A week in Seattle promises to be packed, with jazz concerts, restaurant specials, sailing schooner cruises, sporting events, and theater productions complemented by an atmospheric Halloween lineup. The city and surrounding areas will host costume runs, zombie parades, film, coffee, beer, and spirits festivals, candlelight concerts, fairs, circus and opera shows. Families can enjoy museums, workshops, children’s celebrations, and rides on historic trains. The full list of events and up-to-date details are available in the Seattle events calendar at Events12: https://www.events12.com/seattle/.
Events in Seattle and the Surrounding Area: October 19–26, 2026
| Date | Location | Description | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19–25 | Seattle | Earshot Jazz Festival — dozens of concerts by local and international jazz performers. | Festival website, schedule |
| Oct 19–31 | Seattle and the Eastside | Seattle Restaurant Week — special offers at 220 restaurants from Seattle to Issaquah and from Edmonds to Rainier Beach. | Event website |
| Oct 19–31 | Seattle Waterfront | A two-hour sailing cruise aboard the Bay Lady, with views of Elliott Bay. Daytime and sunset cruises are available. | Location map, video |
| Oct 19–31 | Various locations | Pumpkin farms, hayrides, and corn mazes around Puget Sound. | |
| Oct 19–Dec 31 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | An underground tour of Seattle’s original street level, buried after the Great Fire of 1889. | Tickets and information, map |
| Oct 20 | Downtown Seattle | Bill Nye discusses curiosity, science, and innovation at An Evening With Bill Nye. | Event website, tickets, video |
| Oct 20 | Downtown Seattle | Winemakers’ dinner at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, featuring champagne, a seasonal four-course dinner, and wine pairings. The event is sold out. | Information, menu |
| Oct 20–31 | Downtown Seattle | Halloween show This Is Halloween — orchestral music, cabaret, burlesque, and video projections inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas. | Show website, tickets, photos, video |
| Oct 20–July 5 | Seattle Center | Seattle Kraken home hockey games at Climate Pledge Arena. During October 19–26: October 20 — Detroit Red Wings; October 22 — Utah Mammoth; October 24 — Minnesota Wild. | Schedule, map, tickets |
| Oct 21 and 28 | Seattle Center | Screenings of three classic horror films as part of the Scarecrowber program. | Program website, map |
| Oct 21–31 | Various cities | Haunted houses and forests: Fright Factory, Haunted Woods, Wild Waves Frightfest, Georgetown Morgue, Stalker Farms, and other Halloween attractions. | Seattle video, Tacoma video |
| Oct 21–Nov 15 | Seattle, Greenwood, Green Lake, Everett | Theater productions including Eureka Day, Smoke on the Mountain, Neha & Neel, Leonardo, I’ll Be Your Superhero, and Ragtime. | |
| Oct 21–Dec 31, 2027 | Various locations | Free activities including the Bellevue Botanical Garden, classical music concerts, museums, gardens, the Olympic Sculpture Park, and walking routes. | |
| Oct 22 | Downtown Seattle | Howloween — a free, all-ages party with a dog costume contest, treats, and drinks. | Information, tickets, map |
| Oct 22 | Central District, Seattle | An evening sing-along featuring Halloween songs with lyrics displayed on screen. | Event page, tickets, video |
| Oct 22–25 | Tacoma | The Tacoma Film Festival, featuring special events, feature films, and short-film programs. | Festival website, video |
| Oct 22–30 | Seattle and Woodinville | Candlelight concerts featuring music by Bach, The Beatles, Hans Zimmer, Coldplay, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, and Taylor Swift, performed by a string quartet. | Concert website, video |
| Oct 22–31 | Downtown Seattle | A Halloween tour of four pubs featuring ghost stories. For guests age 21 and older. | Tickets and information, map, video |
| Oct 22–31 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | The immersive theater experience Haunted Soiree, with cocktails and characters moving through a historic building. | Show website, map, video |
| Oct 22–Nov 1 | Kent and Everett | Disney on Ice: Jump In, featuring Disney characters skating, dancing, and recreating scenes from the films. | Show website, photo, video |
| Oct 23 | Downtown Seattle | The Night Shift evening program at Pike Place Market, with live music, performances, crafts, food, and a beer garden. | Event website, map, video |
| Oct 23 | Downtown Seattle | A free lantern festival with music, snacks, drinks, and a lantern-making workshop. | Information, map, photos |
| Oct 23 | SoDo, Seattle | Halloween party The Shop of Horrors, with two dance floors and fire and aerial performers. For guests age 21 and older. | Event website, tickets, map |
| Oct 23 | Bothell | Time Warp: Halloween Dance Party, with music from different decades and seasonal hits. For guests age 21 and older. | Event website, map |
| Oct 23 | Tacoma | Boo Five Three beer and music festival, with craft beer and cider, food trucks, and a costume contest. | Festival website, photos, video |
| Oct 23–25 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | Starstuff — a three-day festival of original plays, music, storytelling, and creative workshops. | Website and schedule, map |
| Oct 23–25 | Lower Queen Anne, Seattle | Polish Film Festival: nine films and a short-film program with English subtitles. | Festival website, schedule, photos |
| Oct 23–25 | Georgetown, Seattle | Circus show A Circus of Steam and Shadows, featuring shadow puppetry, live animation, and acrobatics in a former steam power plant. | Show website, tickets, map |
| Oct 23–25 | Monroe | Home and interiors exhibition featuring 200 booths from local companies. | Exhibition website, video, map |
| Oct 23–25 | Puyallup | Horror convention with guests, exhibits, vendors, panels, films, food, and games. | Convention website, video, map |
| Oct 23 and 30 | Ballard, Seattle | A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics — eerie melodies performed by a string quartet by candlelight. | Tickets, map, photo |
| Oct 23–30 | Eatonville | Hoot ’N’ Owl Halloween program at a nature park, with treats, games, nocturnal animals, and ranger presentations. | Event website, photo |
| Oct 23–31 | Downtown Seattle | Poe Unexpected, an improvisational comedy show based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. | Tickets, map, photos, video 1, video 2 |
| Oct 23–31 | Seattle Center | Richard Strauss’s opera Salome, based on the play by Oscar Wilde, performed in German with English subtitles. | Opera website, map, video |
| Oct 23–Nov 1 | Federal Way | Wild Waves Fright Fest — daytime family programming and evening scare attractions with monsters, dark rides, and haunted houses. | Park website, map, photo, video |
| Oct 24 | Interbay, Seattle | Proof spirits festival, with tastings of gin, whiskey, bourbon, and vodka from dozens of distilleries. | Tickets, photos, map |
| Oct 24 | Georgetown, Seattle | Haunted Skies party at The Museum of Flight, featuring the film Snakes on a Plane, 2000s music, fortune-telling, a costume contest, and food trucks. | Information, tickets, map |
| Oct 24 | West Seattle | Monster Dash costume run — a 5K trail race and a children’s run. | Registration, map, video |
| Oct 24 | Lynnwood | Rat City Roller Derby bout at Seaview Hall. | Team website, map, photo |
| Oct 24 | Issaquah | Free zombie parade with makeup, games, dancing, and a procession to City Hall. | Event website, map, photos, video |
| Oct 24 | Woodinville | Free Thrill the World dance flash mob set to Michael Jackson’s Thriller, plus music, games, and a costume contest. | Event page, map, video |
| Oct 24 | Carnation | Farm dinner with a welcome cocktail, appetizer, and three courses made from local ingredients. | Tickets, FAQ, map |
| Oct 24 | Everett | Puget Sound Festival of Bands high school marching-band competition, with a final performance, food, and a bake sale. | Festival website, video, map |
| Oct 24 | Everett | Endurocross — motocross on a challenging course featuring rocks, logs, and tractor tires. | Event website, photos, video |
| Oct 24 | Auburn | Free family festival with games, crafts, inflatables, treats, and a holiday trick-or-treat procession through the neighborhood. | Information, photos, map |
| Oct 24 | Tacoma | 1990s-versus-2000s costume party with music videos and glow bracelets. For guests age 21 and older. | Event website, tickets, video |
| Oct 24 | Concrete | Historic walking tour featuring stories of miners, loggers, and early-20th-century cement-plant workers. | Information, tickets, photo |
| Oct 24–25 | Downtown Seattle | Exhibition of unusual objects and curiosities: taxidermy, antiques, skulls, bones, jewelry, and Halloween merchandise. | Event, tickets, video |
| Oct 24–25 | Downtown Seattle | GeekGirlCon — a convention for women in science, technology, art, literature, comics, and game design. | Convention website, photos, video |
| Oct 24–25 | Seattle Center | Antiquarian book fair featuring thousands of rare books, maps, prints, and photographs. | Fair website, photos |
| Oct 24–25 | Sand Point, Seattle | Seattle’s first coffee festival, with unlimited coffee tastings, live music, and food trucks. | Festival website, map |
| Oct 24–25 | Everett and Shoreline | Mushroom exhibitions, identification of specimens brought by visitors, and vendor booths. | Everett map, Shoreline map, video |
| Oct 24 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | Beer Run 5K with beer, music, food trucks, and local vendors. | Race series website, video |
| Oct 24–31 | Various locations | A selection of Halloween events for children in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and other cities. | |
| Oct 24 and 31 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | Historical tour about Seattle’s famous people and ghosts. | Tour website, map |
| Oct 24 and 31 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | Halloween bar crawl through approximately a dozen city bars, starting at Merchant’s Cafe and Saloon. For guests age 21 and older. | Tickets, map, photo |
| Oct 24–31 | Snoqualmie | Halloween train ride with apple cider, seasonal games, and a 90-minute journey aboard a decorated train. | Museum website, map, photos |
| Oct 24 and 31 | Skykomish | Free 10-minute miniature train ride across a bridge and through a tunnel. | Railway website, Kitsap Live Steamers schedule, photos, video |
| Oct 25 | Downtown Seattle | ** Dracula ballet** performed by International Ballet Theatre: a Gothic production with zombies, demons, and dance battles. | Ballet website, map, photos, video |
| Oct 25 | Queen Anne, Seattle | Children’s dance party with costumes and DJ music. The event is sold out. | Event website, photos |
| Oct 25 | West Seattle | Free family festival with a costume parade, a performance by the Seattle Thrillers, candy distribution, and a chili contest. | Festival website, photos |
| Oct 25 | Seward Park, Seattle | Run Scared Halloween race featuring 10K, 5K, and 2-mile distances, plus a children’s run and costume contest. | Race website, schedule, map, photos |
| Oct 25 | Georgetown, Seattle | Family day at The Museum of Flight, with a science show, planetarium, marching band, workshops, and face painting. | Event website, map, photo |
| Oct 25 | Redmond | Captain Jack’s Treasure Run pirate race over 12K, 8K, and 5K distances, with a children’s run and post-race activities. | Race website, photos, map |
| Oct 25–Dec 25 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | Seattle Seahawks home games at Lumen Field. During October 19–26: October 25 — Kansas City Chiefs. | Team website, map, tickets, photos |
| Oct 25–Mar 6 | University District, Seattle | Washington Huskies basketball home games. During October 19–26: October 25 — exhibition game against Washington State. | Team schedule, map, tickets, photos |
| Oct 26–28 | Lower Queen Anne, Seattle | The 48 Hour Film Horror Project, an amateur horror-film festival: teams make films in two days, after which they are screened for audiences. | Project website, map |
| Oct 27 | U.S. National Parks | Free admission to national parks as part of a nationwide free-admission day. | Information |