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…
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17 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…
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…
$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.…
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…
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…
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…
$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…
$13 – $35
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…
$5 – $71.95
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…
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…
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,…
Free
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…
$4
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…
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
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
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
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
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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…
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…
$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…
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…
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…
$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…
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
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
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…
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
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
Free
-
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…
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…
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…
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…
Free
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20 events,
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
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22 events,
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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…
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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…
$20 – $27
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
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20 events,
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
|
21 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…
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…
Free
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30 events,
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…
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
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'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…
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
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
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…
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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
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…
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
|
43 events,
Portland's long-running indie craft market takes over Hall D of the Oregon Convention Center with more than 250 artists, crafters and designers. This is where the…
Nordic Northwest's 42nd ScanFair brings a Scandinavian Christmas market to Halls A and A1 of the Oregon Convention Center, the same weekend Crafty Wonderland fills the…
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…
Free
Pioneer Square's tree-lined plaza gets a free pop-up ice rink for nine days in December, presented by Alaska Airlines, with loaner skates included. It's open noon…
Free
The Oregon Symphony's big family holiday show fills the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with seasonal favorites, sing-alongs and a visit from Santa. Conductor Sean O'Loughlin leads…
Clark County's own orchestra gets festive for a family-friendly holiday program under music director Ken Selden. The featured soloist is Noah Geller, concertmaster of the Seattle…
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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…
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…
Free
-
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…
Free
|
38 events,
-
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…
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…
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…
Free
|
20 events, |
22 events,
One block of Tudor-style houses in Southeast Portland has gone all-out for the holidays for generations, and the whole city still turns up to walk it.…
Free
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
|
23 events,
The Kinsey Sicks, the drag a cappella group billed as America's favorite beautyshop trio, have been skewering everything in sight for more than 30 years. Their…
$27
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
|
26 events,
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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…
Free
-
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
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
|
28 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…
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…
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
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
-
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
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
|
39 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…
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…
Free
-
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
-
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…
Free
-
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…
Free
|
36 events,
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Birds Connect Seattle, the former Seattle Audubon, has run the city's piece of North America's longest-running community science survey for more than 95 years. About 300…
Free
-
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…
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…
Free
|
22 events, |
22 events, |
23 events,
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The Christmas Ship season ends on Lake Union, and the last shoreline concert of the year lands at Gas Works Park. The final sailing's follow boats…
Free
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19 events,
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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…
Free
|
15 events, |
18 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…
$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…
$25 – $35
-
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…
Free
|
21 events,
-
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…
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…
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…
Free
|
14 events, |
13 events, |
14 events,
Ring out the year with Beethoven's Ninth, the symphony that ends with the Ode to Joy. Associate conductor Su-Han Yang leads the Oregon Symphony, four soloists… |
16 events,
Two big Northwest voices front the orchestra for New Year's Eve: Storm Large, the Portland singer known for her years with Pink Martini and her fearless…
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For families whose kids won't last until midnight, The Reser in downtown Beaverton rings in the new year at 11 a.m. DJ O.G.ONE, the Portland Trail…
$15.50 – $20.50
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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…
Free
|
9 events,
-
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…
Free
-
Portland Farmers Market's flagship keeps its Saturday rhythm all winter in the South Park Blocks on the Portland State campus. The winter market is smaller than…
Free
|
12 events,
-
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…
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…
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…
Free
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