Top Picks: Big Events Happening This November and Beyond

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Things Happening Around Seattle in November 2024

A still from Spirited Away, showing the main protagonist next to a dragon creature.

The Art of Studio Ghibli @ SIFF Cinema Downtown

Miyazaki on the big screen 🐉

An illustration of a wizard shooting magic beams out of their hands colored in bright yellow and white. It's Short Run 2023's poster.

Short Run 2024 @ Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion

Comics’ big day 📚

Festival Shopping Visual Art

Sea-Meow 2024 @ Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Calling all kitties 🐱ྀི

Community Festival Pets

Seattle Seahawks Corgi Cup @ Lumen Field

Stubby and fuzzy 🐾

Sports & Leisure

A cast photo of the North American tour of Wicked the Musical.

NOV 6 – DEC 1

Wicked @ Paramount Theatre

Get her! 😈

Musical Theatre

Cloudbreak 2024 @ Music Venues Across Seattle

A citywide music fest 🌃🎶

Festival Live Music

A person crowd surfs during a Freakout Festival performance in Seattle, Washington.

Freakout Festival 2024: Tickets, Lineup, and Where to Go

Psychedelic and fun 🎸

Festival Live Music

A promotional image for Legally Blonde: The Musical, featuring a pink staircase and a chihuahua.

NOV 12 – JAN 26

Legally Blonde: The Musical @ Village Theatre

Bend + snap ⚖️👱🏻‍♀️

Musical Theatre

Artist Timothy White Eagle stands in water with a cloudy but bright sky behind him.

Timothy White Eagle: Indian School @ On the Boards

New and immersive 🦅

A comedian performs at Fun & Flirty in Capitol Hill at Comedy/Bar.

Fun & Flirty Dating Show @ Seattle’s Comedy/Bar

Seattle’s most awkward dating show returns 🌹

Comedy Community

Princess Fiona stands next to other princesses, all are in fighting stances.

Shrek Week @ SIFF Cinema Downtown

There’s a costume contest 🧌

A couple samples a dish at Gobble Up NW.

Gobble Up Northwest 2024 @ Magnuson Park Hangar 30

Get ready to feast 🦃

Holiday Shopping

The cast of "Hitchcock Hotel" stands assertively center stage.

The Hitchcock Hotel @ Can Can Culinary Cabaret

Spooky season in full effect 🎃

The promotional image for Tinashe's "Match My Freak Tour" coming to Seattle on November 18, 2024.

Tinashe: Match My Freak Tour @ Showbox SoDo

Match her freak 🏹

A close-up shot of the actress playing Mary Poppins

NOV 22 – DEC 26

Mary Poppins @ The 5th Avenue Theatre

Full of whimsy ☂️💫

Kids & Family Musical Theatre

A text ad promoting the upcoming Buoy Bobblehead at the November 27th Seattle Kraken Game at Climate Pledge Arena.

Seattle Kraken Buoy Bobblehead Giveaway @ Climate Pledge Arena

Buoy stays winning 🧌

Sports & Leisure

NOV 29 – DEC 1

Native Art Market @ Duwamish Longhouse

Holiday shopping 🎁

Community Shopping

A rehearsal photo for A Christmas Carol 2024 at ACT Theatre in Seattle, Washington.

NOV 29 – DEC 27

A Christmas Carol 2024 @ ACT Theatre’s Allen Theatre

An annual tradition 🎄

Holiday Kids & Family Theatre

An open for business sign held up by a baby doll.

Bizarre Bazaar Holiday Market 2024 @ Georgetown Trailer Park Mall

Not your typical holiday market

Holiday Shopping

THRU FEB 2, 2025

Hayv Kahraman: Look Me in the Eyes @ Frye Art Museum

Looking back at you 👁️

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 🍫

Community Food & Drink Kids & Family

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

Stonehenge @ Royal BC Museum

Uncover the mystery 🧐

History Museums

Two women, one an elder and one younger, walk side by side, smiling inside a community center

Hello Auntie, Hello Uncle @ Wing Luke Museum

Illuminating the lives of elders 💡

Community Museums

Keith Haring painting a large mural.

Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy @ MoPOP

An icon 👯

A shot of two cars from the Shinka exhibit against a nightime Japanese cityscape.

Shinka @ LeMay – America’s Car Museum

Celebrating Japanese car culture 🇯🇵

Community Museums Visual Art

“Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (Edition 4 of 8)” is part of a black-and-white photograph triptych by Ai Weiwei.

MAR 12 – SEP 7, 2025

Ai Weiwei @ Seattle Art Museum

A legendary show ⚱️💥