Pike Place Market Tour: Seattle Music History Singing Guide

Pike Place Market through the songs that made it famous

This is a guided historic tour of Pike Place Market in Seattle led by Davin Stedman, a singing historian and frontman for The Staxx Brothers, who combines market stories with live music at iconic busking locations. The 90-minute experience includes an unplugged concert where you choose from dozens of songs spanning a century of Seattle's music history. Small groups explore the market with a guide who is also a celebrated author, radio host and Market columnist, and the tour ends at the same spots where artists like Brandi Carlile made music history.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Pike Place Market with singing guide

• Meet Davin Stedman at Pike Place
• Experience market history and music
• Enjoy unplugged concert at busking spots
• Choose songs from Seattle artists

The experience

Pike Place Market is the stage here, and Davin Stedman is both your guide and the performer. For 90 minutes, you move through the market with a small group while he tells its history, not as a lecture, but woven into the places themselves. He is a Market insider who has written about it, hosted radio shows about it, and columns for the Pike Place Market News, so the stories land with the weight of someone who actually knows the ground.

The tour builds toward an unplugged concert at the busking locations where Seattle's biggest artists performed. You get to pick the songs: dozens of them, drawn from a century of Seattle music history, from the artists who made Rolling Stone pages to Davin's own albums. If you have a favorite from anywhere in the world, he takes requests. The concert happens at the same corners and alcoves where the music history was made, which is the point: you are not watching a performance in a theater, you are standing where it happened.

Davin handles the whole experience alone, so the group stays small and the pacing stays his. Wheelchair accessibility is built in, and strollers work fine if you are bringing infants or small children. Service animals are welcome. The market itself is accessible by public transit, and the route through it is navigable for all fitness levels.

What’s included

• The 90-minute guided tour of Pike Place Market with Davin Stedman.
• the unplugged concert at the historic busking locations where Seattle's music greats performed.
• your choice of songs from a catalog spanning a century of Seattle's music history, plus requests from around the world.

Before you book

Days and timesFriday to Sunday

AgesAdult (19 to 64 years) · Senior (65 and older) · Youth (10 to 18 years) · Child (2 to 9 years) · Infant (under 2): free

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

ConfirmationConfirmation within 48h

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Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Meet Me In The Market, The Singing Tour Guide

Is this one for you?Book this if you want a small group experience where the guide is also the performer. The concert is not a separate event tacked on, but the natural end of the market stories, and you choose what gets sung. It works for anyone who wants to move through Pike Place at a human pace with someone who actually knows the place and can play it for you.

Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (10 to 18 years); Child (2 to 9 years); Infant (under 2): free.

What kind of songs will the guide sing during the concert part?

Davin Stedman draws from dozens of hit songs made famous by Seattle's iconic artists over the last 100 years: the catalog spans a century of the city's music history. He also performs from his own albums with The Staxx Brothers and takes requests for favorites from anywhere in the world.

Is this tour just walking and listening, or do we stop and spend time in specific places?

The tour combines walking through Pike Place Market with stops at the historic busking locations where Seattle's music greats performed. The unplugged concert happens at these same iconic spots, so you are standing in the places where the music history occurred.

How many people are in a typical group?

This is a small group tour, which keeps the experience intimate and allows Davin to move at a pace that works for everyone without the size of a standard market tour.

What is included in the 90-minute tour?

The tour includes the guided experience through Pike Place Market with Davin Stedman and the unplugged concert at the busking locations. You choose the songs during the concert portion.