• Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

    Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium 5400 N Pearl St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    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…

  • Christmas Festival of Lights at The Grotto

    The Grotto (National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother) 8840 NE Skidmore St, Portland, OR, United States

    The Grotto's wooded sanctuary in Northeast Portland turns into a quarter-mile walk of lights each evening from November 27 to December 30. The music is the…

    $8.95 – $19.95
  • Winter Wonderland at Portland International Raceway

    Portland International Raceway 1940 N Victory Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

    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
  • Snowflake Lane at The Bellevue Collection

    Bellevue Way between Bellevue Square and Lincoln Square Bellevue Way NE from NE 4th St to NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    Every night at 7 p.m. from the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, Bellevue Way between NE 4th and NE 8th turns into a short holiday…

    Free
  • Garden d’Lights

    Bellevue Botanical Garden 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    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
  • Portland’s Public Menorah at The Square

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

    Chabad Center for Jewish Life lights Portland's public menorah in Pioneer Courthouse Square across Hanukkah, from Friday, December 4, through Sunday, December 13. The gathering runs…

  • Redmond Lights

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

    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
  • 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
  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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
  • International Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker

    Meydenbauer Center Theatre 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    If McCaw Hall feels far from the Eastside, Bellevue's own Nutcracker plays the Meydenbauer Center Theatre for two weeks before Christmas. International Ballet Theatre roots its…