• 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 after-work stop on a […]

    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 here: the seasonal, once-a-year […]

  • 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 the story's old-fashioned magic. […]

  • 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
  • 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 whole flotilla cruises past […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • 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
  • Portland Farmers Market at PSU

    South Park Blocks, Portland State University SW Park Ave & SW Montgomery St (1803 SW Park Ave), Portland, OR, United States

    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 the summer crush, which […]

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  • Lake City Farmers Market (Fall Saturdays)

    Lake City Farmers Market NE 125th St & 28th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States

    Lake City's market switches from summer Thursday evenings to Saturday mornings in the fall, and it keeps going until Dec. 19, which makes it one of the few seasonal markets […]

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  • Vancouver Farmers Market (Downtown)

    Vancouver Farmers Market, next to Esther Short Park (8th & Esther) 605 Esther St, Vancouver, WA, United States

    Vancouver's downtown market stays open through the winter, shifting to a single Saturday session from 10 to 2 next to Esther Short Park. The cold-season lineup is smaller than summer's, […]

    Free