The Ditto (or Ditto Tavern, or Writer Boy's Ditto Tavern) was a club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood known for hosting punk and alternative live music. In the twelve years of its existence (1986-1998), the Ditto hosted many of the musicians and bands that would go on to be major players in the Grunge era.
The schedule pictured here lists a month of performances at the Ditto featuring many local bands: Fred, Black Wedge Tour, Crypt Kicker 5, Vexed, Terry Lee Hale, Napalm Beach, New Subterraneans, Carnival Season, Walkabouts, Pure Joy, 5 Sides Collide, Cunninghams, Danger Bunny, and Koo Dot Tah.
Caption information source: http://www.seattlebars.org/2010/04/ditto-aka-writer-boys-ditto-tavern.html https://www.discogs.com/Various-Lowlife-The-Seattle-Underground-Rock-Album/release/3846358
ID Number: 2018.86.63
Date: Circa 1987
Physical Description: 1 handbill ; 4.25 x 3.25 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv212358
Credit: MOHAI, Collection of Rock Music Ephemera, 2018.86.63
