Northwest Festival Calendar

You know how you wait all year to open up your bottom drawer to put on your indestructible “kid” skin on the annual festival you’ve been going to since you were born? The one you took your first date to, where you had your first kiss; where you go on every ride without feeling sick and can eat all the elephant ears you want without worrying about the calories? Lucky for you, by the time you’re done reading through this Festival Guide, you won’t have to take your kid skin off all year….

All events are listed chronologically. Dates are subject to change and may be confirmed by clicking on the links below.

January

Seattle Boat Show

February

Seattle Boat Show

Tết Festival: Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Festival Sundiata: African-American Celebration

Northwest Flower & Garden Show

March

Irish Week Festival

Honk! Fest West Radical Marching Band

Whirligig!

Gage Academy Masquerade Ball & Benefit

April

Whirligig!

Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival

Cornish College of Arts Concert

World Rhythm Festival

May

Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration

Seattle International Childerns Festival

Party in the Park

Seattle Cheese Festival

University District Street Fair

Seattle International Film Festival

Sasquatch Festival

A Glimpse of China: Chinese Culture and Art Festival

Pike Place Market Street Festival

June

Pike Place Market Street Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival

Georgetown Music Fest

Seattle Peace Concerts

Fremont Solstice Parade

The Fremont Fair

Seattle Pride Parade

Skandia Folkdance Society's Midsommarfest

VM Team Medicine Seafair Marathon

July

Seattle Peace Concerts

Naturalization Ceremony

Seafair Pirates Annual Landing

Allstate Insurance Company Milk Carton Derby

Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival

Pioneer Square Fire Festival

West Seattle Summer Fest

Bastille Day Celebration

Bite of Seattle

Kirkland Uncorked

Benaroya Research Institute Triathalon

Capitol Hill Block Party

Bainbridge Blue Grass Festival and Family Fun Day

Southwest Airlines Torchlight Parade

Wells Fargo Torchlight Run

Ballard SeafoodFest

August

 Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival

Seattle Peace Concerts

Magnolia Summerfest and Art Show

Chevrolet Cup and Hydroplane Show

Summer Meltdown

South Lake Union Block Party

The Seattle Musicfest

Cambodian Cultural Heritage Celebration

Art at Marymoor Park

Central Area Community Festival and Parade

HempFest

BrasilFest

Arts-In-Nature

Tibet Fest

Bumbershoot

September

Bumbershoot

Seattle Peace Concerts

The Puyallup Fair

Korean Cultural Celebration

Seattle Fiestas Patrias

Saint Benedicts School’s 25th Great Wallingford Wurst Festival

Fremont Oktoberfest

St. Demetrios Greek Festival

Italian Festival
Sustainable Ballard Festival

October

CroatiaFest

Utsav: South Asain Performing Arts Festival

Seattle Home Show

TurkFest

Ear Shot Jazz Festival

November

Ear Shot Jazz Festival

Dia de Muertos: A Mexican Rememberance

Hmong New Year Celebration

Health and Wellness Show: Alive! Expo

Best of the Northwest

Seattle Winterfest

December

Seattle Winterfest