Showboat Seattle

12/13/2023

12/13/2023

SOS. SOS. With all the love in the world to our loyal patrons, family, friends, and performing artists…Showboat is closing jan 1. The last day open to the public will be 12/30. All shows that we have booked will still be happening, so please come and support the artists, your bartenders, and our last month open! To give a little background on what we’ve tried to do over the past couple years I’ve included a brief history of what we’ve been through.
The brewery was not making money in 2021. Mid 2022 we were hoping to be doing better with summer show money but we were down a significant amount from the previous year only half way in. Seth and Jason tried valiantly to sell. They had one very interested party apply for bank funding. She got a no in the beginning of 2023. We were basically told in March that we'd be in a bad place if we closed so trying to add a full bar or pivot would be better. So we tried to flip it to see. The plan was to Sell the brewing equipment so we could have indoor shows to make money year round and a full bar to offset cost of making and selling mostly beer. Jason tried to sell the brewing equipment but no one that looked bit. So we signed with an auction company. They worked commission and said they could get 45k. In July they sold for $14k, Took their 10% and charged us 6k to move it all out. So we had about 5k after sales tax to totally remodel and rebrand which didn't go far. We are incredibly lucky to have friends and family with expertise in construction to help keep labor cost low. We thought we'd be able to pull funds from a personal source in and float us through the spring so we could add an EDM component for late night shows. We applied in October but we found out we couldn't have them the weekend before Thanksgiving. Since then we've had to lay off most staff and start preparing to close. Our staff was incredibly understanding and helpful and we can’t say enough great things about them. We hope to find someone to take over the reasonable (low price even) lease and keep using the stage for local community talent and creativity. If you know anyone interested in expanding or taking over a bar, venue, or even add a restaurant we would love to have a formal inquiry to our email [email protected]. We remain cheerleaders for all in this industry and know that many are struggling. Please please come by in our last month to say hello or goodbye and please consider dropping by some of your favorite old spots that may need your help getting through the next couple of very difficult months for the restaurant and bar industry.
Over and out-showboat

11/13/2023

1st and 3rd Wednesdays! 11/15 next!

10/16/2023

10/27 FRIDAY To kick off our Friday Night halloween we have Neon brass Party 8:30-9!!! Followed by a DJ 10-12! Don’t miss it! $10 presale ticket gets you a $10 voucher for that evening so it’s basically free and you really shouldn’t wait to buy! Blood bag vodka lemonade drinks,  neon green shots, Jell-O, shots, and unicorn blood beverages !!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-night-halloween-party-tickets-735909052787?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/14/2023

Looking for door person for 2-3 hours. Check/sell tickets and possibly IDs. Friday 10-27 and Saturday 10/28. Gift card or cash. Let me know if you’re interested. Friday 8-10:30. Saturday 6-8pm.

10/14/2023

Our first indoor show from 9/30! Kumité and Dogstrum rocked our faces off! Updated speakers arriving in November for bands, EDM DJ sets and comedy. Stay tuned!

10/14/2023

Facelift underway!

10/12/2023

WIN 2 Tickets to the Kraken TONIGHT! Buy a drink get an entry ticket! Buy another, get ANOTHER! Drawing at end of game! GO

10/10/2023

Absolutely ecstatic about the talented lineup Friday the 13th! You won't be able to RUN from these voices....like Sirens pulling you in to stay. muahahahah

You can RUN but you can't hide from this soul-stirring lineup. Every artist on this bill has a bewitching ability to move you.