Alice Stuart’s Celebration of Life will be held on October 15th, 2023, at Spanish Ballroom at McMenamins Elks Temple in Tacoma, WA. Doors will open at 3pm. The Event will be hosted by Rev. Dave Brown.
Join us as we celebrate the life of Alice Stuart through words and music. There will be music from some of her favorite stage mates, featuring Lee Oskar, Annette Taborn with Nick Vigarino, Baby Gramps, Jim Valley, Marc Willett, Steven Flynn, John Hanford, Joel Tepp, Kim Field, Liz Latham & Friends, Annika Forest-Peterson.
Alice Stuart was a force of nature, on and off stage. She was one of a kind and a trailblazer for female singers, songwriters, and guitarists. Through small coffeehouse gigs she gained recognition and was booked for the 1964 Berkeley Folk Festival and was an original member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. She went on to record 9 albums, tour internationally and share the stage with Van Morrison, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King, John Prine, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia and Phil Ochs. She became a Washington Blues Society Hall of Famer in 2004, and again in 2014 with her band Alice Stuart & The Formerlys, and received their Lifetime Achievement award in 2008.
Whether she was playing her Stratocaster or baking an amazing cake, her energy and dedication to her craft always turned heads. She is remembered by generations of adoring fans, 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.
(event page cover photo by John Jacob)
More Info at the Spanish Ballroom website: https://www.mcmenamins.com/supervenueevent.aspx…