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Bent Knee and Cheer-Accident slated for Seaprog 2022

We’re pleased to confirm that our headlining artists this year will be Bent Knee and Cheer-Accident. These two bands have been consistently creative and innovative, and easily rank among the most prominent American art rock bands. They have both made careers of defying expectations and going their own ways regardless of fashion trends. They will be joined by two more bands, which we hope to announce soon.

Cheer-Accident at Seaprog 2018, photo by Danette Davis

Cheer-Accident is no stranger to Seaprog — their performance was one of the highlights of our 2018 festival. And they haven’t been sitting still since then. Their latest album, Here Comes the Sunset, is their 24th full-length release. Yes, you read that right: 24 albums, going back to their debut in 1986.

We’ve been trying to get Bent Knee at Seaprog for quite a while now, but scheduling has never worked out until now. We are absolutely thrilled to bring this band to our stage for what is sure to be a stellar performance. There is quite simply no band on Earth that sounds like Bent Knee, and if you haven’t seen them live before, you’re in for a treat.

We’re working two more artists for the show, which will take place Friday August 5 at Madame Lou’s at the Crocodile. Tickets are now on sale here.

As always, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to 4Culture for their generous support of the arts in Seattle (not just us!) and to our fiscal sponsor, Shunpike.

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Seaprog 2022 is coming!

Here’s a welcome shaft of light amid troubled times: Seaprog is back!

Bent Knee promotional photo
Bent Knee promotional photo

After a two-year pandemic hiatus and the permanent loss of our longtime partner venue, the Columbia City Theater, we’re delighted to announce that Seaprog 2022 is scheduled to take place on the Madame Lou’s stage at the ‘new’ Crocodile on Friday, August 5, 2022.

Due to scheduling challenges, Seaprog 2022 will be a single-day event featuring Bent Knee, Cheer-Accident, and Rainbow Face, but with intent to return to a full weekend format in 2023. These three bands will make for an amazing show!

Heartfelt thanks to our fiscal sponsor Shunpike and to 4Culture for their continued support through the long hiatus!

Regarding COVID: Some have asked what the COVID policy will be for the upcoming Seaprog. The venue’s current policy is: “The Crocodile is encouraging all guests to continue to wear masks at all times unless actively eating or drinking.” Seaprog will default to this policy while emphasizing that we strongly prefer that attendees mask up. While we’re in no position to enforce policy, we advise folks to take sensible precautions for their own sake and that of their fellow concertgoers.

With the rise of the new COVID variant, we understand that protocols might shift yet again between now and 8/5. We’ll keep you posted in the event of any change and will abide by whatever protocol is in place at that time. Thanks for your cooperation!

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Seaprog 2021 update

Greetings, sorely missed Seaprog community!

We know we’ve been remiss in updating our status, basically because there was so little to report during the long downtime, but now that hope rises anew, we’re happy to reconnect with an update.
Note that we did make an attempt earlier this year to ‘stage’ a slimmed-down Seaprog in streaming format, but we were unable to work out a favorable arrangement with the host venue. However, in retrospect it’s no great loss now that live performances are resuming, since we greatly prefer the latter to the insular streaming format anyway.

What is a great loss is the closure of the historic Columbia City Theater, our beloved partner venue from the very start of the Seaprog venture, as a consequence of pandemic-related woes. We owe the CCT staff eternal gratitude for their stalwart support and generosity over the years, and hope they find fulfillment elsewhere — and that the CCT will eventually be resurrected. But for now, the CCT’s demise leaves Seaprog essentially homeless until/unless we can find another suitable venue to partner with — one that will allow the festival to retain the qualities that set it apart and make it as much a social as musical event. We have a few candidates but would love to hear any ideas our audience might have for new venue options — suggestions welcomed!

With half of 2021 already behind us, the logistical challenges of mounting a full-scale festival this year are frankly beyond us, but we’re keen on stepping back into the water with a smaller-scale ‘Seaprog presents’ event or two later this year, or possibly a scaled-down pilot event at a prospective host venue. We’ll surely keep folks updated on progress. We also want to profusely thank those of you who made generous donations to help keep Seaprog afloat; those who kindly agreed to let their 2019 ticket purchases count toward a future event; and our fiscal sponsors Shunpike and 4 Culture for hanging in there with us and helping to offset some pandemic-related losses.
So looking forward to seeing you all again as soon as we can regain our footing!

— The Central Committee

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Stay healthy, everyone!

Along with everyone else in the world, we’ve been watching the news regarding the spread of COVID-19, looking to how it will impact our own lives, specifically the planned Seaprog Festival in June. We are carefully watching the situation in Washington state and remain committed to staging the festival if at all possible. If circumstances arise that jeopardize this, we intend to do right by our artists, attendees, and the community at large. This has never been a money-making enterprise, and the health and well-being of all involved is much more important than ticket sales. Music is important, but life is even more important. As of now, in early March, it is far too early to know what the situation will be in June, so we have to live with uncertainty for the time being. We intend to be fully open and transparent about any changes in plans that might arise, but for now, we urge everyone to heed the advice of medical professionals and take care so we can all get through this. Thanks for your continued support, and we hope to see you in June!

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Seaprog has the best fans

Seaprog attendees, photo by Danette Davis
Seaprog attendees, photo by Danette Davis

When we started Seaprog back in 2013, the festival was very much an unknown quantity, and it could have easily ended up a big failure. The founders had a vision that seemed like it would be a good thing, but no one knew if that would work out. That first year, some brave music lovers took the plunge and became part of a family.

Our photographer, Danette Davis, came up with the idea of a group picture with people who have attended all of the editions of Seaprog. This is the result.

Some of those present (we didn’t get all the names) are Peter Comley, Kurt Ahrensfeld, Jack Pollack, Mike Pollack, DB Wood, Michael Trew, Clark Battle, Steven Kiner, Helaine Burch, Debi Byrd, Ken Sorensen, John Hagelbarger, Dave McClelland, Joe Fischer, Dennis Rea, and Jon Davis.