Soundcheck Music & Arts Festival

In 2019, the first Soundcheck was pulled together in short order in the months leading up to the inaugural THING festival.

Gage Pacifera, current Soundcheck Co-chair, saw a void of organizing where a locally-focused festival should be and he decided to step in and take on the task of properly introducing a bunch of early-arriving THING-goers to the Port Townsend arts scene.

Soundcheck was created for two reasons: 1) to celebrate our local artists and performers and 2) to give early-arriving THING attendees a proper introduction to the wealth of talent and culture here in Port Townsend. To date, Soundcheck is the only festival focused on showcasing all of our local artists in our favorite local venues.

Soundcheck has become the Port Townsend Creative District’s signature event. The District aims to help support year-round opportunities for local artists and the local art scene in a number of ways, including connecting audiences with artists, marketing our art community, providing resources toamplify artists’ access to creativity and tools, and putting artists in the center of our cultural economy. 

The Creative District also offers a support network and funding for district-centric projects like Soundcheck. Through generous sponsorships from local businesses, grant funds and other organizational and community support, the District will provide direct monetary support to dozens of local and regional artists through this collaboration.