New bands play in local clubs to match their popularity.
But there's a lot more music in Seattle than just the rhythm of rock. In fact, this is one of the few cities in the United States to boast a professional symphony, opera and ballet. The Seattle Opera is acclaimed internationally for its productions of Wagner's Ring . And the repertoire of the Pacific Northwest Ballet ranges from avant-garde premiers to the Nutcracker , an annual holiday favorite. More than a dozen symphony and chamber orchestras and opera and dance companies bring performing arts alive from Tacoma to Everett and on the Eastside.