Norwescon features 200 vendors, panelists, events, game playing, dances, and a masquerade contest at DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport, 18740 International Blvd. in SeaTac.
Billed as the world’s largest comedy/variety festival, Moisture Festival presents 30 shows, mostly at Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway in Seattle. Friday shows are for age 18+.
Anime is a style of Japanese film and TV animation featured at Sakura-Con, plus gaming, cosplay, cultural panels, dances, concerts, exhibits, and industry guests at Seattle Convention Center, 705 Pike St. in Seattle.
Wear bunny ears or a costume, and then hop from bar to bar during BunnyCon. Your ticket includes a wristband, live entertainment, and drink specials for age 21+.
Entertaining for both parents and children, The Brian Waite Band combines musical theater, imaginative storytelling, laughs, and original rock ‘n roll songs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave. in Seattle. Check out the free tickets for age 22 and younger.
Hear seven of Seattle’s “most innovative comics” tell their best jokes at Undisputable Champions of Comedy at Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave. in Seattle for age 21+.
The $70 Princess Angeline Spring Tea usually features a speaker plus “tea and light refreshments” at the Duwamish Longhouse, 4705 W Marginal Way SW in Seattle. Princess Angeline was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle. No children or pets.
Billed as the state’s only Easter parade, Snohomish Easter Parade includes floats, bands, kids, and pets on First Street in Snohomish, followed by an Easter bonnet contest.
The Grand Floral Parade includes daffodil-covered floats, marching bands, clowns, and pirates that travel through Tacoma (10:15 a.m.), Puyallup (12:45 p.m.), Sumner (2:30 p.m.), and Orting (5 p.m.). It’s the highlight of the Daffodil Festival.
Originally written for piano, Canto Ostinato is a big hit in the Netherlands, performed by six artists at Emerald City Music, 415 Westlake Ave. N in Seattle. Repeats in Olympia.
Madame Butterfly begins as a love story and becomes a tragedy when a young Japanese woman is abandoned by her American naval officer husband, at Meydenbauer Center, 11000 NE 6th St. in Bellevue. The music is played by Bellevue Symphony.
See vendors of radio controlled cars, airplanes, boats, robots, and trains at the $10 NW Model Hobby Expo at Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE in Monroe. Try it yourself, and learn about clubs. Kids age 10 and younger are free. Parking free Fri. & Sun.
Celebrate the first man to orbit the earth in 1961 at $65 Yuri’s Night, a space-themed spectacle that transforms the Museum of Flight into an intergalactic nightclub for age 21+ with electronic DJ music, lighted art, drinks, and food trucks at 9404 E Marginal Way S in Seattle. Costumes are welcome.
Your ticket to Navruz Celebration includes a Central Asian meal, dance performances, a fashion show, and a children’s area in the 9000 Building at Shoreline Community College, 16101 Greenwood Ave. N in Shoreline.
Visit Burien shops that host wine tasting with a $53 ticket to Burien Uncorked for age 21+. Begin at Discover Burien, 611 SW 152nd St. in Burien. Held in April and August.
A $34 ticket to Downtown Kent Wine Walk usually includes 10 tokens for adults to taste beer and cider plus food samples inside shops with live music in Old Town Kent, beginning at Kent Downtown Partnership, 202 W Gowe St. in Kent. Bring age 21+ ID. Held April & Oct.
Shop from 250 vendors of vintage and modern toys, comics, and collectibles at the Washington State Toy Show at Angel of the Winds Arena, 2000 Hewitt Ave. in Everett. The first hour costs more. Children age 12 and younger are free.
Cascadia Spring Tea Festival features local vendors, tea tasting (bring your own cup), tea arts and crafts, and workshops at Floral Hall, 802 E Mukilteo Blvd. in Everett.
The Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival celebrates Seattle’s friendship with Japan and Japan’s gift of 1000 cherry trees in 1976. Enjoy Japanese art, dance, music, martial arts, and food in the Armory, at Fisher Pavilion, and on Fisher Stage at Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St. in Seattle.
Best of the Northwest Spring show has 100 artists displaying jewelry, clothing, paintings, glass art, and sculptures plus food trucks in Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park, 6310 NE 74th St. in Seattle. Children age 12 and younger are free. No pets. Repeats in Nov.
Welcome the Whales honors Orca whales that return every spring with costume making (Sat. 11 a.m.), a parade & beach ceremony (Sat. 2 p.m.), a $16 gray whale documentary (Sun. 11 a.m.), and a two-hour boat trip for $120 (Sun. 3 to 5 p.m.).
The Big Taste includes 10 tastes of wine, beer, cider, or spirits, with live music and food for sale at Block 41, 115 Bell St. in Seattle. Bring age 21+ ID. Tickets are $60.
Seattle Jazz Vespers features the five members of Deseo Carmin playing “a fiery fusion of Latin rhythms, soulful jazz/funk grooves, and the passionate spirit of flamenco” at Seattle First Baptist, 1111 Harvard Ave. in Seattle. Parking.
Meet dozens of Pacific Northwest artists, see their art that features birds, eat complimentary appetizers, buy drinks at the bar, and hear live music during Meet the Artists Reception at Lynnwood Event Center, 3711 196th St. SW in Lynnwood. The exhibition is open through June 22, 2026.
Dancing with the Stars Live features the TV show’s fan favorites and professional dancers performing dances that range from ballroom and jazz to modern and hip-hop at WaMu Theater, 800 Occidental Ave. S in Seattle.
The Totally ‘80s Sing Along projects 30 music videos with subtitles on screen so you can sing along to Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Billy Idol, George Michael, Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, and David Bowie at Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave. in Seattle. To buy a $17 ticket, click “8:00” on their page, and then “Continue As Guest.”
Cornish College of the Arts showcases the work of its Bachelor of Fine Arts students at the Art BFA Showcase at 9th Ave Gallery, 2014 9th Ave. in Seattle.
A dancer dreams of visiting Jazzland, a surreal world pulsing with rhythm and soul, in $56 She’s Got Rhythm. The show is performed by Sister Kate Dance Company, with a singer and an 11-piece jazz ensemble at Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway in Seattle.
Les Misérables is the Broadway revival of the popular musical, which “tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption” at The Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St. in Seattle.
Pacific Northwest Ballet performs the Romance-period ballet Giselle, an “ethereal, haunting, and tender masterpiece” about love beyond the grave, at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. in Seattle. Synopsis.
Social Justice Film Festival showcases “fresh voices and brave storytelling that demonstrate courage in action” by resilient people around the world at Pacific Tower, 1200 12th Ave. S in Seattle. Some films are followed by discussions.
Take a rollicking trip back to the 1950s with the cast of Grease as they navigate the social waters of high school and love at Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N in Issaquah. Repeats later in Everett.
April 16 — A Southern family deals with an inheritance in Appropriate at Seattle Rep.
April 16 — Mary Jane is her son’s caregiver and an organizer of women, at Seattle Rep.
April 16 — Steel Magnolias features women in a Louisiana beauty salon, in Renton.
April 16 — Walden is a three-person drama about humanity’s future at Arts West.
April 17 — Hitchcock murder mystery The 39 Steps has 150 characters in Federal Way.
April 17 — The hero Robin Hood fights for justice at Seattle Children’s Theatre
April 17 — Silver Lining is a comedy set in a retirement home, at Phoenix in Edmonds.
April 17 — Set in New York, Sweet Charity is a high-energy 1960s musical in Tacoma.
Underground tour
April 16 - Aug. 31, 2026
(began this month on April 14)
Pioneer Square (0.8 miles S)
Step beneath modern Seattle to explore the original street level, which was buried after The Great Fire of 1889. Your $30 Underground History Tour begins at Beneath the Streets, 102 Cherry St. in Seattle.
The $10 Square Dance has a live band and a caller to instruct beginners at Urban Family Brewing, 1103 NW 52nd St. in Seattle. Children younger than age 18 are free.
Long Beach Razor Clam Festival has seafood, a beer & wine garden, vendors, live music, and clam digging lessons, mostly at Veteran's Field, 111 3rd St. SE in Long Beach.
Admire and shop for a variety of house plants (begonia, orchid, cactus, succulent, carnivorous, and African violet) and attend classes at the Spring Indoor Plant Festival at Lynnwood Event Center, 3711 196th St. SW in Lynnwood. Children younger than age 15 are free. Friday is a $50 evening party.
Spring Fair features farm animals, pig races, performing dogs, fair food, rides, entertainers, demolition derbies, and a kids’ zone at Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW in Puyallup. Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Enjoy brunch or dinner at your own private table, with a beverage upon boarding and a two-hour guided cruise on Lake Union & Lake Washington. Departs from Waterways Cruises, 901 Fairview Ave. N in Seattle.
Cadence: Video Poetry Festival is “a series of screenings, workshops, and discussions on the genre of video poetry” with works from multiple countries at two venues. Schedule.
Beer Run is a 5K fun run that includes a beer, door prizes, live music, food trucks, and local vendors. Repeats at different breweries all summer. This one is $47 at Elysian Capitol Hill Brewery, 1221 E Pike St. in Seattle.
Lure of the Deep: Fantasy Ball features dinner, a performance by Syrena Seattle, swing and bachata dance classes, a DJ, an orchestra, and a no-host bar at Polish Cultural Center, 1714 18th Ave. in Seattle for age 21+. Tickets are $85, or $55 for younger than age 25.
Monthly Columbia City Night Market has 8 food trucks, 20 makers and vendors, live music, and a beer garden on 37th Avenue S. (from S. Ferdinand to S. Edmunds). Walk 10 minutes from Columbia City rail station to 4850 37th Ave. S in Seattle.
Watch Rat City Roller Derby play exciting games at 3:30 & 6 p.m., with snacks for sale and a beer garden at Hangar 30 in Magnuson Park, 6310 NE 74th St. in Seattle. Doors open 2 p.m.
Shoreline Short Short Film Festival screens a dozen films that are 3 to 13 minutes long and made by local emerging and developing filmmakers, with concessions for sale at Shoreline Community College, 16101 Greenwood Ave. N in Shoreline. Vote for your favorite film to determine who gets a golden Sasquatch statue.
Watch the women of Jet City Roller Derby play exciting games at 5 & 7 p.m., and visit the beer garden at Edmonds Community College in Seaview Gym, 200th St. SW in Lynnwood. Doors open at 4 p.m.
Meet local distillers, sample eight of their products, buy food, hear music, and order cocktails at $42 Snohomish on the Rocks at Thomas Family Farm, 9010 Marsh Road in Snohomish. Bring age 21+ ID.
Watch Tilted Thunder play two games, with food and beverages for sale at Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE in Monroe. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Watch crabs race and eat crab at the World Class Crab Races and Crab Feed inside a tent in the parking lot at Westport Convention Center, 421 Neddie Rose Drive in Westport. There is also a crab catching derby with prizes.
“Explore art, philosophy, and technology as tools for resistance and optimism” during Night of Ideas, a program that “examines the legacy of the Enlightenment against modern challenges like the climate crisis and the erosion of democratic values.”
Sat. (5 p.m.) — Keynote address, visual art, and panel discussion at Town Hall Seattle.
Sun. (2 p.m.) — Hands-on art workshops and discussions at Gage Academy of Art.
Children from around the world dance, sing, play music, make origami, and get faces painted at the International Children’s Friendship Festival in Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St. in Seattle. See the schedule of performances.
Pop Cats celebrates cats and pop culture with artwork, adoptable cats, speakers, workshops, and vendors at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer St. in Seattle. Children younger than age 4 are free. You can bring your cat.
Watch juried selections of films from around the world at Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival at SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave. N in Seattle. Sunday films are made by young filmmakers. See content warning for the second half of Saturday and all day Sunday.
See unusual creations by 100 artists and crafters at Oddmall Emporium of the Weird, and visit the food trucks at Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE in Monroe. Free admission and parking. Held in March and November.
See a live dance performance, watch a video of another performance, network, and enjoy Korean–Southern fusion refreshments during O-Jak Watch Party at Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave. in Seattle.
Hear short talks by passionate speakers during TEDxUofW at the University of Washington in Kane Hall, 4069 Spokane Lane in Seattle. This year’s theme is about memories: “imprints we leave on the world and those the world leaves on us.”
Watch decorated boats in the Daffodil Marine Festival and Parade, which departs from Tacoma Yacht Club, 5401 Yacht Club Road in Tacoma. The boats go southeast along Ruston Way and then into Thea Foss Waterway near downtown Tacoma before turning around and returning by 2:30 p.m.
Get a special deal at 220 restaurants (from Seattle to Issaquah, and Edmonds to Rainier Beach) during Seattle Restaurant Week. To see a restaurant’s specials, scroll down the page and click its name. Held in the spring and fall.
Watch hot glass demonstrations, meet the artists, take a tour of the campus founded by Dale Chihuly, and shop for glass art during Spring Tours at Pilchuk Glass School, 1201 316th St. NW in Stanwood. [Click all of the ticket buttons to see all available timeslots.]
Brew Review is a $30 fundraiser for Unemployment Law Project offering beer, cider, wine, games, and music at Rough & Tumble Pub, 5309 22nd Ave. NW in Seattle. Your ticket includes some food and two drinks. Free for children age 12 and younger.
Seattle/King County Clinic gives dental, vision, and medical care to anyone (no identification necessary) at Seattle Center. The first tickets are distributed at 5:30 a.m. in Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St. in Seattle. Free parking in Mercer Street Garage, 650 3rd Ave North.
Washington State Apple Blossom Festival in Eastern Washington has entertainment, food vendors, a beer garden, carnival rides, an arts & crafts fair, a car parade (Fri. 6 p.m.), a car show (Sat.), and a grand parade (Sat. 11 a.m.) in and around Memorial Park, 2 S. Chelan Ave. in Wenatchee. Schedule.
The $72 Abba Night begins with a DJ playing Abba and Euro pop music, followed by Seattle tribute band Abbagrahics performing live on the dance floor, with Nordic food for sale at The Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Ave. N in Seattle for age 21+.
The $39 Downtown Issaquah Wine & Art Walk includes 12 tasting tokens to redeem at shops along picturesque Front Street. VIP at Capri Cellars. General admission at Downtown Issaquah Association, 232 Front St. N in Issaquah for age 21+. Bring your own glass. Held several times a year.
Enjoy an appetizer as you watch a professional chef prepare a meal, and then get “substantial tastes” at classes offered by Hot Stove Society in Hotel Andra, 2000 4th Ave. in Seattle.
The dance company MOMIX “creates surreal and fantastic worlds with light, shadow, props and the human body” in Alice at Meany Center for the Performing Arts, 4040 George Washington Lane NE in Seattle.
Admire art Friday evening and Saturday at Olympia Arts Walk. Join a luminary procession (Fri. 8:30 p.m.). Watch people parade in animal costumes in the Procession of the Species (Sat. 4:30 p.m.). Both processions go past Sylvester Park, 615 Washington St. SE in Olympia. Street parking is free after 5 p.m. and on weekends.
Emerald Cup is a bodybuilding, fitness, figure, bikini, and physique championship with health-industry vendors at Meydenbauer Center, 11000 NE 6th St. in Bellevue.
Evergreen Home Show promises 200 booths of “specialized local businesses ready to help you customize, update, or even design, the home you have always wanted” at Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE in Monroe. Held in spring and fall.
Victorian Heritage Festival has walking tours, teas, opening houses, a Saturday Victorian fashion show, and a contra dance. Festival headquarters is in the Cotton Building, 607 Water St. in Port Townsend.
Register online for the self-guided Northwest Green Home Tour to see 10 solar-powered, energy-efficient, or sustainably built homes. An additional three homes in remote areas are available on Sunday.
Spirits tasting
April 25, 2026 (12 to 7 p.m.)
Downtown (0.2 miles E)
The highlight of Seattle Cocktail Week is the $69 Carnival of Cocktails, where adults can watch cocktail demonstrations, shop at food trucks, and use 12 tokens to taste spirits or mini cocktails at Pacific Place, 600 Pine St. in Seattle.
The $21 Pancakes & Booze Art Show is a traveling exhibition by 70 artists, with pancakes included, DJ music, live body painting, and a bar at El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E in Seattle for age 21+.
Dance the night away at $105 Venice is Sinking Masquerade Ball, which has a Venetian theme, acrobats, psychics, and a magician at Nippon Kan Theatre , 628 S Washington St. in Seattle for age 21+. A decorative mask is required.
Visit local shops to taste wine from 18 wineries during $40 Vino in the Village. Start by picking up your wine glass at Modeles Home Furnishings, 3220 W McGraw St. in Seattle. Also held in September.
See electric cars, touch a utility truck, watch a high-voltage electricity show, find out about solar energy, and shop at food trucks during Energy Block Party at PUD Auditorium Theater, 2320 California St. in Everett.
Head to the mountains to hear live jazz during North Bend Jazz Walk in 18 venues centered around North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. in North Bend. A few venues are for age 21+. The first two hours are high school jazz bands.
Billed as the largest children’s parade in the state, the Junior Daffodil Parade is four blocks long, beginning at N Proctor St. & N 28th St. in Tacoma.
Hear a choir singing “French language songs from all the Francophone countries (France, Québec, Switzerland, Belgium, the Caribbean, and West Africa) during Fête de la Musique
Fri. — Trinity Lutheran Church
Sat. — New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Student acrobats
April 25 - 26, 2026
SoDo (2.8 miles S)
Watch teenagers from the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts act out a creative circus story as they unicycle, juggle, and fly through the air during Circus Gone Wrong: The Case of the Missing Props at Emerald City Trapeze Arts, 2702 6th Ave. S in Seattle.
Children can touch and explore heavy machinery and emergency vehicles, talk to the drivers, and play games at Touch a Truck in Parking Lot E1, just south of University of Washington Golf Range off Montlake Blvd. NE in Seattle. Paid parking in E18. Children younger than age 2 are free. Food trucks available. No pets.
Dig up fossils, see exhibits, and talk to paleontologists about dinosaurs during DinoFest at The Burke Museum, 4300 15th Ave. NE in Seattle. Buy tickets online to reserve an entry time.
Mead is a fermented drink made with honey. A ticket includes 6 tastes of Washington meads (2.5 ounces each) with snacks for sale at the $45 Spring Mead Festival at Skål Beer Hall, 5429 Ballard Ave. NW in Seattle for age 21+. No pets. Repeats several times a year.
A $100 ticket to Chowder Social includes “a hosted social hour, dinner with a variety of chowders and salads, silent and live auctions, and a dessert dash” at Foss Waterway Seaport Museum, 705 Dock St. in Tacoma for age 21+.
Run Like the Wind Running Festival includes running events (5K, 10K, 10 mile, kid’s dash), finish-line food, beer samples, a wildflower walk, and a windmill tour at Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility, 25901 Vantage Hwy in Ellensburg.
National Geographic Live presents scientists, photographers, filmmakers, and adventurers live on stage with amazing photos and video at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St. in Seattle. April is about urban wildlife.
Global Rhythms features Novalima, a group of four friends from Peru, playing Afro-Peruvian music at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave. in Seattle. See the free tickets for age 22 and younger.
A $51 ticket to the Wine Walk includes a glass and “12 wine pours from local wineries” in The Village at Totem Lake near the Cinemark, 12600 120th Ave. NE in Kirkland for age 21+.
Seattle Black Film Festival “features film screenings, hands-on workshops, panel discussions, and in-depth chats with filmmakers” at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave. S, Seattle.
See the latest recreational vehicles at Puyallup RV Show at Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW in Puyallup. Your children age 17 and younger are free. Wear sunscreen.
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