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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 22:34:00

Opened on 24 July 1939 as Seattle's grandest dine-and-dance rendezvous, the Showbox has spent more than eight decades as a fixture of the city's music scene. Veteran theatre owner Michael Lyons converted a 1917 market building across First Avenue from Pike Place Market into a supper club and performance space, spending around 100,000 dollars on a Streamline Moderne remodel and opening with a varied bill that included a swing harpist, comedy and even a dancing dog. Over the years the room has wo...