Top Picks: Big Events Happening This May 2025

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K-pop concert crowd

Seattle Mariners K-Pop Fireworks Night @ T-Mobile Park

Set the night alight 🎶

Family & Kids Music Sports & Leisure

Cloudy skies over Seattle

Seattle Storm Home Opener @ Climate Pledge Arena

The Storm is coming 🏀

Family & Kids Seasonal Sports & Leisure

The 7 Fingers

Duel Reality @ Seattle Rep

This tale of woe takes a spectacular turn ⚔️

Culture Theatre Visual Art

Thorgy and the Seattle Symphony

Music and Fashion with Thorgy Thor and the Seattle Symphony @ Benaroya Hall

The fashion clown shows Seattle what she’s got 🎻

Culture Music Theatre

Colorful quilt of a mountain

54th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival @ Seattle Center

Folk, funk and community vibes 🎻

Culture Family & Kids Festival Food Events Seasonal Theatre

Concert crowd

Kendrick Lamar and SZA @ Lumen Field

Two icons, one stage, no lies🎤

Puyallup farmers market

APR 19 THRU OCT 11

It’s Market Season @ Puyallup

It’s official! 🫛

Family & Kids Food Events Music Seasonal

Under water

The SpongeBob Musical @ Bainbridge Performing Arts

Get ready for some nautical nonsense 🍍

Family & Kids Music Theatre

Dinosaur Discovery at Woodland Park Zoo

MAY 1 THRU SEPT 1

Dinosaur Discovery @ Woodland Park Zoo

Where dinosaurs come to life 🦖

Family & Kids Outdoor Activities Visual Art

Beer cheers

Beer Week 2025 @ Seattle

Nine days. Dozens of brews. Infinite vibes 🍻

Suchitra Mattai exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum

Suchitra Mattai @ Seattle Asian Art Museum

A colorful tapestry of memory 🎨

Arts & Culture Visual Art

Actor Gabriell Salgado and Choreographer Vanessa Villalobos in rehearsal for Laughs in Spanish.

APR 17 – MAY 11

Laughs in Spanish @ Seattle Rep

A joyous blast of energy ☀️

Following Space @ Seattle Art Museum

Organic levitation 🌀

A sequence of three black and white photographs showing a performative act: first, someone holding a ceremonial urn, then standing with raised hands as the urn sits below, and finally with the urn broken on the ground. The figure stands against a brick wall wearing casual clothes.

Ai Weiwei @ Three SAM Locations

A landmark Seattle moment 🎨 ✨

A photo of The 5th Avenue Theatre taken at night with long exposure.

SEPT 13 – MAY 17

The 2025/26 Season @ The 5th Avenue Theatre

All the musicals 🎼

An illustrated man with a fierce expression on a red background.

THRU JAN 4, 2026

Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form @ MOPOP

From kavaads to Astro Boy 🚀

Culture Visual Art

A tour provider shows a guide to different flavors within chocolate during a Seattle Chocolate Tour at Pike Place Market.

Seattle Chocolate Tour @ Pike Place Market

Treats in downtown Seattle 🍫

Family & Kids Food Events Market Events

An aerial drone view of Stadium High School Tacoma Washington covered in snow

How to Tour the High School from 10 Things I Hate About You

It’s basically a castle 🏰

Film History Tour

Inside the Sorrento Hotel's wood-paneled Fireside Room, readers sit in leather chairs around small tables with glowing candles. A domed skylight illuminates the warm space, while a well-stocked bar glows in the background.

Silent Reading Party @ Hotel Sorrento

Shh 🤫