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Moscow's very own speakeasy located backstage in the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

08/24/2026

We’re excited to announce the fourth installment of Backstage Stories: Ode to Summer - tales of sun-soaked adventures, eternal memories and lessons learned.
Sunday, August 30th at
Backstage Stories features true stories by YOU on the theme of the night.

Stories are 5 minutes, no notes.

Want to tell a story? Show up early and put your name into the hat, and we’ll draw names at random throughout the night.

05/28/2026

Experience an evening of jazz with the Michael Peterson Quartet (MPQT), featuring tenor saxophonist Michael Peterson alongside acclaimed musicians Will St Peter (guitar), Steven Heffner (bass), and Steven Starks (drums). MPQT delivers an unforgettable live performance from a group of nationally recognized performers and educators. The band will also be joined by special guest Kate Skinner. Sponsored by Donna Parks.

Wednesday, June 3 at 7 PM

Tickets: $15 General Admission

04/30/2026

KPAC and Donna Parks present BACKSTAGE SESSIONS featuring SURF GREEN MACHINE + MARYHILL + PAUL ARBOR.

Doors open at 7 PM and music starts at 8 PM. Sponsored by Donna Parks.

Tickets: $10 General Admission

04/22/2026

Backstage Stories presents ORIGIN STORIES. Stories of birth and rebirth, new beginnings and events that made you, you.

Join us for an open mic storytelling series featuring true stories told live by you. Share a five minute story on stage or come listen to a night of honest, heartfelt storytelling in an intimate setting. Signups begin at 6:30 pm.

Wednesday, April 29 at 7 PM

$10 GA / $5 Students

02/06/2026

Backstage Stories presents LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD. Join us for an open mic storytelling series featuring true stories told live by you. This edition invites stories about fighting for the people and things you love. Share a five minute story on stage or come listen to a night of honest, heartfelt storytelling in an intimate setting. Sign ups begin at 6:30 pm.

Sunday, February 15 at 7 PM

Rated: PG | 1 hr 38 min | $10 GA / $5 Students

01/23/2026

Join us Backstage The Widow Cameron w/ Allison Curet + Corey Oglesby. $12 cover or $10 with canned good donation for Alternative to Violence on the Palouse (ATVP).

The Widow Cameron is the newest project of poet and songwriter Cameron McGill. He is the author of the books Meridians and In the Night Field and has released seven albums, most recently 2022’s The Widow Cameron. He lives in Washington.
Web: thewidowcameron.com

Corey Oglesby is a songwriter from the PNW. In addition to his solo work, he has performed in the bands Desolation Horse, Mother Yeti, and Monopines.

Sponsored by Donna Parks.

Tickets: $12 General Admission

12/22/2025

KPAC is hosting our own New Year’s Eve Party Backstage! Featuring live music from RED CAROLINE! There will be dancing, drinks, and more.

Red Caroline is a blues rock band from Boise, Idaho. The band formed in mid-2023 around longtime best friends Kaleb Muilenburg (Bass) and Jack Magnolia (Guitar) and finalized the lineup, adding Layla Booth (Vocals) Aiden Elliott (Drums), and Ayden “Goose” Booth (Keys/guitar) to complete the gang of psychedelic sorcerers. Since then, they were able to get their foot in the door locally, landing spots as support for groups like The Moss, The Velveteers, Forty Feet Tall, MX LONELY, and Boot Juice, and they released their first project, “Coastal Blues”, on February 21st, 2025. Together the band takes elements of classic garage rock, dreamy indie, and fuzzy psych, and mixes them all together to present a nostalgic sound in a new wave of sonic bliss.

Wednesday, December 31 at 8 PM

Tickets: $10 General Admission

04/30/2025

Giant Palouse Earthworm presents ACADEMY ORDER with WALLOWER & CASUAL VIOLENCE. And whoever wakes in Moscow on April 30, sees, when the lowest boughs are in tiny leaf, the evening will aglow at the Kenworthy Theatre Backstage Speakeasy show. Hark, the Death Rock of Philadelphia, like that the wise thrush, singing their song thrice over, Academy Order serves as shriver and drover. Look to the blossomed pear-tree in the hedge which leans to the field and scatters on the clover, Dreamy Doomgaze from Coeur d’Alene, WALLOWER lumbers closer. To brush the fields of their hoary dew, the Post Industrial rapture begins anew, with Spokane’s CASUAL VIOLENCE holding true.

All Ages. $10 at the door. 7 PM.

03/18/2025

What’s more Punk than Punk? Jazz baby! Join us March 23rd at 8pm to hear the Alex Aguilar Sextet jam out Backstage at Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

The members of the Alex Aguilar Sextet are comprised of of University of Idaho students studying at the Lionel Hampton School of Music. While their experience primarily lies in straight ahead jazz, they have enjoyed venturing into playing different types of fusion jazz. They are excited to share their exploration of the genre with the Moscow community. Band members include Daniel Garcia (trumpet), Nic Caballero (tenor sax), Bailey Maya (alto sax), Alex Aguilar (piano), Evan James Mulroy (bass), and Soren Hatch (drums). Doors open at 7:30 PM.

Tickets: $10 General Admission

01/29/2025

KPAC presents THE WIDOW CAMERON + BILL TRACY. Join us for two solo sets at the Kenworthy’s Backstage Speakeasy featuring two solo sets from local musicians The Widow Cameron + Bill Tracy (Mother Yeti/Desolation Horse). The show is all ages and doors open at 7 PM.

The Widow Cameron is the new project of poet and songwriter Cameron McGill. Originally from Champaign, IL, he is the author of Meridians (Willow Springs Books) and In the Night Field (Augury Books) and has released seven albums, most recently 2022’s The Widow Cameron. He lives and writes and plays the piano in Moscow, Idaho.

Tickets: $12

Address

508 S Main Street
Moscow, ID
83843

Telephone

+12088824127

Website

https://www.kenworthy.org/

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