Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink
For a little over nine weeks, a seasonal rink sets up on the plaza at Bellevue Downtown Park, with the waterfall and the downtown towers as…
$12 – $24
16 events found.
Events for December 31, 2026
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Gingerbread Village at the Sheraton Grand Seattle
For 32 years, architects have teamed with the Sheraton's chefs to build a village of six-foot gingerbread structures in the downtown hotel, each season built around…
A Christmas Carol at Portland Playhouse
Portland Playhouse's musical take on Dickens has become a King neighborhood holiday ritual, staged in the company's converted church on NE Prescott. This year director Cassie…
$5 – $71.95
Seattle Symphony New Year’s Eve with Storm Large and Jimmie Herrod
Two big Northwest voices front the orchestra for New Year's Eve: Storm Large, the Portland singer known for her years with Pink Martini and her fearless…
Ongoing
WildLanterns at Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo's winter light festival swaps strings of bulbs for large illuminated lanterns shaped like animals and habitats, set along the zoo's paths after dark.…
ZooLights at the Oregon Zoo
The Oregon Zoo trades daytime animal-watching for a nighttime walk through grounds wrapped in light displays, from the main paths to the hillside trees. Gates open…
$13 – $35
Seattle Center Winterfest
Seattle Center's five-week holiday program is mostly free and easy to drop into. The heart of it is the Winter Train & Village in the Armory,…
Free
Westlake Park Holiday Carousel
After a six-year break, the downtown holiday carousel is back in Westlake Park, presented by Nordstrom. It turns daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. through…
$4
Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Tacoma's long-running holiday light show takes over Point Defiance Zoo after dark, with light displays strung along the zoo's paths above Commencement Bay. It's a walking…
Winter Wonderland at Portland International Raceway
A drive-through light show on the racetrack at Portland International Raceway, and the single largest fundraiser for the Sunshine Division's hunger-relief work. Tickets are priced per…
$38 – $55
Garden d’Lights
Bellevue Botanical Garden's holiday display shapes its lights into the garden itself: glowing flowers, plants and small critters tucked into the beds along the paths, with…
$5 – $10
Redmond Lights
Redmond's winter festival is more art show than Christmas display: a month of illuminated installations by local and regional artists in Downtown Park and Overlake's Esterra…
Free
Peacock Lane Holiday Lights
One block of Tudor-style houses in Southeast Portland has gone all-out for the holidays for generations, and the whole city still turns up to walk it.…
Free
Oregon Symphony New Year’s Eve with Beethoven’s Ninth
Ring out the year with Beethoven's Ninth, the symphony that ends with the Ode to Joy. Associate conductor Su-Han Yang leads the Oregon Symphony, four soloists…
Kids’ New Year’s Eve at The Reser
For families whose kids won't last until midnight, The Reser in downtown Beaverton rings in the new year at 11 a.m. DJ O.G.ONE, the Portland Trail…
$15.50 – $20.50
Free Thursday Nights at Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum stays open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays, and admission is free from 5 o'clock on. That's three hours to see Northwest and Western…
Free