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4 events,
Pioneer Square's First Thursday has been the city's monthly gallery night for decades. Galleries, studios and a handful of other venues in the old brick blocks open their doors in the evening for new shows and openings, and the whole thing is free and self-guided. Pick up a free parking voucher at any participating gallery […]
Free
Lan Su's chrysanthemum festival opens with four evenings in Old Town's walled garden, lit by lanterns and lined with roughly 81 varieties of mums, including cascading waterfall displays from the horticulture team. Eighteen local floral artists and featured designer Toni Tibbits interpret this year's theme, Golden Blooms Upon Autumn Waters, and you can vote for […]
$32
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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 art in the Haub Family Collection, the Kent Monkman and Grafton Tyler Brown pairing before it closes Jan. 3, and the new Internet Speed show from Nov. 21. The […]
Free
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Since 1986, Pearl District galleries have kept their doors open late on the first Thursday of the month for openings, receptions and a chance to meet the artists. The walk clusters in the blocks around NW 9th Avenue between Burnside and Glisan, and it's a low-key way to see what Portland artists are making this […]
Free
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4 events,
Lakewood Theatre Company, now in its 74th season, stages the Irving Berlin musical about two song-and-dance men, a sister act and a Vermont inn that needs rescuing. Expect the title song, big tap numbers and a stage full of snow. Directed by Don Alder, it runs six weeks from early November to just before Christmas […] 
The season's first big indoor gift market fills two halls of the Expo Center in North Portland the weekend of November 6. Local artisans and small brands sell handmade goods, gifts and treats, with holiday entertainment and food to keep you going between aisles. It's an early start on the list, well before the December […]
$13 – $14
Portland Opera opens its season's big stage with Verdi's La Traviata, the story of Violetta, a woman who chooses love and her own terms over polite society's verdict, and pays for it. It's one of the most beloved operas ever written, packed with tunes you'll recognize, and an ideal first opera if you've been meaning […] |
15 events,
Every November, the Green Seattle Partnership kicks off planting season with a week of volunteer work parties in parks and natural areas across the city. No experience is needed and the events are family-friendly and open to all ages. EarthCorps hosts two of them: Saturday, Nov. 7, pulling ivy and blackberry from the urban forest […]
Free
Verdi's Requiem is one of the most dramatic pieces in the choral repertoire, all thunderous brass and whispered prayers, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens its November with it. The Portland Symphonic Choir joins the orchestra under Ken Selden for two performances at Skyview Concert Hall. It's a big, emotional sing for early November and […]
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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 the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Free
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Beaverton's Saturday market wraps its main season on November 21, filling the west lot of the Beaverton City Library on SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd and 5th. The last three Saturdays bring the late-fall Tualatin Valley harvest to the table, along with the bakers and food makers people lean on for Thanksgiving week. Morning hours […]
Free
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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 and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
Free
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14 events,
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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 farms. In winter the stalls lean toward storage crops, meat, eggs and baked goods, with makers' tables mixed in, and the market runs from NW Market Street down to […]
Free
-
Southwest Portland's Sunday market, now set up in the Rieke Elementary parking lot on SW Vermont, runs every week until Thanksgiving before switching to a twice-a-month winter schedule. It draws a loyal crowd from Hillsdale, Multnomah Village and the surrounding hills, and the three Sundays before the holiday are the best chance to stock up […]
Free
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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 of it as a neighborhood shop more than a destination: farm produce, meat, eggs and bread, with the Junction's coffee shops and bookstores a few steps away. Nov. 8 […]
Free
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3 events,
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Seattle's biggest recurring tech meetup has gathered founders, developers, recruiters, investors and the tech-curious every month since 2013. The format is friendly and fast: an hour of block-party-style networking with appetizers and a cash bar, then a run of eight-minute presentations from local founders and community leaders, each followed by a few minutes of questions. […]
$20 – $27
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4 events,
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On the second Thursday of each month, galleries, boutiques, bars and cafes across Capitol Hill hang new work and stay open late, from about 5 to 8 p.m. It's looser and younger than the downtown walks: as likely to mean a photo show in a coffee shop or a pop-up in a vintage store as […]
Free
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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 art in the Haub Family Collection, the Kent Monkman and Grafton Tyler Brown pairing before it closes Jan. 3, and the new Internet Speed show from Nov. 21. The […]
Free
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4 events,
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 a backdrop. Skate rental is included in every ticket. Regular sessions are $16, rising to $22 on weekends and $24 over the winter break from Dec. 18 to Jan. […]
$12 – $24
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. It runs from mid-November well past the holidays, into mid-January, which makes it one of the few big light shows still glowing after New Year's. Gates open at 4 […] |
17 events,
The Hmong Association of Washington closes Seattle Center's year of free cultural festivals with its New Year, which marks the end of the harvest and gives thanks to ancestors. It's the biggest celebration on the Hmong calendar, and the Armory fills with families in intricately embroidered clothing and silver jewelry, traditional dance and music, and […]
Free
Tacoma Arts Month closes with a two-day market in the cavernous 1909 Tacoma Armory, where more than 100 local artists sell fine art, ceramics, fiber, jewelry and handmade goods. Now in its sixth year at the Armory, the market makes an early start on holiday shopping that keeps the money in Tacoma studios. Food vendors […]
Free
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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 the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Free
-
Beaverton's Saturday market wraps its main season on November 21, filling the west lot of the Beaverton City Library on SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd and 5th. The last three Saturdays bring the late-fall Tualatin Valley harvest to the table, along with the bakers and food makers people lean on for Thanksgiving week. Morning hours […]
Free
-
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 and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
Free
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14 events,
Portland Center Stage counter-programs the season of goodwill with a brand-new production of the cult musical about a shy florist and the bloodthirsty plant that makes him famous. Chip Miller directs the doo-wop score and dark comedy on the Main Stage at The Armory, the company's historic home in the Pearl. It runs through Christmas […]
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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 farms. In winter the stalls lean toward storage crops, meat, eggs and baked goods, with makers' tables mixed in, and the market runs from NW Market Street down to […]
Free
-
Southwest Portland's Sunday market, now set up in the Rieke Elementary parking lot on SW Vermont, runs every week until Thanksgiving before switching to a twice-a-month winter schedule. It draws a loyal crowd from Hillsdale, Multnomah Village and the surrounding hills, and the three Sundays before the holiday are the best chance to stock up […]
Free
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The King neighborhood's Sunday market closes for the year on November 22, so its last three Sundays are a good reason to wander over before Thanksgiving. About 30 regional farmers and food makers set up in the lot beside King Elementary at NE 7th and Wygant, between Alberta and Prescott. It's compact and walkable, with […]
Free
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6 events,
The 2024 Tony winner for Best Musical brings S.E. Hinton's Greasers and Socs to the Keller for 11 performances over Thanksgiving week. Adapted from the novel and Francis Ford Coppola's film, it follows Ponyboy Curtis and his friends in 1967 Tulsa, and it's a strong pick for teenagers who read the book in school. Accessible […]
$85.05
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The Greater Vancouver Chamber's monthly after-work mixer moves to a different member business each time, so you get a look behind the scenes along with the handshakes. It's a relaxed, two-hour drop-in rather than a structured program, which suits newcomers to Clark County's business community. November's edition is hosted by U.S. Bank on the 17th, […] |
6 events,
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Every November, several hundred Eastside business leaders start a workday at the Hyatt Regency to hear where the economy is headed. Bank of America's Joe Quinlan, keynote speaker every year since 2007, covers growth, rates, markets and trade for 2027, and UW Foster School economist Thomas Gilbert brings it home with jobs, housing and what […] |
8 events,
For 32 years, architects have teamed with the Sheraton's chefs to build a village of six-foot gingerbread structures in the downtown hotel, each season built around a new theme you only learn when you visit. Last year's was a toy shop time machine. The display benefits Breakthrough T1D and type 1 diabetes research, and the […]
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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 art in the Haub Family Collection, the Kent Monkman and Grafton Tyler Brown pairing before it closes Jan. 3, and the new Internet Speed show from Nov. 21. The […]
Free
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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 doors for a walk where you can meet the artists in person. The whole walk fits comfortably into an evening on foot, with the ferry terminal and the water […]
Free
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10 events,
Seattle Center's South Fountain Lawn turns into a European-style Christmas village for five weeks, with wooden stalls from local and European vendors, a carousel, a walk-through tree, daily snow showers and Santa visits. The heated Alpen Haus inside Fisher Pavilion has tables for warming up with food and festive drinks. Tickets are timed and cheapest […]
$6.99 – $21.99
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 at 4:30 p.m. each night, with timed tickets sold online in advance and priced by date, so the Value Nights in late November, early December and January 3 are […]
$13 – $35
Renegade, which runs craft fairs in five cities, brings a holiday edition to Magnuson Park's Hangar 30 with more than 180 curated artists and makers. Gift hunters will find work from independent studios in a wide range of mediums, none of it mall-issue. Friday evening, 5 to 8 p.m., is the low-key time to shop […]
Free
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The Phinney market closed for the season in September, but it comes back for one evening the Friday before Thanksgiving. The upper lot at the Phinney Neighborhood Association fills with farmers and makers under strings of lights, with live music and a cooking demo from Caroline Wright. The timing is ideal for holiday-meal ingredients and […]
Free
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23 events,
Seattle sketch troupe The Habit settles the eternal argument about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie by turning it into a holiday stage parody. Expect 1980s jokes, soft-rock songs, Nerf gunfire and villains the theater promises are sassier than your in-laws. Village Theatre brings it to its Everett stage for nine days around Thanksgiving, […]
$27
From late October into early December, chum salmon, and a few coho, push up Piper's Creek in Carkeek Park to spawn, right inside city limits. The annual celebration on the Saturday before Thanksgiving is the best day to see them, with naturalists along the creek, family activities and Spanish translators on site. Parking at the […]
Free
A historic farm in north Clark County opens for a weekend of old-fashioned holiday cheer before Thanksgiving. Santa is in from 11 to 3 both days, there are themed photo spots for the family holiday card, and a full vendor market fills the grounds. Bring a nonperishable donation for the North County Community Food Bank […]
$4 – $6
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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 the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Free
-
Beaverton's Saturday market wraps its main season on November 21, filling the west lot of the Beaverton City Library on SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd and 5th. The last three Saturdays bring the late-fall Tualatin Valley harvest to the table, along with the bakers and food makers people lean on for Thanksgiving week. Morning hours […]
Free
-
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 and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
Free
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20 events,
Portland Playhouse's musical take on Dickens has become a King neighborhood holiday ritual, staged in the company's converted church on NE Prescott. This year director Cassie Greer brings a fresh perspective to Scrooge's night of memory and reckoning, with original music by Anna Lackaff and Rick Lombardo. It runs Tuesday through Sunday from November 22 […]
$5 – $71.95
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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 farms. In winter the stalls lean toward storage crops, meat, eggs and baked goods, with makers' tables mixed in, and the market runs from NW Market Street down to […]
Free
-
Southwest Portland's Sunday market, now set up in the Rieke Elementary parking lot on SW Vermont, runs every week until Thanksgiving before switching to a twice-a-month winter schedule. It draws a loyal crowd from Hillsdale, Multnomah Village and the surrounding hills, and the three Sundays before the holiday are the best chance to stock up […]
Free
-
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 of it as a neighborhood shop more than a destination: farm produce, meat, eggs and bread, with the Junction's coffee shops and bookstores a few steps away. Nov. 8 […]
Free
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10 events, |
10 events,
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Downtown's Wednesday market wrapped its regular season in October, then returns for one day on the eve of Thanksgiving. The annual Harvest Market sets up in Shemanski Park in the South Park Blocks, right where downtown office workers can duck out at lunch for the things that make or break the holiday table: bread, produce, […]
Free
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11 events,
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Thanksgiving morning in Washington Park: the Oregon Road Runners Club's 5K starts on SW Knights Boulevard between the zoo lot and the forestry center, winds toward the road down to the Rose Garden, and finishes at Elephant Plaza inside the Oregon Zoo. Waves go out at 7:30, and little ones get their own Tot Trot […]
$30 – $45
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Northwest VEG's Thanksgiving 5K is the relaxed, inclusive option: walkers, strollers and leashed dogs are all welcome on a new course that starts and finishes at OMSI on the east bank. There's a costume contest, plant-based snacks at the finish, and the registration fees support local farm animal sanctuaries. It starts at 9 a.m., late […]
$20 – $30
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24 events,
PNB's staging of George Balanchine's Nutcracker fills McCaw Hall from the day after Thanksgiving through Dec. 27, with the PNB Orchestra in the pit and a show that runs just over two hours, intermission included. Opening weekend adds lobby photo ops with Snowflakes and Mice and Almond Roca from Tacoma's Brown & Haley. Later dates […] 
Since 1949, a decorated Christmas Ship has sailed around Puget Sound and Lake Washington with a live choir on board, stopping off waterfront parks for 20-minute concerts piped to shore. You can ride the Spirit of Seattle itself, join the 21-and-over Follow Boat, or just show up at a beach with a thermos. Shore stops […] 
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 past more than a million lights, with a Christmas market, food, costumed characters, mini-golf, a light maze and train rides along the way. It runs […]
$16 – $35
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 daylight rides with scenery and the odd glimpse of wildlife; the later trains roll out at early dusk to show off the lights. Your ticket […]
$25 – $35
Seattle Center's five-week holiday program is mostly free and easy to drop into. The heart of it is the Winter Train & Village in the Armory, a late-19th-century-style model railway and village that's been a tradition for 50 years; kids can take a turn running the train. Saturdays at noon, carvers shape ice sculptures at […]
Free
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 and Japanese-inspired gifts, have them wrapped in furoshiki cloth, and leave with a take-home origami ornament. Seasonal teas and treats are on at the Umami Café, and garden tours […]
$22.50
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 Jan. 3, a nice reward after a round of holiday shopping on Pine Street. Rides are a suggested $4 donation that goes back into downtown parks, and if that […]
$4
The Vancouver Farmers Market moves indoors for Thanksgiving weekend, bringing 126 local makers, growers and small businesses under one roof at the Hilton downtown. It opens Friday afternoon, a few hours before the community tree lighting a block away in Esther Short Park, then runs Saturday and Sunday for Small Business Saturday shoppers. Local musicians […]
Free
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 show rather than an animal visit, since the exhibits close for the evening, so come for the lights, a hot drink and a loop of the grounds. Tickets are […] 
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 carload, so pile in the grandparents and cousins and tune the radio while you roll the course. Weeknights are cheaper and calmer than weekends or the December 16 to […]
$38 – $55
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 draw: school, church and civic choirs sing in the Chapel of Mary's acoustics, the Grotto Carolers perform at the bottom of each hour, and a puppet show plays in […]
$8.95 – $19.95
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 parade: toy drummers, dancers, lighted floats, music and machine-made snow drifting down over the crowd. With free admission and free parking in the Bellevue Collection garages, it makes an […]
Free
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Downtown's holiday season officially starts the day after Thanksgiving, back in a renovated Westlake Park after last year's move to Westlake Center during construction. From 11 a.m. there are craft tables, costumed characters and sweets for kids, and at 5 p.m. the giant tree and star are lit, followed right away by fireworks. Last year's […]
Free
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Santa arrives in Vancouver by river: he sails down the Columbia with an escort from the Christmas Ships, steps ashore at the waterfront's Terminal 1, then rides a parade of lighted vehicles up to Esther Short Park. The park program runs from 3:30 to 7 p.m. with music, entertainment and refreshments, rides on the Loci, […]
Free
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Downtown's holiday season officially starts the night after Thanksgiving, when Santa flips the switch on the city tree in Pioneer Courthouse Square and nearly 10,000 colored lights come on. This is the 42nd year. Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale leads the community sing-along with local singers and choirs, so come ready to belt out the classics […] |
33 events,
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 past Snoqualmie Falls, and Santa visits every family on board. The two-hour North Pole Limited leaves North Bend for the museum's decorated Railway History Campus, […] 
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 a scavenger-hunt map for kids who want to find them all. Entry is by half-hour timed ticket, starting at 4:30 p.m. The first two weeks have $5 Monday-through-Thursday nights, […]
$5 – $10
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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 the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Free
-
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 and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
Free
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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, artisan foods, beer and cider, and prepared food, usually with a local musician playing and plenty of dogs to watch. The surrounding blocks are full […]
Free
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29 events,
The Sunday after Thanksgiving belongs to Seattle's hometown marathon, now the UW Medicine Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon. Thousands of runners and walkers work off the holiday meal on a course through downtown and along the water, with a finish on the waterfront. Even if you aren't registered, it's a fun morning to stand on […]
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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 farms. In winter the stalls lean toward storage crops, meat, eggs and baked goods, with makers' tables mixed in, and the market runs from NW Market Street down to […]
Free
-
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 of it as a neighborhood shop more than a destination: farm produce, meat, eggs and bread, with the Junction's coffee shops and bookstores a few steps away. Nov. 8 […]
Free
-
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 the Fremont Bridge location, which is heated, with a second covered spot on 34th next to the market's own Sundays Coffee. Expect a mix of vintage and flea finds, […]
Free
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17 events, |
17 events, |
17 events, |
22 events,
Pioneer Square's First Thursday has been the city's monthly gallery night for decades. Galleries, studios and a handful of other venues in the old brick blocks open their doors in the evening for new shows and openings, and the whole thing is free and self-guided. Pick up a free parking voucher at any participating gallery […]
Free
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Before the 2027 session opens in Olympia, Snohomish County's main business alliance gathers employers, elected officials and community partners in Everett to talk through the county's priorities. Treat it as a working morning rather than a gala: a chance to hear directly from legislators and meet the people shaping county policy. Presented by Boeing with […]
$60
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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 art in the Haub Family Collection, the Kent Monkman and Grafton Tyler Brown pairing before it closes Jan. 3, and the new Internet Speed show from Nov. 21. The […]
Free
-
Since 1986, Pearl District galleries have kept their doors open late on the first Thursday of the month for openings, receptions and a chance to meet the artists. The walk clusters in the blocks around NW 9th Avenue between Burnside and Glisan, and it's a low-key way to see what Portland artists are making this […]
Free
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23 events,
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 past more than a million lights, with a Christmas market, food, costumed characters, mini-golf, a light maze and train rides along the way. It runs […]
$16 – $35
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 past Snoqualmie Falls, and Santa visits every family on board. The two-hour North Pole Limited leaves North Bend for the museum's decorated Railway History Campus, […]
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 daylight rides with scenery and the odd glimpse of wildlife; the later trains roll out at early dusk to show off the lights. Your ticket […]
$25 – $35
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 and Japanese-inspired gifts, have them wrapped in furoshiki cloth, and leave with a take-home origami ornament. Seasonal teas and treats are on at the Umami Café, and garden tours […]
$22.50
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 late afternoon into early evening, right as downtown workers head home, and it brings a different kind of light to the city's living room during its busiest month. Bring […] 
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 Willamette fleet leaves RiverPlace Marina for runs toward Johns Landing, the Fremont Bridge or Milwaukie; the Columbia fleet works from the M. James Gleason Boat […]
Free
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37 events,
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 runs 18 performances between December 5 and Christmas Eve, including audio-described shows on December 5, 13 and 21. Families with young kids or neurodiverse members […] 
Seattle's biggest indie craft show fills Seattle Center's Exhibition Hall with hundreds of makers the first weekend of December, and at least 30 percent of the vendors are new every show. Admission is free. The first 100 people through the door each day get a swag bag, and the line for them can start well […]
Free
A curated maker market that runs across three December weekends in Northwest Portland, with more than 200 makers rotating through over the season. Because the lineup shifts weekend to weekend, it rewards a second visit: ceramics, apparel, jewelry, home goods and small-batch food from independent Portland-area brands. Entry is free and all ages are welcome. […]
Free
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 Park. This year's pieces include Ai-Chun Huang's walk-through woven mountains, an interactive infinity mirror, a glowing pop-art salute to Redmond and a light piece driven by the city's streams […]
Free
Conductor and orchestrator Charles Floyd brings the Northwest Community Gospel Chorus together with the Oregon Symphony for a holiday concert built on big voices and soaring harmonies. It's part of the symphony's Sounds Like Portland festival, featuring some of the region's top gospel singers, and it's the warmest, most joyful of the season's orchestral shows. […]
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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 the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Free
-
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 and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
Free
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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 building that houses the museum. Farmers, bakers and specialty food producers set up next to artisans selling handcrafted gifts and artwork, and holiday greenery is […]
Free
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32 events,
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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 farms. In winter the stalls lean toward storage crops, meat, eggs and baked goods, with makers' tables mixed in, and the market runs from NW Market Street down to […]
Free
-
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 of it as a neighborhood shop more than a destination: farm produce, meat, eggs and bread, with the Junction's coffee shops and bookstores a few steps away. Nov. 8 […]
Free
-
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 the Fremont Bridge location, which is heated, with a second covered spot on 34th next to the market's own Sundays Coffee. Expect a mix of vintage and flea finds, […]
Free
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