Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm

Tickets: $20 advance | $25 doors ($15 in advance for Members)

Advance tickets can only be purchased online-we do not sell advance tickets at the venue. Refunds are not available within 48 hours of the event. Tickets do not guarantee seating during shows at the Royal Room. 

We are now accepting reservations for diners! After purchasing tickets, please visit the Reservations page to book a table. Table reservations require advance tickets, and are only for guests who plan to dine at the Royal Room.  We do not take reservations over the phone. Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle presents original music inspired by Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony

Since 2010, The Bushwick Club Seattle has produced monthly concerts of original music inspired by books. This month features Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” part of the organization’s 2026-2027 Don’t Tell Me The Odds! season.

Welcome to CAPE—Criminal Action Penal Entertainment—where prisoners fight to the death in front of packed arenas for the chance to win their freedom. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars, teammates, and lovers, navigating a system designed to crush them. Adjei-Brenyah’s blazing debut novel is part gladiator epic, part searing satire of America’s prison-industrial complex, and one of the most urgent novels in recent memory.

“Epic…Intoxicating…It is a testament to Adjei-Brenyah’s idiosyncratic talents as a satirist that this premise…feels disquietingly plausible by the novel’s end.”  – The Atlantic

“Haunting, lyrical and evocative, this book challenges readers with questions surrounding fairness, justice and freedom, and is perfect for readers who are passionate or curious about social justice and the history of policing in the United States.”  – Forbes

Heads up: Chain-Gang All-Stars contains extreme violence, graphic death, systemic racism, and strong language throughout.

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