Top Picks: Big Events Happening This Spring and Summer 2024

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April

These migrant workers were hard at work harvesting the flowers in the beautiful tulip fields. It was an overcast and somewhat gloomy day but the brilliant flowers made up for the weather.

APRIL 1–30

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2024 @ Skagit County, WA

Petals on parade 🌷

May

The exterior of SIFF Cinema Downtown, formerly known as Cinerama.

MAY 9–19

Seattle International Film Festival 2024 @ SIFF Venues Around Seattle

SIFF turns 50 🎂

Festival Film

The poster for the Folklife Festival created by Raven Juarez and Eli Lara, depicting illustrated people dancing around the Seattle Center.

MAY 24–27

Northwest Folklife Festival 2024 @ Seattle Center

The theme is Meraki 🔥

Festival Kids & Family

A group of performers at HONK! Fest West play instruments in front of colorful sets.

MAY 31 – JUN 2

HONK! Fest West 2024 @ Locations Around Seattle

Bringing beats to streets 🥁

Festival Live Music

June

A group of friends lounging during a Pride event in Seattle.

JUN 1–30

Seattle Pride Month 2024: 50 Years of Pride in Seattle

Half a century of activism 🏳️‍🌈

Festival Queer

JUN 16 – AUG 21

ZooTunes Concert Series 2024 @ Woodland Park Zoo

See concerts 🐅 Save animals

Festival Kids & Family Live Music

July

A preview image for the Capitol Hill Block Party 2024, featuring a large crowd in 2023.

JUL 19–21

Capitol Hill Block Party 2024 @ Pike/Pine Corridor

Summer’s big block party ☀️

Festival Live Music

JUL 25–28

Seattle Art Fair 2024 @ Lumen Field

Art’s big weekend 🖼

Festival Visual Art

August

A collection of stickers available at Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery

AUG

Lowrider Block Party 2024 @ Nepantla Cultural Art Gallery

Hydraulics and heritage 🏁

Community Festival Kids & Family Visual Art

A group of people play a table top game at PAX West in Seattle, WA

AUG 30 – SEP 2

PAX West 2024 @ Seattle Convention Center

Let’s go, gamers 🕹

Convention Festival Geeky

A lead performer for the band Foreigner raises a fist in the air in this promotional image for the Washington State Fair 2024

AUG 30 – SEP 22

Washington State Fair 2024 @ Puyallup Fairgrounds

Doing the Puyallup 🎡

Festival Food & Drink Kids & Family

A group of people relax at Seattle Center in the dusk near the fountain at Bumbershoot 2023.

AUG 31 – SEP 1

Bumbershoot 2024 @ Seattle Center

Wrestling, rocking, and a cat circus 🎪

Festival Live Music Visual Art