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December 2023

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Friday, December 1st

Seattle, USA - December 12, 2018: Pike Place Market illuminated with Christmas lights early in the night just after it rained.

The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition @ Pike Place Market

A not-so-silent night 🌙

Charity Holiday Kids & Family

A person looks out at the Seattle Skyline with their arms outstretched from Kerry Park in Queen Anne, Seattle

Weirdo Wonderland @ Clock-Out Lounge

Featuring Supreme La Rock + DJ Riz 🎶

History Live Music Visual Art

Starts Friday, December 1st

A poster for the Willa Wonka production at Broadway Bound Children's Theatre

Willy Wonka: The Musical @ Magnuson Park Theatre

Bubblegums and Gobstoppers 🍬

Kids & Family Musical Theatre

An illustrated scene of a snowy forest for Christmas in blues in greens

Winter Night Market 2023 @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Get your stocking stuffies 🎁

Holiday Shopping

Starts Thursday, December 7th

Three cute hair clips designed to look like sushi rest on gold framed mirror.

South Lake Union Winter Market 2023 @ Van Vorst Plaza

Primo craft content ✂️

Holiday Shopping

Starts Friday, December 8th

The Muppet Christmas Carol @ Central Cinema + SIFF

Celebrate with puppets 🎁

Film Holiday Kids & Family

Two smiling vendors at the Punk Rock Flea Market

Holiday Punk Rock Flea Market @ Nii Modo

Get your taxidermy 🐇

Holiday Shopping

Saturday, December 9th

Forest Bathing @ Washington Park Arboretum

Prescription for nature 💊

Classes Outdoors

Starts Saturday, December 9th

A very large group of people dressed as Santa standing in front of the Pike Place Market sign.

Seattle Santa Con 2023 @ Downtown Seattle

Christopher Clause Kringle is multiplying 🎅

Food & Drink Holiday

Sunday, December 10th

Jazz in the City: Josephine Howell @ Frye Art Museum

Sublime and swanky 🎤

Live Music

Wednesday, December 13th

The Eric Andre Show Live @ Showbox SoDo

Comedy & chaos 🔥🙌

Comedy Theatre

A performance of Jose Hernandez' Merry-Achi Christmas with Mariachi Sol de Mexico dressed in red.

Mariachi Sol de México @ The Moore Theatre

A Merry-Achi Christmas 🎄

Community Holiday Kids & Family Live Music

Thursday, December 14th

A promo image for the band Margaritas Podridas, playing at Madame Lou's in Seattle, WA

Margaritas Podridas @ Madame Lou’s

Let's rip 💥

Live Music

Starts Thursday, December 14th

Wonka @ SIFF Cinema Downtown

Chocolate popcorn is back 🍿🍫

Film

Saturday, December 16th

Winter Bonsai Solstice 2023 @ Pacific Bonsai Museum

Another kind of Christmas tree 🎄

Holiday Kids & Family Museums Outdoors

Ends Tuesday, December 19th

A stern animated Tom Hanks acts as a train conductor in the animated 2004 film Polar Express.

Merry Movie Matinees @ City Hall Park

Lunchtime treats 🎥

Film Kids & Family Outdoors

Saturday, December 23rd

Four runners participate in a holiday fun run at Magnuson Park, waving at the camera and wearing holiday outfits

Holiday Fun Run @ Magnuson Park

Pound the pavement 🏃‍♀️💨🎄

Holiday Kids & Family Outdoors Sports & Leisure

Ends Saturday, December 23rd

An illustration of Charlie Brown hanging an ornament on a leafless tree.

A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Taproot Theatre Company

Good grief 🎅🎄🌟

Holiday Kids & Family Theatre

A promotional image for Scott Shoemaker's 2023 War on Christmas show

War on Christmas 2023 @ Theatre Off Jackson

Take a vacation from Seattle’s Christmas Industrial Complex 🎄

Holiday Theatre

Ends Sunday, December 24th

A colorful cabaret cast holds up a giant stuffed turkey toward the camera. An ornate holiday scene

Jingle All The Gay 2023 @ The Oddfellows Building

Cheery and queery 🔔

Holiday Theatre

Dina Martina "trapped" in the moon. Picture is in black and white

The Dina Martina Christmas Show 2023 @ ACT Theatre

CHRISTMAS CHAOS!!!! 🔥

Comedy Drag Live Music

A colorful set up of Christmas decorations from the Vancouver Christmas Market

Seattle Christmas Market @ Seattle Center

Frohe Weihnachten 🎅

Holiday Shopping

Ends Thursday, December 28th

Two dancers in tutus hold hands while a giant fan is displayed behind them

Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker 2023 @ The Triple Door

Tchaikovsky with added g-strings 🩰

Dance Holiday

Saturday, December 30th

MxPx @ The Showbox

That '90s NYE feeling 🎉

Holiday Live Music

Sunday, December 31st

Seahawks vs. Steelers @ Lumen Field

The last game of 2023 🎉

Sports & Leisure

Ongoing

A colorful painting by Elizabeth Malaska featuring a cat, Pomeranian, and lounging person in colorful patterned clothing

Elizabeth Malaska: All Be Your Mirror @ Seattle Art Museum

Goopy and revealing 🪞

Visual Art

Holiday Ice Skating 2023 @ The Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink

Skate into the holiday season ⛸️

Holiday Sports & Leisure

An overhead view of a spread of dishes from MariPili on a black table.

Now Open: MariPili at Café Frieda @ Frye Art Museum

Paying homage to matriarchs 🌟

Food & Drink Museums

A lantern display at WildLanterns of pandas on a waterfall.

WildLanterns 2023 @ Woodland Park Zoo

Explore after dark 🌙

Attractions Holiday Kids & Family

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Snowflake Lane @ The Bellevue Collection 31 nights of lights 💡

Ginger Minj @ Elliott Bay Book Company Southern fried sass 🍗

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker @ McCaw Hall Let it snow ❄️

Kenny G @ Dimitriou's Jazz Alley Festiva saxman 🎷

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Dec

1-2

Winter Night Market 2023 @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Get your stocking stuffies 🎁

Holiday Shopping

Oct

A group of children line up to run in a costume fun run.

West Seattle Monster Dash 2023 @ Lincoln Park

Run scared 🏃‍♀️👻

Halloween Kids & Family Sports & Leisure

Ongoing

A photo of Bruce Lee next to his family. There's a baby eating.

Be Water, My Friend @ Wing Luke Museum

WWBLD? 🌊

History Museums

Opens

Dec 14

Wonka @ SIFF Cinema Downtown

Chocolate popcorn is back 🍿🍫

Film

Oct 7 –

Dec 31

A colorful cast of characters stand on a beach and wave seashells. It's a promotional image for the upcoming Animal Crossing exhibit at the Seattle Aquarium.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Critter Crossover @ Seattle Aquarium

Paging Pascal 🐚

Gaming Geeky Kids & Family

Nov 10 –

Dec 17

A promotional image for "Little Women" at Seattle Rep.

Little Women @ Seattle Rep

A radical adaptation 📚

Kids & Family Theatre

OCT 15 –

SEPT 24

Sound Check! The Music We Make @ Wing Luke Museum

Dive into AAPI music history 🎸

History Museums

Dec

7-8

South Lake Union Winter Market 2023 @ Van Vorst Plaza

Primo craft content ✂️

Holiday Shopping