Concert Photo Series: Seattle/LA Venues

Many concert tours and festivals happen during the summer, when I’m not in Oregon to see them. This has led me to get my fix by seeing shows by artists and in venues that are completely new to me. Sometimes, these include festivals, Camp Flog Gnaw is pictured above, a yearly festival in L.A. hosted by Tyler, the Creator. Traveling for concerts is a fun reason to go explore somewhere new. I went to Pemberton, Canada for a music festival in 2016, and went on a road trip down to Los Angeles from Seattle this past summer to see Father John Misty at the Hollywood Bowl.

Seattle, like Portland, is full of small concert venues. Pictured above is the Neptune theater, a smaller theater in an old building full of history. Neumos (also pictured) is one of the smaller venues in Seattle and is located in the capitol hill neighborhood, attracting a young, diverse audience. When I saw Chief Keef, the crowd was almost perfectly even between UW frat boys and those from the rougher edges of the Seattle area.