Seattle Upcoming Events
Runway to Runway
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Museum of Flight
Runway to Runway features 100 artifacts ranging from classic suits and skirts to capes and go-go boots and onward to today’s thoughtful neoclassic styles. Each uniform reflects the person who wore it, the purpose behind its design and the responsibilities…
An American Experiment
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
Step into a laboratory of ideas where history meets hypothesis.An American Experiment (Washington’s Version) invites you to explore the connections between Washington State’s Constitution and America’s founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights…
WINNERS!:Trophies from the WSHS Collections
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
Trophies reflect the things we value and the accomplishments we hope to remember. In this edition of Collection Selections, visit the trophy case of Washington’s past to see the stars of the state’s history. Discover stories of the development of…
Thirty Years and Counting: The Making of the Washington State History Museum
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
In celebration of the museum building’s 30th anniversary, you’re invited to explore the story behind the State History Museum. 30 Years and Counting: The Making of the Washington State History Museum is a special exhibition that uncovers the vision, effort…
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Three Empathics have moved into Seattle Art Museum and are a central feature to the latest installation imagined in our African art galleries. The popular and immersive ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space by contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk was first shown in…
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time (ca. 1757) by the greatest Venetian artist of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Tiepolo. Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the famous painting…
Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Song Cycle is a kinetic sculpture featuring ever-changing poetry. Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, the revolving text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap readymade sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards seen at airports…
Qiu Zhijie: Map of the History of Science and Technology
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
For the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, the artist designed a Map of the History of Science and Technology. In this project, Qiu interweaves scientific and technical advancements in Asia and the West from ancient to contemporary times. The…
A Room for Animal Intelligence
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
We, the animals of the world, invite you to meet with us at SAM. One hundred representatives are waiting to talk about what we see happening on our planet. A few of us share your couch, while others of us…
Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Samantha Yun Wall’s new paintings use overlapping silhouettes of female figures as portals to unknown spaces and different temporal realms. Impetus for the new body of work is a Korean folk tale in which the Pasque flower is symbolic of…
DRIFT: Meadow
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Art’s capacity to delight and to make you curious is a characteristic trait of the Netherlands-based studio DRIFT, founded in 2007 by Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn (born 1980) and Ralph Nauta (born 1978). The duo leads a multidisciplinary team that…
Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
At times reminiscent of biological structures and geological formations, Tara Donovan’s work elevates mass-produced industrial materials, such as tar paper, drinking straws, or the silvery metal rings of slinky toys, into mesmerizing installations. Her cumulative process transfigures the mundane into…
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Free
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Get up close with Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where you can walk among these monumental sculptures. Consisting of 12 zodiac head sculptures arranged in an arcing semicircle, each animal in Circle of…
Eric-Paul Riege: ojo|-|ólǫ́
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
ojo|-|ólǫ́ (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na’nízhoozhí [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege…
Charlene Liu: Scallion
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Charlene Liu (b. 1975, Taiwan; based in Eugene, OR) creates paintings, prints, and mixed media installations that blend family histories, cultural references, and decorative patterns. Liu incorporates wide-ranging traditions into her imagery, drawing from nature, food, still life painting, and…
Tishan Hsu
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
“I feel that technology is an organic evolution of the human species.”Tishan Hsu (b. 1951, Boston, MA, lives and works in New York, NY) explores evolving relationships between humans and technology across work that spans painting, sculpture, drawing, and computer-generated…
“Every Picture Somewhat of an Experiment”: Helen Frankenthaler Prints
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
By the age of thirty-two, Helen Frankenthaler (1928—2011) had established herself in a white male-dominated art world as one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters of the twentieth century. Her distinctive “soak-stain” technique—applying thinned paint onto unprimed canvases on…
Day-to-Day: Rhythm, Routine, Resistance
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
This exhibition brings together contemporary artworks across media that explore the poetics and politics of everyday life. Using the day-to-day as both material and subject, these works explore how the ordinary and seemingly incidental can become a powerful source for…
Joiri Minaya: To Hell with Hibiscus
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Joiri Minaya (b.1990, New York City; raised in the Dominican Republic) is a multidisciplinary artist who examines the Tropics as a constructed place and identity. As both performer and saboteur, Minaya challenges misrepresentations that reduce tropical geographies and their inhabitants…
Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving showcases both historical and contemporary woven items, as well as the materials and cultural and scientific knowledge used to create them.
Marks With Feeling
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Come see the artistic result of partnership between the Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) and the Seattle Art Museum. Over the course of the 2025-2026 school year, ReWA students explored a work of art in SAM’s Lang Collection and created artistic…
Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture Free
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture
The Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture is focused on the life of Mexican Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as from the earliest times to the present. Through the voice of the people themselves, as well as documents and photos, this museum…
Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Museum of History & Industry
The sketch comedy show Almost Live! aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999. It poked fun at regional stereotypes, gave us memorable characters and sketches, and launched local celebrities and national careers. It was a renowned success at a…
REMEMBRANCE THE LEGACY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 IN WASHINGTON STATE
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington StateExplore the intergenerational impacts and legacy of the incarceration of people of Japanese descent during World War II.In this gallery, visitors will experience history through photographs, art, objects, letters, and film. …
Culture is Living @ The Burke Museum
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
The Culture is Living gallery breaks down traditional museum authority and brings the expertise and knowledge of communities to the forefront.Cultural belongings at the Burke Museum aren’t tucked away on shelves. They are alive, embodying the knowledge, language, and stories of…
Fossils Uncovered @ The Burke Museum
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history is a continuing saga of dynamic change.Events from ice ages to splitting continents influenced what survived, how life evolved, and what went extinct.See the only real dinosaur fossils on display in Washington state (including one of…
Daily Admission @ Bellevue Botanical Gardens Free
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Bellevue Botanical Gardens
The Bellevue Botanical Garden features cultivated display gardens, natural wetlands and a woodland trail, displaying the best plants and gardening practices for healthy, beautiful Northwest gardens. Visitors are welcome any day, from dawn to dusk.
Free Films For Tacoma Students @ The Grand Cinema! Free
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | The Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema is pleased to participate in a pilot program funded by Tacoma Creates. Students and EBT/Quest card holders living within Tacoma city limits may now attend most* public showings at The Grand Cinema. Any student of any age…
Permanent Collection: Nordic Journeys
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | National Nordic Museum
The National Nordic Museum’s core exhibition, Nordic Journeys, spans centuries, from prehistoric migrations to Viking adventures to modern-day challenges and triumphs. Go on a journey across 1.3 million square miles and twelve thousand years to explore the Nordic region. Then…
Permanent Collections @ MOPOP
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | All Day | Museum of Pop Culture
MoPOP's permanent collections feature a wide variety of artifacts and art highlighting the relevance of music, movies, and other popular culture experiences. Exhibits include: Nirvana: Taking Punk to the MassesInfinite Worlds of Science FictionIndie Game RevolutionFantasy: Worlds of Myth and MagicScared to…
At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art's Permanent Collection
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | 10:00am | Museum of Northwest Art
Museums in the United States are grounded in the tradition of public service. They are organized as public trusts, holding their collections as a benefit for the community they represent and serve. As a result, a museum collection is more…
Ross Palmer Beecher: Speaking in the Vernacular
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | 10:00am | Museum of Northwest Art
The Museum of Northwest Art is excited to announce a major survey of the work of Ross Palmer Beecher. Ross Palmer Beecher is a Seattle-based mixed media artist who creates quilts, flags, portraits of famous American folk heroes, and Americana…
Free Mental Health Support Free
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | 2:30pm | Shoreline Teen Center
Free drop-in therapy and mental health support is available for middle and high school students during after-school hours at the Teen Center with mental health therapist, Christina MSW, LISCWA. Contact Christina Yiatchos at [email protected] for more information. Schedule Monday: 2:3…
Sheep in the Box
Next Up: Tuesday, August 11 | 4:00pm | SIFF Cinema Uptown
In the near future, Otone and Kensuke, a grieving couple who have lost their son, take into their lives a humanoid identical to their late child.
SAM Gallery Presents Troy Gua: Expression
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Explore varied art series by artist Troy Gua at SAM Gallery this AugustArtists find new ways to express themselves by shifting medium and subject matter as their works evolve and transition with life. Artist Troy Gua is known for his "hybrid"…
Boren Banner Series: Chloe King
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Chloe King’s vividly layered, monumental compositions project a surreal vision of contemporary existence. For their Boren Banner—the artist’s first museum presentation in Seattle—King extends their ongoing inquiry into the politics of the dance floor, exploring Queer nightlife as a site…
Jonathan Lasker: Drawings and Studies
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
For over five decades, American artist Jonathan Lasker has approached the elements of painting like a puzzle—taking it apart, turning the pieces, and putting it back together in new ways. Drawings and Studies offers a close look at how his…
Frye Salon + Jonathan Lasker
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Frye Salon is both a fixture and a living experiment—an ever-evolving installation that invites fresh perspectives on the museum’s founding-era collection. The gallery features more than one hundred paintings in a floor-to-ceiling presentation mode known as “salon style,” recalling the…
Tom Lloyd
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Artist, activist, and community organizer Tom Lloyd (1929–1996) was an early pioneer of using electric light as an artistic medium. Working in collaboration with an engineer at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), Lloyd developed a radically experimental practice in…
The Sky Is a Diasporic Space by YouthCAN
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
The Sky is a Diasporic Space is YouthCAN’s newest exhibit, exploring collective memory through art. In response to ongoing attacks on migrant communities, students created original works while learning how creativity has supported solidarity movements globally. The exhibit features block…
Ten Thousand Things
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Curated by award-winning public radio podcast host and former civic poet Shin Yu Pai, Ten Thousand Things is an exploration of the objects that shape our identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing…
DISplace
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Co-curated by Native Hawaiian artist and kapa-maker, Lehuauakea, and artist and educator, Kanani Miyamoto, this exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked histories and movement of people who connect Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest since the arrival of the first documented…
Lost & Found: Searching For Home
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
This exhibition explores the complex relationship between place and belonging through the lens of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) identity. In this exhibit, artists unpack attempts to reconnect with their cultural homelands, through both physical and emotional…
Exhibitions at the Gates Discovery Center Free
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center
Located next to the global headquarters of the Gates Foundation in Seattle, the Discovery Center is a free public space open to all. Through our exhibitions and programs, we share stories and data from our partners, grantees, and foundation employees…
Daily Admission @ Lakewold Gardens
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | All Day | Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens provides intentional encounters with the life-changing power of nature, fostering peace, creativity, and healing in our communities.
Making A Way: Jacob Lawrence
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 10:00am | Northwest African American Museum
Making a Way: The Jacob Lawrence and the Northwest Black Experience art exhibition is currently open at Northwest African American Museum in the Journey Gallery. Through a series of paintings created by Lawrence we examine Black history through his eyes…
Mini Golf at Olympic Sculpture Park
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 12:00pm | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Gear up for mini golf! This summer, the Olympic Sculpture Park transforms into a one-of-a-kind mini golf course, bringing together sports and art on the waterfront. As you putt through the park, experience the creative visions of local talent. Each of…
Noticing
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 6:30pm | The Wyncote NW Forum
anxiety, and accelerating disconnection from the natural world, author Richard Louv invites us to slow down, open our senses, and rediscover the living world just outside our doors.Join co-hosts Children & Nature Network and REI for an evening with Richard…
Grit City Championship Wrestling - MELTDOWN!
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 7:30pm | Tacoma Armory
Grit City Championship Wrestling is back! The energy, drama, and athleticism of live wrestling come to the historic Tacoma Armory, where wrestling legends once clashed.
Kaidan
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
Traditional Japanese ghost tales (yūrei and yokai) featuring live music, Okinawan/Taiko drumming, and sumi-e ink painting.
Night Night, Roger Roger
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
It’s midnight, but that doesn’t mean the world slows down. Night Night, Roger Roger is a fanciful comedy about the world after the sun goes down. Roller-skating Nanas, kids with tin cans, literary-obsessed vampires, clumsy security guards, kids without tin…
Is This Real? A Wipers Tribute ft. Matt Cameron
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 8:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
Featuring Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam) on guitar and vocals alongside Caspian Coberly, Will Andrews, and Shane Smith, Is This Real? delivers a high-energy celebration of the music of the Wipers, while also weaving in original material from Cameron…
Strange and Found Live Video Show!
Next Up: Wednesday, August 12 | 8:00pm | Grand Illusion Cinema
Chicago VHS all-stars Joe Pickett (Found Footage Fest) and Scott Miller (Strange Tapes Zine) have a combined VHS collection of 16,000 tapes and will be celebrating their first year of touring their collection by showing their favorite finds from 202…
Parisa Ghaderi | The Wrong Order Free
Next Up: Thursday, August 13 | 2:00pm | ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
Artist BioParisa Ghaderi is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and curator. Born and raised in Iran, she earned her Master of Fine Arts from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.Her work has been…
Free Neighborhood Nights @ Tacoma Art Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, August 13 | 5:00pm | Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum is open late and FREE to the community every Thursday, 5 – 8 pm! Neighborhood Nights offer us the space to build programs with community partners, artists, scholars, and entertainers. Stop by TAM Cafe for a bite…
Family Cartoon Happy Hour Free
Next Up: Thursday, August 13 | 6:00pm | Central Cinema
It's the Happiest Hour for the whole family! Two hours of classic cartoons to get your weekend started off right. Every Thursday 5:00 until 7:00.
A Tribute to The Carpenters: Featuring Sue Nixon & The Bake’s Place All-Stars
Next Up: Thursday, August 13 | 7:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
A Tribute to The Carpenters: Featuring Sue Nixon & The Bake’s Place All-Stars – an ensemble of Seattle’s finest musicians – this show blends lush harmonies, rich instrumentation, and world-class artistry. In addition to Sue Nixon, three more exceptional vocalists—…
The Downtown Tacoma Blues Festival
Next Up: Friday, August 14 | All Day | Rialto Theater
The Downtown Tacoma Blues Festival is coming to Broadway! Don’t miss this three-day extravaganza of world-class blues!
The Winter's Tale @ Lincoln Park Free
Next Up: Friday, August 14 | 7:00pm | Lincoln Park
Once upon a time, love and friendship ruled the lands of Sicilia and Bohemia. Until King Leontes’ jealousy sets off a series of fantastical events that consumes his wife, Hermione, and dear friend, Bohemia’s King Polixenes. Sixteen years later, a…
Complemento
Next Up: Friday, August 14 | 7:30pm | TPS Theatre4
Is he a childhood friend, a conman, a vagabond, or a blessing in disguise? Complemento is a mysterious yet charming character who eavesdrops on people in the park, and suddenly appears to offer his help if he senses there is…
Lost Girl
Next Up: Friday, August 14 | 7:30pm | Leo K. Theater
When Wendy Darling arrives back home after her adventures in Neverland, detectives demand answers, therapists worry, and Peter Pan still haunts her thoughts. Unable to let go of the boy who won’t grow up, Wendy searches for Peter—through letters, memories…
ComedySportz: Comedy for Everyone
Next Up: Friday, August 14 | 7:30pm | Atlas Theatre
ComedySportz is a fun, fast-paced comedy show that’s great for everyone -families, dates, birthday parties, business entertainment, church outings, bachelorette parties etc. Bring any group outing imaginable. Not only will everyone have a great time, but the rules of the…
Free Family Flick: The Goonies Free
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 10:00am | The Grand Cinema
FREE FAMILY FLICK! The third Saturday of each month, The Grand Cinema welcomes guests of all ages to a family-friendly movie for free! Doors open at 9:30 am and movies start at 10:00 am. Seating is first-come, first-served. All children…
Public Tour: Highlights from SAM’s Collection
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 11:30am | Seattle Art Museum
Enhance your visit to Seattle Art Museum with a guided gallery tour of SAM's global collection. Engage with other visitors and discover diverse personal connections while exploring creatively installed galleries and outstanding works of art.Highlights from SAM's Collection tours take…
A Midsummer Dream - Joint Exhibition of Local Artists
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 12:00pm | Yuan Ru Gallery
This exhibit features local artists including Ariane Callender, Natali Filyk, Rebecca Reichert Han, Jason Statt, and Ruka.
Tender by Kristin Tollefson
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 12:00pm | METHOD Gallery
Tender by Kristin TollefsonExhibition RunAug 6 - Sept 19 Art Walk Opening Reception Thur, Aug 6th, 5 – 8 PM Artist TalkSat, Aug 29th, 1 PM Closing & ActivationSat, Sept 19th, 1 PM
Public Tour: Discover the Olympic Sculpture Park Free
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 1:00pm | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Explore the Olympic Sculpture Park’s ecosystems and artworks on an hour-long guided tour. The park’s Z-shaped configuration connects four distinct landscapes that reflect the native ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. These landscapes provide settings for sculptures and create microclimates for…
Beyond Mysticism Public Tour
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 1:15pm | Seattle Art Museum
Revisit the Northwest Mystic artists from a fresh perspective on a guided tour of Beyond Mysticism. From real places in Seattle like Pike Place Market, to abstract expressions of inner consciousness, we'll dive into the art of both celebrated and…
The Winter’s Tale @ Lower Woodland Park Free
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 7:00pm | Lower Woodland Park
Once upon a time, love and friendship ruled the lands of Sicilia and Bohemia. Until King Leontes’ jealousy sets off a series of fantastical events that consumes his wife, Hermione, and dear friend, Bohemia’s King Polixenes. Sixteen years later, a…
Caribbean Queens Festival
Next Up: Sunday, August 16 | All Day | Theater on the Square
Caribbean Queens Festival is a community-rooted celebration of Caribbean culture in Tacoma. Through food, music, dance, art, storytelling, and shared joy, we create space for Caribbean people to be seen, celebrated, and connected, while welcoming the wider community to experience…
BrasilFest Free
Next Up: Sunday, August 16 | All Day | Seattle Center Campus
BrasilFest will take place August 16, 2026 in the Armory Food & Event Hall, Mural Amphitheatre, and Fisher Rooftop. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public.
Public Tour: Journeys Through Time and Space Free
Next Up: Sunday, August 16 | 1:30pm | Seattle Asian Art Museum
The Seattle Asian Art Museum breaks boundaries to offer a thematic exploration of art from the world’s largest continent. Exploring themes of worship and celebration, clothing and identity, nature and power, and birth and death, the collection installations reveal the…
Open Stage at Old Stove Gardens
Next Up: Monday, August 17 | 7:00pm
Join us August 17, 2026 at 7:00pm for our summer Open Stage at Old Stove Gardens in Ballard.Open Stage is where new acts are born, seasoned performers test fresh material, and absolutely anything can happen. Every show is different, packed…
Author Event: Joy McCullough Book Signing
Next Up: Monday, August 17 | 7:00pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Come help launch author and resident playwright Joy McCullough's debut memoir, Suffer A Witch. This event will include an author reading, audience Q&A, and special appearance by actors from the Live Girls and Macha productions of Joy's play Blood Water…
Mamma Mia! – Craft Night
Next Up: Wednesday, August 19 | 7:00pm | The Grand Cinema
It's Craft Night at the Grand! We'll keep lights up for the movie and encourage all attendees to bring a craft or project to work on while they watch socially.A spirited young bride-to-be (Amanda Seyfried) living with her single mother…
Rebel Frequencies: Hope is Contagious
Next Up: Friday, August 21 | 7:30pm | Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College
In a damaged world of private fears, public collapse, and technology making everything worse, Rebel Frequencies is a bold improvised dramedy about resistance, connection, and choosing hope in the dark. Inspired by Murderbot, Severance, Alan Wake 2, Andor, and Daredevil…
An Improbable Peck of Plays VI
Next Up: Friday, August 21 | 7:30pm | OlyTheater
A TAO annual offering returns! An Improbable Peck of Plays offered by TAO and The Northwest Playwrights Alliance features a collection of short, varied plays from local playwrights, actors and directors showcasing a mix of comedic, dramatic, and absurd or…
DnDprov Presents: Made-Up Misadventures!!
Next Up: Friday, August 21 | 7:30pm | University Heights Center
DnDprov Presents: Made-Up Misadventures!! - Improvised Dungeons and Dragons Inspired Comedic Adventures Where You Can Influence the Story!With massive dice, our adventurers roll their way through unpredictable challenges, mythical creatures, and magical mischief, all shaped by your suggestions. No two adventures are…
Festival Sundiata presents Black Arts Fest Free
Next Up: Saturday, August 22 | All Day | Seattle Center Campus
Festival Sundiata presents Black Arts Fest will take place August 22-23, 2026 in the Armory Food & Event Hall and Mural Amphitheatre. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public…
Seattle FlyDogs
Next Up: Saturday, August 22 | 2:00pm | The Museum of Flight
Dogs of all breeds catch air in these exciting displays of caped canine athletics. In between the shows, enjoy a meet and greet with the furry athletes and their trainers.
Free Spirit
Next Up: Saturday, August 22 | 7:30pm | The Great Hall
Solstice Symphony Orchestra returns for its fourth season with Free Spirit — a sweeping program of untamed energy, transformation, and luminous expression. Join us on Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 @ 7:30pm PT at Town Hall Seattle for an evening of flight, fantasy, longing, and release. Featuring music…
ComedySportz: The Rec League
Next Up: Sunday, August 23 | 7:00pm | Atlas Theatre
Every other Sunday at 1:00pmCome enjoy a ComedySportz Rec League match! You’ll see players from our amateur Adult Recreational League, competing for laughs and points. Witness as they battle for your laughs, and for the ultimate honor of being crowned the…
Weaving into the Future | Fashion Show
Next Up: Monday, August 24 | 6:00pm | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Weaving into the Future will honor and recognize the leaders of the Coast Salish Wool Weaving Center and co-curators of Woven in Wool, featuring new woven wool creations from Chepximiya Siyam Chief Dr. Janice George, sa’hLa mitSa Dr. Susan Pavel, Skwetsimltexw Willard “Buddy” Joseph, SiSeeNaxAlt Gail White Eagle, Haʔməkʷitən Kelly Sullivan, Qw3 ’May Usia Tahnee Hawk Miller, and teeweewas Tillie Jones, plus jewelry by wenanua Al Charles, Jr.Woven in Wool was created through the collaboration of…
SAM Talks: An Evening with Saya Woolfalk
Next Up: Thursday, August 27 | 6:30pm | Seattle Art Museum
Saya Woolfalk's Lessons from the Insitute of Empathy has been a beloved part of SAM's galleries since 2018. Join Woolfalk for an expansive conversation about her artistic practice.Saya Woolfalk (Japan, 1979) is a New York based artist who uses science…
Gypsy 83: The Director's Cut - New 4k Restoration
Next Up: Thursday, August 27 | 7:00pm | Grand Illusion Cinema
For its 25th anniversary, GYPSY 83 has been completely reimagined as a brand-new Director’s Cut, restored in 4K from the 35mm camera negative. Now featuring over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage and containing more legendary goth songs from bands like…
IndieProv at West of Lenin
Next Up: Thursday, August 27 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
IndieProv brings four local improv teams together for one night at West of Lenin Theatre, showcasing the range, creativity, and weird little sparks happening across Seattle’s independent improv scene. Each lineup features a mix of styles, formats, and performers, from established…
Play Reading – The Man of the House
Next Up: Thursday, August 27 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
A reading centered on an African American family in 1992 Seattle, held in Freehold’s Black Box Theatre
Jurassic Parking Lot
Next Up: Thursday, August 27 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
From the creators of Titanish and A Very Diehard Christmas comes a new bawdy comedy with dinosaurs.
BLOOD/SUCKER
Next Up: Friday, August 28 | All Day | 12th Avenue Arts
Ryan, a high school History teacher, is trying to save his Asian American History class after a doxxing campaign leaves his school scrambling. Hillary, the Principal, needs to decide if the class stays or goes. Meanwhile, something is lurking in…
Seattle’s Teen Summer Musical: Peter Pan Ready to Rise
Next Up: Friday, August 28 | 7:00pm | Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
Seattle’s Teen Summer Musical Returns at McCaw Hall!
Book Club & How We Met at West of Lenin
Next Up: Friday, August 28 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
Book Club featuring How We Met brings together two distinct improv worlds for one night of comedy, connection, and stories made up on the spot. Book Club follows two deeply committed, wildly underprepared book club members as they discuss an audience-suggested book…
COVEN
Next Up: Saturday, August 29 | 11:00am | University Heights Center
COVEN is a monthly improv jam for women and gender-expansive improvisers, including cis women, trans women, and nonbinary folks who want to be in a femme-centered space. Whether you're looking to sharpen your skills, meet new friends, boost your confidence…
Mysterious Skin (4k Restoration)
Next Up: Saturday, August 29 | 4:00pm | Northwest Film Forum
At the age of eight, Kansas youngsters Neil and Brian played on the same little league baseball team. Now, ten years later, the two boys couldn’t be more different. Neil is a charismatic but emotionally aloof male hustler, while Brian…
Improv Game Night at West of Lenin
Next Up: Saturday, August 29 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
Improv Game Night is a fast-paced, high-energy comedy show packed with classic short-form improv games, audience interaction, and big laughs for everyone. With a rotating lineup of games and challenges, no two nights are ever the same. The cast takes your…
REPS
Next Up: Sunday, August 30 | 11:00am | University Heights Center
Ready to Level Up?Welcome to REPS - Jet City Improv’s advanced workshop series built for improvisers who want more. More growth. More challenge. More reps.Train hard, play harder, and grow alongside fellow improvisers pushing toward the next level.Prerequisites: Basic improv…
Drink the Sea
Next Up: Sunday, August 30 | 7:30pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Drink The Sea is a new supergroup featuring an extraordinary lineup of genre-defining musicians: Peter Buck of R.E.M., Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and Mad Season, Alain Johannes, Duke Garwood, Lisette Garcia, and Abbey Blackwell. Together, they bring decades of…
Three Bewildered People In The Night
Next Up: Sunday, August 30 | 7:30pm | Northwest Film Forum
Long unseen and hard to find, Gregg Araki’s debut feature film Three Bewildered People In The Night is a stunning example of low/no budget DIY filmmaking at its best. Following a messy and tumultuous love triangle held together by a gay performance…
Free Admission @ Seattle Asian Art Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, September 3 | All Day | Seattle Asian Art Museum
This 1933 Art Deco building in lush Volunteer Park is SAM’s original home and the location of our extensive Asian art collection, making it one of the most beloved treasures in our creative, cultured, and curious city. Seattle Art Museum…
Free Admission at the National Nordic Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, September 3 | 10:00am | National Nordic Museum
On the First Thursday of every month, general admission to the Museum is free!
Free Admission at The Museum of Flight! Free
Next Up: Thursday, September 3 | 5:00pm | The Museum of Flight
The Museum of Flight is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world! With over 175 aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits and experiences and a world-class library…
First Friday Art Walk
Next Up: Friday, September 4 | 5:00pm | Collective Visions Gallery
In Downtown Bremerton and Manette you will find businesses and galleries that host local artists to show their fine art, ceramics, sculpture and other creations. Every month has different entertainment and live music sprinkled in breweries and cafes. Many businesses…
Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel
Next Up: Friday, September 4 | 7:30pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Duane Betts ignites and brings an evolution to the Southern rock tradition. With a fiery legacy forged by his father, the legendary Dickey Betts, the second generation musician infuses it with his own soul-stirring blend of blues, raw passion, and…
Spilling Tea: The Gossip Show
Next Up: Friday, September 4 | 7:30pm | University Heights Center
"Spilling Tea" is an audience-inspired longform improv show that delves into the world of gossip. Our talented improvisers transform audience suggestions into scandalous tales, hilarious misadventures, and intriguing mysteries. Get ready for a captivating experience as secrets are revealed, relationships…
Find Your Beat: How to Hip-Hop
Next Up: Saturday, September 5 | All Day | Museum of Pop Culture
Join the groovement this September! Led by 206 Zulu's own Bboy Free (of Circle of Fire and Soul Shifters) and special guests, this dynamic session explores breaking, house, hip-hop dance, capoeira, and more. Learn foundational techniques, discover signature styles, and…
Blue Velvet
Next Up: Tuesday, September 8 | 7:00pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
A young man finds a severed human ear that is somehow connected to a mysterious lounge singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Mozart Requiem: 911 Memorial Concert
Next Up: Friday, September 11 | 7:30pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Vashon Center for the Arts & Vashon Chorale present Mozart Requiem: 9/11 Memorial Concert, a powerful afternoon of music, remembrance, and hope in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.Mozart’s Requiem is one of the most profound…
Angela Duckworth
Next Up: Friday, September 11 | 7:30pm | The Great Hall
Success is a word that will be defined differently depending on who you ask, but achieving “success” in one way or another is a common framework through which we define our worth. And while achieving success may appear like the…
Saturday Family Concert: Harmonica Pocket
Next Up: Saturday, September 12 | 11:00am | The Wyncote NW Forum
Equal parts silly & sweet, The Harmonica Pocket is a young-at-heart band from the Pacific Northwest bursting with songs you can’t help but hum.The Harmonica Pocket frontman Keeth Monta Apgar was awarded the prestigious 2025 ASCAP Foundation Joe Raposo Children’s…
Chanoyu: Tea Culture of Japan Demonstration
Next Up: Saturday, September 12 | 3:00pm | Seattle Art Museum
This program is included with admission. Seating is first come, first served. No tea will be served to the audience.Experience Chanoyu in SAM's finely crafted teahouse to discover how the medium of offering and receiving a bowl of tea provides…
Art Under the Stars -- La Conner Gallery Walk
Next Up: Saturday, September 12 | 4:00pm | Museum of Northwest Art
"Experience the vibrant art scene of La Conner with Art Under the Stars, a monthly gallery walk held on the second Saturday of each month from 4 PM to 8 PM. This new event invites art enthusiasts to explore La…
Dear Reader: An Evening with Julia Quinn
Next Up: Saturday, September 12 | 7:30pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Join Vashon Center for the Arts for a lively and delightful evening with Julia Quinn, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Bridgerton novels, which inspired the hit Netflix series of the same name. With more than…
Zepparella: The Led Zeppelin Powerhouse
Next Up: Saturday, September 12 | 8:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
Zepparella is the Led Zeppelin Powerhouse! Vocalist Anna Kristina, Guitarist Gretchen Menn, Bassist Holly West, and Drummer Clementine have brought their passion for the sacred music of the greatest band in the world all over the world. Zepparella shows replicate…
ALMOST
Next Up: Saturday, September 12 | 8:00pm | Erickson Theatre Off Broadway
Something is taking shape…Kayla Farrish is building a new world with our dancers for Fall ’26, and what is emerging feels layered, physical, raw, and alive.
Live Aloha Free
Next Up: Sunday, September 13 | All Day | Seattle Center Campus
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival will take place September 13, 2026 in the Armory Food & Event Hall, Mural Amphitheatre, and Fisher Rooftop. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public…
Alexis Nikole Nelson
Next Up: Monday, September 14 | 7:30pm | Town Hall
The internet’s favorite forager is coming to a stage near you. Join Alexis Nikole Nelson—known to millions as Black Forager—for a joyful, wildly informative conversation about her debut book Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!, and the wild foods growing in your…
Pain and Peace with Rais Bhuiyan
Next Up: Tuesday, September 15 | 7:30pm | The Wyncote NW Forum
Join World Without Hate and Town Hall Seattle for a special screening of Pain and Peace, a powerful documentary that brings together the voices of survivors and perpetrators of hate-fueled violence. Produced by World Without Hate, the film explores the devastating…
Labyrinth - Craft Night
Next Up: Wednesday, September 16 | 7:00pm | The Grand Cinema
It's Craft Night at the Grand! We'll keep lights up for the movie and encourage all attendees to bring a craft or project to work on while they watch socially.Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly)…
The Music of Studio Ghibli with the Seattle Symphony
Next Up: Wednesday, September 16 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
Embark on a musical journey through the beloved worlds of Studio Ghibli with selections from Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away. Performed live by the Seattle Symphony, Joe Hisaishi’s iconic scores capture the wonder…
Up Close with Conservators | Preparing the Past: Medieval Japanese Buddhist Art
Next Up: Thursday, September 17 | 6:00pm | Seattle Asian Art Museum
Go behind the scenes with Geneva Griswold, Objects Conservator, and Tanya Uyeda, Director of East Asian Paintings Conservation, as they share the work underway for an upcoming exhibition of medieval Japanese Buddhist art opening in 2027. From careful examination and…
Amplify KPC 2026 Celebration + Fundraiser + Dance Party
Next Up: Thursday, September 17 | 7:30pm | Kirkland Performance Center
Dance. Give. Celebrate! Everyone’s a VIP for this intimate, all-inclusive event—heavy appetizers, drinks, entertainment, and community! Amplify KPC 2026 is Kirkland Performance Center’s premier fundraising event featuring a live performance of 70s and 80s dance classics by one of Seattle’s favorite bands, Hit Explosion! This unique event is held on the KPC stage and offers an in-depth look at KPC’s vision…
The Goldberg Variations
Next Up: Thursday, September 17 | 7:30pm | On the Boards
An unhinged dive into power dynamics, sexual desire, and vulnerability that entangles queer sexuality with classical music and professional wrestling. What are the blueprints of sexual desire and fantasy? In this unapologetic investigation of power dynamics and identity, Clayton Lee invites…
The Flight of Jackie Cochran
Next Up: Saturday, September 19 | 3:00pm | The Museum of Flight
A contemporary and rival of Amelia Earhart, Jackie Cochran shattered more speed, altitude, and distance records than any pilot of her time, male or female. She became the first woman to break the sound barrier and was instrumental in founding the…
Hamlet
Next Up: Saturday, September 19 | 7:30pm | Union Arts Center
A father is dead. A mother has moved on. And a son can feel the lies closing in around him. The court celebrates, the kingdom carries on, but Hamlet is the only one willing to look beneath the surface. The deeper he digs…
The Chinese Lady
Next Up: Saturday, September 19 | 8:00pm | ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
The true story of Afong Moy, a Chinese woman displayed as a living exhibit in 1800s America. Told in first person from her point of view, she holds nothing back as she recounts a half-century of performing her culture to curious onlookers. Her dreams and…
Emily St. John Mandel
Next Up: Tuesday, September 22 | 7:30pm | Town Hall
The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with Exit Party, a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an…
Christopher W. Smith on Tsimshian Master Carver Samuel Elwitt Free
Next Up: Thursday, September 24 | 7:00pm | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
In 2018, Vancouver-based scholar and writer Christopher W. Smith identified several unattributed Northwest Coast objects using the Reciprocal Research Network, a digital database that enables the simultaneous search of cultural objects in museums across North America. Smith was able to…
SERENADE
Next Up: Friday, September 25 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Description: Immerse yourself in a world of romance and beauty with this stunning triple bill. George Balanchine’s Serenade, his first work created in America, is an ethereal celebration of the ensemble of dancers, rather than the individual. Alexei Ratmansky’s Pictures…
The Ultimate Doors: Tribute to The Doors
Next Up: Thursday, October 1 | 7:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
The Ultimate Doors has long been celebrated as one of the most authentic and powerful Doors tribute bands in the country. Described by fans and critics as “uncannily true to the original” and “the closest you’ll get to seeing The…
Equinox Flower
Next Up: Thursday, October 1 | 7:15pm | Northwest Film Forum
Later in his career, Ozu started becoming increasingly sympathetic with the younger generation, a shift that was cemented in Equinox Flower, his gorgeously detailed first color film, about an old-fashioned father and his newfangled daughter.
Eureka Day
Next Up: Thursday, October 1 | 7:30pm | Leo K. Theater
Chaos has entered the chat.At Berkeley’s most proudly progressive private school, every decision is made by committee—and every committee meeting is an adventure. When a case of mumps surfaces, parents and administrators gather to debate safety policies, equity, and what…
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | 6:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just…isn’t. But then he hatches a plan to find the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare someone? Or will it…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | 7:00pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Step into the eerie woods of Sleepy Hollow, where laughter will give way to gasps of fright in this exciting adaptation of the most enduring Halloween tale in Northeast American literature. Newcomer and schoolteacher Ichabod Crane initially scoffs at the…
Poe Unexpected: An Improvised Edgar Allan
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | 7:30pm | Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College
Step into the shadows for a Poe-inspired night of mystery, madness, suspense, and laughter.At Unexpected Productions, our improvisers use Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic world and your eerie suggestions to create brand-new tales of haunted hearts, suspicious characters, buried secrets, and…
Ricky Kej
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
On Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, three-time Grammy Award-winning composer Ricky Kej performs music from his acclaimed album Gandhi — Mantras of Compassion. Kej, a UN Goodwill Ambassador and recipient of India’s fourth-highest civilian award, Padma Shri, blends ancient Indian mantras with…
Ennio Morricone: The Official Symphonic Experience
Next Up: Sunday, October 4 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Immerse yourself in the world of legendary Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, with musical selections from Morricone’s most celebrated film scores — Cinema Paradiso, The Mission, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in the West and more. This program blends live symphonic performance with curated film…
Swan Lake: Symphony Of Lights
Next Up: Sunday, October 4 | 4:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
“Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights” is the landmark new production of the upcoming season.Tchaikovsky’s iconic score opens the door to an entirely reimagined world: vivid light design, illuminated costumes, and world-class dancers from around the globe transform the classic ballet…
Classics Concert
Next Up: Sunday, October 4 | 6:30pm | Foster High School Performing Arts Center
Ludwig van BeethovenOverture to EgmontFlorence PriceAdorationBela BartokRomanian Folk DancesClaude DebussyClair de lune, arr. Andre CapletFelix MendelssohnSymphony No. 4
Classics Concert
Next Up: Monday, October 5 | 3:00pm | Foster High School Performing Arts Center
Ludwig van BeethovenOverture to EgmontFlorence PriceAdorationBela BartokRomanian Folk DancesClaude DebussyClair de lune, arr. Andre CapletFelix MendelssohnSymphony No. 4
Xquisite Corpse
Next Up: Friday, October 9 | All Day | 12th Avenue Arts
You’ve got BIG plans for Halloween this year. Xquisite Corpse is coming — a surreal immersive playground for monsters and freaks. We’re cooking up a feast of wonderfully odd events, and we’re inviting you to come costumed, masked, in your…
Eurasia Consort: Music of Paradise
Next Up: Saturday, October 10 | 7:30pm | Center for Chamber Music
In the far reaches of northwestern China lies Dunhuang, a cultural crossroads of the ancient Silk Road, famed for its hundreds of caves filled with Buddhist frescoes depicting music and dance. Inspired by these vivid murals, the Eurasia Consort brings…
Eternal Seasons
Next Up: Sunday, October 11 | 2:30pm | Auburn Performing Arts Center
In Four Seasons Recomposed, Max Richter returns to that familiar landscape and listens from the inside. Some moments remain close to Vivaldi. Others shift, pulse, and glow with Richter’s own sound. Rather than replacing the original, Richter steps into the…
Rumbarroco: Latin-Baroque Fiesta
Next Up: Sunday, October 11 | 4:00pm | Good Shepherd Center, 4th Floor Chapel
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Rumbarroco Ensemble presents an immersive musical voyage that traverses the vibrant landscape of Ibero-American music. Through the fiery strings of the Fandango and the graceful patterns of the Marionas, they pay tribute to the Morenas—the…
Up Close with Conservators | 25 Years Behind the Art: Stories from Conservation
Next Up: Thursday, October 15 | 6:00pm | Seattle Art Museum
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of SAM's conservation department with Nick Dorman, Jane Lang Davis Chief Conservator. From unexpected finds to memorable treatments, Nick will share some of the stories behind 25 years of caring for SAM's collection and the artworks…
How does it feel to look at nothing
Next Up: Thursday, October 15 | 7:30pm | On the Boards
An opera of the elemental, of pre-deities, and illusions of containment, this performance emerges through a story of transitional states.Using an improvised language of disintegration, How does it feel to look at nothing is an embodied pre-origin story of a…
Rhapsodic Musings
Next Up: Friday, October 16 | All Day | 415 Westlake
Emerald City Music's 11th season opens with a vibrant, festive evening of string music, bringing together Seattle and Olympia's most celebrated string instrumentalists.
I'll Be Your Superhero
Next Up: Friday, October 16 | 6:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
When a 10-year-old boy named Xavier has to go live with his uncle, it isn’t easy. His uncle John John has just left the Marines after eight years of service, and both must navigate family issues and strong emotions—both within…
The Arditti Quartet
Next Up: Friday, October 16 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The Arditti Quartet enjoys a worldwide reputation for its spirited and technically refined interpretations of contemporary and 20th-century music. Since its founding in 1974 by violinist Irvine Arditti, the Quartet has inspired hundreds of composers to write groundbreaking works specifically…
नेहा & NEEL
Next Up: Friday, October 16 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Neha (नेहा) fears she has failed to pass her language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, Neel (नील). A summer trip to visit colleges could be Neha’s last chance, if only she can get Neel to visit the historic…
Bruce Liu
Next Up: Tuesday, October 20 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Bruce Liu has emerged as one of the most compelling pianists of his generation since winning the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition in 2021. He is praised not only for his dazzling technique but also for his curiosity and artistry…
Shoshana Bean
Next Up: Wednesday, October 21 | 7:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
Grammy Award winner and three-time Tony Award nominee Shoshana Bean can currently be seen starring in The Lost Boys musical on Broadway. Prior to that she starred in Alicia Keys’ hit Broadway musical, Hell’s Kitchen. Her portrayal of ‘Jersey’ earned…
Hell’s Belles
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 8:00pm | Kirkland Performance Center
HELL’S BELLES are first and foremost dedicated AC/DC fanatics. This is what we all have in common. We’re all part of a huge community of devotees to one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands in the world. This is who we…
Table 17
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
Jada and Dallas were once engaged. Now, two years after their breakup, they’re sitting across from each other at their favorite restaurant, trying to keep it casual. Good luck with that. Between old wounds and a spark neither one of them can…
MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 5: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 8:00pm | Northwest Film Forum
7:30PM - DOORS8:00PM - SPECIAL INTRODUCTION WITHMISS MONDAY MOURNING8:30PM - SHOWTIME!A mysterious inheritance brings horror hostess Elvira to the most uptight town imaginable, where pearl-clutching locals and a dangerously low neckline collide in one of the silliest and spookiest camp…
Meshell Ndegeocello
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Meshell Ndegeocello, a bass player above all else, brings her warm, melodic groove to everything she does. The Grammy Award-winning musician eschews musical trends in favor of musical truths, exploring jazz, R&B, hip-hop and rock — all bound by a…
Cozy Little Murders
Next Up: Sunday, October 25 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
An evening of Murder themed short stories Directed and read aloud by some of Seattle’s top talent? Mix a little Miss Phisher with a little Agatha Christie and splash of Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration and you have some darkly…
Nanay
Next Up: Friday, October 30 | 8:00pm | 12th Avenue Arts
Angela visits her twin sister, Eve, to celebrate a new baby. Instead of a normal domestic scene, Angela finds Eve living with a traditional Filipino vampire (manananggal) known for a hunger for fetuses. As Angela questions whether her sister is…
Journeys
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 3:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Different Trains, by American composer Steve Reich, who celebrates his 90th birthday this fall, captures the sounds and voices that Reich remembered from the cross-country trains of his childhood trips between his separated parents during World War II. He juxtaposes…
Cinema Unexpected: An Improvised Movie
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 7:30pm | Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College
Local improv talent meets local filmmakers in this one-of-a-kind comedy show that is an improvised movie. In Cinema Unexpected, the audience chooses the movie title, then our cast and crew create an entire film live in real time. No script…
Cinema Unexpected: An Improvised Movie
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 7:30pm | Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College
Local improv talent meets local filmmakers in this one-of-a-kind comedy show that is an improvised movie. In Cinema Unexpected, the audience chooses the movie title, then our cast and crew create an entire film live in real time. No script…
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason
Next Up: Wednesday, November 4 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Isata Kanneh-Mason joins artistic forces with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, celebrated for its trademark conductor-less precision and collective spirit. The award-winning pianist from the renowned Kanneh-Mason family and the Grammy Award-winning orchestra present a program of favorites by Mozart and…
GHOST STORIES
Next Up: Friday, November 6 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Give in to inevitable goosebumps this November! George Balanchine’s haunting one-act ballet La Sonnambula, the tale of a beautiful sleepwalker and the misfortune in her wake, returns to PNB after a 10-year absence. Two contrasting pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo highlight…
Janice Carissa
Next Up: Tuesday, November 10 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Indonesian pianist Janice Carissa, a Gilmore Young Artist and Salon de Virtuosi recipient, is celebrated for crafting vivid musical narratives that transcend mere virtuosity. Her program spans centuries and styles, opening with Bach’s elegant French Suite No. 5 in G…
Sad Boys in Harpy Land
Next Up: Thursday, November 12 | 7:30pm | On the Boards
Equal parts sad clown, demented cabaret, and crisis of meaning, Sad Boys in Harpy Land confronts anguish through humor, artmaking, and despair.In this unhinged solo performance, self-proclaimed “experimental clown artist” Alex Tatarsky ushers audiences through an absurdist hellscape of the…
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
Next Up: Friday, November 13 | 8:00pm | 415 Westlake
Over two evenings in Seattle and Olympia, pianist Gilles Vonsattel offers an intimate journey through nine of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas, exploring distinct facets of the composer's evolving voice, distilled through the singular presence of one artist at the…
Up Close with Conservators | Beneath the Surface: Conserving Schubert Sonata
Next Up: Thursday, November 19 | 6:00pm | Seattle Asian Art Museum
Delve into the recent conservation of Mark di Suvero’s Schubert Sonata at the Olympic Sculpture Park with Erin Fitterer, Assistant Objects Conservator. Follow the artwork's conservation journey and learn how careful research and treatment revealed new insights hidden beneath the…
Hung Dance
Next Up: Thursday, November 19 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Taiwan's Hung Dance makes its Seattle debut with BIRDY, a powerful and poetic work choreographed by the company’s founder and artistic director Lai Hung-Chung. Performed by eight dancers, the piece blends contemporary dance with elements of Chinese opera, Tai Chi and…
Vox Luminis: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Next Up: Friday, November 20 | 7:30pm | St. James Cathedral
Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (formally titled “Vespro della Beata Vergine”) is a monumental work of sacred music that bridges the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Published while Monteverdi was working in Mantua, it combines traditional Gregorian chant with innovative compositional techniques…
Legendary Children Free
Next Up: Friday, November 20 | 8:00pm | Seattle Art Museum
Legendary Children is back! This free, all-ages celebration at downtown Seattle Art Museum conjures up an unforgettable night of drag royalty, ballroom enchantment, DJs, art, and unapologetic queer joy—all curated by and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in…
Aladdin: A Holiday Panto
Next Up: Saturday, November 28 | 7:00pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Join us for another magical holiday adventure in Aladdin: A Holiday Panto! Filled with laugh-out-loud comedy, pop music favorites, and all your favorite characters, this retelling of the classic fairytale follows Aladdin as he gets caught up in an evil…
Michael Feinstein
Next Up: Wednesday, December 2 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Celebrate the season with the legendary Michael Feinstein in a festive evening of song and storytelling. A champion of the Great American Songbook, Feinstein brings signature warmth, wit and impeccable style to beloved holiday classics and timeless standards. Backed by…
Prance & Be Merry
Next Up: Friday, December 4 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
Haul out the merry! The Seattle Men’s Chorus is the PNW’s happiest holiday tradition: festive favorites, Christmas comedy, dancing, prancing, and the gayest sing-along in town!
Disassembly of Sound
Next Up: Friday, December 4 | 8:00pm | 415 Westlake
What is music? When is sound considered music? This program explores the answers to these obscure questions through works that dissolve the boundaries between silence, gesture, dance, and theater.
Holiday Spectacular
Next Up: Monday, December 7 | 7:00pm | Auburn Performing Arts Center
Led by Music Director Wesley Schulz, this family-friendly evening celebrates the warmth and wonder of the season with the full sound of the orchestra. Expect a concert built for all ages, with music that brings back memories, creates new ones…
Becoming Daddy AF
Next Up: Thursday, December 10 | 7:30pm | On the Boards
The unforgettable self-portrait of a life lived in motion, told through a vibrant collage of evocative archival imagery, propulsive sound and embodied storytellingCelebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève marks the 40th anniversary of his company REALITY with his most intimate work…
Black Nativity
Next Up: Friday, December 11 | 7:30pm | Broadway Performance Hall
Langston Hughes’ gospel song-play returns! Featuring 30 performers, a live band, powerful vocals, a citywide gospel choir—and a chance to sing along. The magic and joy of the Christmas story is brought to life with vivid colors, dance and music…
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Next Up: Friday, December 11 | 7:30pm | Leo K. Theater
Hey! Unto you a child is born!Chaos, comedy, and heart collide in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! When the notorious Herdman kids—"the worst children in the history of the world"—crash the town’s annual Christmas pageant, everyone braces for disaster. What…
Seffarine: De Fez a Jerez
Next Up: Saturday, January 23 | 7:30pm | Good Shepherd Center, 4th Floor Chapel
Seffarine invites audiences into a sweeping musical journey across time and tide, tracing a lineage that stretches from the courts of Al-Andalus to the vibrant, evolving traditions of today. This special program moves fluidly between the intricate beauty of classical…
Puppets & Piano
Next Up: Sunday, January 24 | 2:30pm | Auburn Performing Arts Center
This is the world of Petrushka, Stravinsky’s vivid story of spectacle, illusion, and a puppet who feels far more human than anyone expects. Set at a Shrovetide fair in 1830s St. Petersburg, the score bristles with sharp rhythms, bright colors…
Amanda Forsythe and Opera Prima: Tormento '600
Next Up: Sunday, January 24 | 4:00pm | Town Hall
Founded by famed viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin, the ensemble Opera Prima dedicates this concert to exploring the Italian repertoire of the 1600s (the Seicento) with technical mastery and buoyant enthusiasm. They make their EMS début alongside a favorite…
Art From Ashes
Next Up: Monday, January 25 | 5:30pm | Benaroya Hall
For our annual concert marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we’re joined this year by two of the Pacific Northwest’s most prominent groups of young musical talent. The amazing Seattle Girls Chorus will unveil composer Lori Laitman’s Bonaco…
Twelve Kinds of Ice
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 6:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
Young Ellen can’t wait for winter. From skating on frozen streams to parties on an icy lake, winter brought friends, family, and fun together, creating memories that never leave her.In this cozy wintertime play at Seattle Children’s Theatre, based on…
Kodō
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
For more than four decades, Kodō has toured the world under its “One Earth” banner, uniting audiences across cultures through the resonant, pulse-pounding power of taiko drumming. In Luminance, the ensemble presents signature works refined over years of global touring…
Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 7:30pm | Dumas Bay Centre
An anonymous advertisement in the local newspaper announces the exact time and place of a murder soon to happen. The inhabitants of the small village think it must be a joke, until they find out it most certainly is not…
SWAN LAKE
Next Up: Friday, February 5 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Considered by many to be the greatest classical ballet of all time, Swan Lake is nothing short of mesmerizing. Kent Stowell’s interpretation, a PNB favorite since 1981, overflows with romance, sorcery, and heartbreak. Between Tchaikovsky’s universally beloved score, PNB’s uniquely…
Meteor Shower
Next Up: Saturday, February 6 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
Leave it to Steve Martin to turn a quiet evening under the stars into total, glorious chaos. Corky and Norm have invited another couple over to watch a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower. Simple enough. But something about the guests is… off…
Circa
Next Up: Saturday, February 6 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Australia’s acclaimed acrobatic ensemble Circa is joined by 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Silver Medalist Vitaly Starikov in a thrilling exploration of Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Under Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz, Circa’s performers use intricate, gravity-defying choreography to…
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI
Next Up: Thursday, February 11 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Radiant, fearless and profoundly human, Sol Invictus by Compagnie Hervé KOUBI is a celebration of light, love and connection. Blending contemporary and urban dance with capoeira and martial arts, the dancers perform with breathtaking physicality and poetic force. Named for…
VOCES8
Next Up: Tuesday, February 16 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble VOCES8 captivates audiences with luminous a capella performances that are both technically dazzling and deeply expressive. The British octet returns to Meany with Let’s Fly Away, a celebration of the extraordinary breadth and versatility of the…
Journeys
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Seattle Women’s Chorus celebrates life’s journeys with a dynamic selection of music that spans joy, reflection, and fierce resilience. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of song, community, and shared connection. Because our journeys are entirely intertwined.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
South Africa’s five-time Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide with their a capella harmonies, signature dance moves and engaging onstage banter. Introduced globally through Paul Simon’s 1987 Graceland album, the group was honored by…
Danish String Quartet
Next Up: Saturday, February 27 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The Danish String Quartet is celebrated not only for their integrated sound and impeccable technique, but for the infectious joy they bring to music-making. “An exceptional quartet, whatever repertoire they play” (The New York Times), they bring their warmth and…
Resilience
Next Up: Sunday, March 14 | 3:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Soprano Vanessa Isiguen stars in the world premiere of Afghan-born composer Milad Yousufi’s new work that blends storytelling and music to give voice to the lived experiences of Afghan women. Boy and a Makeshift Toy, part of Armenian American composer…
Women in the Shadows
Next Up: Tuesday, March 16 | 4:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Women in the Shadows explores the inner worlds of women artists overshadowed by history. The featured work, Camille Claudel: Into the Fire, is a theatrical song cycle by Jake Heggie that traces the life of the brilliant French sculptor. Heggie…
Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher
Next Up: Thursday, March 18 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Pianist Conrad Tao and tap dancer Caleb Teicher deepen their collaborative partnership with Counterpoint II. The harmonic, rhythmic and theatrical counterpoint between the artists expands their individual expressions into a collective experience that drives the imagination and opens the heart…
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Next Up: Friday, March 19 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Shake up your spring with electric new dance experiences! Back for the first time since its premiere in 2019, Eva Stone’s elegant F O I L explores different sides of the human experience from Stone’s unique storytelling lens. Christopher Wheeldon’s This…
Much Ado About Nothing
Next Up: Saturday, March 20 | 7:30pm | Union Arts Center
They’re not in love. Ask them, they’ll tell you. Loudly. Repeatedly. With increasingly elaborate insults. The only people who aren’t buying it? Everyone else. Shakespeare’s wittiest comedy throws two of the sharpest tongues in theater onto a collision course while their friends scheme and meddle to force…
Pilobolus
Next Up: Thursday, March 25 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Blast off into the Pilobolus multiverse with Trips, a seamless journey through gravity-defying feats and emotional landscapes. Each piece flows seamlessly into the next, featuring explosive athleticism, physical poetry and sly humor that will transport you on a journey to…
Beating a Dead Horse
Next Up: Friday, March 26 | 7:30pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Two brothers have inherited a failing pet funeral home from their late father and are desperate to keep it open – each for their own reasons. When they are offered a fortune to host an extravagant funeral for a wealthy…
Tomorrow, Love... in Concert
Next Up: Saturday, April 3 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Tomorrow, Love... is a new work for voices, violin and piano that explores love as a transformative force. Inspired by bell hooks’ landmark book All About Love, Marc Bamuthi Joseph guides audiences through memory, music and myth — tracing those who…
Step Afrika!
Next Up: Thursday, April 15 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Following the success of Drumfolk, Step Afrika! returns with The Fruits of Our Labor, a bold new work created by celebrated South African choreographer Vusi Mdoyi and longtime collaborator Jakari Sherman. Blending stepping, body percussion and contemporary dance with the…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Next Up: Friday, April 16 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
A fanciful tale of love’s delusions and mishaps, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream seems almost tailor-made for ballet. From the spritely fairy kingdom to the whirling lovers and a star-lit wedding, George Balanchine’s adaptation of this classic tale would certainly be…
Garrick Ohlsson
Next Up: Wednesday, April 21 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Seattle favorite Garrick Ohlsson has established himself as a pianist of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Regarded as a leading exponent of the music of Frédéric Chopin, he commands an enormous repertoire covering the full range of piano literature. Ohlsson’s…
Aga Khan Master Musicians with Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal
Next Up: Friday, April 23 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The Aga Khan Master Musicians — an exceptional collective of world-class artists devoted to preserving and reimagining Central Asian and Middle Eastern musical traditions — join eminent French musicians Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal for a cross-continental collaboration. The ensemble…
Disco Inferno
Next Up: Friday, April 30 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
It’s raining men! The Seattle Men’s Chorus celebrates favorite anthems and iconic hits with dazzling choreography and glittering costumes. This is pride and joy. It’s the music that sets us free!
Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw and Ringdown
Next Up: Saturday, May 1 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Sō Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw expand their long-running collaboration with Ringdown — Shaw’s cinematic electro-pop duo with Danni Lee Parpan. Ringdown’s vocals and electronics intertwine with Sō’s intricate percussion textures and Shaw’s songs, creating a hybrid sound…
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Next Up: Saturday, May 8 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Following their acclaimed collaboration on Lagrime di San Pietro, director Peter Sellars reunites with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, one of America's most celebrated professional choruses, for a deeply personal meditation on saying goodbye in times of struggle. Inspired by…
Simon Trpčeski
Next Up: Tuesday, May 11 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Pianist Simon Trpčeski is the consummate performer, praised for his powerful virtuosity and deeply expressive approach. A favorite in concert halls around the globe, Trpčeski brings his distinctive musical personality and emotional immediacy to a program ranging from the intimate…
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Next Up: Friday, May 21 | 7:30pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Mystery, music, and mayhem take the stage in this superbly witty musical inspired by Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished, novel. This hilarious and dynamic story asks the audience to help solve the disappearance of Edwin Drood, and depending on what the…
H*llo K*tty Syndrome
Next Up: Friday, May 28 | All Day | 12th Avenue Arts
HK is a little lost. They just quit their job as a police officer, broke up with their cowboy-partner, and made a vendetta with their brother-in-law. In Brian Dang’s genre-bending comedy, they find themselves caught in the throes of a…
BALLET ON BROADWAY
Next Up: Friday, June 4 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Our final production of the season features three choreographers equally at home on Broadway and at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Here, all three combine a knack for storytelling with superb dancing, and a bit of jazz for good measure. Twyla Tharp’s…