Live at Lunch: Champagne Honeybee

Date and Time

• Thursday, Jul 23, 2026  12pm - 1pm

Location

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Details

Champagne Honeybee is singer/ songwriter, Rani Weatherby, her trusty ukuleles, and talented backing band. Their sound is a mix of contemporary jazz, blues, folk, and ukulele soul. They have performed all over the Pacific Northwest, and toured the Midwest and East Coast as a solo act. Local media appearances include the Bob Rivers morning radio show, Audioasis on KEXP, King 5 Morning News, and Band in Seattle television program.

In June of 2014, they released an EP of original music called "No Love Songs". Their next EP, entitled "Once in a Lifetime", was released on April 1st, 2016. 

2017 kicked off with a newly acquired partnership with KHS America, as a spokesperson for their line of Lanikai Ukuleles. Champagne Honeybee's first album was accepted into Seattle Public Library's online music catalog, and they were voted Best Band For Hire in the Best of Western Washington competition.

Rani achieved a life-long dream of performing in her birth city in India, in February of 2018.  She put on a concert through the US Consulate in Kolkata, and was featured on the cover of the Calcutta times. Upon her return, the story of her musical and personal journey was featured on King 5's Evening television program. She reunited the band in April of 2018, to record an original radio commercial for Verity Credit Union, which aired on Seattle's Movin' 92.5 FM. The band is currently recording a full length album of original music.

Champagne Honeybee has a heart for charitable causes, and has performed at fundraisers for The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, WACAP adoption agency, Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, the YWCA of Snohomish and King County, and rhino conservation programs for the Woodland Park Zoo. Stay tuned for upcoming projects and events!