Meet the Team
Cascade Music Group collectively, represents decades of combined experience across creative, production, concessions, and finance in live music, hospitality, real estate, and nonprofit stewardship, we create venues and events that are financially resilient and culturally meaningful.
Marcus Charles
PRINCIPAL
Jannell Siegwarth
GENERAL MANAGER
Cesiley Peterson
CONTROLLER
Mary Vogel
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Anna Mair
PROJECT MANAGER
Marcus Charles is a Seattle-based entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience building and operating hospitality, live music, and consumer brands. He entered the industry at age 23 with the opening of Marcus’ Martini Heaven and has since founded, acquired, and operated influential venues including bad juju lounge, Neumo’s, and Local 360. From 2000 to 2012, he co-owned and operated the Capitol Hill Block Party, helping establish it as one of the West Coast’s leading independent music festivals. In 2008, Charles was the lead investor for the revival of the iconic Crocodile Café, serving as general partner through its relaunch and remaining a significant long-term investor.
Following the passage of Washington State Initiative 502, Charles co-founded JUJU Joints, which was acquired by Canopy Growth in 2018. He is also the co-founder of Seattle Event Solutions, now rebranded as Cascade Music Group, which was awarded the joint producer and concessionaire role for Marymoor Live in 2022 and is actively pursuing the acquisition of the Crocodile’s assets alongside other current investors to secure the venue’s long-term, locally owned future. In addition, Charles serves as a fiduciary at Atlas St. Ventures, a boutique family office, advising on strategy, operations, and investments. He holds a BA and MBA from the University of Washington and supports local arts organizations including the Seattle Music Foundation.
Founder at a Glance
Notable Ventures
- Founder / Operator: Marcus’ Martini Heaven, bad juju lounge, Neumo’s, Local 360
- Co-owner & Operator (2000–2012): Capitol Hill Block Party
- Lead Investor & Revival Partner: The Crocodile (2008)
- Co-founder: JUJU Joints (acquired by Canopy Growth, 2018)
- Co-founder: Seattle Event Solutions → Cascade Music Group (2013, 2026)
- Producer & Concessionaire: Marymoor Live (awarded 2022, 2013)
Current Focus
- Acquiring and stewarding the Crocodile’s assets to ensure long-term local ownership
- Expanding Cascade Music Group’s Pacific Northwest venue portfolio
Additional Roles :
- Fiduciary: Atlas St. Ventures (boutique family office)
Education
- BA, Communications – University of Washington
- MBA – University of Washington
Jannell Siegwarth is a seasoned live event production, festival operations, and venue management leader with more than 20 years of experience guiding events from inception through execution. She has successfully produced and supported events of all sizes and styles—spanning arenas, stadiums, theaters, parks, street fairs, and large-scale outdoor sites—bringing a steady, solutions-driven approach to even the most complex productions. Jannell is known for her ability to balance creative vision with operational rigor, ensuring events are both thoughtfully designed and flawlessly executed.
Currently serving as General Manager of Marymoor Live with Cascade Music Group, Jannell brings deep experience in venue operations, production logistics, and cross-functional team leadership while managing budgets, safety planning, and operational systems. Her expertise includes complex problem solving, process creation and streamlining, team development, budget and P&L management, and safety and risk oversight. She previously spent more than 16 years with Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment, where she played a key role in growing Summer Camp Music Festival from its inception into a 35,000-person, multi-day event over its 20-year history, and has also led event production and festival operations work through Rhythm Productions Live. Jannell is known for building strong teams, streamlining processes, and delivering exceptional, memorable events that exceed expectations, safely, efficiently, and with intention.
Cesiley Peterson was raised in a small town in Southeast Texas, where she developed discipline, leadership, and teamwork at an early age through performing arts and athletics. She began dance and competitive cheer at age three, coached an all-star cheer team by eighteen, and later cheered in college. While earning her degree, she balanced weekend bartending—advancing to lead bartender and trusted closer—with a bookkeeping internship that sparked her interest in financial operations. Alongside her professional development, Cesiley remained active in community theater, performing in productions such as The Hobbit and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, experiences that reinforced her confidence, adaptability, and collaborative mindset.
Now an accomplished, detail-oriented accounting professional, Cesiley brings hands-on experience across multiple industries with a strong command of core accounting principles, audit readiness, compliance, and financial transparency. Deeply curious about technology, she is driven to understand how systems work beneath the surface—from data processing and troubleshooting to thoughtful software design. This curiosity fuels her focus on integrating accounting with automation, data analytics, cybersecurity, and fraud examination. Her work centers on streamlining workflows, strengthening internal controls, rapidly identifying anomalies, and safeguarding financial data—delivering smarter financial management and proactive risk prevention at scale.
Mary Vogel is an events and operations leader with a deep-rooted passion for human connection and creating memorable experiences. Her career began by being in the right place at the right time and running full speed with opportunity, quickly earning her a reputation for excellence in venue and event management. Mary brings more than nine years of experience across AV, technical production, and live event execution, along with hands-on leadership in venue operations. While managing The Barn at Meriam Park in Chico, California, she helped elevate the venue to a top three rankings in her first year and secured the number one spot the following year.
Most recently, she led production and operations for a wide range of events in Seattle with Live Oak Audio Visual, including concerts, galas, auctions, weddings, corporate events, and large-scale public celebrations. Her work spans both live and hybrid environments, where she is known for calm leadership, precise coordination, and strong operational oversight. With early roots in photography, video editing, and social media, Mary brings a creative lens to technical problem-solving and production planning. As she often says, we are humans trying to have human experiences a philosophy that guides her work and fuels her belief that events are about more than logistics. Mary currently serves as Director of Operations for Cascade Music Group.
Anna Mair is a creative strategist and communications professional with a passion for storytelling, intentional design, and building meaningful connections through events and marketing. With experience spanning creative direction, graphic and UX design, digital marketing, and event promotion, Anna brings a thoughtful, energetic, and results-driven approach to building brands and engaging communities.
A recent graduate of Gonzaga University, Anna earned her BA in Communication Studies with minors in Marketing Promotions and Public Relations. During her time at Gonzaga, she served as Editorial and Creative Lead for the university’s annual yearbook, directing a multidisciplinary team of writers, designers, and editors and leading the publication to its first complete sell-out. Her background also includes marketing, promotions, event management, and graphic design within collegiate athletics, as well as communications work with Pacific Northwest nonprofits focused on sustainability and community impact. Anna has additional experience in experiential marketing and brand activation for Seattle-based Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, along with international event promotion work in Florence, Italy. Anna is driven by collaboration and community, and stays inspired by managing projects that spark connection and push creative boundaries.