Tribute Bands, Rocky Horror and a 30th Anniversary Art Show Fill Snohomish County Calendar

Music, theater and visual art events are lined up across Everett, Edmonds, Tulalip, Arlington and Marysville through the end of November, with Halloween weekend especially busy.

Tribute acts dominate the concert listings. On Oct. 31, Love, Dolly, a tribute to Dolly Parton, plays Rivers Run Event Center in Arlington at 7:30 p.m. The same day, Everett Civic Music presents Piano Men: Generations, a tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel, at 2 p.m. at the Everett Civic Auditorium, with doors opening at 1 p.m. The nonprofit says it has sponsored live music for more than 90 years and is offering a prorated season membership for $45 covering three upcoming events. At The Stage at Quil Ceda Creek Casino in Tulalip, Red Karma, a Taylor Swift tribute, performs Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Groove Nation follows Oct. 30 and Cloud Cover on Oct. 31, both at 8 p.m., and Borrowed Time, a Styx tribute, plays Nov. 5.

Further ahead, the Historic Everett Theatre hosts Eagle Eyes, an Eagles tribute, with Classic Ronstadt on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. On Nov. 20 at the same venue, The Grunge Show brings together tributes to Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana. Edmonds Center for the Arts has an Eagles tribute band, Take It To The Limit, on Nov. 15, and ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro, billed as the "Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele," on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Community orchestras have free concerts on the calendar. The Evergreen Community Orchestra opens its 2026-2027 season at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Snohomish County PUD Theater in Everett with "Tales from the Screen & Stage." The program includes music from John Williams, Star Trek, Harry Potter and Phantom of the Opera, along with seasonal pieces such as Danse Macabre. The Mukilteo Community Orchestra presents "Breakthroughs" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Rosehill Community Center. The program features works by Emille Mayer, Valerie Coleman, Ethel Smyth and Fanny Hensel.

On Nov. 15 at 3 p.m., the Port Gardner Bay Music Society presents Ukrainian bandura artist Valentin Lysenko at Everett First Presbyterian Church. He plays an electro-acoustic harp-bandura that he designed and built himself. The concert is open to the public by suggested donation: $20 general, $15 for seniors 65 and older and military, and $5 for students 14 and older.

In theater, The Red Curtain Arts Center in Marysville is staging The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadow cast directed by Quinne Everett. Performances run through Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with an added midnight show on Oct. 31. Tickets are $22 for adults. Village Theatre also brings back its holiday spoof A Very Die Hard Christmas at the Everett Performing Arts Center for two weekends. The production carries mature themes and adult language.

Gallery offerings include the Schack Art Center's exhibit celebrating 18 years of the PAiR kilnformed glass program, on view through Nov. 7. The program has hosted 116 invited artists at sites including Pilchuck Glass School. In Edmonds, an Art For All collaborative exhibit at the Center Gallery in the Frances Anderson Center runs through Nov. 30. It features work by students and instructors of the organization, which supports people with disabilities in the arts.

Also in Edmonds, Gallery North marks the 30th anniversary of EarthArt with a November exhibition of Sue Coccia's work. The show will be the largest collection of her original artwork, along with prints and products such as mugs, tea towels, puzzles and coloring books. Coccia is known for detailed animal illustrations that hide smaller creatures and symbols within larger forms. She will attend a free reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and the Edmonds Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19.