Arts Briefs | June 30 edition

Chilean music concert, Strawberry Festival music lineup, tickets on sale for Summer Theatre Fest

June 30, 2022 1:30 am
Courtesy Photo Pascuala Illabaca, a composer, singer, accordionist and pianist, will perform with her band, Fauna, on 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Vashon Center for the Arts.
Courtesy Photo Pascuala Illabaca, a composer, singer, accordionist and pianist, will perform with her band, Fauna, on 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Vashon Center for the Arts.

Chilean star Pascuala Ilabaca comes to town

Hailing from Valparaiso, Chile, singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca is a distinct and treasured voice in both the Latin American and world music scenes. In little more than a decade, she has released six albums and performed on multiple world tours. She and her band, Fauna, are known for her performances that are both flamboyant and refreshing. Ilabaca has performed in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the UK, and now, on Vashon Island.

See her Kay White Hall debut —part of a multi-city tour with her band to the United States and Europe, called the 2022 La Curiosidad International Tour — at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Vashon Center for the Arts. Get tickets at vashoncenterforthearts.org, and listen to more of the band’s music at ​​tinyurl.com/pbap9hvp.

Strawberry Festival music ready to rock

Visit vashonevents.org/strawberry-festival-2022 to see the generous lineup of music on tap at this year’s Strawberry Festival, scheduled for Friday to Sunday, July 15-17, at Vashon Village.

The lineup, presented by the Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce and booked by Vashon Events, opens on Friday with the return of the iconic island band, “Loose Change. Vashon’s own renowned “Publish the Quest” will headline on Saturday, and the festival stage will close on Sunday with Vashon’s “Poultry in Motion” — with almost a dozen other lively local acts and Seattle bands also set to take the stage during the weekend.

Book your tickets now for Vashon Theatre Fest

Tickets are now on sale for Vashon Repertory Theatre’s (VRT) second annual Vashon Theatre Fest, slated for the last two weekends of July at Vashon Center for the Arts, Open Space for Arts & Community, and Snapdragon’s Black Cat Cabaret.

This year’s festival lineup will include Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” and a New York-bound new musical, “Somewhere Between,” penned by islander Alan Bruce Becker, which tells a contemporary small-town coming of age story, with original music written in a pop-jazz style.

Another one-person show, “Seeger,” will celebrate the life and music of the famed folksinger Pete Seeger. The festival also includes a series of readings of new plays by Northwest writers, and a presentation of physical theater called “5-Minute Wonders.”

Find out more and get tickets at vashonrepertorytheartre.org.