Casey MacGill and Orville Johnson perform 1930s hapa-haole tunes at Key City Playhouse on Sunday, Oct. 11, as part of the Cabaret Concert Series presented by Key City Public Theatre and Toolshed SoundLab.

One of the first examples of Hawaiian music’s potential for attracting listeners from beyond the islands, hapa-haole music pairs the bouncy rhythm of traditional Hawaiian music with a combination of Hawaiian and English lyrics that typically touch upon love, family, and the beauty and lifestyle of the Hawaiian islands.

At home in a variety of musical styles, MacGill plays a lot of boogie-woogie and swing on instruments such as stride piano, jazz cornet and six-string tenor ukulele. He has been singing and arranging vocal harmonies for more than 40 years in a career stretching from Los Angeles to Spokane, and from Broadway to Seattle.

An instinctive and sensitive musician, Johnson is a singer, instrumentalist, record producer, songwriter, session player, teacher and one of the top dobro players on the West Coast. Fluent in blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, and country styles, Johnson has become a vital figure on the Northwest music scene over the past 30 years, appearing on more than 400 albums, movie and video soundtracks, producing 22 albums, and serving as a master teacher at a number of different workshops and festivals.

The concert starts at 8 p.m. at Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend. Tickets, $20, and more information are available at

keycitypublictheatre.org and the playhouse box office, 385-5278.