Founded in 1939, the Showbox has provided local music fans a diverse offering of music over the decades. From the Jazz Age to the Grunge Era, the ballroom has featured shows by touring icons such as Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters and the Ramones — as well as those by homegrown talents ranging from burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee to grunge gods Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. Macklamore held his first Seattle concert here in 2013.Although The Showbox has had its ups and downs in times past, today it remains active as a significant contributor to Seattle's music scene, presenting more than 200 concerts per year to a diverse group of Seattle music lovers.