Mon Laferte Turns the 5th Avenue Theatre Into Her Own Cabaret on Night Two of the Femme Fatale Tour

5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle · Friday, October 30, 2026

By Brandon Mendoza | LatinMusicSeattle.com

A note on the photos: LatinMusicSeattle.com did not have a photo pass for this show. Every photo here was taken from my seat in the audience on a compact digital camera.

Some venues make you feel like you're at a concert. The 5th Avenue Theatre makes you feel like you're in on a secret. On the second of her two nights in Seattle, Mon Laferte brought the Femme Fatale Tour to the historic downtown theater, and for a couple of hours it felt less like a tour stop and more like a private cabaret where she was singing to each of us, one by one.

A Room Built for Conversation

I've been to shows in almost every room in this city, and few feel as close as this one. At the 5th Avenue, it feels like Mon could hold a conversation with someone in the very back row, and at times she practically did. Every glance, every pause, every little aside landed all the way to the balcony.

It was a seated show, and most of the room stayed that way. That led to a few arguments in the aisles between the fans who wanted to stand and dance and the ones behind them who wanted to see. If you go to a theater show like this, know your section and be kind to your neighbors. What nobody argued about was the love for Mon. Fans passed Mexican, Chilean and Guatemalan flags up to the stage as gifts, a reminder of just how many corners of Latin America were packed into one Seattle theater on a Friday night.

Act One: White Gown, Vintage Mic

The night opened in white. Mon came out in a draped white gown, singing into a vintage microphone, at one point blindfolded, with the curtains behind her washed in pale light and, later, giant red letters. With Halloween one day away, she opened with a special treat, Tonight You Belong to Me, then went into Mi Hombre and the title track, Femme Fatale. Right away the show made its intentions clear: this was a theater production as much as a concert, all old-Hollywood glamour, with jazz and bolero running underneath everything. For Your Consideration and My One and Only Love kept the room hushed and leaning in.

The Moment Everyone Will Remember

Then came the pageant. Mon and two other "contestants" staged a beauty contest skit, competing for the crown by playing the most anti-feminist characters they could: catering to men's needs and desires, saying whatever they thought would win. It was funny, a little uncomfortable, and exactly the point. At the end they dropped the act and revealed they'd been pretending the whole time, and that they hated every second of it. The room roared.

It's the kind of moment that only works with an artist like Mon Laferte, who has never been shy about saying what she thinks, and who can make a theater full of people laugh at the same thing they're supposed to be angry about.

Act Two: Red Dress, Full Band, No Mercy

When she came back, the white was gone. Mon returned in a red satin dress, flanked by dancers in matching red, and the second half leaned into the newest songs: 1:30, El Gran Señor and La Tirana, where the cabaret turned into a full-on party.

From there she worked through Química Mayor and Hello Monserrat, then lightened everything up with Supermercado, and the band only got louder from there until the house lights came up.

The Verdict

The Femme Fatale Tour is Mon Laferte at her most theatrical: costume changes, choreography, a full-on comedy sketch, and a voice that can go from a whisper to a wail without warning. The 5th Avenue Theatre was the right room for it. A bigger venue would have swallowed half of what made this show special. Here, every detail reached the back row.

The seated crowd may not have been the loudest Seattle has ever been, but the flags at the edge of the stage said everything about what this music means to the community here.

Setlist

Setlist via a Femme Fatale Tour setlist playlist on Spotify, which matched what I heard on night two pretty closely, plus the Halloween opener. The beauty pageant skit came between My One and Only Love and 1:30.

1. Tonight You Belong to Me (Halloween opener)
2. Mi Hombre
3. Femme Fatale
4. Tormento
5. Veracruz
6. For Your Consideration
7. My One and Only Love
8. 1:30
9. El Gran Señor
10. La Tirana
11. Química Mayor
12. Hello Monserrat
13. Supermercado
14. Tal Vez Yo Soy el Problema
15. Amor Completo
16. Esto Es Amor
17. Flor de Amapola
18. Si Tú Me Quisieras
19. Las Flores Que Dejaste en la Mesa
20. Préndele Fuego
21. Ocupa Mi Piel
22. Amantes Suicidas
23. Te Juro Que Volveré
24. Amárrame
25. Antes de Ti
26. A Pesar de Ti y de Mí
27. Melancolía
28. Mi Buen Amor
29. Otra Noche de Llorar
30. Tu Falta de Querer
31. Vida Normal

The Femme Fatale Tour's North American run wraps up in early November. Missed Seattle? Check Mon Laferte's official site for her remaining dates.

Muchas gracias to Mon Laferte, her band and the 5th Avenue Theatre for a night Seattle won't forget. All photos by Brandon Mendoza (@azod.nem), taken from the audience on a digicam; this was not a credentialed photo shoot.