Jazz Sundays @ The Panama Hotel by Seattle Kobe Sister City Association

The Seattle Kobe Sister City Association (SKSCA) is proud to partner with the Panama Hotel and 4Culture to host six *FREE Sunday Jazz shows from July through December 2025. Join us for a relaxing Sunday afternoon listening to some of the best female jazz vocalists in the PNW at the iconic Panama Hotel in the C-ID!

Shows are on the 4th Sunday of each month from 1-3pm.

We are excited to welcome some of the most iconic female jazz vocalists from the Pacific Northwest, including past winners of the historic SKSCA Female Jazz Vocalist Audition. These accomplished artists have traveled the world performing, and are well known throughout the local jazz scene.

*RSVP Required - General Admission Seats are limited to 35 seats per show. Seating is first come, first serve. Purchase of drinks and food is encouraged. (If you reserved a ticket and unable to attend, please be sure to release your ticket)

ABOUT SKSCA

The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association (SKSCA) is a volunteer-based 501(c)3 non-profit association that helps promote and facilitate relations between Seattle and our sister city of Kobe, Japan through cultural and music events. Through these events, coordinated and sponsored by SKSCA, hundreds of Seattle residents can learn about Japanese culture, experience music performances, and learn more about Seattle’s international connections.

Every year since 2000, the winner of the Kobe Jazz Vocalist Queen Contest, held in Kobe’s Shinkaichi neighborhood, the birthplace of Japanese jazz, has visited Seattle to perform. In 2005, the SKSCA launched a reciprocal program: an audition to send two female jazz vocalists from Seattle to perform in Kobe, one adult vocalist and one high school vocalist. This concerts series will feature past winners of the Seattle Jazz Vocal Queen Audition.

About Seattle / Kobe: The Panama Hotel in the Historic Nihonmachi (Japantown Seattle in the NW corner of the International District

SKSCA is dedicated to supporting the sister city relationship between Seattle and Kobe, the first of its kind in Washington State. Since 1957, the two cities have embarked on a journey that continues to flourish in music, art, commerce and trade, and many other aspects of cultural connection and exchange.

The Panama Hotel is one of the most well known establishments in Japantown Seattle. Built in 1910, the hotel continues today as an historic landmark, hotel, museum, and cafe.

The shows are sponsored generously by 4Culture through the Public Free Access grant. 4Culture funds individual artists, artist groups and arts organizations that provide access to art experiences for all King County residents and visitors.

About Nancy Erickson Lamont:

Nancy Erickson Lamont, a seasoned jazz vocalist who studied with the renowned jazz instructor Frank DeMiero, has been leaving her mark on Seattle's music scene for over three decades. Her impressive vocal range, lush alto, and distinctive approach to the jazz tradition have captivated audiences and earned her a reputation as one of the city's most engaging and natural vocalists. On May 10, 2024, Nancy unveiled her fourth studio album, Through the Passages, produced by the acclaimed Grammy-winning, twice nominated vocalist and producer Johnaye Kendrick.

"Nancy Erickson deserves our very close attention as a fully- formed artist, one of our best contemporary singers — full of feeling, wit, affection, reverence for tradition and a thoroughly winning originality."

- Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives

Artist Bio & more: https://www.nancyericksonlamont.com

Info: Nancy Erickson Lamont on vocals w/ Shawn Schlogel, (keys), Chris Symer (bass), and Sutton Marley (drums)

Info: Nancy Erickson Lamont on vocals w/ Shawn Schlogel, (keys), Chris Symer (bass), and Sutton Marley (drums)

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