Moisture Festival Week One Will Offer Magical Line-Up Of Comedy And Variete' Performers - Opening Night Gala - Special Benefit - Laughter And Thrills

The Moisture Festival talent bookers have worked hard over the Summer, Fall and Winter to make week one of the 2012 Moisture Festival a fantastic experience for our fans. They've booked some of the finest comedy and variete' talents available anywhere. The internationally renowned performers who will populate the stage at Hale's Palladium during our opening week, commencing with our Open Night Gala on Thursday March 15th, will leave you laughing and amazed.  Here's a list of week one's lineup: 

Alfredo Fettuccine, Amy G, Bill Robison, Bobs, Charlie Brown, Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra, gOdFReY DaNieLs, Kamikaze Fireflies, Reid Belstock, Ron W. Bailey, Simon Neale,Tanya Brno, Terry Crane, Circus Syzygy, Gazzo,  Super8s, Shanks, Stevie Coyle, Janet McAlpin & Lynelle Sjoberg, Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein, Marco Polo,  Dr. Calamari & Acrophelia, Ezra Weill & Una Bennett, Uncle Bonsai, Jessie Sawyers,  Rachel Strickland, Christian Swenson, Master Payne, and Ropeworks by René

The opening week also includes a special benefit for Clowns Without Borders at the 3pm Matinee Performance (great for adults and kids) on March 17th, with the proceeds from the show going to support this unique organization's mission. We also invite you to consider our late night 10:30pm shows on Friday and Saturday nights, they offer a special flavor of mature free wheeling late night entertainment. Each Moisture Festival Show is different from the next, which means you can go every night and you'll still  be seeing something you haven't seen before. 

Every year we hear the same refrain from our fans about how they missed out on seeing critically acclaimed Moisture Festival Shows they wanted to attend because they didn't buy their tickets before it was too late, and when they finally acted they found the shows they wanted to attend were already sold out. We urge festival fans to get their tickets early to avoid this inevitable ticket crunch.  

*Show lineups are subject to change

Moisture Festival Opening Night Gala - March 15th Hales Palladium - You're Invited To The Party

This special opening night show and party will kick off the 2012 festival in grand style. The show also includes entry to the exclusive after show festivities where you can mingle with performers, producers, local dignitaries, and patrons of the arts. We also promise a few delightful surprises for those attending the party. Get your tickets early to this Moisture Festival lovers exclusive show and event.

The Opening Night Gala show's artists include: Alfredo Fettuccine, Amy G, Bill Robison,Bobs, Charlie Brown, Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra, gOdFReY DaNieLs, Kamikaze Fireflies, Reid Belstock, Ron W. Bailey, Simon Neale,Tanya Brno, Terry Crane The MC: Ron W. Bailey and Simon Neale - Show Band: Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra

Moisture Festival Giant Seattle Weekly Center Spread Preview

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This magnificent center spread will hit the streets of our fine city in the Seattle Weekly on Leap Wednesday February 29th.  Here your exclusive early preview. 

Design by Ron W Bailey.

Moisture Festival First Run Official 2012 Festival Poster

Here's The Official First Run 2012 Moisture Festival Poster Designed By Ron W Bailey. It Features Burlesque Phenomenon Inga Ingenue, Canadian Comedic Sensation Al Simmons and Seattle's Own Aerial Wonder Women Aviatiix, right to left Esther Edelman, Carri Andersen, Cathy Sutherland, and Martha Enson.

Moisture Festival Comedy Variete' Burlesque 2012 - Tickets 

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Moisture Festival Special Benefit Shows 2012 - Fremont Arts Council March 21st Hales Palladium

Moisture Festival Fremont Arts Council Special Benefit Show 

March 21st 7:30pm Hales Palladium 

The Moisture Festival likes to do what we can to support the local arts community and a big part of that as far as we are concerned is supporting the Fremont Arts Council. Heaven knows they have gone out of their way to support the Moisture Festival year after year now. We'd like to give something back. Who doesn't love the annual Solstice Parade and all the other fine work this organization does? Nothing is more Fremont and nothing reflects the creative spirit of our Seattle neighborhoods than organizations like the Fremont Arts Council. Show your support for the FAC by getting your tickets early for this benefit show!

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Purple Mark @ Solstice Parade 2008

The Fremont Arts Council believes art helps build stronger communities and creates a sense of place. Fremont is a state of mind not a zip code. The FAC produces the Fremont Solstice Parade, cares for the Fremont Troll and helps make other magic happen that otherwise would leave Fremont a less colorful place. You may have seen or participated in some of the celebration art events the FAC produces: The Fremont Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant, Luminata Lantern Walk, Trolloween, the Feast of the Winter Solstice, and the May Day Gathering. Maybe you’ve seen their home base and community workshop, The Powerhouse on Fremont Ave North.

Solstice Pageant at Gasworks Park

Or you may have visited (or even decorated!) some of Fremont’s famous public artworks, without knowing how they got there. The Fremont Troll, theWaiting for the Interurban statues, Space in Fremont and the B.F. Day Tile Mural are all Fremont Arts Council projects that have become Seattle landmarks.

Moisture Festival Special Benefit Shows 2012 - Clowns Without Borders March 17th Matinee At Hales Palladium

The Moisture Festival is honored to host the Clowns Without Borders Benefit March 17th 3pm at Hales Palladium Matinee Performance. CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS offers laughter to relieve the suffering of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency. They bring levity, contemporary clown/circus oriented performances and workshops into communities so that they can celebrate together and forget for a moment the tensions that darken their daily lives.  Moisture Festival salutes CWB for their dedication and the great work they do. Get your tickets today for this special benefit performance and you will be showing your support for this outstanding organization.

Moisture Festival SIFF Announce Collaboration For 2012 Festival

'The Sound of Silents with a Side of Schtick'

April 5th, 7:30pm

SIFF Cinema at the Uptown

Running time: 120 Minutes with live entertainment

Presented by Moisture Festival in collaboration with SIFF, the Seattle Composers Alliance, and the Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble.

Tickets: $15 | 12 SIFF Members
SIFF passes and vouchers are not valid for this special presentation.
There will be a 20 minute intermission.

Travel back to a bygone era when cinema and vaudeville shared the bill for a brief moment in history at this one-night-only event that will be bursting at the seams with entertainment! SIFF has joined forces with three fantastic partners to present a unique evening combining classic silent cinema, live music and unconventional vaudeville performance.

For your viewing pleasure, revel in an exceptional collection of early cinema––shorts ranging from 1907-1934 that include the first film of Orson Welles, an abstract masterpiece, Pathé Brothers masterworks and one of the first films ever shown in the U.S. Each film is accompanied by a newly written original score by members of the Seattle Composers Alliance and the Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble and performed live by our chamber orchestra!

In between films, Moisture Festival transports us even further into this singular era of entertainment history with a carefully curated and curious collection of vaudeville acts, all presented by our Master of Ceremonies, the inimitable Kevin Joyce.

Ladies, dust off those flapper dresses! Both men and women are encouraged to dress for this occasion in your finest early 20th century attire.

Expect the unexpected!

Films and composers:

The Hearts of Age, 1934, director Orson Welles, composer Michael Owcharuk 

Symphonie Diagonale, 1924, director Viking Eggeling, composer Catherine Grealish

Policeman's Little Run, 1907, director  Ferdinand Zecca, composer Eric Nielsen

The Golden Beetle, 1907, director Segundo de Chomón, composer Beth Fleenor

The Great Train Robbery, 1903, director Edwin S. Porter, composer Nate Omdal

Voyage dans la Lune, 1902, director Georges Méliès, composer Jeff Tolbert

Performers:

Magician, Jay Alexander: Great Grandson of a legendary vaudeville performer, Jay has performed at high profile parties for celebrities like, Robin Williams, The Rolling Stones, Francis Ford Coppolla, Bono, John Cleese and many, many more.

Physical comedian, Bill Robison: His performances are a synthesis of outlandish comedy, an elastic face, a penchant for the absurd and a reckless sense of abandon.

Rarely seen on the stage in the 21st century, Alfredo Fettuccine will charm you with his irrational exuberance and astound you with his impossible repertoire of magic.