Volunteer Park//penelope*

Doors: 4pm

Advance tickets can only be purchased online-we do not sell advance tickets at the venue. Refunds are not available within 48 hours of the event. Tickets do not guarantee seating during shows at the Royal Room. 

We are now accepting reservations for diners! After purchasing tickets, please visit the Reservations page to book a table. Table reservations require advance tickets, and are only for guests who plan to dine at the Royal Room.  We do not take reservations over the phone.

Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!

The Royal Room is All Ages until 10pm.

Volunteer Park is a jazz act with influences that stretch from folk and the American Songbook to Burial and Squarepusher. The group offers a synthetic approach to composition and performance. Originally based in Seattle, they've performed in diverse settings traversing the west coast for over 3 years. 

Ari Okin is a 21-year-old eclectic singer-songwriter in Seattle, studying ethnomusicology and recording music wherever she can. Her funky rhythms and aerial vocals captivate audiences globally, vibrating at Whisky a Go-Go, throughout the Seattle scene, and in Jazz bars across Spain.  Ari uses her melodic wits and striking vocal presence in her debut EP "Peach Conformity".

Ari Okin: Vocals 

Grady Spors: Keyboards

Malaika Friedman: Organ

Solomon Kruger: Drums 

Lydia Mansville: Bass

penelope* is a multidisciplinary artist using culture as a mirror. being born into an inherent role as an american historian, has given penelope the vantage point to forge an authentic n culturally relevant portfolio. informed by personhood n the pitfalls of being raised in post civil war southern america, penelope has had a pirate like career. maintaining a folklore like reputation in such a heavily surveilled time period.