Seattle Venue Reopens Basement as Bottlerocket Social Hall; New Music Festival Planned for Fall
The Crocodile venue in Seattle is reopening its basement space as Bottlerocket Social Hall in March. Additionally, a new music festival called Baba Obscura is scheduled for November in Pioneer Square, and ex-Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur is releasing…
Seattle Tacoma, WA, September 2, 2026 — Seattle’s music and nightlife scene is set to welcome new developments in the coming months. The well-known venue, The Crocodile, is slated to reopen its basement space, which will be rebranded as Bottlerocket Social Hall. This reopening is scheduled for March.
Further enhancing the city’s cultural offerings, a new music festival named Baba Obscura is being organized. This festival is planned to take place in November and will be held in the Pioneer Square neighborhood.
In addition to these venue and festival announcements, a notable figure from the music industry is set to release archival material. Melissa Auf der Maur, formerly the bassist for the band Hole, is preparing to release music from the 1990s.
Specific details regarding the programming or events for Bottlerocket Social Hall’s reopening in March were not provided in the summary. Similarly, further information about the artists or lineup for the Baba Obscura festival scheduled for November in Pioneer Square has not been made public. The scope and content of Melissa Auf der Maur’s ’90s archival music release also remain to be detailed.
Story summarized from the original created by Dave Segal on www.thestranger.com, see more information here.
