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Sat, 21 Nov, 2026 at 07:30 pm UTC-08:00

What’s Going On: NY in the 80s./Electric Circus plays the Mudd Club

  • 5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98118 · Seattle
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What\u2019s Going On: NY in the 80s.\/Electric Circus plays the Mudd Club
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Doors: 6:30pm Show: 7:30pm
Tickets: $25 advance $30 at Doors
Set 1: New York in the 80s. Kathy Moore plays James Blood Ulmer Robin Holcomb plays Robin Holcomb Andy Roth plays Bobby Previte Wayne Horvitz plays Horvitz, Morris, Previte Trio Alex Guy and Mazz Swift play Billy Bang Geoff Harper plays Bill Laswell Fred Frith Plays Massacre

Set 2: Electric Circus plays the Mudd Club. The music of Blondie, Richard Hell, The Ramones, Talking Heads, DNA, The Contortions, Bad Brains, Lou Reed, Lydia Lunch and more.
For our third annual festival, South Hudson Music Project continues its mission to present music that reflects the innovations in jazz and contemporary music with deep roots in the music of Chicago, NYC, St. Louis and Los Angeles in the late 20th century. Our first two years focused on the musical innovations of Butch Morris, Sun Ra, Henry Threadgill, and Julius Hemphill. This year expands to a deep dive into the music specifically associated with NYC in the 80s and the Downtown Scene. The downtown scene was known for an explosion of creative activity and the cross-pollination of artists associated with free jazz, Black creative music, rock/punk music, experimental music, and electronic music. John Zorn and Anthony Braxton were playing at the Public Theater, The Art Ensemble of Chicago was playing at Great American Music Hall and the Smithsonian, Joe Bowie was playing at CBGB’s, and the Contortions were playing at Studio Rivbea. In the meantime, Deborah Harry and David Byrne were keeping an eye on it all along with John Adams and Philip Glass. Special guests this year include Mazz Swift (Anohni, Laurie Anderson, Silk Road), Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Massacre, Naked City, Ensemble Moderne), Sarah Schoenbeck (Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill), and 3 stellar instrumentalists with deep roots in Seattle: Ha Yang Kim, Stephanie Richards, and Leanna Keith.
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