🎶ShoreLake Arts’ 5th Annual Battle of the Bands 🎶
📍 August 23 | Pfingst Animal Acres Park, Lake Forest Park
Gates 4pm, Music starts at 5pm
Get ready for a summer night full of music, energy, and local talent! ShoreLake Arts proudly presents the 5th Annual Battle of the Bands, a dynamic showcase of emerging and developing bands from across Washington State.
This all-ages event features a diverse lineup of musical styles, offering something for everyone—from indie rock to funk, pop, and beyond. Enjoy the show from the comfort of your lawn chairs and blankets, and soak up the lively, family-friendly atmosphere.
🍻 21+ Beer & Wine Garden
🍔 Local Food Vendors
🎸 Live Performances by Rising Artists
The Battle of the Bands is more than a concert—it's a stepping stone for up-and-coming musicians, offering them a chance to build their skills, connect with industry professionals, and shine on a public stage.
Don’t miss this chance to support the arts and discover the future of Washington’s music scene—right in your own backyard!
All ages welcome. 21+ access required for Beer & Wine Garden.
The ShoreLake Battle of the Bands aims to support the development of emerging musical talent in Washington State. The competition provides these up-and-coming musicians a platform and a unique pathway to build their musical skills and network with industry professionals.
Here are the Bands for the 2025 Battle of the Bands
(in no particular order)
Flür
Flür is a bilingual rock band based in Seattle, led by Colombian-born songwriter and producer Matt Leggo. The band blends blues, classic rock, hard rock, and Latin alternative influences, delivering emotionally driven songs in both English and Spanish. Flür’s sound is melodic, raw, and powerful—channeling the spirit of Latin American rock with the grit of the Pacific Northwest.
website: https://flurband.com/
Pink Moss
Pink Moss is a Black femme–fronted (and masc PoC–backed) alt-rock band bringing back those early-2000s indie sleaze vibes you can dance to. Emerging from Seattle’s vibrant music scene, they’ve lit up venues like Central Saloon, Sunset Tavern, and Belltown Yacht Club with a high-energy mix of fuzz, groove, and emotional punch. Sharing stages with an eclectic lineup of local acts, Pink Moss delivers performances that are as gritty and stylish as they are irresistibly danceable—making them one of the city’s most exciting up-and-coming bands.
Larches
Larches is a project of Jacob Cona, a musician from Athens, GA raised on Elephant 6, R.E.M., and the B-52’s. Cona moved to Seattle in search of greener musical pastures in 2019, where they began work as an audio engineer at local venues. In 2022, Cona emerged from a bedroom-turned-home-studio with debut album, "Attack of the Telephones," which documents a hallucinogenic landscape of isolation, loneliness, and hope, inhabited by painted corpses, cowering gods, and friends transformed into telephones.
Taste of Metal
We are a talented group of 4 musicians. 3 of the band members write our music and are amazingly talented! Everyone collaborates to bring out some great rock sounds with bands like Pink Floyd, Social Distortion, Thrice, Weezer & ,Cake, to name a few, as bands of influence. With Mark Fillmore on the drums brining his 30 plus years of experience to the group along with back up vocals, then to Mark Menzie, the man of many instruments on keys, lead and rythem guitar, bells, harmonica, lead and back up singer, add in Steve to the mix bringing it with his slammin' guitar solos, along with lead vocals to Shannon rocking the deep tones on the bass, the band brings alot of energy, ingenuity and fun to our music that our fans just love! We released our first album, Aluminum, in March of 2022. Our second and more cohesive and rocking album, Dysgeusia, will be released in October of 2025! Our music can be found wherever you stream your tunes!
The Sejongs
Hailing from Bitterlake, the 5 piece rock band The Sejongs sound has been compared to the Strokes and the Killers. Our most recent shows have been at Chop Suey, Barboza and Blue Moon, with upcoming shows at Conor Byrne, Belltown Yacht Club and Bad Bar.
No Monaco
With a touch of retro and modern, No Monaco emerges from the vibrant Seattle music scene, weaving together a captivating blend of indie rock and soul. This five-member band draws inspiration from a diverse array of genres, including Motown, R&B, funk, and fusion. Their sound is harmonious collision of raw energy and soulful melodies.
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King Youngblood
Pool 1 - August 3 and Finals August 5 - WINNER 1st Place
King Youngblood is focused on reclaiming rock music, specifically black fronted rock packed with strong song writing, Afropunk attitude and an undeniable exhilarating live show. Alternative Press calls King Youngblood “Seattle’s Alt Rock Princes” - they sure got that right. Twenty-three-year-old founder and front man Cameron Lavi-Jones, along with, drummer Alix Daniel, cellist Chet Peterson, and bassist Samy Garcia have a singular mission: grab heavy guitar/drums rock by the collar and drag it into the willing arms of the fresh new generation of fans currently fueling the world-wide resurgence of rock music. The world agrees with affirming descriptions including AfroPunk Magazine in October 2022 declaring “King Youngblood’s skill at transforming a small phrase into a massive hook is at this point unparalleled in the world of heavy music.”
Ruby Vision
Pool 2 - August 4, Finals August 5 and 2ed Place overall
You know the feeling of a first kiss, the cold side of a pillow, or walking into a public restroom and finding it empty? Ruby Vision is like none of those things. They were founded in the sky, each on his own quest to slay the same dragon. When the deed was done, they pulled from his chest a peculiar red stone that pulsed with energy. They had no idea that this was the legendary Ruby Vision—a rock of unparalleled power.
They became a band that puts grunge and modern rock in a blender, creating a delicious sonic smoothie garnished with too many guitar solos. It’s like being slapped in the face by a Bible-thick wad of toilet paper soaked in the sweat of all your rock heroes. Ruby Vision will make you laugh, cry, and experience true love for the first time. Sometimes the most incredible adventures begin with a chance encounter and a little bit of Rock 'n' Roll.
Vanilla Abstract
Pool 1 - August 3 and Finals August 5 and People's Choice Award
Vanilla Abstract's "Fiona Apple-core" cocktail: 1pt. jazz flavored La Croix 1pt. Indie pop 1pt dark cabaret liqueur A dash of singer/songwriter A lemon wedge of surf punk -Erika Gersten accompanies her sultry but commanding voice with either piano or guitar. -She's joined on stage by bassist Gabriel Stranahan and drummer Adam Jones. -Their tracks feature members of Car Seat Headrest, Thunderpussy, and Weep Wave. -Stir and enjoy.
Living with a Bear
Pool 1 - August 3
A pop-punk influenced band writing songs about the ups and downs of life. Doing our best to blend fun melodies, high energies, and a few feelings here and there!.
The Band Lele
Pool 1 - August 3
The Band LeLe is an Indie Folk band formed in Edmonds, WA by three local musicians who were looking for a creative outlet. What began as a fun cover band grew into something more as they began writing their own music. Songwriting not only gave them something special to offer listeners, but it proved to be incredibly cathartic.
Tuesday Refuge
Pool 1 - August 3 and Thursday's Wildcard
Tuesday’s Refuge is a 4-piece alternative rock band hailing from Bellingham, WA. The group got their start in early 2021 when, with the pandemic waning, four friends began meeting up to jam and share their original songs with each other (on Tuesdays, of course). With a dynamic lineup (Alex Sapadin, Jason Chang, and Kellen O’Neill all rotate through vocals, lead guitar, and bass, while Adam Good keeps everyone grounded on drums) and shared songwriting duties, every song brings a unique blend of styles and creative influences (which range from Lou Reed to My Chemical Romance, to Neil Young to Sublime).
Hannah Duckworth
Hannah Duckworth is the name of lead singer as well as band, including Hannah, Dillon, Legend and Gavin. Hannah started performing solo at open mics in Seattle in July 2022. She garnered the attention of the local open mic scene with her stand-out music influenced heavily by 2000's pop-punk nostalgia. Dillon started to write guitar riffs to Hannah's song, and the two started performing as a duo. The duo met Legend, who plays bass, at another open mic. Hannah and Dillon enlisted the help of Legend and Gavin (drums) to bring their vision of full band music to life, and the 4 have been performing together since January 2023. Hannah Duckworth creates alt-rock and pop punk music heavily influenced by the early 2000's.
Pilot Seat
Pool 2 - August 4 and Friday's Wild Card moving on to Finals August 5
Pilot Seat is a group of three friends with a shared passion fusing together indie/alternative pop and psychedelic rock to create a bright, clean, melodic yet raw sound. Pilot Seat has been playing together since 2021 with the goal of releasing an album, having people dig their material and growing a larger audience, and have been accumulating a strong fanbase playing shows throughout the greater Seattle area.
H!t It
Pool 2 - August 4
H!t It is a hot new Rock and Soul group out of Seattle, packing a one-two-punch of punk drive and riveting highs. In the year since their formation, these generational cuspers developed their style by combining powerful melodies and fluid rhythms with a high-octane pulse that never fails to get a room grooving! H!t It has taken their sound to venues all around Seattle this last year, and have recently finished recording their debut EP at none other than our own Robert Lang Studios which will be releasing this summer.
Batbox
Pool 2 - August 4 and Finals August 5
Many phrases have been used to describe Batbox over the years: “your mom’s favorite band”, “probably the best three-piece alt-rock/punk/indie/jazz fusion featuring trumpet, violin, euphonium, and ukulele this side of The International Date Line”, and [THIRD THING HERE]. But from all of these, one thing is clear: they probably are a band. From their founding in 2017, to their first studio album in 2021, into the modern days of bumping festivals and local venues throughout the PNW, Batbox has been spitting mad rhymes about topics including politics, relationships, and post-post-post-modern queerness in The West.