ICON AWARD WINNERS

A longtime leader and collaborator in the music and nonprofit arts sector on the West Coast, Josh LaBelle is Seattle Theatre Group’s Executive Director, serving in the role since 2001. Josh grew up in Southern California and graduated from UCLA with a degree in World Art & Culture, spending four years with William Morris Agency in Los Angeles, starting in the mailroom, and working his way up to assistant in the Music Division booking concerts.

 

He worked on the road for years as a musician, touring and recording primarily with T-Bone Burnett & Sam Phillips, eventually moving to Seattle in 1996 and beginning with STG that

same year. His journey at STG started with the programming team, booking shows for the Paramount and Moore Theatres. Josh also serves as Board Chair for Inspire Washington and is President of the Board for Performing Arts Venues Alliance. He is an avid drummer and plays in a band called Bottle of Sound, loves dogs, good food, vintage drums, and most of all, the love of his life, his wife Colleen LaBelle, and their two children, Julia and Levi.