The final week of August will turn Seattle and the surrounding area into one large festival grounds. From August 22 through 29, the region will host concerts by Alison Krauss, The Guess Who, and Take 6; cultural festivals, fairs, sporting events, outdoor movie screenings, and family programs. The calendar also includes unusual events, from a kite festival and an electric-aircraft expo to an aerial acrobatics show, an interactive casino, and food walks through the International District. The complete event list and current details are published on Events12: https://www.events12.com/seattle/
Seattle-Area Events: August 22–29, 2026
| Dates | Location | Description | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 22 | Marymoor Park, Redmond | Alison Krauss + Union Station concert as part of the Marymoor Live series. | Website, tickets |
| August 22 | Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | The Guess Who concert. | — |
| August 22–23 | Jazz Alley, Seattle | Performance by the vocal ensemble Take 6. | — |
| August 22 | Freeway Park, Seattle | The park’s 50th-anniversary celebration with live music, public art, and free food and drinks. | Website, details |
| August 22 | Pier 62, Seattle | Encanto Music Festival—music from Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean, plus dancing, food, and a beer garden. | Website |
| August 22 | Punk Rock Flea Market, Seattle | Free Robothon expo featuring robotics projects, demonstrations, and competitions for enthusiasts. | Website |
| August 22 | Columbia Park, Seattle | 98118 Fest with live music, artist demonstrations, handmade goods, food trucks, and children’s activities. | Website |
| August 22 | Pfingst Animal Acres Park, Lake Forest Park | Free ShoreLake Battle of the Bands competition featuring performances by emerging musicians. | Website, photos, video |
| August 22 | Saltwater State Park, Des Moines | Free Cambodian cultural festival with traditional dancing, martial arts, music, food, and games. | Website, video |
| August 22 | Lake Wilderness Arboretum, Maple Valley | Children’s Princess Picnic with Belle and Sleeping Beauty, songs, stories, dancing, and treats. | Event, tickets |
| August 22 | Snoqualmie | Snoqualmie Days with a parade, children’s area, model trains, a fair, and music. | Website, schedule |
| August 22 | Boxcar Park, Everett | Free Wheels On The Waterfront show featuring classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles. | Website |
| August 22–23 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Festival Sundiata, celebrating African American art, culture, and entertainment. | Website, video |
| August 22–23 | Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle | Free sale of rare cacti, succulents, plants, and accessories. | Website, photos, video |
| August 22–23 | Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Bellevue | Everfree Northwest family convention dedicated to My Little Pony, with games, concerts, costumes, and a marketplace. | Website, photos |
| August 22–23 | Hilton Bellevue, Bellevue | Dragonflight Convention with tournaments, a board-game library, and hundreds of gaming sessions. | Website, map, photos, video |
| August 22–23 | Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, Centralia | Washington State Garlic Fest with garlic dishes, drinks, workshops, music, and family entertainment. | Website, photos |
| August 22–23 | Long Beach | Washington State International Kite Festival with kites, competitions, and mass launches. | Website, video |
| August 22–28 | Seattle parks | Free outdoor Center City Cinema movie series. | Website, schedule |
| August 22–28 | Seattle | Candlelight Concerts—one-hour string-quartet performances by the light of decorative candles. | Tickets and schedule, video |
| August 22–29 | Various Seattle neighborhoods | Seattle Architecture Foundation walking tours focusing on the architecture of Seattle Center, the UW campus, and Queen Anne. | Website, FAQ, video |
| August 22–30 | Seattle, Bellevue, and Issaquah | Trailhead Direct bus service to hiking trails in the Issaquah Alps and on Mount Si. | Website, photos, video |
| August 22–30 | Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend | Olympic Music Festival featuring chamber-music concerts. | Website, video |
| August 22–September 5 | Base Camp Studios 2, Seattle | Interactive All In show in an underground-casino format, with games, secrets, music, and puzzles. | Tickets, Seattle Times review |
| August 22–September 6 | Various venues | Theater productions including Complemento, the musicals Freak the Mighty and Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and the comedy Jurassic Parking Lot. | — |
| August 22–September 7 | Seattle and surrounding areas | Free concerts in parks and public spaces in Seattle, Arlington, Edmonds, Everett, Bellevue, Tacoma, and other cities. | — |
| August 22–September 7 | Point Defiance Park, Tacoma | Family-friendly Venardos Circus with acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and dancers. | Website, reviews, video |
| August 22–September 11 | Marymoor Park, Redmond | Marymoor Live concert series: Alison Krauss + Union Station on August 22 and Squeeze + Adam Ant on September 11. | Website, tickets, photos, video |
| August 22–September 12 | Paramount Theatre, Seattle | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—a theatrical production about Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they grow older, featuring illusions and magic. | Website, tickets |
| August 22–September 27 | T-Mobile Park, Seattle | Seattle Mariners home baseball games, including games against the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies during the first week. | Schedule, tickets |
| August 22–September 30 | Various farms in the region | Sunflower-farm season with photo areas, wagon rides, and family activities. | — |
| August 22–October 10 | Lake Union, Seattle | Dance parties aboard The Hiyu ferry with live or DJ music, food, and bars. | Website and schedule, photos, video |
| August 22–October 31 | Elliott Bay, Seattle | Two-hour schooner cruises aboard the Bay Lady with views of the bay; daytime and sunset sailings are available. | — |
| August 22–October 31 | Skykomish | Free 10-minute miniature-train rides across a bridge and through a tunnel on Saturdays. | Great Northern & Cascade Railway, Kitsap Live Steamers, photos, video |
| August 22–December 31 | Seattle | Tours and attractions including a harbor cruise, Mount Rainier, the Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass, Pike Place Market, and the underground passages of Pioneer Square. | — |
| August 22, 2026–December 31, 2027 | Seattle and surrounding areas | Free activities including the Ballard Locks, Bellevue Botanical Garden, museums, Kubota Garden, Olympic Sculpture Park, and hiking trails. | — |
| August 23 | Kubota Garden, Seattle | Stone-sculpture exhibition in a Japanese garden with ponds and walking paths. | Website, photos |
| August 23 | Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood | Pour in the Park party with wine and beer tastings, a souvenir glass, and food trucks. | Website, photos |
| August 23–September 25 | Remlinger Farms, Carnation | Farm concerts; Cake performs on August 23 and Big Thief on September 25. | Website, tickets, photos |
| August 24–25 | T-Mobile Park, Seattle | Seattle Mariners home baseball games against the Philadelphia Phillies. | Schedule, tickets |
| August 25 | State national parks | Free national-park admission day, including Mount Rainier and Olympic National Park. | Information |
| August 25 | Lumen Field, Seattle | Seattle Sounders match against Chicago Fire. | Schedule, tickets |
| August 25–September 8 | Seattle parks | Dancing ’til Dusk—hour-long dance lessons, music, and dancing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sunday, August 30. | Website, photos, video |
| August 25–September 13 | Cheney Stadium, Tacoma | Tacoma Rainiers home baseball games. | Website, schedule, tickets |
| August 26 | Olympic Rooftop Pavilion, Seattle | Romantic Brazilian bossa nova concert on a rooftop overlooking the city. | Tickets, video |
| August 26 | Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | Seattle Storm women’s basketball game against Toronto Tempo. | Website, tickets |
| August 27 | Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle | About Last Night—a comedy show featuring stories about disastrous dates and live music. | Website, tickets, video |
| August 27 | Crossroads Park, Bellevue | Free outdoor screening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. | — |
| August 27–28 | Waterfront Park and Westlake Park, Seattle | Free Beat Masters Beat Battle—a competition among 16 producers with a $1,000 prize. | Website, photos, video |
| August 27–29 | Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe | Evergreen State Fair with animals, rides, fair food, pig races, and monster-truck shows. | Website, photos, video |
| August 28 | Pike Place Market, Seattle | The Night Shift—an evening program with music, performances, a craft market, food, and a beer garden. | Website, video |
| August 28–29 | Olympia Area Rowing, Olympia | South Sound Block Party with 14 bands, food trucks, games, a beer garden, and views of the bay. | Website, photos, video |
| August 28–30 | Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue | Free Arts in the Garden exhibition featuring works by 26 artists. | Website, photos, video |
| August 28–30 | Dakwas Park, Neah Bay | Makah Days Celebration with a parade, canoe races, traditional dancing, a street fair, and fireworks. | Website, video |
| August 28–September 4 | Hotel Andra, Seattle | Hot Stove Society cooking classes with cooking demonstrations and tastings. | Schedule and tickets, video |
| August 29 | Waterfront, Seattle | Waterfront Block Party with live music, dancing, parades, food trucks, family workshops, and vendor booths. | Website, photos, video |
| August 29 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Free celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day with traditions, performances, and Ukrainian cuisine. | Website, video |
| August 29 | Hing Hay Park, Seattle | CID Food Walk—a tour of International District restaurants featuring dishes priced at $6–8. | Website, video |
| August 29 | Emerald City Trapeze Arts, Seattle | The Trapeze Soirée—an aerial-acrobatics show featuring trapeze artists. | Website, tickets, photos |
| August 29 | Greta Hackett Outdoor Sculpture Gallery, Mercer Island | Art Uncorked—wine, beer, and cider tastings with art, music, and food. | Website, tickets, photos, video |
| August 29 | The Museum of Flight, Seattle | Electric Aircraft Expo with electric aircraft, a film, and a discussion with race winners. | Website |
| August 29 | Des Moines Beach Park, Des Moines | Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Fest with live blues, drinks from local breweries, and food. | Event, tickets, photos, video |
| August 29 | Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma | Polynesian Luau with dinner, Polynesian music and dancing, and a fire knife-dancing performance. | Adult tickets, children’s tickets, photos, video |
| August 29 | Marymount Event Center, Parkland | Free LeMay Annual Show featuring 1,000 vintage vehicles, as well as dolls and antiques. | Website, photos |
| August 29 | Lumen Field, Seattle | Seattle Sounders home match against Chicago Fire. | Schedule, tickets |
| August 30 | Confluence Park, Issaquah | Confluence Music Festival with music, art, food, and drinks in the park. | Website, photos, video |
| August 30 | Lumen Field, Seattle | Seattle Reign home match against Houston Dash. | Schedule, tickets |
| August 30 | Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | Seattle Storm home match against the Los Angeles Sparks. | Website, tickets |