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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

Ballard Farmers Market

Ballard Avenue NW (22nd Ave NW to 20th Ave NW) Ballard Ave NW & 22nd Ave NW, Seattle

Seattle's first year-round neighborhood farmers market has filled the cobblestone stretch of Ballard Avenue NW every Sunday since 2000, and the produce comes only from Washington…

Free

West Seattle Farmers Market

West Seattle Junction California Ave SW & SW Alaska St, Seattle

In the heart of the Junction at California and Alaska, West Seattle's market runs every Sunday morning through the winter, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Think…

Free

Fremont Sunday Market

Fremont Sunday Market (Fremont Bridge location) 3401 Evanston Ave N, Seattle

Fremont's European-style street market has run for more than 35 years, and it doesn't take the winter off. From November on it moves under cover at…

Free

Capitol Hill Farmers Market

E Barbara Bailey Way E Denny Way between Broadway & 10th Ave E, Seattle

The Denny Way entrance to Capitol Hill Station opens straight onto this market, which sets up on E Barbara Bailey Way between Broadway and 10th every…

Free

Garden Tea Tastings at Lan Su Chinese Garden

Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St, Portland

A tea master from Lan Su's Yun Shui Teahouse pours three seasonal Chinese and Taiwanese teas for a group of no more than eight, in one…

$37 – $56