My events are now on bandsintown (bands in town), you can now click below for details on upcoming shows! 

You can also sign up to be notified about future shows as soon as I post them, and I'd really appreciate it if you did!  Even if you don't live in the area having a larger audience on that site will help me get booked for more shows!

If you go to one of my shows, do me a favor and click on this link, click on past events, and leave me a review!  It really helps!
Jul18

Tacoma Porchfest 2026

Tacoma Central, Tacoma, WA

I'm playing an all-banger acoustic set for 1 hour on somebody's porch near State and Steele street in the 6th ave neighborhood in Tacoma

The event will have a map when you arrive. Free show with over 400 bands across 2 days! Don't miss it!

Lineup on my porch
12:00 Edboy
12:30 The habits of water
1:00 Mike Votava
2:00 Cool Nerd Mark

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Oct17

Halloween Freaks at the Beach Market 2026

Ocean Shores Convention Center, Ocean Shores, WA

I'm returning in October for the ?th time this 2 day event full of weird and wonderful people and stuff. I'll be in the corner next to the giant inflatable Halloween sign, as always, and ready to play for you every hour!

I'll also have a table set up where you can check out my D&D books, CDs, dice, and other cool merch, and chat with me about all things nerdy.

While you're there you can get your pre-holiday shopping done, and that does include the spooky holidays.

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Past Shows

Places I've played before

I've played big and small shows since 2023 in the PNW. Some of my biggest and best shows were

Norwescon 48

A big science fiction/fantasy convention in Seatac  where i did 2 shows and presented on 5 panel discussions.

Geekfest

A big comic/nerd convention in Everett where I did two mulitmedia shows, projecting my video while performing!


Kent Nerd Party

A Nerdy Street Festival, and as you can see above, I'll be there again!

Other shows/venues

Mckinley Hill Haunted Street Festival
Urban Unglued: Freaks at the Beach
Tacoma Porchfest
Retro Emporium
Tumwater Pride
A Gift of Serenity
St. Andrew's Pub

A review

From Urban Unglued Halloween market

We recently had the opportunity of having Cool Mark Nerd perform at our Halloween Market.  Mark's quirky and fun personality definitely showed up in his music, and how he drew shoppers in to participate was genius.   We had shoppers and vendors alike coming to us and asking for us to have him perform again at future events.   (Which we plan on doing)   

 Sherrie  Owner of Urban Unglued Markets