• 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 one that sends audiences […]

  • 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 Broadway. The two drag […]

  • 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 Snoqualmie Depot, climbs […]

  • 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 at their own pace […]

    $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 cars. Morning departures are […]

    $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, while passersby vote for […]

    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 3 to 20. The […]

    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 the Land of Sweets […]

  • 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 makes it one of […]

    Free
  • University District Farmers Market

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

    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 for squash, roots, apples […]

    Free
  • Edmonds Museum Holiday Market

    Edmonds Historical Museum (5th Ave N & Bell St) 118 5th Ave N, Edmonds, WA, United States

    The Edmonds Historical Museum's street market moves into holiday mode on six Saturdays in November and December, filling 5th Avenue North and Bell Street just outside the old Carnegie library […]

    Free
  • Proctor Farmers’ Market

    Proctor District N 27th St & N Proctor St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Tacoma's only year-round farmers market sets up every Saturday in the Proctor District through Dec. 19. Shoppers come from across the city for local vegetables and flowers, meat and seafood, […]

    Free