown Everett Has Always Deserved — Beef Wellington, Dry-Aged Cuts, and Live Piano in a Historic Building

    Address: 1611 Everett Ave, Everett, WA 98201 | Hours: Mon–Thu 4 pm–9 pm, Fri–Sat 4 pm–10:30 pm, Sunday closed | Price range: Fine dining | Parking: Street parking on Everett Ave, city lots nearby | Reservations: Recommended via OpenTable and Tock

    The most common complaint from longtime Everett residents about their city’s restaurant scene is a variant of “it’s fine, but there’s nothing special for a real occasion.” Somewhere to go when the reservation actually matters. A place with genuine kitchen ambition and a wine list that doesn’t feel like an apology.

    16Eleven, which opened at 1611 Everett Avenue in August 2023, is the answer to that complaint.

    The Setting: History That Works

    The building is part of it. 16Eleven occupies space inside the Apex Art & Culture Center in downtown Everett — a venue with the kind of bones that make new restaurants look borrowed rather than built. High ceilings, good acoustics, a room that communicates before the food arrives that something intentional is happening here.

    Live piano plays Thursday through Saturday. This is not background noise. It is a commitment to a full evening.

    The Kitchen: Chef Joel Childs

    Chef Joel Childs designed the menu with a specific goal: put dishes on the table in Everett that you couldn’t find anywhere else in Snohomish County. He largely succeeded. The menu centers on dry-aged steaks with technique that actually requires the dry-aging process — which is to say, real dry-aging, not the warehouse shorthand.

    Beef Wellington appears on the menu, and not as a gimmick. Steak Tartare is there for the people who want it done properly. Chilean Sea Bass. Lobster Ravioli. Caviar service. These are not dishes that wander onto Everett menus frequently. The willingness to put all of them on one menu in a dining room in a mid-size PNW city and actually execute them is either reckless confidence or real skill. Based on consistent press coverage since opening — the Everett Herald called it the city’s “new dining destination” and Visit Everett put it on the must-visit list as “not your mother’s chain restaurant” — it is the latter.

    What to Order

    Beef Wellington — This is the move for a first visit if you’re here to understand what 16Eleven is. A properly executed Wellington is a 30-minute commitment from the kitchen. The version here holds up to that pressure. Order it, have wine while you wait, don’t rush it.

    Dry-aged steak — The core of the menu and the safest recommendation for anyone who knows what they’re looking for. The aging process concentrates flavor in a way that commercial supply chains rarely allow. The result here is what steak is supposed to taste like.

    Chilean Sea Bass — The non-red-meat option that doesn’t feel like a consolation. Delicate, well-executed, and a good test of a kitchen’s range beyond the steakhouse frame.

    Steak Tartare — For the confident diner who wants to see technique beyond the grill. Raw beef preparations require precision and sourcing discipline. 16Eleven does this correctly.

    The Wine List

    Local press has described 16Eleven’s wine-by-glass program as the largest in Snohomish County. The list is extensive, rotates regularly, and is paired intelligently with the menu. Whether you want Pacific Northwest reds or want to explore Italian producers that connect to the menu’s European sensibility, the program supports it. Full bar and specialty cocktails are also available.

    The Vibe

    Fine dining that doesn’t read as stuffy. The piano nights create atmosphere without requiring black tie. The service is attentive in the way that fine dining should be — present, knowledgeable, not intrusive. 16Eleven opens at 4 pm Monday through Saturday and is dark on Sundays. If you’re planning a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday visit, the piano is playing. Book accordingly.

    For more dining on the Hewitt corridor and downtown, see our guides to Capers + Olives, Luca Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar, and The Muse Whiskey & Coffee — three other destinations that have raised the bar for what downtown Everett dining looks like.

    The Bottom Line

    Downtown Everett has needed a restaurant that clears this bar for a long time. The city is large enough, ambitious enough, and food-literate enough to support it. 16Eleven made the bet in 2023 and, based on two-plus years of consistent press, a dining room that requires reservations on weekends, and a kitchen that hasn’t coasted, the bet is paying off.

    If you’ve been putting off the reservation because you’re not sure it’s “worth it for Everett,” that’s exactly the wrong frame. The restaurant is worth it, period. Book the table.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What type of food does 16Eleven serve?

    16Eleven is a fine-dining steak and seafood restaurant. The menu centers on dry-aged steaks with notable items including Beef Wellington, Steak Tartare, Chilean Sea Bass, Lobster Ravioli, and Caviar.

    Does 16Eleven have live music?

    Yes — live piano plays Thursday through Saturday evenings.

    Where is 16Eleven located in Everett?

    1611 Everett Ave, Everett, WA 98201, inside the Apex Art & Culture Center in downtown Everett.

    Who is the chef at 16Eleven?

    Chef Joel Childs leads the kitchen at 16Eleven. He opened the restaurant in August 2023.

    When did 16Eleven open?

    16Eleven opened on August 14, 2023.

    Does 16Eleven take reservations?

    Yes. Reservations are available via OpenTable and Tock, and are recommended, especially on weekends.

  • 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

    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

    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.

    Verdict: GO. A rare cluster of three yeses lines up here — a once-in-a-career performance window (the album is being retired from the live set after this tour), the right-sized 800-seat theater for a focused legacy act, and Eventbrite pricing well below the secondary-market resale benchmarks for the earlier 2026 dates. If you cared about Queensrÿche the first time, this is the one to clear the calendar for.

    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.



  • Petty Thief and Pretenders UK Hit Kings Hall on June 27 — A Double-Bill That Gets Classic Rock Right

    Petty Thief and Pretenders UK Hit Kings Hall on June 27 — A Double-Bill That Gets Classic Rock Right

    What is playing at APEX Everett on June 27, 2026?
    Petty Thief, Seattle’s tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, headlines Kings Hall at APEX on Saturday June 27, 2026. Opening the night is Pretenders UK, a Seattle-based four-piece recreating the early 1980s Pretenders. Show time is 8:00 PM. Tickets from $41 via Ticketmaster (event 0F00647F843C4809). Kings Hall is located at 1611 Everett Ave, Everett, WA 98201.

    Verdict: GO. Petty Thief is the most authentic Tom Petty tribute in the Pacific Northwest — nineteen years running, a current lineup that has been working together since 2017, and a philosophy that treats the catalog as worth getting right. Pretenders UK brings the early Chrissie Hynde era specifically, which is where the Pretenders’ best work lives. Together on the Kings Hall stage for one Saturday night, this is the kind of double-bill where the opening act is not a throwaway.

    Three conditions met for GO: the lineup does not exist anywhere else in this market window, Kings Hall is the right room for this material, and tickets from $41 for two bands is fair-market or below.

    Everett’s newest dedicated concert stage has spent its first year building a habit of landing acts that could be playing larger rooms in Seattle but show up here instead. The Crystal Method and Rabbit in the Moon in June. All City Fight Night in May. Petty Thief and Pretenders UK on June 27 continues that calendar. The value of a room like Kings Hall is that it does not require an act to be an arena act. The material Tom Petty recorded was designed to be played live in a room where you can hear every guitar part, where the room fills with the sound of the band, and where the person next to you is as locked in as you are. That is what you get here.

    Petty Thief: Nineteen Years of Not Being a Novelty Act

    Tom Petty died on October 2, 2017. He was 66. He left behind 40 years of recordings with the Heartbreakers that defined what American rock looked like when it was running correctly — inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, five number-one albums, and a catalog that still sounds like it was written yesterday when played in a room where the speakers are pointed at you.

    Petty Thief did not form in response to that loss. Andy Volmer started the band in 2007 as a Halloween spoof — he and some friends dressed as Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and called themselves “Refugees” for one party. That was supposed to be the end of it.

    It wasn’t. By 2026, Petty Thief is in its nineteenth year, and the current lineup — Volmer, Steve Crabtree, Mark Mosholder, John Paredes, and Rick Bourgoin — has been performing together since the fall of 2017. The five of them locked in right after Petty’s death and set a standard for themselves that Volmer has described explicitly: “We wanted to approach the tribute genre as a true live rock and roll band, not a novelty act.”

    That matters because the Tom Petty tribute circuit has a lot of novelty acts. Costume shows. Medley bands. Revues built around three songs everyone knows and a lot of filler. Petty Thief plays the full catalog — “American Girl,” “Free Fallin’,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “The Waiting,” “Breakdown,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Learning to Fly” — and treats the material the way Petty would have wanted it treated: as rock songs, not museum exhibits.

    The current lineup is the most stable the band has ever been. When five musicians have been playing the same catalog together for almost a decade, what you hear is not a band approximating the sound — it’s a band that has internalised it. There is a difference, and you can hear it live.

    Pretenders UK: The Opening Act That Is Also a Reason to Show Up Early

    Pretenders UK opens the bill. They are a Seattle-based four-piece, and their specific commitment is to the early 1980s Pretenders — the Chrissie Hynde era that produced the records most people associate with the band’s peak.

    That era produced “Brass in Pocket” in 1979. “Talk of the Town” in 1981. “Back on the Chain Gang” in 1982. “Middle of the Road” in 1984. It is the decade when the Pretenders were defining what new wave sounded like when it had real guitar work behind it — harder than the synth acts of the period, more melodic than punk, built around Hynde’s rhythm guitar and voice in a way that no one else in that window matched.

    Pretenders UK focuses on that era specifically. That is a curatorial choice, and it’s the right one. The original Pretenders went through significant lineup changes across the decade — the early 1980s period is musically coherent in a way the later catalog is not. A tribute band that picks an era and commits to it is a different proposition than one trying to cover everything. Show up before 8:00 PM. Pretenders UK is not a warm-up.

    Why This Double-Bill Works

    Tom Petty and Chrissie Hynde were not the same kind of artist, and that is the reason this bill lands well. Petty was American heartland rock — guitars, road imagery, working-class romanticism delivered with a Gainesville, Florida drawl that managed to sound both regional and universal. The Pretenders were a British-American hybrid, new wave by genre classification but louder and more guitar-forward than that label implies, anchored by a frontwoman who wrote differently than her contemporaries.

    The two catalogs share a refusal to be precious. Petty’s music worked at stadium scale and on a car radio simultaneously. The Pretenders played arenas and sounded like they had something to prove every night. Both bands earned their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by making records that did not age out.

    A double-bill built around this pair of catalogs has internal logic. If you are the kind of person who stayed through the Heartbreakers set at any festival you attended in the last three decades, you are also the kind of person who already knows every word to “Brass in Pocket.” One night. One room. Same ticket. And if you need one more reason: Everett has proven this summer that it can host legacy classic rock acts done right — Canned Heat and Big Brother showed that in May.

    The Logistics

    Where: Kings Hall at APEX Art and Culture Center, 1611 Everett Ave, Everett, WA 98201.
    When: Saturday June 27, 2026. Show time 8:00 PM.
    Tickets: From $41 at Ticketmaster (event 0F00647F843C4809). Also available via SeatGeek. Purchase in advance — tribute shows at Kings Hall have sold ahead of date.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What time does Petty Thief start at Kings Hall APEX Everett?

    Show time is 8:00 PM on Saturday June 27, 2026. Pretenders UK opens the night before Petty Thief headlines. Kings Hall at APEX Art and Culture Center is at 1611 Everett Ave, Everett, WA 98201. Tickets from $41 via Ticketmaster event 0F00647F843C4809.

    Who is opening for Petty Thief at APEX Everett on June 27?

    Pretenders UK opens the show — a Seattle-based four-piece dedicated to the early 1980s Pretenders catalog, including “Brass in Pocket,” “Back on the Chain Gang,” “Talk of the Town,” and “Middle of the Road.” This is not a warm-up act; they are the second reason to buy a ticket.

    Who is Petty Thief and are they from Seattle?

    Petty Thief is Seattle’s tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Founded in 2007 by Andy Volmer, the current five-piece lineup has been together since 2017. Volmer describes their approach as “a true live rock and roll band, not a novelty act.” They are the Pacific Northwest’s longest-running Tom Petty tribute.

    How much are tickets for Petty Thief at APEX Everett?

    Tickets start from $41 via Ticketmaster (event 0F00647F843C4809) and SeatGeek. For a two-band tribute night in a mid-size room, that is competitive pricing — single-act cover shows at seated venues in the greater Seattle area typically run $60–$90.

    What songs will Petty Thief play at APEX Everett?

    Petty Thief plays the full Heartbreakers catalog — expect “American Girl,” “Free Fallin’,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “The Waiting,” “Breakdown,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Learning to Fly,” and more. They play the hits and the catalog, not a three-song medley.

  • Grupo Niche Is Coming to the Historic Everett Theatre on May 31 — A Latin Grammy-Winning Salsa Orchestra in an 1901 Opera House

    Grupo Niche Is Coming to the Historic Everett Theatre on May 31 — A Latin Grammy-Winning Salsa Orchestra in an 1901 Opera House

    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.

  • Butter Notes Cafe on Broadway Is Everett’s Most Ambitious Coffee Shop — Jazz, a Podcast Studio, and a Menu That Actually Has Ideas

    Butter Notes Cafe on Broadway Is Everett’s Most Ambitious Coffee Shop — Jazz, a Podcast Studio, and a Menu That Actually Has Ideas

    Most coffee shops in Everett serve lattes and move on. Butter Notes Cafe, at 902 N Broadway, is trying to be something different — and four months in, it’s earning the ambition.

    The cafe opened in January 2026 in North Everett, tucked into a suite on Broadway that’s been quietly building a more interesting neighborhood commercial scene. From the outside it looks like a standard coffee stop. Inside there’s a piano, a drum set, ticketed jazz shows, a professional podcast studio, and a drink menu that goes considerably beyond your standard espresso lineup.

    We stopped by to see if the concept holds together. It does.

    The Drinks Menu Is a Statement

    Butter Notes starts with the basics — Americano ($4.25–$5.25), cappuccino ($4.75–$5.25), drip coffee ($3.50–$4.50) — and then gets interesting. The signature and best-seller section leans into Asian-influenced flavors with real commitment: Matcha Latte ($5.75–$6.75), Strawberry Matcha Latte ($6.25–$7.25), Ube Latte ($6.25–$7.25), Hojicha Latte ($5.75–$6.75), Black Sesame Latte ($6.25–$7.25), Blueberry Matcha Latte, and Earl’s Garden (earl grey with floral notes, $6.25–$7.25).

    The Cream Cheese Cold Brew ($5.75–$6.75) deserves a mention — the cream cheese foam cold brew format started in Taiwan and shows up in a handful of Pacific Northwest specialty shops, but rarely in Everett. Order it once and it becomes a habit.

    All prices are three-tier: 12 oz, 16 oz, 20 oz. Even the more elaborate specialty drinks top out at $7.25. A standard latte is $4.75 for a 12-ounce. The pricing is honest for the quality level.

    The Food

    Croffles — croissant waffles — are the signature food item. The strawberry croffle is the one people keep coming back for based on Yelp activity, and it shows up repeatedly in reviews as the thing that made someone a regular. Crepes are also on the menu. The food is the kind of thing that pairs with a long coffee order rather than standing on its own as a meal, which is exactly the right call for a cafe with this much going on in the drink department.

    The Piano, the Jazz Shows, and the Discord

    The piano and drum set are not decoration — Butter Notes hosts regular ticketed jazz shows, listed at turntabletickets.com, and the room is designed around them. This is unusual for Everett. A specialty coffee shop with a recurring live jazz program embedded into its weekly rhythm is not something the city has had before.

    They also run a Discord community server. This is a deliberate choice that signals the target audience: younger regulars who want a third place that actually does community rather than performing it. The newsletter is framed as “Help us bring jazz to Everett,” which tells you exactly what the owners are trying to build here.

    The podcast studio (bookable via Peerspace) adds another layer: professional multi-camera recording equipment, studio lighting, professional audio — for local creators who need the hardware without the overhead of a full production house. It’s an economically interesting bet. A podcast studio inside a coffee shop brings in a specific kind of regular who also tends to tell other people about the place.

    How It Compares to Other Everett Coffee Options

    The Broadway corridor has been underserved for sit-down specialty coffee. The closest direct comparisons in terms of specialty focus and community vibe would be Narrative Coffee downtown, The Loft Coffee Bar on Hewitt, or Nadine’s Coffee House off Wetmore — all worth visiting. What separates Butter Notes is the performance program. Jazz nights turn a coffee shop into a destination rather than a convenience, which is a fundamentally different kind of business. Sobar Coffee on Colby has the remote-work atmosphere; Butter Notes is doing something closer to a community arts space that also makes excellent lattes.

    Hours and How to Get There

    Open Monday through Friday 7 AM–8 PM, Saturday and Sunday 8 AM–8 PM. Online ordering available. The Broadway location is accessible from the North Everett residential neighborhoods, about a 10-minute drive from downtown or a short walk from the Broadway commercial corridor.

    The Bottom Line

    If your coffee rotation has gone stale, Butter Notes is the corrective. The specialty drink menu uses Asian flavors as a genuine design language rather than a novelty. The jazz shows make the space alive on weekday evenings. The podcast studio pays for the rent. It all adds up to a place with an actual point of view, which is rarer than it should be for a city the size of Everett.

    The move: Ube Latte or Strawberry Matcha Latte. Strawberry croffle if you’re hungry. Arrive early on weekends — seating fills before the jazz sets start.

    Address: 902 N Broadway, Suite B, Everett, WA 98201
    Hours: Mon–Fri 7 AM–8 PM, Sat–Sun 8 AM–8 PM
    What to order: Ube Latte, Strawberry Matcha Latte, Cream Cheese Cold Brew, strawberry croffle
    Jazz shows: turntabletickets.com
    Podcast studio: Bookable via Peerspace
    Price range: $–$$

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where is Butter Notes Cafe in Everett?

    Butter Notes Cafe is at 902 N Broadway, Suite B, Everett, WA 98201, in North Everett on the Broadway corridor.

    What are Butter Notes Cafe hours?

    Monday through Friday: 7 AM–8 PM. Saturday and Sunday: 8 AM–8 PM.

    What is a croffle at Butter Notes?

    A croffle is a croissant waffle — croissant dough pressed in a waffle iron. Butter Notes’ strawberry croffle is their signature food item and one of the most-ordered items on the menu.

    Does Butter Notes Cafe have live music?

    Yes. Butter Notes hosts regular ticketed jazz shows. Tickets are available at turntabletickets.com and upcoming dates are listed on their events calendar at butternotescafe.com.

    Does Butter Notes Cafe have a podcast studio?

    Yes. Butter Notes has a professional podcast recording studio with multi-camera video, professional audio, and studio lighting available for rent. Book through their Peerspace listing or via butternotescafe.com/podcast-studio.

    What is the best drink at Butter Notes Cafe?

    The Ube Latte, Strawberry Matcha Latte, and Cream Cheese Cold Brew are the standouts based on menu positioning and customer reviews. The Ube Latte ($6.25–$7.25) is the most distinctive drink on the menu.

  • All City Fight Night: Worlds Collide Lands at Kings Hall on May 16 — A Six-Hour Amateur Kickboxing Card on Everett’s Best New Stage

    All City Fight Night: Worlds Collide Lands at Kings Hall on May 16 — A Six-Hour Amateur Kickboxing Card on Everett’s Best New Stage

    Q: What is All City Fight Night: Worlds Collide and when is it at APEX Everett?
    A: All City Fight Night: Worlds Collide is an amateur kickboxing card on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Kings Hall inside APEX Everett (1611 Everett Avenue, third floor). Doors are at 5 PM and the event runs until 11 PM. VIP tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster; general admission is set to drop later. The card features fighters from across the Pacific Northwest and is open to all ages with the venue’s standard event policies.

    Verdict: GO. Three reasons, named: (1) amateur kickboxing on this scale is genuinely scarce in the I-5 corridor north of Seattle, and the matchups are billed as fighters traveling in from across the Pacific Northwest “and beyond,” (2) Kings Hall is the right room for a fight night — it is the largest room at APEX Everett, with sight lines built for stage-forward shows and capacity that sits in the meaningful middle between a club and an arena, and (3) the format is six hours of action from doors to last bell, which is the kind of value that does not happen at a music show in this city.

    The Friday-and-Saturday-night culture in downtown Everett right now is mostly tribute bands and touring rock acts at the Historic Everett Theatre and Tony V’s Garage. May 16 breaks that pattern. If you have ever wanted to watch live combat sports without driving to Tacoma or down to Tukwila, this is the date you put on the calendar.

    What’s Actually on the Card

    The official All City Fight Night listing through APEX Everett describes “Worlds Collide” as an evening of amateur kickboxing with fighters drawn from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The promoter pitches every bout as action-packed and skill-forward — language that the APEX events page reproduces verbatim from the All City Fight Night camp.

    A few specifics worth holding onto. Doors open at 5 PM. The event is scheduled to run six hours, ending at 11 PM. The venue is Kings Hall, which is the third-floor performance space inside APEX Everett at 1611 Everett Avenue. VIP tickets are already on sale through Ticketmaster — the event listing carries Ticketmaster’s “GA tickets drop soon” call-out at the time of publication, which means general admission has not yet been released to the public. Watch the Ticketmaster page if you want a non-VIP seat.

    The promoter — All City Fight Night, based in Everett — runs amateur kickboxing cards on a recurring basis under the same brand. Their .com lists the May 16 Kings Hall date among their upcoming events and routes ticketing directly to the same Ticketmaster URL APEX uses on its venue page. Two independent sources, same date, same venue, same ticket URL: the show is real.

    Why Kings Hall Is the Right Room for This

    Kings Hall is the largest performance room inside APEX Everett, a multi-floor downtown entertainment complex that the operators have built out specifically around live programming. It sits on the third floor of the building. Four other rooms operate inside APEX — El Sid, the Box Office Bar, Penny Lane, and the rooftop — but Kings Hall is where the touring acts land. The Crystal Method and Rabbit in the Moon are playing the same room on June 13. Antwane Tyler and Fretland played it on May 2.

    A kickboxing card needs a room with a center-stage focal point and clear sight lines from every level. Kings Hall delivers that. The capacity sits in the right zone for a regional amateur card — large enough to feel like a real event, small enough that no seat in the building is bad. That matters for combat sports because fight nights die in cavernous arenas where the crowd cannot see the canvas.

    The age policy for a typical Kings Hall touring show is 18-plus or 21-plus depending on the act. The All City Fight Night listing on the APEX events page does not explicitly call out an age restriction in the visible event metadata, so confirm at the door or via the Ticketmaster purchase flow before you bring anyone under 21.

    What “Amateur Kickboxing” Actually Means

    If you have not been to a live fight card before, here is the short version. Amateur kickboxing in the United States operates under sanctioning bodies that enforce weight classes, headgear and shin-pad requirements, three-round bout formats, and strict referee oversight. The fighters are not professionals — they do not get paid purses — but the talent at this level can be extraordinary. Many of the fighters on a card like this one are training out of legitimate gyms in the region and chasing either pro debuts or amateur national titles.

    Pacific Northwest amateur kickboxing has a deeper bench than most casual fans realize. Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Portland, and the smaller Snohomish County gyms feed cards like this one. The “and beyond” language in the promoter’s pitch suggests fighters traveling in from outside the immediate region as well — possibly British Columbia, Oregon, or Northern California, depending on the matchmaking.

    Six hours of fight cards typically means somewhere in the range of 10 to 14 bouts, with breaks between fights. Plan accordingly. Eat before you arrive. The Box Office Bar and El Sid downstairs in the APEX complex are options for between-fight food and drink without leaving the building.

    How to Get In and Where to Park

    APEX Everett sits at 1611 Everett Avenue in downtown Everett, two blocks east of Wetmore and a block north of Pacific. Kings Hall is the third-floor space; you’ll see signage in the lobby. The building has its own elevator access for upper floors.

    Parking in downtown Everett on a Saturday night is real but not impossible. The Everpark Garage at 2802 Wetmore Avenue runs $1 per hour and is a five-minute walk to APEX. Street parking on Hewitt, Wetmore, and Colby is free after 6 PM. The lots on the north side of Everett Avenue closer to APEX itself fill up first.

    VIP ticket holders should check their Ticketmaster confirmation for any included perks — fight cards in this format sometimes include early entry, reserved seating, or meet-and-greet access depending on the package. The general admission tickets, when they release, will be the standing-or-first-come seating in the rest of the room.

    What This Says About APEX’s Programming

    The question every venue operator in the city was quietly asking when APEX Everett opened was whether downtown could support another mid-size live entertainment room. The booking pattern through spring 2026 is the answer. Kings Hall is booking rock, electronic, country, comedy, and now combat sports — a programming spread that suggests the operators are betting on the room’s flexibility rather than a single genre.

    A May 16 fight card slotted between a country show on May 2 and an electronic-music night on June 13 is exactly the kind of programming a healthy mid-size venue does. Tony V’s Garage cannot host a kickboxing card. Historic Everett Theatre will not. The Funko Field grandstand is a baseball park, not a fight venue. Kings Hall is the only Everett room equipped to put on this kind of show, and they’re using it.

    The downtown cultural calendar is denser in May 2026 than in any month since pre-2020. Sorticulture is three weeks out. Schack Art Center’s Contemporary Northwest Artists exhibit opens May 28. The Historic Everett Theatre has Richard Marx on May 8, Corduroy on May 9, Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Company on May 29. Tony V’s has a full slate. Inside that calendar, the All City Fight Night date is the one event that brings a different audience downtown — combat-sports fans who do not necessarily show up for a Pearl Jam tribute or a garden festival. That is good for the city.

    The Bottom Line

    May 16, 5 PM doors, 11 PM finish, Kings Hall at APEX Everett, 1611 Everett Avenue, third floor. VIP tickets through Ticketmaster now; GA when it drops. Six hours of amateur kickboxing on the best mid-size stage in downtown Everett. If the matchups even come close to the promoter’s pitch, this is the most interesting Saturday night the city has hosted in months.

    Wear something you can move in. The room is upstairs.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where is All City Fight Night: Worlds Collide on May 16, 2026?
    Kings Hall, the third-floor performance room at APEX Everett, 1611 Everett Avenue, downtown Everett.

    What time does it start?
    Doors at 5 PM, event runs through 11 PM Pacific Time.

    How do I buy tickets?
    VIP tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. General admission is listed as “drop soon” on the APEX official event page and the All City Fight Night promoter’s site. Watch the Ticketmaster event page (event ID 0F00645A8B44775F) for the GA release.

    Is there an age restriction?
    The official APEX listing does not call out a specific age restriction in the visible event metadata. Confirm at point of purchase on Ticketmaster or at the door, especially if you plan to bring guests under 21.

    Where do I park?
    Everpark Garage at 2802 Wetmore Avenue is $1 per hour and a five-minute walk. Free street parking on Hewitt, Wetmore, and Colby after 6 PM. Lots closer to APEX on Everett Avenue fill up first.

    What kind of fights are on the card?
    Amateur kickboxing. The promoter pitches the bill as fighters from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond, with every bout described as action-packed and skill-forward.

    Where else is APEX programming this spring?
    The Crystal Method and Rabbit in the Moon are playing Kings Hall on June 13. Antwane Tyler, Fretland, and Racyne Parker played the same room May 2. APEX is becoming the booked-most-nights room in downtown Everett.



  • Polkadot Cadaver Is Coming to Tony V’s Garage on June 11 — Here’s Why This One Is Worth Your Thursday Night

    Polkadot Cadaver Is Coming to Tony V’s Garage on June 11 — Here’s Why This One Is Worth Your Thursday Night

    Polkadot Cadaver Is Coming to Tony V’s Garage on June 11 — Here’s Why This One Is Worth Your Thursday Night

    You’ve probably walked past Tony V’s Garage a hundred times without knowing what’s happening inside on any given Thursday. Here’s what’s happening on June 11, 2026: Polkadot Cadaver, one of the most genuinely weird and genuinely heavy bands working in American rock right now, is setting up at 1716 Hewitt Avenue and playing until nearly midnight. Tickets are $23.18 on Eventbrite. Doors open before 8 PM. Angry Toons open the night.

    That’s the short version. The longer version involves a 20-year creative obsession, a frontman who spent a decade rewriting what underground metal could sound like, and a venue that keeps pulling in acts Everett has no business booking — and yet somehow does.

    What Polkadot Cadaver Actually Sounds Like

    Polkadot Cadaver is the project of Todd Smith, who you might know better as the voice and primary creative force behind Dog Fashion Disco. If Dog Fashion Disco is the kind of band name that either stops you cold or makes you immediately pull up YouTube, you already have a sense of the territory. Smith has spent most of his adult life making music that doesn’t fit cleanly into any genre — avant-garde metal, experimental rock, dark circus, jazz-inflected hard rock — and Polkadot Cadaver is where that restlessness gets its most concentrated form.

    The band formed in the mid-2000s, initially as something of a side project while Dog Fashion Disco was on hiatus, and quickly developed its own distinct identity. Where Dog Fashion Disco can be theatrical and sprawling, Polkadot Cadaver tends to be heavier, faster, and more unsettling. The aesthetic runs toward horror and dark carnival imagery — not in a theatrical Halloween-costume way but in a genuinely off-kilter, dissonant-chord, what-key-is-this way. If you want a reference point: think late-period Primus meets Dillinger Escape Plan meets a Tom Waits album recorded in a basement at 2 AM. That still doesn’t quite capture it, but it’s closer than “metal band.”

    Albums like Megaton Shotblast (2009) and Sex Offender (2010) established the band’s reputation in the underground metal and experimental rock communities — not household names, but the kind of records that people who find them tend to keep for the rest of their lives. Smith’s vocal range is a significant part of what makes it work: he can go from a clean croon to a full thrash scream inside the same measure, and the band is tight enough to follow him wherever that goes.

    Why Tony V’s Is the Right Room for This

    Tony V’s Garage at 1716 Hewitt Avenue is a 400-capacity standing-room venue in the middle of downtown Everett. It books the kind of music that the Paramount doesn’t — touring acts who are too big for a bar but not quite at the theater level, with ticket prices that reflect that honestly. Twenty-three dollars gets you into a room where the stage is close enough that you can see the set list taped to the floor monitors.

    That intimacy matters for a band like Polkadot Cadaver. This is not music that benefits from distance. The odd time signatures and left-field genre pivots land differently when you’re close enough to feel the bass in your sternum. Tony V’s has hosted enough touring metal and hard rock acts over the years to know how to run a show at this volume level — the sound system is built for it, the staff know what they’re doing, and the crowd that shows up on a Thursday night for a bill like this tends to be there because they did the research, not because they stumbled in off the street.

    In a mid-size city with no dedicated all-ages metal venue and a concert market dominated by the Xfinity Center and the HET’s theater programming, Tony V’s fills a gap that matters. Polkadot Cadaver playing Everett at all is genuinely unusual — this is not a band that has historically saturated the Pacific Northwest touring circuit, and June 11 may be the only Washington date on this run.

    Angry Toons Opens

    Angry Toons is on the bill as the opening act. If you’ve been to enough shows at Tony V’s, you’ve probably encountered them — a local and regional punk-metal act that knows how to warm up a room without overstaying its welcome. Openers at this venue tend to take the set seriously, and getting the crowd moving before Polkadot Cadaver requires a band that can commit to the room’s energy. Showing up early is worth it. Doors and the opener are part of what makes a Thursday night at a 400-cap venue feel like an event rather than just a show.

    The Ticket Math

    $23.18 is the Eventbrite all-in price as of this writing, and the listing shows tickets in stock. The show is Thursday, June 11 — it starts at 8:00 PM and runs until 11:30 PM per the Eventbrite listing. That’s a real show, not a 45-minute set and out.

    For context: a comparable touring underground metal act at a Seattle venue would run you $28–$35 plus the drive, parking, and the particular joy of standing in line on Capitol Hill in the rain. June in Everett is drier, the venue is walkable from the downtown core, and the ticket is cheaper. The math is not complicated.

    Tickets are available now at eventbrite.com. Tony V’s Garage is at 1716 Hewitt Avenue, Everett WA 98201.

    The Bigger Picture

    Everett’s live music scene has a specific reputation problem: people who don’t live here assume there isn’t one. Shows at Tony V’s, APEX, and the Historic Everett Theatre have been quietly building a counter-argument to that for years, but the argument only works if people show up. Polkadot Cadaver is the kind of booking that — if the room fills — demonstrates that Everett can sustain a touring circuit for underground and experimental acts, not just cover bands and casino headliners.

    That’s not why you should go. You should go because Todd Smith is a genuinely exceptional songwriter and performer and the show is $23 on a Thursday night twelve minutes from most of downtown Everett. But the side effect of going is that it tells the booking infrastructure something useful: that this city will show up for something strange and heavy if you give it the chance.

    June 11. Tony V’s Garage. 8 PM. Polkadot Cadaver and Angry Toons. $23.18 at the door or on Eventbrite now while tickets last.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Polkadot Cadaver?

    Polkadot Cadaver is an avant-garde metal and experimental rock project fronted by Todd Smith, the vocalist and primary songwriter of Dog Fashion Disco. The band blends heavy guitar riffs with jazz influences, dark carnival imagery, and unconventional song structures.

    Where is Tony V’s Garage in Everett?

    Tony V’s Garage is at 1716 Hewitt Avenue in downtown Everett, Washington 98201 — a standing-room live music venue with a capacity of approximately 400.

    How much are tickets to Polkadot Cadaver at Tony V’s on June 11, 2026?

    Tickets are $23.18 all-in and available through Eventbrite. The show starts at 8:00 PM and runs until approximately 11:30 PM.

    Is Polkadot Cadaver related to Dog Fashion Disco?

    Yes. Polkadot Cadaver is the primary side project and creative outlet for Todd Smith, the frontman of Dog Fashion Disco. The two bands share members and a similar avant-garde, dark aesthetic, though Polkadot Cadaver is generally heavier and more experimental in execution.

  • Angel of the Winds Arena’s May Through October 2026 Schedule Is Stacked — Here’s Everything Coming to Everett

    Angel of the Winds Arena’s May Through October 2026 Schedule Is Stacked — Here’s Everything Coming to Everett

    Angel of the Winds Arena doesn’t get enough credit as one of the Pacific Northwest’s best mid-sized venues. Yes, it’s home to the Silvertips. Yes, the Washington Wolfpack play there. But this spring and summer it’s hosting monster truck shows, a national figure skating competition, two nights of Billy Strings, arena football, and the most important hockey series this building has seen in years.

    Here’s the complete rundown of what’s coming — and what you should already have on your calendar.

    The Big One: Silvertips WHL Championship Final (May 8-9)

    Start here, because this is the reason to get tickets right now.

    The Everett Silvertips are going to the WHL Championship Final. They’re 12-1 in the playoffs with back-to-back sweeps in Rounds 2 and 3. They’re waiting on the Prince Albert-Medicine Hat Eastern Conference Final to produce an opponent — that series goes to Game 5 on Friday, May 1. Games 1 and 2 of the WHL Championship Final are at Angel of the Winds Arena on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9.

    This is the WHL’s biggest stage. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. If you’re a hockey fan anywhere in Snohomish County, get your seats before they’re gone.

    Washington Wolfpack Arena Football (May 2, May 23, June 20, June 27)

    The Washington Wolfpack home opener is Saturday, May 2 at 3:00 PM against the defending Arena Crown champion Albany Firebirds. It’s Teacher’s Night — check the Wolfpack site if you’re an educator.

    The second home game is Saturday, May 23 against the Beaumont Renegades at 3:00 PM. Two more summer dates follow: June 20 (Oregon Lightning, 6:00 PM) and June 27 (Michigan Arsenal, 6:00 PM).

    Arena football at Angel of the Winds is a genuinely fun afternoon — fast pace, high scoring, and the building is close enough to feel every hit.

    Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-N-Fire (May 30-31)

    Three shows across two days: Saturday, May 30 at 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM, and Sunday, May 31 at 2:30 PM. The Glow-N-Fire 2026 tour features Mega Wrex, Bigfoot, Bone Shaker, and the debut of Rhinomite. Floor ticket holders get Pre-Show Party access 2.5 hours before showtime.

    If you have kids between four and twelve, this is exactly what the event is built for.

    Billy Strings: Two Nights in October (October 9-10)

    This is the headline concert announcement on the fall calendar. Billy Strings — the Grammy-winning guitarist widely regarded as the most compelling live act in American music right now — is playing two nights at Angel of the Winds Arena on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, both at 7:30 PM with doors at 6:30.

    Two-night packages are available. Floor options include GA Pit and Reserved Floor. Four-ticket limit per purchase.

    If you haven’t seen Billy Strings live: he and his band typically play three-plus hours, the improvisation is real, and the audience is one of the more welcoming in music. These shows will sell out. Tickets available through Ticketmaster and Live Nation.

    Skate America: November 13-15

    The ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition returns to Everett for Skate America on November 13-15, 2026 — the only U.S. stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.

    The three-day event includes Men’s and Pairs Short Programs on Nov. 13; Women’s Short Program, Men’s Free Skate, Rhythm Dance, and Pairs Free Skate on Nov. 14; and Free Dance and Women’s Free Skate on Nov. 15. Practice sessions begin Nov. 12.

    All-session tickets run $100–$600. This is a legitimate international sporting event at your local arena.

    Full Calendar: May Through November 2026

    • May 2 — Washington Wolfpack vs. Albany Firebirds (3:00 PM)
    • May 8 — Silvertips WHL Championship Final Game 1
    • May 9 — Silvertips WHL Championship Final Game 2
    • May 23 — Washington Wolfpack vs. Beaumont Renegades (3:00 PM)
    • May 30 — Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Glow-N-Fire (12:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
    • May 31 — Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Glow-N-Fire (2:30 PM)
    • June 20 — Washington Wolfpack vs. Oregon Lightning (6:00 PM)
    • June 27 — Washington Wolfpack vs. Michigan Arsenal (6:00 PM)
    • October 9 — Billy Strings Night One (7:30 PM)
    • October 10 — Billy Strings Night Two (7:30 PM)
    • November 13-15 — Skate America (ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating)

    Angel of the Winds Arena is at 2000 Hewitt Avenue in Everett. Check angelofthewindsarena.com for event-specific parking and entry details.

    Related: Silvertips Are Going to the WHL Championship Final: Tickets, Dates, and What This Moment Means | Wolfpack Host Defending Champions Saturday: Albany Firebirds Come to AOTW

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Angel of the Winds Arena’s address?
    Angel of the Winds Arena is at 2000 Hewitt Avenue, Everett, WA 98201.

    When are the Silvertips WHL Championship Final home games?
    Games 1 and 2 are on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9, 2026 at Angel of the Winds Arena.

    When is Billy Strings playing at Angel of the Winds Arena in 2026?
    Billy Strings plays two nights: Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2026. Both shows at 7:30 PM, doors at 6:30 PM. Tickets via Ticketmaster and Live Nation.

    When is Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live at Angel of the Winds Arena?
    The Glow-N-Fire 2026 Tour has three shows: Saturday, May 30 at 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM, and Sunday, May 31 at 2:30 PM.

    When is Skate America 2026?
    Skate America runs November 13-15, 2026 at Angel of the Winds Arena. It is the only U.S. stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.

    When does the Washington Wolfpack play at home in 2026?
    Home games at Angel of the Winds Arena: May 2, May 23, June 20, and June 27, 2026.