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Icons of Pop Culture Gala: Salt-N-Pepa Performance

October 22, 2026

MOPOP

Doors open at 8:30 PM
21+

$250

They didn't just make hip-hop history — they rewrote who got to be in the room. Now the room is ours.

This performance is part of MOPOP's Icons of Pop Culture Gala: The Future Is Now, our annual celebration honoring the visionaries shaping film, fashion, gaming, and music. Salt-N-Pepa headlines the night as this year's Music Icon, with Spinderella on the decks, taking the stage just steps from where you're standing.

For one night only, catch them at MOPOP for their only Pacific Northwest performance this year. No stadium. No nosebleeds. Just an intimate venue built for getting close to the icons who soundtracked a movement.

What's Included
Your $250 performance ticket gets you in the room for the show, plus light bites and drinks.

Want the full gala experience — welcome reception, dinner, and live auction before the show? Reserve a table or learn more on the Icons of Pop Culture Gala page.

Why It Matters
Every ticket helps power MOPOP's future exhibitions, youth education programs, and community initiatives — the next generation of Salt-N-Pepas is out there, and this is how we help them get discovered.

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Signed Copy of Wil Wheaton's Still Just a Geek Memoir
Private Photo-Op with Wil Wheaton
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Standing-room + limited unreserved seating
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Congratulations to our 2025 Honorees

Ruth E. Carter, a black woman wearing an off-shoulder black dress
Ruth E. Carter
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Colorful muppets playing instruments
The Jim Henson Company's Fraggle Rock
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An interracial e-sports team huddles, dressed in uniform
Evil Geniuses
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Graham F. Page, Royal Albert Hall, London, February 18, 1969.
Jimi Hendrix
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Two dancers perform on a checkered dance floor in front of a seated audience, with DJs at Red Bull branded tables on a stage behind them.
206 Zulu
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Man with curly gray hair and glasses wearing a black T-shirt with colorful patches and a pink lanyard with a nametag reading 'Neal'.
Neal Kosaly-Meyer
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Special Guest

A male guitarist with gray hair wearing a brown leather jacket playing an electric guitar on stage with amplifiers and microphone stands in the background.
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam

All-Star Tribute Artists

Man with long blond hair wearing a black hat and leather jacket holding a red electric guitar against a dark background.
Devon Allman
Blonde woman with curly hair playing an electric guitar on stage wearing a dark velvet dress and ornate silver necklace.
Samantha Fish
Long-haired male singer passionately singing into a microphone on stage with dark purple lighting.
Noah Hunt
Musician wearing a leather jacket, sunglasses, and a cap holding an electric guitar on stage in a dimly lit venue.
Ayron Jones
Musician playing an electric guitar on stage with colorful stage lights and a drummer in the background.
Christone Kingfish Ingram
Chris Whipper Layton
Chris "Whipper" Layton
Man wearing a black beanie and glasses playing an electric bass guitar on stage with yellow lighting.
Kevin McCormick
Man in a brown jacket standing on a sunlit street lined with parked cars and trees.
Robert Randolph
Musician wearing a black hat and patterned jacket passionately playing a white electric guitar on stage with band members in the background.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Musician with curly hair playing an electric guitar on stage with a drum set in the background.
Dweezil Zappa

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The Icons of Pop Culture Gala returns October 22 for MOPOP's biggest night of the year. This year's theme, "The Future is Now," celebrates the museum and honors visionaries across our organizational pillars of film, fashion, gaming, music, and community—honoring Bruce Lee, Jeremy Scott, Halo, Salt-N-Pepa, and the Wing Luke Museum.

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