The second leg of the tribute tour will take place at the end of this year (December). Only the West Coast will served. The plan: five, maybe six shows. We’re still figuring it out. More information will follow in the weeks & months to come. Booked & confirmed: the shows @Madame Lou’s on December 9. Place 2b: Madame Lou’s.

Where?

Madame Lou’s is a 300-capacity Seattle live music venue in the heart of Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Madame Lou’s: named after the infamous Seattle iconoclast, in all her elegance and spitfire, Madame Lou’s honors the legacy of Seattle’s gritty D.I.Y. spirit, hosting everything from all-ages punk shows to dance nights. Enter Madame Lou’s around the corner from the box office on Wall Street.

Who is Madame Lou?

Dorothea Georgine Emile Ohben aka Madame Lou (February 9, 1857 – March 11, 1903), is a Seattle icon, albeit a lesser known one. In the late 1800s, Madame Lou was the purveyor of the most refined brothels in Seattle. It’s written that more business happened inside the walls of Madame Lou’s than city hall and “No young businessman was really considered a man about town until he could discuss with ease the interior decorations of Lou’s establishment…and some of the finer points of the distinguished young ladies…”

Madame Lou has been credited with financing the rebuilding of Seattle after the great fire in 1889 and keeping Seattle’s banks and businessmen afloat on more than one occasion. She was also a pioneer in LGBTQ+ rights employing queer people in her brothels and was rumored to have been in a long-term same-sex partnership.