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Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink

Bellevue Downtown Park

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
Ongoing

WildLanterns at Woodland Park Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo 5500 Phinney Ave N, Seattle

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

Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland

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

Westlake Park Holiday Carousel

Westlake Park 401 Pine St, Seattle

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

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium 5400 N Pearl St, Tacoma

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…

Garden d’Lights

Bellevue Botanical Garden 12001 Main St, Bellevue

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 Downtown Park (also Esterra Park) 16101 NE 85th St, Redmond

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

University District Farmers Market

University Way NE (the Ave) University Way NE between NE 50th St & NE 52nd St, Seattle

Every Saturday, year-round, farmers take over University Way NE between 50th and 52nd, two blocks from the U District light rail station. Winter is the season…

Free

Portland Farmers Market at PSU

South Park Blocks, Portland State University SW Park Ave & SW Montgomery St (1803 SW Park Ave), Portland

Portland Farmers Market's flagship keeps its Saturday rhythm all winter in the South Park Blocks on the Portland State campus. The winter market is smaller than…

Free