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Whether your interests include music, dance, theatre, heritage, films or food, Seattle is your destination for festivals. We offer arts and cultural celebrations year round, with the biggest of all being the fabulous party that is Bumbershoot, the Labor Day weekend spectacular that features more than 2,500 visual and performing artists. Rolling Stone magazine named it one of the five best festivals in the U.S. And we’re justifiably proud of Seattle International Film Festival, the longest running, largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States.

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JANUARY
14/48: The World’s Quickest Theatre Festival
Festal - Tet Festival: Vietnamese Lunar New Year
Seattle Boat Show
 
FEBRUARY
Northwest Flower & Garden Show
Seattle Boat Show
Seattle Chamber Music Winter Festival
Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival 
 
MARCH
Best of the Northwest
Emerald City ComiCon
Festal - Irish Festival
Moisture Festival
Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Taste Washington
 
APRIL
Festal - Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
Moisture Festival
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
 
MAY
Festal - A Glimpse of China - Chinese Culture and Arts Festival
Festal - Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration
Festal -  Spirit of West Africa Festival
Northwest Folklife Festival
Opening Day of Boating Season
Seattle Cheese Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle Maritime Festival
Syttende Mai - Ballard
University District Street Fair
 
JUNE
14/48: The World’s Quickest Theatre Festival
Festal - Festival Sundiata: African-American Celebration
Festal - Iranian Celebration
Festal - Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival
Fremont Fair
Northwest New Works Festival
Olympic Music Festival
Pride Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon & Half Marathon
 
JULY
Ballard Seafoodfest
Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair
Bite of Seattle
Bon Odori
Capitol Hill Block Party
Chinatown-International District Summer Festival
DayBreak Star Indian Pow Wow
Festal - Bastille Day Celebration
Festal - Naturalization Ceremony
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Centrum
Jazz Port Townsend - Centrum
Kirkland Uncorked
Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival
Olympic Music Festival
One Reel 4th of July Festival
Pista sa Nayon  
SEAFAIR Milk Carton Derby
SEAFAIR Torchlight Parade
SEAFAIR Torchlight Run 
Seattle Chamber Music Festival
Seattle Outdoor Theatre Festival
Sequim Lavender Weekend
West Seattle Summer Festival
 
AUGUST
Chief Seattle Days
Hempfest
Festal - Brasilfest
Festal - Tibet Fest
Nordic Heritage Museum Viking Days
Olympic Music Festival
PAX
SEAFAIR Blue Angels Airshow
SEAFAIR Hydroplane Races
SEAFAIR Navy Fleet Arrival
Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance & Improvisation
Umoja Family Festival
 
SEPTEMBER
Bumbershoot
Decibel Festival
Festal - Italian Festival
Festal - Seattle Fiestas Patrias
Festal: Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival
Fremont Oktoberfest
Olympic Music Festival
Puyallup (Western Washington) Fair
Sequim Balloon Festival
 
OCTOBER
ArtsCrush
City Arts Fest
Earshot Jazz Festival
Festal - Arab Festival (alternate years)
Festal  - Croatiafest
Festal - Dia de Muertos
Festal - TurkFest
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
 
NOVEMBER
Best of the Northwest
Festal - Hmong New Year Celebration
 
DECEMBER
Argosy Christmas Ships Festival
Garden d’Lights
Urban Craft Uprising
Winterfest at Seatte Center
 

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