The Lights of Christmas
Christmas Lighting Festival
Christmas Ship Festival 2019
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Hip Hop Nutcracker
Cirque Musica presents Holiday Wishes
A Cirque Musica production blends the grace and thrills of the world’s greatest cirque performers with stunning music.
ShoWare Center – Kent • Thurs Nov 21, 7:30 pm
Julefest
See how Nordic countries ring in the Yuletide by tasting Scandinavian treats, seeing performances from local Nordic groups, and shopping for house-made wares. Nordic Museum – Ballard • Nov 23–24
Trans-Siberian Orchestra 2019
Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s jolly blend of electric-guitar shredding and Christmas music is like the flu: It comes around every year and it’s extremely catchy. TSO, whose interpretation of Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” probably sparked the whole classical-music-meets-metal fad.
Tacoma Dome – Tacoma
Nov 24, 3:30 pm (21+)
Annual Holiday Native Gift Fair & Art Market
Find gifts for loved ones by local Native artists and makers at this annual market.
Duwamish Longhouse – West Seattle, Nov 29–Dec 1 & Dec 13–15 Free
Elf the Musical
This modern-day holiday classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner elf. After all, the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.
Tacoma Musical Playhouse – Tacoma, Nov 29–Dec 22
Enchant Christmas
Enchant Christmas looks to be a big, memorable, Christmas event. Held at T-Mobile Park, Enchant Christmas includes A Christmas lights maze where “Eddie the Elf” has hidden eight “Christmas gifts” to find. Activities, including an ice skating rink with skate rentals, Santa, and live music.
T-Mobile Park, Sat, Nov 30, 4 – 11 pm
PNB Nutcracker Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet performs The Nutcracker by George Balanchine, with a live orchestra, magnificent sets and costumes, and a huge cast in McCaw Hall.
McCaw Hall, Nov 29-Dec 28
Bellevue Street Show
Enjoy a 20-minute show of lights, music, falling snow, young dancers, and drummers in uniform on (Bellevue Way between N.E. 4th & N.E. 8th). Free.
Nov 29-Dec 24
Winterfest at Seattle Center
Enjoy holiday lights, skating at Fisher Pavilion (cost), folk dancers, carolers, dancers, ice sculptors, model trains, and entertainment.
The Seattle Center, Nov 29 – Dec 31 Closed Dec. 25. Free
Handel’s Messiah
Hearing Handel’s Messiah is a holiday tradition. Formed by the Federal Way Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony & Chorale.
Dec 7- Federal Way Performing Arts Center, Federal Way
Dec 20-22 – Seattle Benaroya Hall
Ugly Sweater Cruise
Wear a tacky Christmas sweater aboard Ugly Sweater Holiday Party Cruise, which includes a drink ticket, appetizers, city views, DJ music, and an ugly sweater contest, departing from north Lake Union 21+. Dec 21
Jingle Bell Run – Tacoma
Run or walk 3 miles at the Jingle Bell Run at Wright Park in Tacoma. Costumes are welcome.
Tacoma’s Wright Park, Dec 24, 10:30 am
Victorian Christmas Market
A Victorian Country Christmas has 500 booths with vendors in Victorian costumes selling art, jewelry, decorations, clothing, and toys.
Washington State Fair Events Center, Puyallup. Free parking. Dec 4 – 8
Family Concert in Tacoma
Let It Snow! A Holiday Celebration features the Tacoma Concert Band playing “music from around the globe” with a sing-along at Pantages Theater.
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, December 2019
Christmas Tree Lighting
See a free tree-lighting ceremony, usually with music.
- Nov. 29 – Bellevue at Bellevue Place
- Nov. 29 – Seattle at Westlake Center
- Nov. 30 – Seattle at Pike Place Market
- Nov. 30 – Tacoma at the Broadway Center
- Nov. 30 – Edmonds at Centennial Plaza
- Dec. 6 – Mercer Island at Mercerdale Park
- Dec. 6 – Mountlake Terrace at Evergreen Playfield
- Dec. 6 – Renton at Coulon Park
- Dec. 6 – Sammamish at city hall
- Dec. 6 – University Place (city south of Tacoma)
- Dec. 7 – Kent at Kent Town Square Plaza
- Dec. 7 – West Seattle at West Seattle Junction
Reindeer & Model Train
Visit live reindeer and watch a model train circle a winter landscape during the Reindeer Festival. Free.
Swansons Nursery-Ballard, Nov 9 – Dec 24
Green Lake Lights
Take a walk following glowing luminaries on the Green Lake Pathway of Lights, which includes live music at four locations, rain or snow or stars. Free.
Green Lake – Seattle, Dec 14
Phinney Winter Festival
The Winter Festival & Crafts Fair has 120 arts and crafts vendors, musicians and dancers, and lunch and baked goods at Phinney Center. Children age 12 and younger are free. Phinney Center – Seattle, Dec 7 – 8
Indoor Christmas lights
Lumaze has half a million lights, interactive features, illuminated sculptures, an artisan marketplace, food trucks, breweries, and wineries.
Smith Cove Cruise Terminal on Pier 91, Nov 29 – Jan. 4
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