Showboat Seattle

Showboat Seattle Located in Ballard, USA. Indoor & outdoor seating. Dog Friendly. LIVE EVENTS. Outside food is welcome Dog friendly
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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

1st and 3rd Wednesdays! 11/15 next!
11/13/2023

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

Looking for door person for 2-3 hours. Check/sell tickets and possibly IDs. Friday 10-27 and Saturday 10/28. Gift card o...
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.

Our first indoor show from 9/30! Kumité and Dogstrum rocked our faces off! Updated speakers arriving in November for ban...
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!

Facelift underway!
10/14/2023

Facelift underway!

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

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

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4358B Leary Way NW
Seattle, WA
98107

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Bad Jimmy's Brewing was founded on December 27, 2013. Greg, Seth, and Jason currently share the ownership and a love for creating a quality craft beer unlike any other. Individually, our love for craft beer has been intense as long as we can remember. Together we are committed to the love we share for the brand that we created. It is our mission to ensure that Bad Jimmy's Brewing Co. consistently offers the most innovative creations when it comes to craft beer. We love our beer. We want to share our love with you. We know that the quality of our product is, and always will be a direct reflection of the high standards we are committed to, and what we will be remembered by. Our mission is to reinvent intensity as it exists in the craft beer world. We will do this with creative combinations of the highest quality ingredients, for which we see no substitute.

During one of our weekly home brew sessions, we all noticed our respective developing beer belly’s which we lovingly nicknamed our “Jimmy”. As Jimmy began to grow, we of course started making more and more fun of it to which we always responded “you stop growing Jimmy… Bad Jimmy, BAD!!!”

This was never intended to become the name of our brewery but it was something that just stuck and we ran with. Now we like to think everyone has a little jimmy in them. Feed your Jimmy!!!!