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Lights in Redmond
December 6, 2014
15 miles NE
Redmond Lights starts with singers & dancers at city hall at 4 p.m. When the holiday lights go on at 5 p.m. follow 100 luminaries past choirs and performers to Redmond Town Center for activities & carols to 8 p.m.Ugly Sweater Run/Walk
December 6, 2014
15 miles east
Wear your ugliest sweater for the Ugly Sweater Run 5K and after-party at Marymoor Park in Redmond.Scandinavian Christmas
December 6, 2014
22 miles NW via Bainbridge ferry
Jule Fest is a free Scandinavian bazaar of arts and crafts, folk dancing, Vikings, Christmas tree lighting, a bonfire, a Lucia bride, and Santa Claus in Poulsbo.Charles Dickens festival
December 6, 2014
35 miles south
Dickens Festival at Stadium has street singers, a fun run, carriage rides, vendors, a luminary parade, and an evening dance in Tacoma’s Stadium District. Santa is at the conservatory. A Victorian concert is Sun.Tour artists’ studios
December 6 - 7, 2014 (preview Dec. 5)
Seattle locations
Shop from two-dozen artists in their studios making clothing, jewelry, glass, ceramics, prints, and more on Seattle Sampling Artists’ Studio Tour. Free.Craft show
December 6 - 7, 2014
1 mile NW
Shop for hand-crafted clothing, jewelry, toys, stationery, art, candles, housewares, and food at Urban Craft Uprising Winter Show in the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center. Repeats in July. Free.Phinney winter festival
December 6 - 7, 2014
5 miles north
The Winter Festival & Crafts Fair has 100+ arts and crafts vendors, musicians and dancers, and lunch and baked goods at Phinney Center.Santa Train
Dec. 6 - 20, 2014
36 miles east
The Northwest Railway Museum runs a popular 20-minute Santa Train from North Bend to the Snoqualmie Depot for cookies and a visit with Santa.Holiday concert
December 7, 2014
0.6 miles SE
Holiday Pops with the Lake Union Civic Orchestra includes a sing along to favorite songs and a visit from Santa at Town Hall Seattle.Sad songs
December 7, 2014
2 miles NW
The Saddest Holiday Concert Ever promises “the darkest, weepiest, most beautifully heartbreaking” songs of Christmas at Queen Anne Christian Church.Holiday exchange
December 7, 2014
5.5 miles NW
No money changes hands at the Holiday Party & Barter Fair. Instead bring things you cooked, made, or do as a service to trade at Ballard Alki Lodge. Free.South-end pops concert
December 7, 2014
23 miles south
Federal Way Symphony plays holiday favorites and classical music at Winter Wonders Holiday Concert at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Federal Way.Celtic Christmas
December 7 - 19, 2014
multiple cities
Celtic Yuletide is Irish music, dance, storytelling, juggling, and songs of the season in Bellevue, Kent, Leavenworth, Mt. Vernon, Tacoma, and Seattle.A cappella Christmas
December 8, 2014
0.5 miles south
Hear harmonious holiday vocals at Christmas with The King’s Singers at Benaroya Hall.Dance films
December 8 & 9 & 13, 2014
1.2 miles east
Next Dance Cinema features local and international dance on screen at Northwest Film Forum.Rock concert
December 9, 2014
1 mile NW
Deck the Hall Ball is an annual marathon concert that features popular bands at Key Arena, run by Seattle radio station KNDD 107.7 FM or “The End.”Bellevue concert
December 9, 2014
9 miles east
Brass Band Northwest plays Christmas and holiday music with guest singers at All I Want for Christmas at Bellevue Presbyterian. Donation.CityClub lunch
December 10, 2014
0.1 miles north
Hear local leaders discuss current events at Seattle CityClub’s Annual Year in Review at the Westin Hotel.Seattle jazz
December 11, 2014
1.5 miles NW
Hear the entire score of the holiday classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, preceded by cocktails at Cornish Playhouse at the Seattle Center.Tacoma jazz
December 11, 2014
38 miles south
Jazz vocalist Gail Pettis and her trio perform Christmas selections with a jazz ensemble at KPLU Christmas Jam at Pacific Luthern University. Free.Contemporary dance
December 12 - 14, 2014
1.2 miles east
Next Fest NW Performance is a contemporary dance series at Velocity Dance Center.Star Trek convention
December 12 - 14, 2014
11 miles east
Trekkies of the world unite for parties, contests, and celebrity visits at The Official Star Trek Convention at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.Nutcracker Ballet - north end
December 12 - 21, 2014
Everett & Edmonds
Olympic Ballet Theatre performs The Nutcracker.- Dec. 12 to 14 - Everett Performing Arts Center.
- Dec. 18 to 21 - Edmonds Center for the Arts.
Traditional carols
December 12 - 23, 2014
Seattle & Lynnwood
A Festival of Lessons & Carols is 9 holiday readings, each followed by a carol sung by Northwest Boychoir & Vocalpoint, plus a carol with audience participation.Christmas show
December 13 - 17, 2014
34 miles south
The Christmas Revels is a family-oriented celebration of the winter solstice. Expect music, dance, theater, song, and storytelling at Rialto Theater in Tacoma.Cathedral concert
December 13 & 19, 2014
2 miles NE
On Christmas Night starts with a family carol sing along, followed by pre-concert carols, and then a dozen holiday works in Saint Mark’s Cathedral.How to mix holiday drinks
December 14, 2014
0.5 miles NW
Learn how to make Holiday Drinks That Don’t Suck in this workshop, and get four cocktails at Rob Ray.Jingle Bell run/walk
December 14 & 24, 2014
Seattle and Tacoma
- Dec. 14 - Wear a costume or tie on bells for 5K Jingle Bell Run/Walk at Westlake Center, Seattle.
- Dec. 24 - Run or walk 3 miles at the Jingle Bell Run at Wright Park, Tacoma. Costume optional.
Dinosaur show
December 17 - 21, 2014
33 miles south
Watch 20 life-size dinosaurs moving and roaring on a prehistoric set with narration and music at Walking with Dinosaurs in the Tacoma Dome.Christmas concert
December 19, 2014
1 mile NW
The Spirit of Christmas features selections from Handel’s Messiah and carols sung by Lyric Opera Northwest at Sacred Heart near Seattle Center.Campy Christmas
December 19, 2014
11 miles NE
Holiday Late Night is billed as fierce, fabulous, and festive. It’s a campy evening of drag, satire, and holiday traditions turned on their heads at Kirkland Performance Center.Handel’s Messiah
December 19 - 21, 2014
0.5 mile south
Handel’s Messiah is a holiday tradition performed by the Seattle Symphony & Chorale at Benaroya Hall.Christmas jazz
December 20, 2014
0.6 miles SE
Sacred Music by Duke Ellington features the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, plus guest vocalists, a chorus, and a tap dancer at Town Hall Seattle.Affordable Nutcracker
December 20 - 21, 2014
11 miles east
The low-budget Nutcracker by Cornerstone Studio has a youthful cast that wows with breakdancing and acrobatics at Bellevue High School.Holiday show
December 20 - 21, 2014
11 miles NE
KPC’s Olde Time Holiday Show features a variety of singers, dancers, circus performers, illusionists, a pianist, an opera singer, and audience members at the Kirkland Performance Center.Model train festival
Dec. 21, 2014 – Jan. 1, 2015
33 miles south
See model train displays on all floors, and get a photo with Santa Dec. 21-23 at the Model Train Festival at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.Family theater
December 23 - 30, 2014 (begins in Nov.)
0.3 miles SE
A Christmas Story: The Musical is based on the movie about a boy’s Christmas wish in the 1930s at The 5th Avenue.New Year’s street show
December 26 - 31, 2014 (7 p.m.)
10 miles east
Celebration Lane is a 20-minute exuberant display of bright lights, rocking music, and drummers dancing with costumed characters on Bellevue Way. Free.New Year’s Eve restaurants
December 31, 2014
Seattle locations
Find a list of restaurants that offer special menus and celebrations for New Year’s Eve at OpenTable.New Year’s Eve for foodies
December 31, 2014 (sold out)
0.5 miles NW
Dress up and pay up to enjoy 8 innovative appetizers with chef introductions, drinks, champagne, and live music at The Best of 2014 NYE Party at Coterie Room.New Year’s Eve symphony
December 31, 2014
0.5 mile south
New Year’s Eve: Concert, Countdown & Celebration features classical music performed by the Seattle Symphony, a countdown with a live band, dancing, and a toast, at Benaroya Hall.New Year’s Eve at the Needle
December 31, 2014
1 mile NW
Put on a winter coat and head to Seattle Center for the West Coast’s best New Year’s Eve fireworks at midnight. The Space Needle is the tallest structure on earth that launches fireworks. Parties upstairs sell out early, but the view from the ground is free.New Year’s Eve at Chihuly
December 31, 2014 (sold out)
1 mile NW
New Year’s Eve pARTy includes appetizers & dessert, live music and dancing, a tour of the exhibits, and a champagne toast with a view of the Space Needle’s fireworks through the Glasshouse ceiling at Chihuly Garden and Glass at Seattle Center. Free parking.New Year’s Eve at EMP
December 31, 2014 (sold out)
1 mile NW
Indulgence is billed as Seattle’s biggest New Year’s Eve bash, with 3,000 guests, 3 performance stages, comedy, and dancing to live music at Experience Music Project, with museum access. Sells out.New Year’s Eve science
December 31, 2014
1 mile NW
SPECTRA 2015: New Year's Eve Under the Arches has aerial acts, fire sculptures, laser shows, dancing, appetizers, champagne, and a view of the Space Needle fireworks at Pacific Science Center, age 21+.New Year’s Eve film
December 31, 2014
1.4 miles NW
Watch the glamorous film with Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman at Moulin Rouge! New Year’s Eve Sing Along, including champagne at SIFF Cinema Uptown.New Year’s Eve party
December 31, 2014
1.5 miles south
Resolution is a massive celebration with 6,000 balloons, 500 pounds of confetti, aerial acrobatics, spectacular lighting effects, music, dancing, bars, at WaMu Theater. White and gold attire recommended.New Year’s Eve comedy
December 31, 2014 (sold out)
3.3 miles north
Blue Years Eve features bawdy adult comedy, a champagne toast at midnight, music, and dancing at ComedySportz in Fremont.New Year’s Eve in Fremont
December 31, 2014
4 miles north
Bonza Bash New Year’s Eve promises a night of glitz, glamour, celebration, and fun at Fremont Studios.New Year’s Eve show
Dec. 31, 2014 (online tickets sold out)
4 miles NW
New Year’s Eve Extravaganza is a variety show done by the Moisture Festival with midnight champagne and treats at Hale’s Ales Palladium.New Year’s Eve in Tacoma
December 31, 2014
33 miles south
First Night Tacoma fills the last day of the year with family friendly entertainment, including a short parade, fun run, music and dance shows, puppets, and a fiery midnight spectacle in downtown Tacoma.
Enjoy the best Seattle events, festivals, and things to do in December 2014 with this calendar of events.
Events are listed by starting date, and all dates are confirmed. Mileage is from Westlake Center in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Christmas tree festival
December 1 - 3, 2014 (begins Nov. 22)
0.5 mile south
View 21 designer trees in the lobby and driveway of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel during the annual Festival of Trees charity event. See schedule for gala, family celebration, and teddy bear suite. Free to view.Reindeer festival - Issaquah
December 1 - 23, 2014
14 miles east
Visit Cougar Mountain Zoo when it’s decorated like the North Pole to welcome Santa with his reindeer and sleigh during the Issaquah Reindeer Festival.Reindeer festival - Seattle
December 1 - 24, 2014 (begins Nov. 15)
7 miles NW
Visit live reindeer and watch model trains wind their way through a winter landscape during the Reindeer Festival at Swanson’s Nursery. Free.Bellevue street show
December 1 - 24, 2014 (begins Nov. 28)
10 miles east
Enjoy a 20-minute show of lights, music, falling snow, young dancers, and drummers in uniform every night on Snowflake Lane (Bellevue Way). Free.Christmas lights - Seattle zoo
Dec. 1 - 31, 2014 (Nov. 28 - Jan. 4)
5 miles north
WildLights has 500,000 lights in animal shapes, real reindeer, night creatures, a carousel, indoor play, and carolers at Woodland Park Zoo. Closed Dec. 24 & 25.Christmas lights - Bellevue
Dec. 1 - 31, 2014 (Nov. 29 - Jan. 3)
11 miles east
Enjoy zillions of colorful lights and displays at Garden d’Lights in Bellevue Botanical Garden. Sometimes a line on free nights.Christmas lights - Tacoma zoo
Dec. 1 - 31, 2014 (Nov. 28 - Jan. 4)
40 miles south
Bundle up to admire half a million holiday lights and displays at Zoolights in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo. Open every evening except December 24.Twilight Zone theater
December 2 - 20, 2014
0.5 mile east
Watch three episodes of Rod Serling’s sci-fi TV show live onstage when Theater Schmeater presents The Twilight Zone: Live on Capitol Hill. Begins Nov. 21.Classic Christmas play
December 2 - 28, 2014
Seattle & Redmond
A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ classic about Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Christmas ghosts.Victorian Christmas
December 3 - 7, 2014
37 miles south
A Victorian Country Christmas has 560 booths with vendors in Victorian costumes selling art, jewelry, decorations, clothing, and toys at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center.Christmas ships parade
December 3 - 23, 2014 (begins Nov. 28)
Lake Washington & Puget Sound
Ride onboard with the choir or listen from shore at a bonfire during Christmas Ship Festival. See schedule.Christmas concert
December 4 - 13, 2014
Seattle and Tacoma
PLU Christmas features the choir, chorale, and orchestra of Pacific Lutheran University at Benaroya Hall Dec. 4, and at PLU in Tacoma Dec. 13.Seattle Men’s Chorus
December 4 - 22, 2014 (begins Nov. 29)
Seattle, Tacoma, Everett
Our Gay Apparel features holiday songs at Benaroya Hall on Nov. 29, 30, and Dec. 12, 14, 21, 22, plus Tacoma on Dec. 4, and Everett on Dec. 20.Christmas plays
Dec. 4 - 24, 2014
Seattle, Edmonds, Renton
Christmas improv
December 4 - 27, 2014 (begins Nov. 28)
0.4 miles SW
Audience suggestions add hilarious twists to An Improvised Christmas Carol by Unexpected Productions at Pike Place Market.Caroling at Westlake
December 5, 2014
0 miles
Hear 40 caroling teams sing outside Westlake Center, and then vote for your favorite at Great Figgy Pudding Street Corner Caroling Competition or register teams.Beer festival
December 5 - 6, 2014
7 miles NE
Try winter beers from 50 Washington breweries with food truck cuisine at Winter Beer Fest at Hangar 30 in Magnuson Park, then vote for your favorites.Choral concert
December 5 & 7, 2014
Seattle & Kenmore
Kirkland Choral Society performs O Great Mystery in Seattle on Friday and Bastyr University on Saturday.Holiday burlesque
December 5-6 and 12-13, 2014
5 miles SE
The Best Burlesque Pageant Ever is an over-the-top adult comedy at Columbia City Theater.Bavarian Christmas
December 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 2014
117 miles east
Enjoy Christmas lights twinkling on snow, roasted chestnuts, sleigh rides, and caroling at the annual Leavenworth Christmas Lighting.Nutcracker ballet
December 5 - 28, 2014
1 mile NW
This is the last year for the Stowell & Sendak version of The Nutcracker, a holiday tradition for Seattle families and ballet lovers. It has a live orchestra, magnificent sets and costumes, and a huge cast in McCaw Hall at Seattle Center.Lights at Wild Waves
Dec. 5, 2014 - Jan. 4, 2015
25 miles south
See colorful displays with a million lights, and go on rides at Holiday with Lights in Federal Way.Classical Christmas concert
December 6, 2014
0.6 miles SE
European Christmas Potpourri features the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, a keyboardist, a soloist, and a pre-lecture at Town Hall Seattle.Drawing day
December 6, 2014
2 miles NE
Get creative with drawing materials, open studios, live models, live music, and food trucks at family-friendly Drawing Jam at Gage Academy of Art.Champagne tasting
December 6, 2014
4 miles north
Sample champagne and sparkling wine from 14 stations, with appetizers, at Champagne & Bubbles Extravaganza at Wine World and Spirits.Art for $100
December 6, 2014
5 miles south
Find affordable art from 50 artists, free crafts, DJ music, and food trucks at Art Under $100 at Seattle Design Center.