The following description comes from the event organizer.

 Seattle Cabaret Festival (SCF) seeks to offer the best in the versatile art of musical cabaret and to offer our audiences a wide and wondrous variety of shows. Over the years, SCF artists have drawn on a universe of music from the American Songbook to rock, blues, opera, a cappella, political satire, folk, French chansons, and their own singer-songwriter material. We are always excited to see what our new artists have in store and what our returning artists will come up with next!

In March 2008, our festival started with a one night showcase at a small club on Capitol Hill. Each year, we faced new challenges and, each year, we gained new supporters who became our guiding light. Our budget remains humble and yet we continue to give 90% of our ticket sales to the artists and only keeping 10% for administrative costs.

Today in 2024, SCF has 24 musical acts (8 new acts performing for the  first time with SCF) in solo or group categories every weekend in May at Egan's in Ballard and  an opening night showcase on May 4, 2024 at The Triple Door!