Join the Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District as they kick off the 46th year of their free summer concert series, Downtown Summer Sounds presented by Amazon! This year’s program includes 19 outdoor concerts featuring local, national and international bands. Austin Texas, songwriter and blues guitarist Jackie Venson debuts in Seattle as part of the free Downtown Summer Sounds concert series.
Downtown Summer Sounds concert series runs from July 11 through August 28. Check out the full concert lineup at downtownseattle.org/dss
Fri Jul 18 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Jackie Venson (FREE with RSVP)
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Jackie Venson
Modern Blues
Heralded as one of “Austin’s rising stars” by Rolling Stone and “an Austin legend in the making” by
Forbes, Jackie Venson has established herself as one of the most commanding performers to come
out of Texas. An Austin native, Venson has shared the stage with icons like Gary Clark Jr and
Melissa Etheridge and even performed with Alanis Morissette and Lainey Wilson at the 2023 CMT
Awards and in 2024 Venson was selected to perform as part of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music
showcase at SXSW.
Venson’s breakthrough album Joy received critical acclaim upon its release in 2019, and while the
pandemic stood in the way of touring plans for the next year, Venson nonetheless found new levels
of fame with her livestreaming presence throughout 2020, which led to her landing the #9 position
on Pollstar’s Top 50 Livestreamers list for the year and a booking on the legendary Austin City
Limits.
In 2021 Venson collaborated with renowned producer Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2) on Love
Transcends, a love letter to Texas blues rock in all its forms. Venson followed that up with Evolution
of Joy, a reimagining of Joy that was created with help of producer Frenchie Smith (Toadies, Jet),
and the duo teamed up again for 2023’s Ghost in the Machine, an electro funk, jazz-infused guitar
pop album that updates 2020’s Vintage Machine. Venson’s next album, The Love Anthology, comes
out in January 2025 to coincide with her third annual January residency at the iconic Austin venue
Antone’s.
$0.00 All Ages
Join the Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District as they kick off the 46th year of their free summer concert series, Downtown Summer Sounds presented by Amazon! This year’s program includes 19 outdoor concerts featuring local, national and international bands. Austin Texas, songwriter and blues guitarist Jackie Venson debuts in Seattle as part of the free Downtown Summer Sounds concert series.
Downtown Summer Sounds concert series runs from July 11 through August 28. Check out the full concert lineup at downtownseattle.org/dss
Downtown Summer Sounds concert series runs from July 11 through August 28. Check out the full concert lineup at downtownseattle.org/dss
Jackie Venson
Modern Blues
Heralded as one of “Austin’s rising stars” by Rolling Stone and “an Austin legend in the making” by
Forbes, Jackie Venson has established herself as one of the most commanding performers to come
out of Texas. An Austin native, Venson has shared the stage with icons like Gary Clark Jr and
Melissa Etheridge and even performed with Alanis Morissette and Lainey Wilson at the 2023 CMT
Awards and in 2024 Venson was selected to perform as part of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music
showcase at SXSW.
Venson’s breakthrough album Joy received critical acclaim upon its release in 2019, and while the
pandemic stood in the way of touring plans for the next year, Venson nonetheless found new levels
of fame with her livestreaming presence throughout 2020, which led to her landing the #9 position
on Pollstar’s Top 50 Livestreamers list for the year and a booking on the legendary Austin City
Limits.
In 2021 Venson collaborated with renowned producer Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2) on Love
Transcends, a love letter to Texas blues rock in all its forms. Venson followed that up with Evolution
of Joy, a reimagining of Joy that was created with help of producer Frenchie Smith (Toadies, Jet),
and the duo teamed up again for 2023’s Ghost in the Machine, an electro funk, jazz-infused guitar
pop album that updates 2020’s Vintage Machine. Venson’s next album, The Love Anthology, comes
out in January 2025 to coincide with her third annual January residency at the iconic Austin venue
Antone’s.
Forbes, Jackie Venson has established herself as one of the most commanding performers to come
out of Texas. An Austin native, Venson has shared the stage with icons like Gary Clark Jr and
Melissa Etheridge and even performed with Alanis Morissette and Lainey Wilson at the 2023 CMT
Awards and in 2024 Venson was selected to perform as part of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music
showcase at SXSW.
Venson’s breakthrough album Joy received critical acclaim upon its release in 2019, and while the
pandemic stood in the way of touring plans for the next year, Venson nonetheless found new levels
of fame with her livestreaming presence throughout 2020, which led to her landing the #9 position
on Pollstar’s Top 50 Livestreamers list for the year and a booking on the legendary Austin City
Limits.
In 2021 Venson collaborated with renowned producer Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2) on Love
Transcends, a love letter to Texas blues rock in all its forms. Venson followed that up with Evolution
of Joy, a reimagining of Joy that was created with help of producer Frenchie Smith (Toadies, Jet),
and the duo teamed up again for 2023’s Ghost in the Machine, an electro funk, jazz-infused guitar
pop album that updates 2020’s Vintage Machine. Venson’s next album, The Love Anthology, comes
out in January 2025 to coincide with her third annual January residency at the iconic Austin venue
Antone’s.
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