Showbox at the Market, Music venue near Pike Place Market, Seattle, US
Showbox at the Market is a theatre near Pike Place Market in Seattle, United States, hosting concerts and live performances. The main hall accommodates around 1,100 guests and features a stage with modern sound and lighting equipment.
The Showbox was founded in 1939 and has hosted jazz, blues, punk and grunge acts over the decades, from Duke Ellington and Muddy Waters to the Ramones, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. After years as the Improv Comedy Club, restaurateurs Tony Riviera and Barry Bloch reopened it on New Year's Eve 1995 as the Showbox Comedy and Supper Club. In July 2019 the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board unanimously granted it landmark designation, blocking a 42-floor tower plan.
The venue's name comes from its original use as the Showbox Theater, and it reopened under that name on New Year's Eve 1995 as the Showbox Comedy and Supper Club. Its stage has hosted burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee and grunge bands Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, TAD and Screaming Trees.
The entrance is located in downtown Seattle, easily reached by public transport or through nearby parking options. Tickets can be purchased online via AXS.com, and arriving early helps secure a better view of the stage.
The venue reopened on New Year's Eve 1995 as The Showbox Comedy and Supper Club after restaurateurs Tony Riviera and Barry Bloch found old photographs and articles about the original Showbox and rebuilt it to its earlier look. A Change.org petition to make it a city landmark drew over 110,000 signatures, and the Landmarks Preservation Board granted the designation on July 17, 2019.
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