📅 Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
🕓 5-9 p.m.
📍 Olympic Sculpture Park, Gates Amphitheater: 2901 Western Ave., Seattle
💰 Free, all ages (tickets required)
🚍 Public transit, bike, rideshare or carpool recommended
🚗 Limited on-site parking available
The internet’s favorite animal is stepping off your screen and into the park: SAM Cat Fest is here. The Olympic Sculpture Park will transform into a feline playground, featuring a silly and sweet lineup of cat films curated by Cat Video Fest.
The fun goes beyond the screen too: Try your hand at cat toy artmaking (surely there’s something better than a wadded-up piece of paper?), show off your feline facts at cat trivia with self-proclaimed “fancypants clown and cat lady” Tootsie Spangles and catch a live set from klezmer kitties Party Cats. Local rescues will be on hand with adoptable cats looking for their forever homes, so you just might come for the films and leave with a new best friend.
With a bar by Shooby Doo Catering, a food truck on-site and plenty of room to sprawl out on a blanket, it’s the ultimate night for cat lovers. To keep the vibe cool and comfortable, please leave your own furry companions at home.
Program highlights:
- 8:30-9 p.m. | Final visits with local rescues
- 5-9 p.m. | Cat rescue adoptions and cat toy artmaking
- 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Party Cats performance
- 6:30-7 p.m. | Cat trivia with Tootsie Spangles
- 7-8:30 p.m. | Cat films screening
🐱Purr-fect pointers:
🎟️Entry subject to capacity limits and not guaranteed even with a ticket.
🌱Visitors are welcome to enjoy the park spaces outside the fenced event area if the event reaches capacity.
🍻No outsize booze, please.
🍻No outsize booze, please.
