The Love Markets and I were enchanted to perform again this year at Incidental Tunes in the Accidental Garden, the wonderful summer concert series produced by Maria Lamarca Anderson. It was an honor to close out ITitAG’s fifth season. Thank you to everyone who came out to see us in the wild - and a big thank you to Maria and to the anonymous sponsors who helped her fund our concert!
With ITitAG concert series producer and host, our beloved Maria!
Where do I begin? So many people to thank for this amazing night! The friends, fans, fellow musicians, and Ship of Light donors who all came out and showed us so much love in the house; the pals who took photos and video; the staff at Royal Room who took such good care of us; our wonderful opening act the Half Brothers aka Jed Zeppelin; all the folks who worked on the record; and my four treasured bandmates of 16 years. It was just so dang fun for us to play all those songs and bring the record to happy, sweaty life onstage for you all. The Love Markets love you! Enjoy the record, everybody!
Big thanks to “ArtZone” host/producer Nancy Guppy for this New Day Northwest piece on The Love Markets and our upcoming record release show! Watch Nancy on New Day Northwest RIGHT HERE (the piece on us starts at 1.22) as she gives you her best picks for summer arts events in Seattle - including our Ship of Light release show at The Royal Room June 28. “A wonderful band… Super-talented musicians… Their fearless leader Angie Louise is an absolute powerhouse… They have this kind of underground cabaret circus feel… and they exude this kind of fun, anything-might-happen vibe onstage.” Thanks, Nancy!
Musical guests The Love Markets on the ArtZone set with Nancy in 2017. Photo: Ernie Sapiro Photography.
SHIP OF LIGHT, my third record with The Love Markets, is here! From days spent songwriting in lockdown to final mastering sessions earlier this spring, it’s been a long luminous road and I’m so grateful to everyone who helped make this record happen. To listen to all tracks in full, download the album, or buy a CD, go to The Love Markets’ home on Bandcamp right here. For direct links to “Ship of Light” on all major streaming platforms, go here. Cover art by the magnificent muralist and graphic novel author Mary Fields!
The Love Markets, left to right: Robertson Witmer (accordion); Chris Monroe (drums); Angie Louise (vocals, songs, piano); David MArriott Jr. (trombone); Dave Pascal (bass guitar). Photo: Mary Fields.
Thanks to the wonderful audiences of Seattle Cabaret Festival who came out to see me play a solo set of my tunes, joined by my trusty bandmate Dave Pascal on bass! Thanks too to Nicole Beerman and Shana Pennington-Baird, my show slot partners; Arnaldo and my SCF production colleagues; and Ted, Suzanne, Heather and Alex, the dearly appreciated hard-working team at Egan’s who do so much for us every year during this month-long festival. I love you all!
I love composing and music directing for SANDBOX RADIO! Each episode is full of great moments and we enjoy flying by the seat of our pants (or, in the case of The Love Markets, our slips). EPISODE 38: “BE PREPARED” premiered at Town Hall April 25, 2025, with musical guests the Love Markets and the Half Brothers and special guest storyteller Willie Weir. Produced and hosted by Leslie Law and Richard Ziman. Video stills for The Love Markets’ performance courtesy of Sandbox Radio.
What a pleasure to return to the Triple Door stage for one of our favorite annual events: Opening night of Seattle Cabaret Festival! Thanks to Scott and all the crew, all our cabaret festival colleagues, and our amazing sold-out audience for showing so much love!
Thanks to the Swedish Club for showing us such a grand time January 17 and to Don and Karen for making it all happen! The Love Markets and I loved bringing our songs to a new audience. Thanks too to all our peeps who showed up to the standing-room-only party! We’ll be back. (Also - I really love the wallpaper in the bathroom lounge!)
Join Angie and her Love Markets bandmate Dave Pascal for a festive, intimate show sparkling with starry night songs and spiked with potent end-of-year cheer. Raise a glass and kick back as we get our naughty & nice on with soulful vocals, smoky bass, songs of love and mystery, and a stiff shot of Santa-centric musical merriment to warm your spirits. ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Egan’s Ballard Jam House
Doors: 8:30 PM / Showtime: 9:00 PM
Running time: 70 minutes
This show is all ages!
Egan's is located at 1707 Market St in Ballard. It’s a great mom & pop joint with a cozy stage and baby grand, full dinner & bar menu, and cabaret seating. Unlike other venues, Egan's takes 0% of ticket sales, giving 100% to the musicians! In return, they ask only that each patron spend a minimum total of $10 on food and/or drink. Yum!
Thank you for supporting live music!
See you at Egan's... with bells on.
Thanks once again to a great Vashon audience and all the performers who made “IGNITE” light up the night! The Love Markets and I had a brilliant time sharing the stage with the incandescent J Von Stratton, Woody Shticks, Kitten & Lou, Manny Manstands, SpICE and of course host Madame X and her Lawyer. Kudos to Dwight Beckmeyer in for Rob on accordion and Chris Jones in for Dave on bass!
Thanks to all who attended or gave to “Saint or Sinner?” - you raised over 10K to benefit Seattle Cabaret Festival and Pacific Northwest Cabaret Association and you are wonderful! Pictured: Performer Angie Louise with host Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse and Aleksa Manila.
Welcome back to Sandbox Radio! REDUX was a hit and it was lovely to see happy audiences. Thanks to producers Leslie Law and Richard Ziman and all the great folks that bring the show together. The band and I had a swell time.
Thanks to everyone who packed The Rabbit Box for our first show back in that beautiful space since it was the Can Can! Thanks also to the staff who took care of us so magnificently. Stage photos: Maria Lamarca Anderson. Peeps photo: Sue Corcoran. The Love Markets love you all!
What a pleasure to open the new summer season of Intentional Tunes in the Accidental Garden, hosted and produced by the ever-amazing Maria Lamarca Anderson. 75 guests and Maria’s tree-filled garden… who could ask for more? We Love Markets loved it!
The Love Markets returned to The Triple Door May 4 to open Seattle Cabaret Festival 2024! We had a blast and the fabulous Dwight Beckmeyer rocked it on accordion, filling in for Rob Witmer. Thanks to everyone who attended this sold-out show and gave us so much love! Thanks also to the great audiences who kept the rest of the festival hopping at Egan’s - I had a great time doing my solo show there, with bandmate Dave Pascal by my side on bass.
Love Markets left to right: Chris Monroe (drums), Angie Louise (vocals, songs, keys); Dwight Beckmeyer (in for Rob Witmer on accordion); Dave Pascal (bass); and on the bottom, David Marriott Jr. (trombone).
I had the pleasure and honor of performing at this year’s 2024 ACT Theatre gala (the brilliantly conceived Re-Engagement Party!). What an inspiring night! I was too in the moment to take pix, but am sharing memories here of just some of the many joyful times I’ve had on all ACT’s beautiful stages. In addition to being a mainstay of brave and thoughtful theatre in Seattle for 50+ years, ACT has created so much support and opportunity for artists’ new work (including me and The Love Markets) and fostered so many collaborations. We are ever grateful. A toast to every ACT donor, large and small!
The Love Markets with UMO Ensemble at ACT in 2018. Photo: Alabastro Photography.
Love Markets CD release show for Beauty Factory (2016). Photo: Laurie Clark Photography.
Falls Theatre dressing room at ACT / Laurie Clark Photography
CD release show for World Of Your Dreams (2013).
The Love Markets with Sandbox Radio (2018).
Performing at the Gregory Awards in 2012. Photo: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Performing with Victor Janusz at 2014 ACT Gala.
First of three times hosting Gregory Awards at ACT (2010).
First of many Love Markets shows in ACT’s Bullitt Cabaret (2010),
2010 ACT Gala at Seattle Art Museum with honorary Love Markets ACT executive director Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi and ACT artistic director Kurt Beattie. A classic!
With New Voices, 2009 (my first time onstage at ACT).
Backstage with my dear Nick Garrison, 2010.
After-party in the Allen, 2018 gala. Photo: Alabastro Photography.
Laurie Clark Photography.
Thank you to Northwest Screenwriters’ Guild and Northwest Film Forum for sponsoring this public reading of SHOOTING PALMER, a New York Screenplay Contest Finalist and female-powered sci-fi comedy feature written by Angie Louise (me!) and Sue Corcoran for Von Piglet Productions. Thanks too to my fellow actors at the reading, all the other great folks who pitched in, and our audience for coming out and laughing at the laugh lines. Sue & I have made two feature films together (see past shenanigans below); we’re hoping Shooting Palmer may be the third…
Sue and Angie at the Pacific Place SIFF premiere of our second feature, Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas.
Sue and Angie on set of Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas (I played Edna, a B-movie actress shooting a Christmas movie in space).
Our first feature, Gory Gory Hallelujah, written by Angie and directed by Sue.
Sue tries to burn me as a witch in Gory Gory Hallelujah.
Sue directs me in Circus of Infinity, our Nell Shipman Women In Film award-winning short.
Real life!
Tom Waits Tribute Night at Conor Byrne Pub… the perfect way to kick off the season of wintry cheer, hot toddies, and rain dog camaraderie. Sold out and jam packed with fans once again, this was The Love Markets’ eleventh stage appearance at this 17-year tradition, and there’s no other night like it. Thank you Diarmuid, Ayako Okano + Tsubaki, Sam Russell and the Harborrats, Bad Apples and everyone who makes this thing soar! All proceeds donated to MusiCares. I hope to see you there in 2024!
“Alchemy” - our 17th appearance with the Burlesco Notturno series! This Vashon cirque-variete extravaganza hosted by Madame X presents The Love Markets performing our songs, interspersed with killer acts from top Seattle burlesque troupe The Atomic Bombshells and sundry guest artists on acro, aerial, and who knows what - each show is unique. Stay tuned for the next one in November 2024.
The Love Markets
The One The Only INGA
Mme. X and her Lawyer
Closing out Seattle Cabaret Festival 2023 at Egan’s with my solo show “Getting There From Here”, with my trusty bandmate Dave Pascal by my side on bass. A pleasure to share a bill with Bodacious Ladyhood and then close out the festival paired with the inimitable Sirens of Swing!
