Seattle Upcoming Events
FRACTURE!
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 7:00pm | Pacific Science Center
FRACTURE!Created by MatheatrePresented by Pacific Science CenterOriginally Sponsored by MathHappens Thursday – Saturday, 7pm – 10pm (Frightening After Dark Version) Warning: extreme darkness, flashing lights, loud noises, and sudden frights Friday – Sunday, 1pm – 4pm (All-ages Before Dark Version) Math is breaking…
screen-skin field: Seattle by Tishan Hsu
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
“I feel that technology is an organic evolution of the human species.”Tishan Hsu (b. 1951, Boston, MA, lives and works in New York, NY) explores evolving relationships between humans and technology across work that spans painting, sculpture, drawing, and computer-generated…
“Every Picture Somewhat of an Experiment”: Helen Frankenthaler Prints
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
By the age of thirty-two, Helen Frankenthaler (1928—2011) had established herself in a white male-dominated art world as one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters of the twentieth century. Her distinctive “soak-stain” technique—applying thinned paint onto unprimed canvases on…
Day-to-Day: Rhythm, Routine, Resistance
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
This exhibition brings together contemporary artworks across media that explore the poetics and politics of everyday life. Using the day-to-day as both material and subject, these works explore how the ordinary and seemingly incidental can become a powerful source for…
Joiri Minaya: To Hell with Hibiscus
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Joiri Minaya (b.1990, New York City; raised in the Dominican Republic) is a multidisciplinary artist who examines the Tropics as a constructed place and identity. As both performer and saboteur, Minaya challenges misrepresentations that reduce tropical geographies and their inhabitants…
The Sky Is a Diasporic Space by YouthCAN
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
The Sky is a Diasporic Space is YouthCAN’s newest exhibit, exploring collective memory through art. In response to ongoing attacks on migrant communities, students created original works while learning how creativity has supported solidarity movements globally. The exhibit features block…
Ten Thousand Things
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Curated by award-winning public radio podcast host and former civic poet Shin Yu Pai, Ten Thousand Things is an exploration of the objects that shape our identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing…
DISplace
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Co-curated by Native Hawaiian artist and kapa-maker, Lehuauakea, and artist and educator, Kanani Miyamoto, this exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked histories and movement of people who connect Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest since the arrival of the first documented…
Xquisite Corpse
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | 12th Avenue Arts
You’ve got BIG plans for Halloween this year. Xquisite Corpse is coming — a surreal immersive playground for monsters and freaks. We’re cooking up a feast of wonderfully odd events, and we’re inviting you to come costumed, masked, in your…
Permanent Collection: Ginny Ruffner: Project Aurora
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | National Nordic Museum
Ballard-based artist Ginny Ruffner's monumental Project Aurora has found its permanent home at the National Nordic Museum! A wall of light 20’ in height and aided by artificial intelligence, the installation evokes the Aurora Borealis as its undulations mimic the…
Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | The Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture
The Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture is focused on the life of Mexican Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as from the earliest times to the present. Through the voice of the people themselves, as well as documents and photos, this museum…
Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Museum of History & Industry
The sketch comedy show Almost Live! aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999. It poked fun at regional stereotypes, gave us memorable characters and sketches, and launched local celebrities and national careers. It was a renowned success at a…
REMEMBRANCE THE LEGACY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 IN WASHINGTON STATE
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington StateExplore the intergenerational impacts and legacy of the incarceration of people of Japanese descent during World War II.In this gallery, visitors will experience history through photographs, art, objects, letters, and film. …
Culture is Living @ The Burke Museum
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
The Culture is Living gallery breaks down traditional museum authority and brings the expertise and knowledge of communities to the forefront.Cultural belongings at the Burke Museum aren’t tucked away on shelves. They are alive, embodying the knowledge, language, and stories of…
Fossils Uncovered @ The Burke Museum
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history is a continuing saga of dynamic change.Events from ice ages to splitting continents influenced what survived, how life evolved, and what went extinct.See the only real dinosaur fossils on display in Washington state (including one of…
Exhibitions at the Gates Discovery Center Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center
Located next to the global headquarters of the Gates Foundation in Seattle, the Discovery Center is a free public space open to all. Through our exhibitions and programs, we share stories and data from our partners, grantees, and foundation employees…
Daily Admission @ Bellevue Botanical Gardens Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Bellevue Botanical Gardens
The Bellevue Botanical Garden features cultivated display gardens, natural wetlands and a woodland trail, displaying the best plants and gardening practices for healthy, beautiful Northwest gardens. Visitors are welcome any day, from dawn to dusk.
Free Films For Tacoma Students @ The Grand Cinema! Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | 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…
Daily Admission @ Lakewold Gardens
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens provides intentional encounters with the life-changing power of nature, fostering peace, creativity, and healing in our communities.
Permanent Collection: Nordic Journeys
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | National Nordic Museum
The National Nordic Museum’s core exhibition, Nordic Journeys, spans centuries, from prehistoric migrations to Viking adventures to modern-day challenges and triumphs. Go on a journey across 1.3 million square miles and twelve thousand years to explore the Nordic region. Then…
Permanent Collections @ MOPOP
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Museum of Pop Culture
MoPOP's permanent collections feature a wide variety of artifacts and art highlighting the relevance of music, movies, and other popular culture experiences. Exhibits include: Nirvana: Taking Punk to the MassesInfinite Worlds of Science FictionIndie Game RevolutionFantasy: Worlds of Myth and MagicScared to…
Shark by Richard Learoyd Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Viewpoints is a recurring series that highlights works from the Henry collection, paired with responses from the University of Washington community.Richard Learoyd (U.K., b. 1966) is a photographer known for his use of a room-sized camera obscura of his own…
At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art's Permanent Collection
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 10:00am | Museum of Northwest Art
Museums in the United States are grounded in the tradition of public service. They are organized as public trusts, holding their collections as a benefit for the community they represent and serve. As a result, a museum collection is more…
Making A Way: Jacob Lawrence
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 10:00am | Northwest African American Museum
Making a Way: The Jacob Lawrence and the Northwest Black Experience art exhibition is currently open at Northwest African American Museum in the Journey Gallery. Through a series of paintings created by Lawrence we examine Black history through his eyes…
Free Mental Health Support Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 2:30pm | Shoreline Teen Center
Free drop-in therapy and mental health support is available for middle and high school students during after-school hours at the Teen Center with mental health therapist, Christina MSW, LISCWA. Contact Christina Yiatchos at [email protected] for more information. Schedule Monday: 2:3…
Free Neighborhood Nights @ Tacoma Art Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 5:00pm | Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum is open late and FREE to the community every Thursday, 5 – 8 pm! Neighborhood Nights offer us the space to build programs with community partners, artists, scholars, and entertainers. Stop by TAM Cafe for a bite…
Family Cartoon Happy Hour Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 6:00pm | Central Cinema
It's the Happiest Hour for the whole family! Two hours of classic cartoons to get your weekend started off right. Every Thursday 5:00 until 7:00.
A Picasso
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 7:00pm | Theatre33
A masterpiece can change hands. The truth is harder to possess.When Pablo Picasso meets a woman with a surprising request, an ordinary conversation becomes a captivating duel of intellect, charm, and hidden motives. Jeffrey Hatcher’s celebrated drama is a suspenseful…
Emerald City Slasher
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
🔪 A killer is on the loose. No one is safe.Seattle has it all. Drizzly streets. Bougie coffee. Tech bros in fleece vests. But something darker is stalking the city. A killer is on the loose, and before the night…
नेहा & NEEL
Next Up: Thursday, October 22 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Neha (नेहा) fears she has failed to pass her language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, Neel (नील). A summer trip to visit colleges could be Neha’s last chance, if only she can get Neel to visit the historic…
FRACTURE!
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 1:00pm | Pacific Science Center
FRACTURE!Created by MatheatrePresented by Pacific Science CenterOriginally Sponsored by MathHappens Thursday – Saturday, 7pm – 10pm (Frightening After Dark Version) Warning: extreme darkness, flashing lights, loud noises, and sudden frights Friday – Sunday, 1pm – 4pm (All-ages Before Dark Version) Math is breaking…
Runway to Runway
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | The Museum of Flight
Runway to Runway features 100 artifacts ranging from classic suits and skirts to capes and go-go boots and onward to today’s thoughtful neoclassic styles. Each uniform reflects the person who wore it, the purpose behind its design and the responsibilities…
An American Experiment
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
Step into a laboratory of ideas where history meets hypothesis.An American Experiment (Washington’s Version) invites you to explore the connections between Washington State’s Constitution and America’s founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights…
WINNERS!:Trophies from the WSHS Collections
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
Trophies reflect the things we value and the accomplishments we hope to remember. In this edition of Collection Selections, visit the trophy case of Washington’s past to see the stars of the state’s history. Discover stories of the development of…
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Three Empathics have moved into Seattle Art Museum and are a central feature to the latest installation imagined in our African art galleries. The popular and immersive ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space by contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk was first shown in…
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time (ca. 1757) by the greatest Venetian artist of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Tiepolo. Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the famous painting…
Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Song Cycle is a kinetic sculpture featuring ever-changing poetry. Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, the revolving text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap readymade sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards seen at airports…
Qiu Zhijie: Map of the History of Science and Technology
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
For the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, the artist designed a Map of the History of Science and Technology. In this project, Qiu interweaves scientific and technical advancements in Asia and the West from ancient to contemporary times. The…
A Room for Animal Intelligence
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
We, the animals of the world, invite you to meet with us at SAM. One hundred representatives are waiting to talk about what we see happening on our planet. A few of us share your couch, while others of us…
DRIFT: Meadow
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Art’s capacity to delight and to make you curious is a characteristic trait of the Netherlands-based studio DRIFT, founded in 2007 by Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn (born 1980) and Ralph Nauta (born 1978). The duo leads a multidisciplinary team that…
Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
At times reminiscent of biological structures and geological formations, Tara Donovan’s work elevates mass-produced industrial materials, such as tar paper, drinking straws, or the silvery metal rings of slinky toys, into mesmerizing installations. Her cumulative process transfigures the mundane into…
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Free
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Get up close with Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where you can walk among these monumental sculptures. Consisting of 12 zodiac head sculptures arranged in an arcing semicircle, each animal in Circle of…
Eric-Paul Riege: ojo|-|ólǫ́
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
ojo|-|ólǫ́ (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na’nízhoozhí [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege…
Charlene Liu: Scallion
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Charlene Liu (b. 1975, Taiwan; based in Eugene, OR) creates paintings, prints, and mixed media installations that blend family histories, cultural references, and decorative patterns. Liu incorporates wide-ranging traditions into her imagery, drawing from nature, food, still life painting, and…
Black Panther Party Reading Circle Free
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 11:00am | The Metropole
Knowledge is power. ✊🏾 Did you know the founding members of the Black Panther Party were collegiate-level academics who required members to study at least two hours a day? We are reclaiming that legacy of academic rigor at the Seattle Black…
I'll Be Your Superhero
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 6:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
When a 10-year-old boy named Xavier has to go live with his uncle, it isn’t easy. His uncle John John has just left the Marines after eight years of service, and both must navigate family issues and strong emotions—both within…
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 6:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just…isn’t. But then he hatches a plan to find the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare someone? Or will it…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 7:00pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Step into the eerie woods of Sleepy Hollow, where laughter will give way to gasps of fright in this exciting adaptation of the most enduring Halloween tale in Northeast American literature. Newcomer and schoolteacher Ichabod Crane initially scoffs at the…
Salome
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an…
Poe Unexpected: An Improvised Edgar Allan
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 7:30pm | The Market Theater
Step into the shadows for a Poe-inspired night of mystery, madness, suspense, and laughter.At Unexpected Productions, our improvisers use Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic world and your eerie suggestions to create brand-new tales of haunted hearts, suspicious characters, buried secrets, and…
ComedySportz: Comedy for Everyone
Next Up: Friday, October 23 | 7:30pm | Atlas Theatre
ComedySportz is a fun, fast-paced comedy show that’s great for everyone -families, dates, birthday parties, business entertainment, church outings, bachelorette parties etc. Bring any group outing imaginable. Not only will everyone have a great time, but the rules of the…
Table 17
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
Jada and Dallas were once engaged. Now, two years after their breakup, they’re sitting across from each other at their favorite restaurant, trying to keep it casual. Good luck with that. Between old wounds and a spark neither one of them can…
Ragtime
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 2:00pm | Cope Gillette Theatre (Youth Education Center)
Ragtime is a sweeping, Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show explores major themes of immigration, social class, racial…
All Hallows: Creepy Creatures
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 6:00pm | Lakewold Gardens
Step into Lakewold Gardens after dark and experience Halloween like never before at All Hallows: Creepy Creatures! Find the creatures hidden in the garden, peruse spooky vendors and craft activities, and enter the NEW Creepy Creatures craft contest to win…
MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 5: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 8:00pm | Northwest Film Forum
7:30PM - DOORS8:00PM - SPECIAL INTRODUCTION WITHMISS MONDAY MOURNING8:30PM - SHOWTIME!A mysterious inheritance brings horror hostess Elvira to the most uptight town imaginable, where pearl-clutching locals and a dangerously low neckline collide in one of the silliest and spookiest camp…
Isidore String Quartet
Next Up: Sunday, October 25 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
The Isidore String Quartet won the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022 and now performs in more than 125 cities each season, with recent debuts at Wigmore Hall and the Philharmonie de Paris. Critics have praised their “exquisitely unified…
Costume Concert
Next Up: Sunday, October 25 | 3:00pm | Eastside Community Center
Get ready for lights, costumes, and movie magic! The Tacoma Youth Symphony Association’s annual A Night at the Movies Costume Concert brings unforgettable film music to life in a fun-filled celebration for the whole family.TYSA’s talented young musicians will perform…
Cozy Little Murders
Next Up: Sunday, October 25 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
An evening of Murder themed short stories Directed and read aloud by some of Seattle’s top talent? Mix a little Miss Phisher with a little Agatha Christie and splash of Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration and you have some darkly…
Michael Lewis
Next Up: Wednesday, October 28 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Michael Lewis—master chronicler of American institutions under strain—joins us to discuss his new book Blockers, and the bigger question it raises: what happens to a country when its most dedicated public servants are treated as the enemy? An inside look…
Nanay
Next Up: Friday, October 30 | 8:00pm | 12th Avenue Arts
Angela visits her twin sister, Eve, to celebrate a new baby. Instead of a normal domestic scene, Angela finds Eve living with a traditional Filipino vampire (manananggal) known for a hunger for fetuses. As Angela questions whether her sister is…
Journeys
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 3:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Different Trains, by American composer Steve Reich, who celebrates his 90th birthday this fall, captures the sounds and voices that Reich remembered from the cross-country trains of his childhood trips between his separated parents during World War II. He juxtaposes…
ComedySportz: The Rec League
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 7:00pm | Atlas Theatre
Every other Sunday at 1:00pmCome enjoy a ComedySportz Rec League match! You’ll see players from our amateur Adult Recreational League, competing for laughs and points. Witness as they battle for your laughs, and for the ultimate honor of being crowned the…
Cinema Unexpected: An Improvised Movie
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 7:30pm | Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College
Local improv talent meets local filmmakers in this one-of-a-kind comedy show that is an improvised movie. In Cinema Unexpected, the audience chooses the movie title, then our cast and crew create an entire film live in real time. No script…
Cinema Unexpected: An Improvised Movie
Next Up: Sunday, November 1 | 7:30pm | Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College
Local improv talent meets local filmmakers in this one-of-a-kind comedy show that is an improvised movie. In Cinema Unexpected, the audience chooses the movie title, then our cast and crew create an entire film live in real time. No script…
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason
Next Up: Wednesday, November 4 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Isata Kanneh-Mason joins artistic forces with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, celebrated for its trademark conductor-less precision and collective spirit. The award-winning pianist from the renowned Kanneh-Mason family and the Grammy Award-winning orchestra present a program of favorites by Mozart and…
Claudia Rankine
Next Up: Wednesday, November 4 | 7:30pm | Town Hall
Claudia Rankine—the bestselling author of Citizen and Just Us—joins us for a conversation that moves beyond the page, exploring friendship, grief, and what it means to truly see one another in a time of relentless loss.Q&A with Jodi-Ann Burey…
Free Admission @ Seattle Asian Art Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, November 5 | All Day | Seattle Asian Art Museum
This 1933 Art Deco building in lush Volunteer Park is SAM’s original home and the location of our extensive Asian art collection, making it one of the most beloved treasures in our creative, cultured, and curious city. Seattle Art Museum…
Free Admission at the National Nordic Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, November 5 | 10:00am | National Nordic Museum
On the First Thursday of every month, general admission to the Museum is free!
Power to the People: An Evening with Aaron & Elmer Dixon Free
Next Up: Thursday, November 5 | 5:00pm | The Metropole
Power to the People 🖤✊🏾Sit down with the men who led the charge.Join us for an evening with co-founders Aaron & Elmer Dixon of the Seattle Black Panther Party, for a Q&A and book signing you won't want to miss.🗓️ Nov…
Free Admission at The Museum of Flight! Free
Next Up: Thursday, November 5 | 5:00pm | The Museum of Flight
The Museum of Flight is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world! With over 175 aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits and experiences and a world-class library…
First Friday Art Walk
Next Up: Friday, November 6 | 5:00pm | Collective Visions Gallery
In Downtown Bremerton and Manette you will find businesses and galleries that host local artists to show their fine art, ceramics, sculpture and other creations. Every month has different entertainment and live music sprinkled in breweries and cafes. Many businesses…
GHOST STORIES
Next Up: Friday, November 6 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Give in to inevitable goosebumps this November! George Balanchine’s haunting one-act ballet La Sonnambula, the tale of a beautiful sleepwalker and the misfortune in her wake, returns to PNB after a 10-year absence. Two contrasting pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo highlight…
Swing-tennial
Next Up: Saturday, November 7 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
It's a striking coincidence: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bucky Pizzarelli, Melba Liston, Johnny Coles, Jimmy Myrett, Tony Bennett, and Jimmy Heath were all born in 1926. Swingtennial celebrates them all together. Joining the SRJO will be the always in-demand trumpeter…
Janice Carissa
Next Up: Tuesday, November 10 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Indonesian pianist Janice Carissa, a Gilmore Young Artist and Salon de Virtuosi recipient, is celebrated for crafting vivid musical narratives that transcend mere virtuosity. Her program spans centuries and styles, opening with Bach’s elegant French Suite No. 5 in G…
Come From Away
Next Up: Wednesday, November 11 | 7:30pm | Francis J. Gaudette Theatre
Come From Away is a hit musical written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein about the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, that welcomed 7,000 stranded airline passengers after the September 11 attacks.
ShakesFest
Next Up: Thursday, November 12 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
Shakesfest brings together multiple Shakespeare-inspired improv groups for one night of heightened language, big emotions, mistaken identities, bold choices, and theatrical fun.Each act takes its own approach to the world of the Bard, from improvised scenes and characters to brand-new…
Sad Boys in Harpy Land
Next Up: Thursday, November 12 | 7:30pm | On the Boards
Equal parts sad clown, demented cabaret, and crisis of meaning, Sad Boys in Harpy Land confronts anguish through humor, artmaking, and despair.In this unhinged solo performance, self-proclaimed “experimental clown artist” Alex Tatarsky ushers audiences through an absurdist hellscape of the…
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason
Next Up: Friday, November 13 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Studio Theatre)
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra features acclaimed pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason for their 2026–2027 season, performing a program of Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and a new work by Katie Jenkins.
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
Next Up: Friday, November 13 | 8:00pm | 415 Westlake
Over two evenings in Seattle and Olympia, pianist Gilles Vonsattel offers an intimate journey through nine of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas, exploring distinct facets of the composer's evolving voice, distilled through the singular presence of one artist at the…
Min Jin Lee
Next Up: Saturday, November 14 | All Day | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.Q&A with Jodi-Ann Burey…
Chanoyu: Tea Culture of Japan Demonstration
Next Up: Saturday, November 14 | 3:00pm | Seattle Art Museum
This program is included with admission. Seating is first come, first served. No tea will be served to the audience.Experience Chanoyu in SAM's finely crafted teahouse to discover how the medium of offering and receiving a bowl of tea provides…
Art Under the Stars -- La Conner Gallery Walk
Next Up: Saturday, November 14 | 4:00pm | Museum of Northwest Art
"Experience the vibrant art scene of La Conner with Art Under the Stars, a monthly gallery walk held on the second Saturday of each month from 4 PM to 8 PM. This new event invites art enthusiasts to explore La…
Ehnes Quartet & Jonathan Vinocour
Next Up: Sunday, November 15 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
The Ehnes Quartet brings together four internationally renowned string musicians, violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Che-Yen Chen, and cellist Edward Arron, who have played chamber music together in various formations for more than 20 years. The Strad…
Up Close with Conservators | Beneath the Surface: Conserving Schubert Sonata
Next Up: Thursday, November 19 | 6:00pm | Seattle Asian Art Museum
Delve into the recent conservation of Mark di Suvero’s Schubert Sonata at the Olympic Sculpture Park with Erin Fitterer, Assistant Objects Conservator. Follow the artwork's conservation journey and learn how careful research and treatment revealed new insights hidden beneath the…
Stacey Abrams
Next Up: Thursday, November 19 | 7:30pm | Town Hall
Bestselling author, entrepreneur, and political leader Stacey Abrams joins us for an evening that ranges from her latest thriller, Coded Justice, to the issues shaping our political and technological future—from AI’s growing role in our lives to the fight for…
The Flight Before Xmas
Next Up: Thursday, November 19 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
With all the stress of the holidays, spending Christmas Eve stranded in an airport with a bunch of strangers is the last thing anyone needs! With endless delays, kids shuttling between stepfamilies, a rogue cat on the loose, an important…
Hung Dance
Next Up: Thursday, November 19 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Taiwan's Hung Dance makes its Seattle debut with BIRDY, a powerful and poetic work choreographed by the company’s founder and artistic director Lai Hung-Chung. Performed by eight dancers, the piece blends contemporary dance with elements of Chinese opera, Tai Chi and…
Chika Chika Boom Boom: The Holiday Show
Next Up: Friday, November 20 | 11:00am | Seattle Children's Theatre
The ABCs of a wonderful season.Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is back at Seattle Children’s Theatre, and this time wrapped in tinsel! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Holiday Show puts a holiday spin on our wildly popular production as the alphabet…
Vox Luminis: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Next Up: Friday, November 20 | 7:30pm | St. James Cathedral
Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (formally titled “Vespro della Beata Vergine”) is a monumental work of sacred music that bridges the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Published while Monteverdi was working in Mantua, it combines traditional Gregorian chant with innovative compositional techniques…
DnDprov
Next Up: Friday, November 20 | 7:30pm | University Heights Center
DNDPROV: An Improvised Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired Comedy AdventureGrab your potions and prepare your spells. Our party of improv adventurers is setting off on an epic, unscripted journey through enchanted lands, ancient ruins, and ridiculous predicaments, and you have the power…
Legendary Children Free
Next Up: Friday, November 20 | 8:00pm | Seattle Art Museum
Legendary Children is back! This free, all-ages celebration at downtown Seattle Art Museum conjures up an unforgettable night of drag royalty, ballroom enchantment, DJs, art, and unapologetic queer joy—all curated by and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in…
Chamber Series: Bohemian Tales
Next Up: Saturday, November 21 | 7:00pm | Saint Matthews San Mateo Episcopal Church
Step inside the warm resonance of St. Matthew San Mateo Episcopal Church for an intimate evening of music, story, and old-world elegance.Bohemian Tales brings together Auburn Symphony musicians Emilie Choi, Joyce Ramee, and Brian Wharton with pianist Judith Cohen for…
Symphony on the Screen
Next Up: Saturday, November 21 | 7:30pm | Pantages Theater
Pantages TheaterWesley Schulz, conductor
Jamie Barton in Recital
Next Up: Saturday, November 21 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
We're thrilled to present celebrated mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in recital, joined by pianist Kathleen Kelly! Don't miss your chance to hear this "once-in-a-generation voice" (Opera) and "opera's nose-studded rock star" (The New York Times) in what is sure to be an…
A Christmas Carol
Next Up: Friday, November 27 | 7:30pm | Union Arts Center
A Christmas Carol
Next Up: Saturday, November 28 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
Aladdin: A Holiday Panto
Next Up: Saturday, November 28 | 7:00pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Join us for another magical holiday adventure in Aladdin: A Holiday Panto! Filled with laugh-out-loud comedy, pop music favorites, and all your favorite characters, this retelling of the classic fairytale follows Aladdin as he gets caught up in an evil…
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Next Up: Saturday, November 28 | 7:30pm | Seattle Rep
Going wrong has never felt so right.Someone at Seattle Rep had the brilliant idea to invite the Cornley Drama Society back this season—yes, the same troupe whose legendary disaster, The Murder at Haversham Manor, left audiences crying with laughter and…
Michael Feinstein
Next Up: Wednesday, December 2 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Celebrate the season with the legendary Michael Feinstein in a festive evening of song and storytelling. A champion of the Great American Songbook, Feinstein brings signature warmth, wit and impeccable style to beloved holiday classics and timeless standards. Backed by…
Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas
Next Up: Wednesday, December 2 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas is a rich, heartwarming celebration of the season, blending timeless holiday melodies with Appalachian folk traditions, classical virtuosity, and masterful storytelling. Touring and performing with his wife Maggie O’Connor, he brings together spirited fiddle tunes…
A Very Die Hard Christmas
Next Up: Thursday, December 3 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Yippie Ki Yay, it's a Christmas miracle! Coming back this holiday season, from the comedy writers that have had Seattle in stitches for decades, comes A Very Die Hard Christmas, a musical parody that is sure to blow the roof…
A Klingon Christmas Carol
Next Up: Friday, December 4 | 7:30pm | TPS Theatre
Scrooge has no honor, nor any courage. Can three ghosts help him to become the true warrior he ought to be in time to save Tiny Tim from a horrible fate? Performed in the original Klingon with English supertitles, and…
Prance & Be Merry
Next Up: Friday, December 4 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
Haul out the merry! The Seattle Men’s Chorus is the PNW’s happiest holiday tradition: festive favorites, Christmas comedy, dancing, prancing, and the gayest sing-along in town!
Disassembly of Sound
Next Up: Friday, December 4 | 8:00pm | 415 Westlake
What is music? When is sound considered music? This program explores the answers to these obscure questions through works that dissolve the boundaries between silence, gesture, dance, and theater.
OTHER MESSIAHS
Next Up: Saturday, December 5 | 7:00pm | St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
William BYRD/Stefano PIERINI Selections of songs for voice and strings (US Premiere)Marco ROSANO Stabat Mater (2011)Frederick FRAHM Concerto N.2 for organ and strings (World Premiere)Antonio VIVALDI Stabat Mater--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jose' Luis MUNOZ countertenorStef PRICE organLorenzo MARASSO conductorSEATTLE CHAMBER ORCHESTRAin collaboration with the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON…
Crafting from the Gardens
Next Up: Sunday, December 6 | 1:30pm | Lakewold Gardens
Create art from nature! Horticulture Engagement Specialist Brianna Ybarra will lead participants in projects using items found in and around Lakewold Gardens. Each session features a different project; additional material fee may apply. Space is limited to 15 people.Sept. 2…
Balourdet Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin
Next Up: Sunday, December 6 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
The Balourdet Quartet won the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and this season performs at Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Celebrity Series, and La Jolla Music Society. The group regularly collaborates with leading chamber musicians…
Holiday Favorites
Next Up: Sunday, December 6 | 2:30pm | Pantages Theater
Get into the holiday spirit with our lively Holiday Favorites featuring timeless classics, cherished Christmas movie scores, and some unique pieces you may never have heard! Over two hundred performers fill the Pantages stage when we are joined by the wonderful…
Holiday Magic
Next Up: Sunday, December 6 | 2:30pm | Shorewood Performing Arts Center
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Holiday Spectacular
Next Up: Monday, December 7 | 7:00pm | Auburn Performing Arts Center
Led by Music Director Wesley Schulz, this family-friendly evening celebrates the warmth and wonder of the season with the full sound of the orchestra. Expect a concert built for all ages, with music that brings back memories, creates new ones…
Voctave: It Feels Like Christmas
Next Up: Wednesday, December 9 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Voctave’s It Feels Like Christmas is a dazzling holiday program from the acclaimed 11-member a cappella ensemble known for its rich harmonies, intricate arrangements, and breathtaking vocal artistry.Founded by producer and arranger Jamey Ray, Voctave brings together world-class vocal talent…
Becoming Daddy AF
Next Up: Thursday, December 10 | 7:30pm | On the Boards
The unforgettable self-portrait of a life lived in motion, told through a vibrant collage of evocative archival imagery, propulsive sound and embodied storytellingCelebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève marks the 40th anniversary of his company REALITY with his most intimate work…
Black Nativity
Next Up: Friday, December 11 | 7:30pm | Broadway Performance Hall
Langston Hughes’ gospel song-play returns! Featuring 30 performers, a live band, powerful vocals, a citywide gospel choir—and a chance to sing along. The magic and joy of the Christmas story is brought to life with vivid colors, dance and music…
Holiday Haus
Next Up: Friday, December 11 | 7:30pm | West of Lenin
Welcome to Winterworth, a snow-covered Bavarian-inspired town where holiday cheer meets small-town rivalry. Three over-the-top shop owners are competing for Small Business of the Year, with the winner to be crowned at the town’s beloved Winter Magic Festival.As decorations go…
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Next Up: Friday, December 11 | 7:30pm | Leo K. Theater
Hey! Unto you a child is born!Chaos, comedy, and heart collide in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! When the notorious Herdman kids—"the worst children in the history of the world"—crash the town’s annual Christmas pageant, everyone braces for disaster. What…
The Henry Collection At 100 Free
Next Up: Saturday, December 12 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
In 1927, the Henry Art Gallery opened as Washington State’s first public art museum, with a founding collection of 178 works of art gifted to the University of Washington by Seattle business and civic leader Horace C. Henry. One hundred…
The Nutcraker
Next Up: Saturday, December 12 | 2:00pm | McCaw Hall
Join Teen Connectors to the legendary ballet of “The Nutcracker”. Celebrate the winter season through a vibrant performance of dreams, fantasy, and winter spirit. Experience the magic of The Nutcracker, presented by the renowned Pacific Northwest Ballet, at McCaw Hall…
Winter Glow
Next Up: Saturday, December 12 | 5:00pm | Lakewold Gardens
Experience winter's beauty in a whole new light. For four luminous nights in December, Winter Glow at Lakewold transforms the gardens into a serene, light-filled escape. Softly glowing pathways, artful light displays, and the quiet beauty of the winter landscape…
Anita Spritzer's Gay Apparel
Next Up: Sunday, December 13 | 4:00pm | Seattle Opera Studios
A holiday favorite returns! Anita Spritzer returns to celebrate the holidays with humor and plenty of heart. Don your gayest apparel and join one of Seattle's favorite drag queens as she sings holiday favorites and celebrates the glitter and glitz…
Haunted Holiday
Next Up: Wednesday, December 16 | 7:30pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Ghostly Christmas stories written by and read aloud by Seattle’s own author/actors Kelleen Conway and Scot Augustson. Add to that “Ebenezer”, a Seussian adaptation of “A Christmas Carol”, read aloud by Seattle Actor Evan Whitfield, and it’s an evening you…
Handel’s Messiah
Next Up: Friday, December 18 | 7:30pm | Pantages Theater
Handel’s Messiah holds a unique place in the classical music canon. It is the most famous oratorio ever written, thanks in part to the tradition of annual performances that began during Handel’s lifetime and continue today, a testament to the…
The Nutcracker
Next Up: Saturday, December 19 | 1:00pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Olympic Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker is widely anticipated each year, and we are thrilled to be back! Join us for this favorite holiday tradition featuring dazzling snowflakes, a dramatic battle, waltzing flowers, Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, and much more!Choreographed…
Come From Away
Next Up: Saturday, January 2 | 2:00pm | Everett Performing Arts Center
Come From Away is a hit musical written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein about the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, that welcomed 7,000 stranded airline passengers after the September 11 attacks.
Mini Maestros: The Great String Thing-A-Machine
Next Up: Sunday, January 10 | 2:30pm | St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Parish
Join the Symphony Tacoma String Quintet for an inside look into the string family! Explore the contrasts of high/low, slow/fast, and major/minor while learning all of the nuts and bolts of what make the string family truly unique. This concert’s…
And Then There Were None
Next Up: Wednesday, January 13 | 7:30pm | Francis J. Gaudette Theatre
And Then There Were None is a classic mystery play and thriller by Agatha Christie, not a musical, following ten strangers trapped on an isolated island who are murdered one by one.
Mavis Staples
Next Up: Thursday, January 14 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Mavis Staples—one of the most powerful and enduring voices in American music—comes to Edmonds Center for the Arts for an evening of soul, gospel, and truth-telling. Spanning more than seven decades, from The Staple Singers to her acclaimed solo career…
El último sueño de Frida y Diego
Next Up: Saturday, January 16 | 2:00pm | McCaw Hall
El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego) begins during the annual festival El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), when the dead can cross over and visit the living. As…
UW Dance Presents
Next Up: Friday, January 22 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
UW Dance Presents is a biennial concert produced by the UW Department of Dance that showcases original choreography by our nationally and internationally recognized faculty and visiting artists. This year's concert will present performances by the department faculty, students, and…
The Rumba Kings
Next Up: Saturday, January 23 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
The Rumba Kings bring a captivating, genre-blending concert experience to the stage, anchored by virtuosic Spanish guitar and elevated by a string quartet, guest vocalists, and international guest artists. While the group’s name nods to rumba, their repertoire spans a…
Puppets & Piano
Next Up: Sunday, January 24 | 2:30pm | Auburn Performing Arts Center
This is the world of Petrushka, Stravinsky’s vivid story of spectacle, illusion, and a puppet who feels far more human than anyone expects. Set at a Shrovetide fair in 1830s St. Petersburg, the score bristles with sharp rhythms, bright colors…
Amanda Forsythe and Opera Prima: Tormento '600
Next Up: Sunday, January 24 | 4:00pm | Town Hall
Founded by famed viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin, the ensemble Opera Prima dedicates this concert to exploring the Italian repertoire of the 1600s (the Seicento) with technical mastery and buoyant enthusiasm. They make their EMS début alongside a favorite…
Art From Ashes
Next Up: Monday, January 25 | 5:30pm | Benaroya Hall
For our annual concert marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we’re joined this year by two of the Pacific Northwest’s most prominent groups of young musical talent. The amazing Seattle Girls Chorus will unveil composer Lori Laitman’s Bonaco…
International Guitar Night
Next Up: Tuesday, January 26 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
International Guitar Night celebrates its 27th anniversary with a globally inspired lineup of acoustic guitar virtuosos: Jim Kimo West, Luca Stricagnoli, Minnie Marks, and Roxane Elfasci. Together, these artists bring a dynamic mix of fingerstyle, classical, blues, and contemporary acoustic…
Twelve Kinds of Ice
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 6:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
Young Ellen can’t wait for winter. From skating on frozen streams to parties on an icy lake, winter brought friends, family, and fun together, creating memories that never leave her.In this cozy wintertime play at Seattle Children’s Theatre, based on…
Kodō
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Kodo: Luminance is a touring stage production by Kodo, the world-renowned Japanese taiko drumming ensemble. Directed by Yuki Hirata, the show blends signature traditional pieces like the O-daiko solo and Yatai-bayashi finale with new global compositions and a tribute to…
Kodō
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
For more than four decades, Kodō has toured the world under its “One Earth” banner, uniting audiences across cultures through the resonant, pulse-pounding power of taiko drumming. In Luminance, the ensemble presents signature works refined over years of global touring…
Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced
Next Up: Friday, January 29 | 7:30pm | Dumas Bay Centre
An anonymous advertisement in the local newspaper announces the exact time and place of a murder soon to happen. The inhabitants of the small village think it must be a joke, until they find out it most certainly is not…
Amir H. Fallah: A Declaration Free
Next Up: Thursday, February 4 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Across painting, sculpture, and installation, Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran; lives and works in Los Angeles, CA) bridges the personal and the geopolitical, combining references from popular culture, visual art traditions, and historical narratives that span time and…
Invention into Existence Free
Next Up: Thursday, February 4 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Invention into Existence brings together nearly 20 artists and 30 works—including new commissions—that trace our hopes, dreams, and anxieties about technologies reshaping how we sense, understand, and live in the world. Highlighting emerging and mid-career artists, many making their Pacific…
SWAN LAKE
Next Up: Friday, February 5 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Considered by many to be the greatest classical ballet of all time, Swan Lake is nothing short of mesmerizing. Kent Stowell’s interpretation, a PNB favorite since 1981, overflows with romance, sorcery, and heartbreak. Between Tchaikovsky’s universally beloved score, PNB’s uniquely…
Meteor Shower
Next Up: Saturday, February 6 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
Leave it to Steve Martin to turn a quiet evening under the stars into total, glorious chaos. Corky and Norm have invited another couple over to watch a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower. Simple enough. But something about the guests is… off…
MOSTLY MOZART
Next Up: Saturday, February 6 | 7:00pm | St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Franz SCHUBERTArpeggione for clarinet and strings Stefano PIERINI Erstarrung, dopo una lettura della sonata 'Arpeggione' (US Premiere)Johann Christian BACH Overture "La Calamita' dei Cuori"Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No. 29 in…
Circa
Next Up: Saturday, February 6 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Australia’s acclaimed acrobatic ensemble Circa is joined by 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Silver Medalist Vitaly Starikov in a thrilling exploration of Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Under Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz, Circa’s performers use intricate, gravity-defying choreography to…
Circa
Next Up: Saturday, February 6 | 7:30pm | Brechemin Auditorium
Circa: The Art of FugueBrisbane's premier acrobatic troupe Circa, to present a performance that transcends the traditional boundaries of both art forms.
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI
Next Up: Thursday, February 11 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Radiant, fearless and profoundly human, Sol Invictus by Compagnie Hervé KOUBI is a celebration of light, love and connection. Blending contemporary and urban dance with capoeira and martial arts, the dancers perform with breathtaking physicality and poetic force. Named for…
John Proctor is the Villain
Next Up: Friday, February 12 | 7:30pm | Seattle Rep
Join Teen Connectors In a rural Georgia high school, an AP English class dives into the drama that made “witch hunt” a household phrase. But as the quick-witted teens begin to question this landmark work of literature, the parallels between the…
Debuts
Next Up: Saturday, February 13 | 7:00pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Every year, Olympic Ballet Theatre’s Debuts introduces works new to OBT’s stage, offering audiences a fresh perspective on a range of choreographic voices. This season features Kent Stowell’s Delicate Balance (1988), set to Frédéric Chopin’s Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs…
VOCES8
Next Up: Tuesday, February 16 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble VOCES8 captivates audiences with luminous a capella performances that are both technically dazzling and deeply expressive. The British octet returns to Meany with Let’s Fly Away, a celebration of the extraordinary breadth and versatility of the…
VOCES8
Next Up: Tuesday, February 16 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Luminous voices blend classical, jazz and folk in stunning a cappella harmony.
And Then There Were None
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 2:00pm | Cope Gillette Theatre (Youth Education Center)
And Then There Were None is a classic mystery play and thriller by Agatha Christie, not a musical, following ten strangers trapped on an isolated island who are murdered one by one.
Journeys
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Seattle Women’s Chorus celebrates life’s journeys with a dynamic selection of music that spans joy, reflection, and fierce resilience. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of song, community, and shared connection. Because our journeys are entirely intertwined.
Big Band Heroes
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
Before a band can swing, someone has to write the chart - and this program honors the architects behind the sound: Gil Evans, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Woody Herman, and others who knew how to make a horn section move…
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
South Africa’s five-time Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide with their a capella harmonies, signature dance moves and engaging onstage banter. Introduced globally through Paul Simon’s 1987 Graceland album, the group was honored by…
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Next Up: Saturday, February 20 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Joyful South African a capella harmonies from Grammy-winning global vocal legends.
Beethoven Unbound
Next Up: Sunday, February 21 | 2:30pm | Pantages Theater
Pantages TheaterSunny Xia, conductorCharlie Albright, pianoBeethoven: “Emperor” Concerto No. 5Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
The Music of Studio Ghibli
Next Up: Saturday, February 27 | 7:00pm | Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center
This concert will not have Joe Hisaishi in attendance nor show any of the films.A girl takes flight on a broomstick. A forest spirit waits beneath the trees. A young girl wanders into a bathhouse for gods. A castle lumbers…
Danish String Quartet
Next Up: Saturday, February 27 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The Danish String Quartet is celebrated not only for their integrated sound and impeccable technique, but for the infectious joy they bring to music-making. “An exceptional quartet, whatever repertoire they play” (The New York Times), they bring their warmth and…
Orion Weiss, Amy Schwartz Moretti & Edward Arron
Next Up: Sunday, February 28 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Pianist Orion Weiss is an active chamber musician who has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, and Chamber Music Northwest, alongside his work with major orchestras like the Chicago Symphony and New…
Lakmé in Concert
Next Up: Friday, March 5 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Music by Léo DelibesLibretto by Edmond Gondinet & Phillipe GilleLakmé is Delibes' romantic fantasy of star-crossed lovers, accompanied by lilting, beautiful melodies and emotional arias. This concert presentation features romantic soaring orchestrations, including the famous "Flower Duet" and "Bell Song."This…
SUNDAY's CHAMBER MUSIC at SCO (1)
Next Up: Sunday, March 7 | 3:00pm | St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Arnold BAX Elegiac TrioClaude DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola and HarpGabriel FAURE' Dolly Suite--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONSORT LYRIQUE TRIOWendy WILHELMI fluteLeslie JOHNSON violaJohn CARRINGTON harp--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Concert will be held at Queen Anne Christian Church (1316 3rd Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119, United States). Join us at…
Where the Mountain meets the Moon
Next Up: Saturday, March 13 | 2:00pm | Seattle Children's Theatre
Join Teen Connectors!Minli lives in a rundown house in the desolate valley of Fruitless Mountain. In the evenings, her father tells her folktales about dragons, jewels, and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all life’s…
Chamber Series: French Impressions & Beyond
Next Up: Saturday, March 13 | 7:00pm | Postmark Center for the Arts
Some concerts glow more than they thunder.French Impressions & Beyond brings flute, viola, and harp together for an intimate evening of color, elegance, and quiet radiance at Postmark Center for the Arts. Debussy’s Sonata for flute, viola, and harp anchors…
Resilience
Next Up: Sunday, March 14 | 3:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Soprano Vanessa Isiguen stars in the world premiere of Afghan-born composer Milad Yousufi’s new work that blends storytelling and music to give voice to the lived experiences of Afghan women. Boy and a Makeshift Toy, part of Armenian American composer…
Women in the Shadows
Next Up: Tuesday, March 16 | 4:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Women in the Shadows explores the inner worlds of women artists overshadowed by history. The featured work, Camille Claudel: Into the Fire, is a theatrical song cycle by Jake Heggie that traces the life of the brilliant French sculptor. Heggie…
Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher
Next Up: Thursday, March 18 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Pianist Conrad Tao and tap dancer Caleb Teicher deepen their collaborative partnership with Counterpoint II. The harmonic, rhythmic and theatrical counterpoint between the artists expands their individual expressions into a collective experience that drives the imagination and opens the heart…
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Next Up: Friday, March 19 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Shake up your spring with electric new dance experiences! Back for the first time since its premiere in 2019, Eva Stone’s elegant F O I L explores different sides of the human experience from Stone’s unique storytelling lens. Christopher Wheeldon’s This…
Much Ado About Nothing
Next Up: Saturday, March 20 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
They’re not in love. Ask them, they’ll tell you. Loudly. Repeatedly. With increasingly elaborate insults. The only people who aren’t buying it? Everyone else. Shakespeare’s wittiest comedy throws two of the sharpest tongues in theater onto a collision course while their friends scheme and meddle to force…
Wild Rumours
Next Up: Saturday, March 20 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Seattle’s Wild Rumours brings the timeless music of Fleetwood Mac to life in a powerful, full-concert experience featuring the iconic Buckingham–Nicks era songs performed with rich harmonies, dynamic instrumentation, and a distinctly Northwest sensibility. Comprised of an all-star lineup of…
New Orford Quartet & James Ehnes
Next Up: Sunday, March 21 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
The New Orford String Quartet is made up of leading Canadian orchestral principals and soloists who reunite regularly to perform together, and The Toronto Star has called their playing “nothing short of electrifying.” The group has won a Juno Award…
Seasons in Motion
Next Up: Sunday, March 21 | 2:30pm | Pantages Theater
Molly Turner, conductorTessa Lark, violinMolly Turner: Set LooseGrieg: Holberg SuiteVivaldi: Four Seasons
SUNDAY's CHAMBER MUSIC at SCO (2)
Next Up: Sunday, March 21 | 3:00pm | St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Robert SCHUMANN Marchenbilder Op. 8Max BRUCH Eight Pieces Op.38 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Trio in E-flat major K498 "Kegelstatt"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leslie JOHNSON violaKevin MORTON clarinetLorenzo MARASSO piano--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Concert will be held at Faith Lutheran Church (8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115, United States). Join…
Dear Evan Hansen
Next Up: Wednesday, March 24 | 7:30pm | Francis J. Gaudette Theatre
Dear Evan Hansen is a Tony Award-winning stage musical about a lonely high school student with social anxiety who invents a fake friendship with a classmate who died by suicide.
Pilobolus
Next Up: Thursday, March 25 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Blast off into the Pilobolus multiverse with Trips, a seamless journey through gravity-defying feats and emotional landscapes. Each piece flows seamlessly into the next, featuring explosive athleticism, physical poetry and sly humor that will transport you on a journey to…
Beating a Dead Horse
Next Up: Friday, March 26 | 7:30pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Two brothers have inherited a failing pet funeral home from their late father and are desperate to keep it open – each for their own reasons. When they are offered a fortune to host an extravagant funeral for a wealthy…
HYPROV
Next Up: Saturday, March 27 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
HYPROV is a one-of-a-kind live comedy experience that fuses hypnosis and improv into a fast-paced, unpredictable performance where nothing is scripted and anything can happen. Master hypnotist Asad Mecci begins by selecting volunteers from the audience and placing them into…
An Evening with Aaron & Elmer Dixon Free
Next Up: Thursday, April 1 | 5:00pm | The Metropole
In April 1968, brothers Aaron and Elmer Dixon helped launch the first Black Panther Party chapter authorized outside California — igniting a movement that fed children, defended a community, and built lasting institutions of care across the Pacific Northwest.Join us…
Blind Boys of Alabama present Songs in the Key of Life
Next Up: Friday, April 2 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
The legendary Blind Boys of Alabama bring their transcendent harmonies and spiritual power to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder's iconic album Songs in the Key of Life. This special presentation pairs many of Stevie Wonder’s classic songs with…
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Next Up: Saturday, April 3 | 10:00am | SIFF Cinema Uptown
Join Teen Connectors!NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth) is the world's largest festival for emerging filmmakers.
Tomorrow, Love... in Concert
Next Up: Saturday, April 3 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Tomorrow, Love... is a new work for voices, violin and piano that explores love as a transformative force. Inspired by bell hooks’ landmark book All About Love, Marc Bamuthi Joseph guides audiences through memory, music and myth — tracing those who…
Symphonic Stories
Next Up: Sunday, April 4 | 2:30pm | Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center
Some forces are invisible, but you feel their pull.Symphonic Stories begins with Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral, a luminous work shaped by memory, grief, and hope. Then Timothy McAllister joins Auburn Symphony for the West Coast Premiere of Gravity at a…
Spring Rep
Next Up: Saturday, April 10 | 7:00pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Raymonda is a grand classical ballet in three acts, with music composed by Alexander Glazunov and choreography by Marius Petipa. It was first staged for the Imperial Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 19, 1898, and is a celebrated example…
Latin Jazz Legends
Next Up: Saturday, April 10 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
Eddie Palmieri never played it safe - his fearless, boundary-crossing artistry reshaped what Latin jazz could be. This concert honors him and a whole host of Cuban innovators like Ray Barreto, Tito Puente, Irakere and the Fort Apache Band that…
Meshell Ndegeocello
Next Up: Saturday, April 10 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Meshell Ndegeocello, a bass player above all else, brings her warm, melodic groove to everything she does. The Grammy Award-winning musician eschews musical trends in favor of musical truths, exploring jazz, R&B, hip-hop and rock — all bound by a…
Phat Cat Swinger
Next Up: Thursday, April 15 | 7:30pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
Phat Cat Swinger brings their high-energy “little-big band” experience to Edmonds Center for the Arts, blending vintage swing, jazz, and rock with modern pop influences and unmatched showmanship. Known for turning every performance into a full-on dance party, the ensemble…
Step Afrika!
Next Up: Thursday, April 15 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Following the success of Drumfolk, Step Afrika! returns with The Fruits of Our Labor, a bold new work created by celebrated South African choreographer Vusi Mdoyi and longtime collaborator Jakari Sherman. Blending stepping, body percussion and contemporary dance with the…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Next Up: Friday, April 16 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
A fanciful tale of love’s delusions and mishaps, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream seems almost tailor-made for ballet. From the spritely fairy kingdom to the whirling lovers and a star-lit wedding, George Balanchine’s adaptation of this classic tale would certainly be…
JAZZ at SCO
Next Up: Saturday, April 17 | 7:00pm | 419 W Lee St
“If you don’t know what it is, then it’s Jazz” (from “Novecento” by Alessandro Baricco)Fazil SAY Suite for alto saxophone and piano Fazil SAY Black Earth for solo piano Erwin SCHULHOFF Hot SonateHeitor VILLA-LOBOS Suite for saxophone and piano--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael BROCKMAN alto saxophoneLorenzo…
Garrick Ohlsson
Next Up: Wednesday, April 21 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Seattle favorite Garrick Ohlsson has established himself as a pianist of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Regarded as a leading exponent of the music of Frédéric Chopin, he commands an enormous repertoire covering the full range of piano literature. Ohlsson’s…
Aga Khan Master Musicians with Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal
Next Up: Friday, April 23 | 8:00pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The Aga Khan Master Musicians — an exceptional collective of world-class artists devoted to preserving and reimagining Central Asian and Middle Eastern musical traditions — join eminent French musicians Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal for a cross-continental collaboration. The ensemble…
Disco Inferno
Next Up: Friday, April 30 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
It’s raining men! The Seattle Men’s Chorus celebrates favorite anthems and iconic hits with dazzling choreography and glittering costumes. This is pride and joy. It’s the music that sets us free!
The River Bride
Next Up: Saturday, May 1 | 2:00pm | Union Arts Center
Three days before her sister’s wedding, a stranger is pulled from the Amazon River. No name. No memory. No explanation. Just a magnetism that neither sister can resist. In a small Brazilian fishing village where old stories still hold power…
Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw and Ringdown
Next Up: Saturday, May 1 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Sō Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw expand their long-running collaboration with Ringdown — Shaw’s cinematic electro-pop duo with Danni Lee Parpan. Ringdown’s vocals and electronics intertwine with Sō’s intricate percussion textures and Shaw’s songs, creating a hybrid sound…
Rhythm & Revelry
Next Up: Sunday, May 2 | All Day | Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center
End the season with music that celebrates, dazzles, and dances.Rhythm & Revelry opens with Omar Thomas’ Come Sunday, a joyful tribute to the Hammond organ’s role in Black worship. The music moves from the warmth of “Testimony” to the ecstatic…
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Next Up: Saturday, May 8 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Following their acclaimed collaboration on Lagrime di San Pietro, director Peter Sellars reunites with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, one of America's most celebrated professional choruses, for a deeply personal meditation on saying goodbye in times of struggle. Inspired by…
Tempest & Triumph
Next Up: Saturday, May 8 | 7:30pm | Pantages Theater
Pantages TheaterJames Welsch, conductorNathan Chan, celloSmyth: Overture to The WreckersShostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Simon Trpčeski
Next Up: Tuesday, May 11 | 7:30pm | Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Pianist Simon Trpčeski is the consummate performer, praised for his powerful virtuosity and deeply expressive approach. A favorite in concert halls around the globe, Trpčeski brings his distinctive musical personality and emotional immediacy to a program ranging from the intimate…
SOUVENIR de FLORENCE
Next Up: Wednesday, May 12 | 8:00pm | 419 W Lee St
Carl NIELSEN Suite Op.1Sergey RACHMANINOFF Vocalise for cello and string orchestra Nicola CAMPOGRANDE New work (2027) (US Premiere)Peter Ilitch TCHAIKOVSKI Souvenir de Florence--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lorenzo MARASSO conductor SEATTLE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Concert will be held at the Chapel (on the 4th floor) at the Good Shepherd Center (464…
Dear Evan Hansen
Next Up: Saturday, May 15 | 2:00pm | Cope Gillette Theatre (Youth Education Center)
Dear Evan Hansen is a Tony Award-winning stage musical about a lonely high school student with social anxiety who invents a fake friendship with a classmate who died by suicide.
The Sleeping Beauty
Next Up: Saturday, May 15 | 2:00pm | Edmonds Center for the Arts
This classical ballet tells the fairytale story of the conflicting forces of good and evil: the lovely Princess Aurora, the wicked fairy who curses her, the kind fairy who protects her, and the brave prince who set her free of…
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Next Up: Friday, May 21 | 7:30pm | Dumas Bay Centre
Mystery, music, and mayhem take the stage in this superbly witty musical inspired by Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished, novel. This hilarious and dynamic story asks the audience to help solve the disappearance of Edwin Drood, and depending on what the…
La Boheme
Next Up: Saturday, May 22 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Join Teen Connectors!A timeless story of love and loss. An audience favorite for over a century, this tale of four young Parisians who dedicate their lives to art and love is guaranteed to touch your heart. Puccini’s lush, romantic score…
James Ehnes & Orion Weiss
Next Up: Sunday, May 23 | 2:00pm | Benaroya Hall
James Ehnes has performed with orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and holds twelve Juno Awards, the most of any classical musician in history, along with two Grammys and three Gramophone…
H*llo K*tty Syndrome
Next Up: Friday, May 28 | All Day | 12th Avenue Arts
HK is a little lost. They just quit their job as a police officer, broke up with their cowboy-partner, and made a vendetta with their brother-in-law. In Brian Dang’s genre-bending comedy, they find themselves caught in the throes of a…
Love Is Dead
Next Up: Tuesday, June 1 | 7:30pm | Francis J. Gaudette Theatre
Love Is Dead is a three-actor romantic comedy musical about a heartbroken woman who falls for a handsome ghost while staying at a haunted rental.
BALLET ON BROADWAY
Next Up: Friday, June 4 | 7:30pm | McCaw Hall
Our final production of the season features three choreographers equally at home on Broadway and at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Here, all three combine a knack for storytelling with superb dancing, and a bit of jazz for good measure. Twyla Tharp’s…
OPERA AT SCO
Next Up: Saturday, June 5 | 8:00pm | 419 W Lee St
Frederic RZEWSKI De profundis (1994)Richard STRAUSS Enoch Arden Op.38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lilith BRIELLE narratorLorenzo MARASSO piano--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Concert will be held at the Chapel (on the 4th floor) at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA). Join us at…
A Juneteenth / Father's Day Celebration
Next Up: Saturday, June 19 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
The stars align and we celebrate the rich music of these two important holidays on one meaningful weekend. Honoring our fathers with classics like Horace Silver's beloved "Song for my Father" and the joy of fatherhood in Stevie Wonder's "Isn't…
Love Is Dead
Next Up: Saturday, July 10 | 2:00pm | Cope Gillette Theatre (Youth Education Center)
Love Is Dead is a three-actor romantic comedy musical about a heartbroken woman who falls for a handsome ghost while staying at a haunted rental.