The final week of September and the first days of October will turn Seattle and the surrounding area into one large open-air stage. Concerts, theater, ballet, museum programs, art walks, and sporting events will share the calendar with festivals celebrating the harvest, salmon, oysters, chocolate, and beer. The city offers activities for the whole family—from a free museum day and a pet parade to farm tours—while those seeking unusual experiences can enjoy underground tours, ghost walks, immersive shows, and miniature train rides. Details and current schedules are compiled from Events12: https://www.events12.com/seattle/
Events in Seattle and the Surrounding Area: September 29–October 6, 2026
| Dates | Location | Description | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | Showbox SoDo, Seattle | Channel Tres concert. | — |
| Sep 29 | Magnuson Park, Seattle | Senior Resource Fair: booths from 100 organizations and themed seminars. | More information, Map |
| Sep 29–Oct 31 | Seattle | Food-themed walking tours with tastings: Pike Place Market, chocolate, coffee, wine, and cheese. | — |
| Sep 29–Oct 31 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | Underground tour of Seattle’s historic street level, buried after the 1889 fire. | Tour and tickets, Map |
| Sep 30 | Washington Hall, Seattle | Omnivorous benefit dinner featuring tastings of food and drinks from 20 local participants, music, and storytelling. Ages 21+. | More information, Map |
| Sep 30–Oct 18 | Greenwood, Union Arts, Issaquah, and elsewhere | Theater program featuring Conscience, Hamlet, Ragtime, The Chinese Lady, and Eureka Day. | — |
| Sep 30, 2026–Dec 31, 2027 | Seattle, Tacoma, and surrounding areas | Free events and attractions: the Ballard Locks, gardens, museums, art galleries, and walking routes. | — |
| Oct 1 | Seattle and Tacoma | Free Museum Day: museums, the arboretum, the Japanese Garden, and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. | — |
| Oct 1 | Town Hall Seattle, Seattle | Ignite Seattle evening of short presentations, with about 12 speakers discussing interesting topics accompanied by photographs. | Tickets, Map |
| Oct 1 | Imperia Lake Union, Seattle | Shaping Visions benefit evening with cocktails, a ceramics auction, dinner, a performance, and music. Sold out. | More information, Map |
| Oct 1–4 | Tacoma Dome, Tacoma | Tacoma Fall RV Show featuring recreational vehicles and camping equipment. | More information, Map |
| Oct 1–10 | 12th Avenue Arts, Seattle | Out There experimental dance festival featuring new works. | More information, Map |
| Oct 1–15 | Various venues | Seattle Art Walks: exhibitions in Pioneer Square, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, Belltown, Ballard, Georgetown, and Edmonds. | Program |
| Oct 1–31 | Downtown Seattle | Four-pub walking tour featuring ghost stories. Ages 21+; drinks not included. | Tickets, Map |
| Oct 1–31 | Seattle waterfront | Two-hour sailing trip aboard the schooner Bay Lady on Elliott Bay. Daytime and sunset cruises are available. | Map |
| Oct 1, 2026–Apr 16, 2027 | Lumen Field, Seattle | Seattle Sounders home season; the next match is October 1 against Sporting Kansas City. | Schedule, Tickets, Map |
| Oct 1 | Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | Sombr concert. | — |
| Oct 1–4 | McCaw Hall, Seattle | Pacific Northwest Ballet presents George Balanchine’s Serenade and two additional works. | More information, Map |
| Oct 1–4 | St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle | Greek Festival: Greek food, dancing, music, delicacies, and church tours. | More information, Free shuttle, Map |
| Oct 2 | Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | Tyler Childers concert. | — |
| Oct 2 | Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle | About Last Night comedy evening featuring stories about disastrous dates and live music. Ages 21+. | More information, Tickets, Map |
| Oct 2–3 | Fort Nisqually, Tacoma | Candlelight evening tour with a historical reenactment of settler life in 1859. | Tickets, Map |
| Oct 2–3 | Olympia | Fall Arts Walk: exhibitions, performances, workshops, craft fairs, and food festivals. | More information, Venue map |
| Oct 2–4 | Erickson Theatre, Seattle | Men in Dance festival featuring dancers from various genres. | More information, Map |
| Oct 2–17 | Leavenworth | Oktoberfest with live music, dancing, contests, German food, beer, and a parade. | More information, Shuttle, Map |
| Oct 2–31 | Hotel Andra, Seattle | Hot Stove Society cooking classes featuring Indian, Filipino, Mexican, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Italian, and Japanese-Korean cuisine. | Schedule and tickets, Map |
| Oct 2–31 | Unexpected Productions Improv, Seattle | Poe Unexpected, an improvised comedy inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe; Fridays and Saturdays. | Tickets, Map |
| Oct 2–31 | DAR Rainier Chapter House, Seattle | Haunted Soiree: Hauntoberfest, an interactive immersive show set in a stylized Bavarian beer hall. Ages 21+. | Tickets, Map |
| Oct 2–31 | Various cities | Haunted house and haunted forest season in Seattle, Tacoma, Snohomish, Buckley, Federal Way, and other cities. | Seattle video, Tacoma video |
| Oct 2–Nov 1 | Lumen Field, Seattle | Seattle Reign women’s soccer home season; the next match is October 2 against North Carolina Courage. | Schedule, Tickets, Map |
| Oct 2–Nov 1 | Wild Waves, Federal Way | Halloween program: daytime Booville for children and evening Fright Fest with rides, monsters, and haunted houses. | More information and tickets, Map |
| Oct 3 | Elysian Capitol Hill Brewery, Seattle | Pumpkin beer festival featuring about 60 seasonal varieties, music, and a costume contest. Ages 21+. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3 | Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle | OktoBEARfest beer festival with tastings from 50 breweries and cideries, music, games, and zoo access. Ages 21+. | Tickets, More information, Map |
| Oct 3 | Fishermen’s Terminal, Seattle | Fishermen’s Fall Festival: tours of the shipping canal, contests, children’s activities, seafood, music, and drinks. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3 | University District, Seattle | U District Chow Down food walk featuring $6 specials from 70 establishments and a street party. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3 | Town Square Park, Burien | Brat Trot 5K and 1K races with a Bavarian party, beer, games, and live performances. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3 | Dacca Park, Fife | Family Harvest Festival with games, a petting zoo, a maze, vendors, food trucks, and a beer garden. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3 | North Bend | North Bend Blues Walk: 22 blues bands performing at 18 venues. | More information, Venue map, Map |
| Oct 3 | Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue | Northwest Chocolate Festival: tastings, workshops, and a marketplace with 100 exhibitors. | Festival, Workshop schedule, Map |
| Oct 3–4 | Issaquah | Issaquah Salmon Days: street fair, parade, music, international food court, and activities at the fish hatchery. | Festival, Parade, Map |
| Oct 3–4 | Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe | Rocktoberfest exhibition of minerals, gemstones, jewelry, and fossils, with children’s activities. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3–4 | Port Townsend | Kinetic Sculpture Race: parade of unusual creations and costumed participants, followed by an evening ball. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3–4 | Skagit Valley | Family Farm Festival: farms, tastings, animals, and family entertainment. | More information, Farm map |
| Oct 3–4 | Shelton | OysterFest seafood festival: oysters, shrimp, music, crafts, children’s activities, and an oyster-shucking competition. | More information, Map |
| Oct 3–6 | Seattle and Bellevue | Blessing of the Animals at churches in Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah, Magnolia, Kirkland, and Tacoma. | — |
| Oct 3–24 | Concrete | Historical ghost walk on Saturdays featuring stories of miners, lumberjacks, and cement-plant workers. | More information, Tickets, Map |
| Oct 3–31 | Seattle area | Architectural walking tours of the University of Washington, the waterfront, downtown, Mount Baker, Ballard, and other neighborhoods. | Program, Video |
| Oct 3–31 | Skykomish | Miniature train rides across a bridge and through a tunnel on Saturdays. | More information, Map |
| Oct 4 | Seattle First Baptist, Seattle | Free Seattle Jazz Vespers evening featuring Pearl Django. | More information, Map |
| Oct 4 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Free Croatian festival with music, dancing, food, and children’s activities. | More information, Map |
| Oct 4 | Volunteer Park, Seattle | Costumed pet parade with contests, food trucks, and vendor booths. | More information, Map |
| Oct 4–Dec 25 | Lumen Field, Seattle | Seattle Seahawks home season; the next game is October 4 against the Los Angeles Chargers. | Schedule, Tickets, Photos, Map |
| Oct 4, 2026–Jul 5, 2027 | Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | Seattle Kraken home season; the next game is October 4 against the Calgary Flames. | Schedule, Tickets, Map |