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*Update*
Check out the Save The Showbox Portrait Project HERE.
As you likely already know, news broke last week that a plan has been submitted to the city of Seattle to demolish our beloved and historic Showbox music venue.
We aren’t going to stand by silently as another cherished piece of the northwest is wiped out in favor of “progress.”
Please sign the petition below to save the Showbox in Seattle.
If you’d like to make your voice heard, sign this petition and this one too. Also, if you are a Twitter person, use the hashtag #SaveTheShowbox in all your tweets. The Facebook hashtag getting the most love is #SaveShowbox.
There is also a Facebook group specifically created to share information about upcoming actions to save one of Seattle’s treasured locations. Join it HERE.
Showbox staff have created a email address saveshowbox@gmail.com for the purpose of receiving letters of support that will help in the process of getting the building declared a city landmark. You can learn more about that process HERE. A better option is dropping the letter off in person at the venue. Explain in detail what the Showbox means to you, to Seattle and include memorable events that you have attended there.
Below is a growing list of tweets showing support for saving The Showbox from some folks you might have heard of that have played there.
This @ShowboxPresents Market closing cannot stand! This place has musically flavored what Seattle IS at its core. Progress is great and all, but not at the cost of the soul of the city.
— Duff McKagan (@DuffMcKagan) July 26, 2018
A Seattle institution.#savetheshowbox https://t.co/MVRQjBLOVS @ The Showbox At the Market https://t.co/c5zP3K97Ef
— Alice in Chains (@AliceInChains) July 27, 2018
Memories That You Call. The Showbox 2014. Such sad news, so many memories at that venue, let’s not let this happen Seattle…https://t.co/jLhlCjNerI pic.twitter.com/FcefHcQd8P
— ODESZA (@odesza) July 27, 2018
We’re not going to take this lying down. The Showbox is an intrinsic part of what has made Seattle a focal point of American music for decades.
We’re working on it – watch this space for information on how you can get involved in preventing this travesty from taking place. https://t.co/tL3b3HBn7D
City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board: Make the Showbox at the Market a Historical Landmark https://t.co/wyk5T7fBSO via @Change
— mark lanegan (@marklanegan) July 27, 2018
#savetheshowbox iiii]; )’
— Slash (@Slash) July 26, 2018
Seattle, we gotta save the Showbox. Start with the petition. Ima do some more research…. https://t.co/vG174uvuaR
— GEMINI (@macklemore) July 26, 2018
I signed! Please help #SaveTheShowbox City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board: Make the Showbox at the Market a Historical Landmark – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/5RUjbwhytr via @Change ❤💔🎶
— SusanHolmesMcKagan (@SuHolmesMcKagan) July 27, 2018
— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) July 26, 2018
#landmark #Seattle @ShowboxPresents https://t.co/mkxkeeFvNL
— Mike McCready (@MikeMcCreadyPJ) July 25, 2018
This hurts man. With everything changing in my life one sorta constant were the venues that embraced us since day one. #TheShowbox was in #Seattle was that type of place. For the longest.… https://t.co/2rxCMACmaD
— T’Questlove (@questlove) July 27, 2018
City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board: Make the Showbox at the Market a Historical Landmark https://t.co/wyk5T7fBSO via @Change
— mark lanegan (@marklanegan) July 27, 2018
I signed! Please help #SaveTheShowbox City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board: Make the Showbox at the Market a Historical Landmark – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/5RUjbwhytr via @Change ❤💔🎶
— SusanHolmesMcKagan (@SuHolmesMcKagan) July 27, 2018
Seattle, we gotta save the Showbox. Start with the petition. Ima do some more research…. https://t.co/vG174uvuaR
— GEMINI (@macklemore) July 26, 2018
#savetheshowbox iiii]; )’
— Slash (@Slash) July 26, 2018
Here’s a great article by legendary Seattle writer Charles Cross on why saving The Showbox is so important. Read HERE.