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Catch a live performance of Peppa Pig on March 3 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

Peppa Pig live performance coming March 3 to Kent’s ShoWare Center

Preschoolers and their parents are expected to enjoy a live performance of Peppa Pig's Big Splash at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

  • Feb 29, 2016
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Catch a live performance of Peppa Pig on March 3 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The Newsboys are part of the Rock & Worship Roadshow coming to Kent's ShoWare Center on Feb. 18.

Rock & Worship Roadshow coming to Kent’s ShoWare Center

The eighth annual Rock & Worship Roadshow, presented by Compassion International, will bring its 2016 tour at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18 to Kent’s ShoWare Center.

  • Feb 11, 2016
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The Newsboys are part of the Rock & Worship Roadshow coming to Kent's ShoWare Center on Feb. 18.

Harlem Globetrotters coming to ShoWare; tickets on sale

The Harlem Globetrotters 90th Anniversary Tour comes to the ShoWare Center for two performances.

  • Feb 8, 2016
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Fiddlers Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will perform on Friday

‘A Fiddler’s Feast’ coming to Kent on Feb. 26

Catch “A Fiddler’s Feast,” featuring Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas as well as Jay Ungar and Molly Mason at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center, 10020 SE 256th St.

  • Feb 5, 2016
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Fiddlers Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will perform on Friday
The Avett Brothers will play their American folk rock music on July 23 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

Avett Brothers to perform July 23 at Kent’s ShoWare Center

The Avett Brothers, a North Carolina-based folk rock band, plays the ShoWare Center in Kent at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 23.

  • Feb 4, 2016
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The Avett Brothers will play their American folk rock music on July 23 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Rainier Youth Choirs' all-day festival and concerts are set for Feb. 6 at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Kent.

Rainier Youth Choirs to perform concerts on Feb. 6

Rainier Youth Choirs presents the A World of Song, an all-day honor choir festival and concert, on Saturday, Feb. 6 at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 19800 108th Ave. SE, Kent.

  • Jan 30, 2016
  • BY Wire Service
Rainier Youth Choirs' all-day festival and concerts are set for Feb. 6 at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Kent.
Antics

Kent’s Spotlight Series presents hip-hop dance performance by Antics

Antics, a Los Angeles-based hip-hop company, brings a multimedia, urban dance performance to town at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center, 10020 SE 256th St.

  • Jan 28, 2016
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Antics
The Ladies Night Out R&B concert coming to the ShoWare Center on Saturday

Ladies Night Out concert set for May 28 at Kent’s ShoWare Center

Kent’s ShoWare Center will bring back on May 28 the successful, popular Ladies Night Out concert series.

  • Jan 18, 2016
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The Ladies Night Out R&B concert coming to the ShoWare Center on Saturday
Andre Krengel will be one of the featured performers at International Guitar Night on Jan. 29 in Kent.

Kent’s Spotlight Series presents International Guitar Night on Jan. 29

International Guitar Night is North America’s premier traveling guitar festival, bringing together the world’s foremost acoustic guitarists to perform their latest original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting.

  • Jan 11, 2016
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Andre Krengel will be one of the featured performers at International Guitar Night on Jan. 29 in Kent.

Theatre Battery brings 24-hour new play festival to Kent Station on Saturday

For a third year, Theatre Battery, a local theater company geared at bringing live theater to Kent, will push the limits of new play production and prove Sleep is for the Weak.

  • Dec 9, 2015
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Abel Rocha is a Mexican-born vocalist interpreter of Son Jarocho

Concert to benefit Kent congregation’s Ebola relief efforts

A musical presentation, "After Ebola: Bringing Hope to Life" in Renton Saturday, Dec. 12, will help a Kent congregation raise money for Ebola relief in Liberia and West Africa.

  • Dec 3, 2015
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Abel Rocha is a Mexican-born vocalist interpreter of Son Jarocho
The Rainier Youth Choir's Bella Voce in concert.

Rainier Youth Choirs in concert at the Covington Library

The Rainier Youth Choirs perform at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Covington Library, 27100 164th Ave. SE.

  • Nov 30, 2015
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The Rainier Youth Choir's Bella Voce in concert.
Auburn Symphony Orchestra musicians play selections from Tchaikovsky and Brahms at its season-opening chamber concert Nov. 20 and 22 in Kent and Auburn

ASO’s chamber concert comes to Auburn, Kent

Auburn Symphony Orchestra opens its chamber series with exceptional music at two locations in November.

  • Nov 20, 2015
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Auburn Symphony Orchestra musicians play selections from Tchaikovsky and Brahms at its season-opening chamber concert Nov. 20 and 22 in Kent and Auburn
Second City comedy theater coming to Kent

Second City comedy theater coming to Kent

Chicago's famed sketch and improvisational comedy theater returns to Kent's Spotlight Series with "The Second City's Holidazed and Confused Revue."

  • Nov 19, 2015
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Second City comedy theater coming to Kent
Travel through musical time with the MVYSO.

MVYSO performs Time Travel Concert on Saturday

Travel through musical time with the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra on Saturday.

  • Nov 17, 2015
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Travel through musical time with the MVYSO.

Godsmack to play at Kent’s ShoWare Center on Tuesday

The rock band Godsmack plays at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

  • Nov 2, 2015
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The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in 'The Addams Family' on the Kentridge stage in November.

‘The Addams Family’ comes to Kentridge stage

"They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're altogether ooky!" The Broadway musical sensation, "The Addams Family", comes to the Kentridge High School stage on Nov. 11-21.

  • Oct 23, 2015
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The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in 'The Addams Family' on the Kentridge stage in November.
Rock out to All Time Low

Rock on with All Time Low at Kent’s ShoWare Center on Oct. 28

All Time Low, an American rock band, will perform on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the ShoWare Center in Kent as part of its Back to the Future Hearts Tour.

  • Oct 23, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Rock out to All Time Low
A sellout crowd of 6

Scorpions, Queensryche fill up Kent’s ShoWare Center

A sellout crowd of 6,257 packed the ShoWare Center in Kent on Oct. 9 for the Scorpions and Queensryche concert.

  • Oct 12, 2015
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A sellout crowd of 6
Kenny Endo Contemporary Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday

Endo brings Japanese taiko drumming to Kent

The Kenny Endo Contemporary Ensemble brings an evening of Japanese taiko drumming and world music to Kent’s Spotlight Series at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center, 10020 SE 256th St.

  • Oct 6, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kenny Endo Contemporary Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday