Seattle Events Calendar
11:00am–5:00pm
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Frye Salon
Frye Salon features over one hundred paintings from the Frye Art Museum’s Founding Collection hung floor to ceiling—a display mode referred to as a salon-style hang. The installation approximates the dramatic viewing experience enjoyed by visitors to Charles and Emma…
12:30–1:30pm
Food
Free Summer Meals
Nourish your body and brain while you read this summer. Enjoy a FREE lunch and be a Summer Reader! Meals must be eaten on-site. In partnership with the Des Moines Food Bank, YMCA - Seattle, United Way of King County…
1:00–3:00pm
Dance | Music | Theater
Big World Breaks LLC
Utilizing a responsive canvas mentality, Big World Breaks' intergenerational percussion collection, the BWB Drumline, will align with multi-medium visual artist Perri Rhoden to explore how composed and improvised rhythms can engage with a live art piece being born as a…
2:00–7:00pm
Visual Arts
kwonny | Modern Day Saints
ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
Modern Day Saints is a collection of works made by kwonny between 2023-2024 and is an introspection of the relationship we carry with the idea of ourselves. Just as we encounter others, we encounter our own selves constantly through our…
5:00–6:00pm
Film
Kung Foo Panda 4: Seattle Park Movie
Some of us who live outside the city center (howdy from Lake City!) bemoan that the most publicized events can sometimes feel like a hassle to get to, what with heavy traffic and increasing parking rates. But it’s summer, the…
7:00–8:30pm
Music
Chamber Music In The Park
CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK brings FREE concerts to Seattle area parks! Featuring our world-class Summer Festival musicians from all over the world, these performances are a true gem when paired with the beautiful setting that only Seattle summers can…
7:00–8:00pm
Theater
GreenStage presents Twelfth Night
Viola, shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother, presumed to be lost at sea, disguises herself as a man named Cesario to navigate the foreign land of Illyria. Caught in a love triangle, Viola (as Cesario) finds herself inadvertently wooing…
7:00–8:00pm
Music
Chamber Music in the Park
FREE concerts in Seattle area parks! Featuring our world-class Summer Festival musicians from around the globe, these performances are a true gem when paired with the beautiful setting that only Seattle summers can provide. It’s open to all ages. It’s…
7:00–10:00pm
Music
Verboten, Wila Frank, and Marlo Mudd at Ramble Tamble
Join us for a night of indie rock and folk music. Songs from Verboten and Marlo Mudd from Bellingham, and Wila Frank from Nashville.
All Day
Literature | Panel Discussion | Visual Arts | Miscellaneous | Storytelling | Workshops/Classes | Fashion
38th Annual Summer Art Festival
Discover the magic of creativity in the heart of Gig Harbor at the Summer Art Festival, where PenMet Parks’ picturesque Sehmel Homestead Park sets the stage for a vibrant celebration of artistic expression. With up to 150 artists showcasing every…
All Day
Film
Free Films For Tacoma Students @ The Grand Cinema!
The Grand Cinema is pleased to participate in a pilot program funded by Tacoma Creates. Students and EBT/Quest card holders living within Tacoma city limits may now attend most* public showings at The Grand Cinema. Any student of any age…
All Day
Visual Arts
Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES
This exhibition of 90 works covers 20 years (2002-22) of Thomas’s work and is drawn from the collection of the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation. The exhibition features some of the artist’s most iconic and well-known artworks across a range…
All Day
Visual Arts
Raúl de Nieves: A window to the see, a spirit star chiming in the wind of wonder…
In A window to the see..., Raúl de Nieves (b. 1983 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) presents an interplay of colored light and poetic prompts to guide visitors on a journey of continual transformation…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images
Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images examines how the camera records and constructs American histories. Mining the archives of major US institutions, Syjuco (born 1974, Manila, Philippines) engages with photographs and objects to reframe our view. She uses photographic tools such as color-calibration…
All Day
Visual Arts
The 2024 Neddy Exhibition
An exhibition showcasing the 2024 Neddy Artist Awards finalists and recipients, curated by Philippe Hyojung-Kim. Featuring work by: Eric Chan*, Sofya Belinskaya, Grace Athena Flott, Hank Reavis, Le’Ecia Farmer*, Alison Bremner, Sarah Kavage, and Lynne Siefert. * Neddy Artists Award…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Twilight Child: Antonia Kuo and Martin Wong
A study in personal and artistic resonance, Twilight Child brings together the work of Antonia Kuo (born 1987, New York, New York) and Martin Wong (born 1946, Portland, Oregon; died 1999, San Francisco, California)—two queer diasporic Chinese artists born more…