Everett runs comedy on Boeing time and Navy schedules. Downtown backrooms host the working-class crowds—shift workers, military families, people who chose Snohomish County over Seattle's prices. Evergreen Way runs the showcases that don't advertise. Bayside hosts the established mics. Silver Lake draws the younger energy. Casino Road keeps it raw. The scene exists in Seattle's shadow but doesn't apologize for it. Newcomers who discover Everett find audiences hungry for entertainment and grateful when someone actually shows up to provide it.