Deck The Hall Ball | |
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Genre | Alternative rock |
Dates | mid-December |
Location(s) | Seattle |
Years active | 1992 – present |
Founded by | 107.7 The End KNDD-FM |
Website | [1] |
Deck The Hall Ball is an annual holiday-themed concert run by Seattle radio station 107.7 The End KNDD-FM. It takes place in mid-December and has been held in a number of different venues in the Seattle area.
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 744,955 residents as of 2018, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. According to U.S. Census data released in 2018, the Seattle metropolitan area's population stands at 3.94 million, and ranks as the 15th largest in the United States. In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%. In July 2016, Seattle was again the fastest-growing major U.S. city, with a 3.1% annual growth rate. Seattle is the northernmost large city in the United States.
KNDD is a commercial FM radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is operated by Entercom Communications and airs an alternative rock radio format. Its studios are located on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Seattle. The station broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 68,000 watts. It transmits from a tower 707 meters in height above average terrain (HAAT) near Issaquah, Washington, on Tiger Mountain.
In 2001, KNDD split Deck into two nights, the first of which was an all-electric "Plugged In" show, with the following night's bands playing unplugged acoustic sets.
In past years KNDD has streamed the entire concert live on its website 1077TheEnd.com.
Date | Venue | Lineup | ||||||||||||||
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December 1992 | Seattle Art Museum Steps | Evan Dando, Sarah McLachlan | ||||||||||||||
December 9, 1993 | Paramount Theatre | Urge Overkill, Cracker, Teenage Fanclub, Evan Dando, The Posies, Cowboy Junkies, The Wonder Stuff, Catherine Wheel, Redd Kross | ||||||||||||||
December 17, 1994 | Seattle Center Exhibition Hall | Sheryl Crow, The Cramps, Jesus and Mary Chain, Radiohead, Butt Trumpet, Fretblanket | ||||||||||||||
December 2, 1995 | Mercer Arena | Porno for Pyros, Sonic Youth, Oasis, Everclear, Jawbreaker, The Rentals, Tripping Daisy | ||||||||||||||
December 7, 1996 | Mercer Arena | The Presidents of the United States of America, Orbital, Silverchair, Luscious Jackson (filled in for Butthole Surfers), Stabbing Westward, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Eels, Super Deluxe | ||||||||||||||
December 10, 1997 | Mercer Arena | Green Apple Quick Step, Everclear, Sneaker Pimps, The Cure | ||||||||||||||
December 10, 1998 | KeyArena | Garbage, Cake, Soul Coughing, Ken Stringfellow, Mark Lanegan, Elliott Smith, Hole, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Marcy Playground | ||||||||||||||
December 9, 1999 | KeyArena | Bush, Beck, Foo Fighters, 311, Filter, Staind | ||||||||||||||
December 14, 2000 | KeyArena | Green Day, Moby, Papa Roach, Orgy, Fuel, Eve 6 | ||||||||||||||
December 7, 2001 | Paramount Theatre | Staind, Linkin Park, Blink 182, System of a Down | ||||||||||||||
December 8, 2001 | Paramount Theatre | Staind, Coldplay, Travis | ||||||||||||||
December 12, 2002 | KeyArena | Disturbed, Sum 41, 3 Doors Down, Good Charlotte, Sparta | ||||||||||||||
December 11, 2003 | Moore Theatre | Linkin Park, AFI, Rancid, Chevelle, Iggy Pop | ||||||||||||||
December 9, 2004 | KeyArena | Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, The Shins, Keane, Snow Patrol [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||
December 8, 2005 | Showbox at the Market | Death Cab for Cutie, Harvey Danger, Aqueduct, The Saturday Knights [4] | ||||||||||||||
December 7, 2006 | KeyArena | Gnarls Barkley, My Chemical Romance, Angels and Airwaves, Jet, Snow Patrol, Taking Back Sunday, Pete Yorn, The Shins [5] | ||||||||||||||
December 6, 2007 | Comcast Arena | Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, She Wants Revenge, Coheed & Cambria, Spoon, The Kooks [6] | ||||||||||||||
December 9, 2008 | WaMu Theater | The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Cold War Kids, Shiny Toy Guns, Aqueduct [7] | ||||||||||||||
December 15, 2009 | WaMu Theater | Muse, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend, Metric, Phoenix, Visqueen [8] | ||||||||||||||
December 8, 2010 | WaMu Theater | Broken Bells, The Black Keys, Jimmy Eat World, Cake, The Temper Trap, Sleigh Bells [9] | ||||||||||||||
December 7, 2011 | KeyArena | Death Cab for Cutie, Mumford & Sons, Foster the People, Cage The Elephant, Two Door Cinema Club, Young the Giant, Grouplove [8] | ||||||||||||||
December 4, 2012 | KeyArena | The Killers, M83, Metric, The Lumineers, Passion Pit, Awolnation, Grouplove, Of Monsters and Men, The Joy Formidable [1] | ||||||||||||||
December 3, 2013 | KeyArena | Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, The Head and the Heart, Alt-J, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, Foals, Chvrches | ||||||||||||||
December 9, 2014 | KeyArena | Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Cage The Elephant, Young The Giant, TV On The Radio, KONGOS, Vance Joy, Royal Blood | ||||||||||||||
December 8, 2015 | KeyArena | Death Cab For Cutie, Cage The Elephant, Twenty One Pilots, Walk the Moon, Alabama Shakes, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, X Ambassadors, Deep Sea Diver | ||||||||||||||
December 6, 2016 | KeyArena | Empire of the Sun, The Head and the Heart, Jimmy Eat World, Phantogram, Glass Animals, Band of Horses, COIN, My Goodness | ||||||||||||||
December 4, 2017 | KeyArena | The Killers, The Lumineers, ODESZA, Portugal. The Man, Joywave, J Roddy Walston and the Business, J GRGRY | ||||||||||||||
December 11, 2018 | WaMu Theater | Death Cab For Cutie, Bastille, Young the Giant, Billie Eilish, Jenn Champion | ||||||||||||||
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