• 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
  • 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…

  • Holiday Weekends at Portland Japanese Garden

    Portland Japanese Garden 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    For three weekends starting the day after Thanksgiving, the Japanese Garden in Washington Park dresses for the season with traditional winter decorations. Visitors can shop Japanese…

    $22.50
  • Sips & S’mores at Bell Street Park

    Bell Street Park Bell St between 1st Ave and 5th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

    Belltown's shared street becomes a small holiday block party for an evening, with free hot drinks, sweet treats and s'mores, plus live music. It's an easy…

    Free
  • Portland Holiday Brew Fest

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

    More than 40 winter beers and ciders from around the region pour under the 75-foot city tree in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Holiday releases are the point…

  • Tacoma City Ballet: The Nutcracker

    Pantages Theater 901 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Tacoma City Ballet has danced The Nutcracker for 71 years, and its home is the 1918 Pantages Theater on Broadway, an ornate vaudeville house that suits…

  • 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
  • Christmas Ship Parade of Boats Viewing Party in Fremont

    Evanston Plaza Evanston Ave N & N 34th St, Seattle, WA, United States

    For the 11th Parade of Boats, privately owned boats strung with lights fall in around the Christmas Ship as it leaves Lake Union Park, and the…

    Free