Community Center

Good Shepherd Center

4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 · Wallingford, Seattle

Built in 1906, the Good Shepherd Center is a historic community center in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood that hosts performing arts events, classes, and community programs. The venue features the Chapel Performance Space on the fourth floor, a restored former chapel with original stained glass windows and wood floors that accommodates up to 150 people for concerts, readings, dance, theater, and experimental music performances.

Hours

Monday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: Closed

Upcoming events

A new durational quartet by John Teske performed by Matt Benham (guitar), Aaron Michael Butler (vibraphone), Lady Zade (cello), and the composer (double bass). Stephanie Wood opens the evening.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Concert
Pianist-composer Jared Redmond performs works celebrating the centennials of composers Morton Feldman, György Kurtág, and Betsy Jolas
Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Classical / Orchestra
Sidney Hauser Big Little Band / Jackson Street After Hours Book Release with Paul de Barros
Friday, October 9, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT · Spoken Word / Reading
Ted Poor & Orrin Evans
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Concert
Caroline Davis
Monday, October 12, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT · Concert
Jaap Blonk, one of the most highly regarded improvising vocal artists and an important participant in the international improvised music community, will make a rare Seattle appearance, joined by Seattle musicians Bonnie Whiting (percussion), Steph Richards (trumpet), and James Falzone (clarinet/piano).
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Concert
Seattle’s somesurprises layers dream pop vocals over celestial guitars, synths, and samples, and Portland’s Ilyas Ahmed radiates cosmic solo guitar compositions. Morgan Henderson, best known as a member of Blood Brothers and Fleet Foxes, opens the night.
Friday, October 16, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT · Concert
Seattle Chamber Orchestra: Kurtág & Feldman at 100
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Classical / Orchestra
Oakland experimental duo Grex joins percussionist Chris Icasiano and bassist/composer John-Carlos Perea for an evening of songs and improvisations.
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Concert
Upright bassist, singer and composer Carmen Quill presents music from her forthcoming album Harmless.
Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM PDT · Concert
Breakfast Calculus is a duo project of Teagan Faran (strings) and Leo Sussman (winds), dedicated to rambunctiously pluralistic noise-making.
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 8:00 PM PDT · Concert
Chamber Music Guild Masterworks Series Concert: Sarah Pizzichemi – Perla di Venezia, Elfrida Andrée – String Quartet in d minor, Ottorino Respighi – Quartetto Dorico
Friday, October 30, 2026 · 7:00 PM PDT · Classical / Orchestra
Composer Nat Evans performs his new album, What Are Days For, about the grief of losing loved ones, relationships with plants, surfing, home, and the light of the west coast.
Thursday, November 12, 2026 · 8:00 PM PST · Concert
Explore hidden acoustic worlds and immersive soundscapes during a boundary-pushing night of electroacoustic music, featuring concrete experimentalists Kamran Shafii, CAEN (Gordon Ashworth), and BLSPHM (Demian Johnston).
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · 7:00 PM PST · Concert
What’s Going On Festival: Wayne Horvitz
Thursday, November 19, 2026 · 8:00 PM PST · Concert

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