Seattle’s Annual Festival Calendar

There’s Always Fun to Be Had

Whether your interests include art, music, heritage, films or food, Seattle is your destination for festivals. We offer arts and cultural celebrations year round, including Northwest Folklife Festival, the Capitol Hill Block Party, Earshot Jazz Festival and Freakout.  REFRACT provides an all-access pass to the region’s famous glass art scene. And we’re justifiably proud of Seattle International Film Festival, the longest running, largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States. Here are some of our annual events, find more in our events calendar.

January

• Seattle Chamber Music Winter Festival
• Woodland Park Zoo WildLanterns 

February

• Children’s Film Festival 
• Chinatown-International District Lunar New Year
• Festal – Tet Festival: Vietnamese Lunar New Year
• Northwest Flower & Garden Festival
• Seattle Boat Show
• Seattle Museum Month
• Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival

March

• 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theatre Festival
• Emerald City ComiCon
• Festal – Seattle’s French Fest
• Festal – Irish Festival
• Moisture Festival
• Sakura-Con
• Seattle Jewish Film Festival
• Taste Washington

April

• Best of the Northwest
• Festal – Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival
• Moisture Festival
• NFFTY
• Seattle Restaurant Week
• 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 Africa Festival
• Northwest Folklife Festival
• Opening Day of Boating Season
• Seattle International Film Festival
• Seattle Maritime Festival
• University District Street Fair

June

• Beyond Wonderland (The Gorge)
• Festal – Iranian Festival
• Festal – Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival
• Festal – Indigenous People Festival
• Fremont Fair
• Honk Fest West
• Pride Festival
• Seafair Kickoff Celebration
• Seattle International Dance Festival
• Washington Brewers Festival

July

• Ananda Mela 
• Ballard SeafoodFest
• Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair
• Bite of Seattle
• Capitol Hill Block Party
• Darrington Bluegrass Festival
• DayBreak Star Indian Pow Wow
• Day In Day Out
• Festival of American Fiddle Tunes – Centrum
• Pista sa Nayon 

July (continued)

• Seafair 4th of July
• Seafair Torchlight Parade
• Seafair Torchlight Run
• Seattle Art Fair
• Seattle Chamber Music Festival
• Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance & Improvisation
• Seattle Queer Film Festival
• Sequim Lavender Weekend
• Timber! Outdoor Music Festival
• West Seattle Summer Festival

August

• Chief Seattle Days
• CHOMP! Local Food Festival
• Festal – Brasilfest
• Festal – Seattle Arab Festival
• Festal – Festival Sundiata presents Black Arts Fest
• Festal – Tibet Fest
• Kirkland Uncorked
• Lake City Summer Festival & Parade
• Lusio
• Seafair Weekend Festival Air Show and Hydroplanes
• Seattle Design Festival
• Summer Meltdown
• Sunset Supper at the Market
• THING (Remlinger Farms)
• Umoja Festival
• Watershed (The Gorge)

September

• Festal – Italian Festival
• Festal – Seattle Fiestas Patrias
• Festal: Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival
• Fremont Oktoberfest
• Local Sightings Film Festival
• PAX
• Washington State (Puyallup) Fair
• Bumbershoot 
• Northwest Tea Festival
• Walk the Block

October

• • Earshot Jazz Festival
  • Festal – Croatiafest
  • Festal – Dia de Muertos
  • Festal – TurkFest
  • Northwest Chocolate Festival
  • REFRACT – The Seattle Glass Experience
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival
  • Seattle Restaurant Week

November

• Best of the Northwest
• Cloudbreak Music Festival
• Festal – Diwali: Lights of India
• Festal – Hmong New Year Celebration
• Freakout Festival
• JuleFest
• Seattle Marathon
• Short Run Comix & Arts Festival
• Tasveer South Asian Film Festival

December

• Argosy Christmas Ships Festival
• Garden d’Lights
• Urban Craft Uprising
• Winterfest at Seattle Center
• Woodland Park Zoo WildLanterns