Seattle Cabaret Festival 2026 Presents: DEREK EISEL and ART ANDERSON - Sat May 16 @ 7 PM

Welcome to Seattle Cabaret Festival 2026! This year’s festival features 28 artist acts, paired and presented in 25 unique showtimes over 13 nights of intimately crafted musical cabaret.

This ticket event page is for:
SATURDAY MAY 16 / Showtime: 7:00 PM

Seattle Cabaret Festival Presents:
DEREK EISEL and ART ANDERSON

This pair of acts is presented as one show, emceed by a Seattle Cabaret Festival host. Each act performs a 30-38 minute set. There is no intermission between acts. Run time of the whole show is approximately 80 minutes.

DEREK EISEL in "A Ferry Home Companion”

Derek Eisel's farm fresh set brings original songs of lesbian potlucks and husbands who fix tractors, with a bit of nostalgia for the gay nineties. You'll laugh and maybe cry and have a good time with this engaging farmer musician. 

About Derek Eisel  

Derek Eisel sings the good news from a little island in the Salish sea: songs of Lesbian Potlucks and husbands who fix tractors. He covers Tammy Wynette and Bonnie Raitt and sells pasture raised eggs. You'll leave feeling a bit more hopeful about the weirdos of this beautiful region we call home.

ART ANDERSON in “Encanto”

An intimate evening of smooth jazz, a touch of Latin sway, and a few well-placed showtunes — all shaped by Art Anderson’s signature crooner warmth. A gentle glide toward one shared destination: encanto, delivered with a wink and a little mystery.

About Art Anderson

With his gently familiar “crooner” sensibility, Art brings a velvet touch to this year’s Cabaret Festival of outstanding acts. His voice — equal parts elegance and enchantment — invites audiences to pause, breathe, and let the world’s dissonant noise fall away. A longtime member of Actors’ Equity, he has spent more than three decades performing in theaters across Seattle and the region, earning a quiet reputation for presence and heart. These days, Art fully embraces the cabaret life, following the music wherever hearts might need a little “encanto”.

Showtime: 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:00. Egan’s Ballard Jam House is located at 1707 Market St.

*Egan's requests a $10 minimum purchase per patron (food or drink).

See you at Egan’s!

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