• Free Thursday Nights at Tacoma Art Museum

    Tacoma Art Museum 1701 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    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
  • Art Walk Edmonds (Third Thursdays)

    Downtown Edmonds businesses and galleries Downtown Edmonds, Edmonds, WA, United States

    Downtown Edmonds hangs local art in shops, restaurants and galleries all month, and on the third Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. the businesses open their…

    Free
  • Christmas Ships Parade

    Willamette and Columbia rivers (riverfront parks and restaurants) Portland, OR, United States

    Volunteer skippers have strung their boats with lights and cruised the rivers every December for about seven decades, and the fleets sail most nights from December…

    Free
  • Seattle Symphony: Handel’s Messiah

    Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium 200 University St, Seattle, WA, United States

    The Seattle Symphony's annual Messiah brings the Seattle Symphony Chorale, a quartet of vocal soloists and Benaroya Hall's Watjen Concert Organ together for Handel's oratorio, the…

  • The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show in Tacoma

    Pantages Theater 901 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Seattle's own Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme have turned their holiday show into an annual tour, and this year it stops at Tacoma's ornate Pantages Theater on…

  • Santa Trains at the Northwest Railway Museum

    Snoqualmie Depot and North Bend Depot 38625 SE King St, Snoqualmie, WA, United States

    The Northwest Railway Museum has run Santa trains through the Snoqualmie Valley every year since 1969. Families pick between two rides. The 40-minute Yuletide Express leaves…

  • The Lights of Christmas at Warm Beach Camp

    Warm Beach Camp & Conference Center 20800 Marine Dr, Stanwood, WA, United States

    For its 30th season, the Northwest's big Christmas light festival at Warm Beach Camp, north of Marysville near Stanwood, becomes mainly a walking event. Guests stroll…

    $16 – $35
  • Holiday Express at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center

    Oregon Rail Heritage Center 2250 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    Heritage rail cars leave the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in the Central Eastside for a short holiday excursion, with Santa and his elves working the heated…

    $25 – $35
  • Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition

    Pioneer Courthouse Square and surrounding blocks 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    For two hours on a Friday night, caroling groups fan out across a ten-block radius of downtown and sing in front of shops, restaurants and hotels,…

    Free
  • Christmas Ships Parade

    Willamette and Columbia rivers (riverfront parks and restaurants) Portland, OR, United States

    Volunteer skippers have strung their boats with lights and cruised the rivers every December for about seven decades, and the fleets sail most nights from December…

    Free
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

    Keller Auditorium 222 SW Clay St, Portland, OR, United States

    Oregon Ballet Theatre's Balanchine Nutcracker is Portland's big-stage holiday ballet, with Tchaikovsky's score played live by the OBT Orchestra at the Keller Auditorium. Marie's trip to…

  • Hollywood Farmers Market

    NE Hancock St between 44th & 45th Aves 4420 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR, United States

    A Saturday market on NE Hancock between 44th and 45th in Northeast Portland's Hollywood district. It keeps its weekly schedule right up to December 19, which…

    Free