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Pacific Northwest Stagehand Brenda White walks us through getting the shows gear off the trucks, organized on the stage, and back on the trucks when the show is over. 

Local Natives and Nothing But Thieves touring Backline Tech and Drum Tech Brennon Haleski talks about the responsibility of setting up not only the drums, but ALL of the instruments for the band.  

Tims Tavern, located in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle Washington is a venue that hosts over a thousand local and touring bands a year. We sit down with owners Mason Reed and Matthew O'Toole along with event bar tender Selina Bryant to discuss the importance of smaller venues.

Special performance by Mason and Matt O. 

Rock In Rio is one of the largest music festivals in the world with an average attendance of 1.5 million, Sao Paulo native and owner of Snowl Management Mari Neves works hard to keep things running smoothly. 

Seattle Stage Rigger Melissa Stinson shares her journey of building stages and hanging large speakers and massive steel structures.  

Van Halen's famous bowl of M&M's is legendary and dressing room coordinator Cameron Catron made sure there wasn't a single brown M&M in that bowl for every show. 

A Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert requires a ton of fire and Pyrotechnician Gregg Pearson will make sure you feel the heat from across the arena. 

Staff members from some of our favorite Seattle venues are apart of an organization called Keep Music Live. This week we continue the conversation on the importance of local concert venues with a special acoustic performance by Jerrod Dietz of the Seattle band Born Of Ghosts.  

Central Saloon, El Corazon, and The Tractor Tavern are three of Seattles most iconic concert venues. Joining us today are staff members Michael Gill, Leigh Bezezekoff and Jordan Paige. 

Pierce The Veil Stage Manager and Nothing But Thieves Guitar Tech Stuart Crossman-dew knows how to handle a kabuki that just won't drop.