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Visit Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau website for additional King County festivals

Bumbershoot

Seattle's Music & Arts Festival, Labor Day weekend at Seattle Center.

Eastside Arts Coalition Arts Fair

The most prestigious juried fine arts and crafts event in the Northwest and the largest free community event on the Eastside.

Festál

Festál, presented by Seattle Center in partnership with community organizations, is a year-long series of FREE events that honors the cultural richness and diversity of the Pacific Northwest. Festál plays a vital part in Seattle Center efforts to connect our dynamic and varied communities.

Northwest Folklife

A multi-cultural arts organization dedicated to serving the ethnic, traditional, and folk arts communities of the Northwest US.

Harvest Farm Tour

An annual celebration of local agriculture and farming traditions – each fall throughout King County.

Vashon Island Strawberry Festival

A 100+ year tradition continues on Vashon Island each year with this community celebration.

4Culture Programs

Site-Specific

Online calendar of site-specific art happenings created in direct and specific response to a place. Shopping malls, parks, coffee shops, historic buildings, light rail stations, post offices, forests, fields, lakes...

Touring Arts Roster

Online calendar and juried directory of performing arts and artists of King County.

Around King County

Brown Paper Tickets

Fair-trade ticketing agency with online calendar and ticket sales.

Eastside Arts Coalition

Founded in 1998, the Eastside Arts Coalition is more than 40 Eastside arts groups and individual artists who have joined forces to promote performing, visual, literary and media arts and heritage in communities in East King County (Washington state, USA). Learn about local organizations and sign up to receive a free monthly e-newsletter highlighting East King County cultural events.

Seattle Convention and Visitor Bureau

Online events calendar with the ability to search by date, event type or event location.

Seattle Performs

Seattle Performs is the home of Seattle theatre, plays, dance and performance, featuring Seattle theater listings including the greater Puget Sound region, theatre reviews written by users and links to play reviews by professional stage critics. Up-to-date stage performance listings include cast lists, theatre venue information (including directions and maps), detailed and accurate schedule information and coming soon - ticket sales.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Online calendar compiled by Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper featuring arts calendar as well as restaurant search and event recommendations by PI art critics.

Seattle Times

Online calendar produced by Seattle Times newspaper featuring reviews, blogs and critics' picks.

Seattle Weekly

Online calendar of events in all disciplines.

South King County Cultural Coalition

The South King County Cultural Coalition aims to increase the visibility and participation in South King County cultural programs by connecting artists, audiences and cultural resources. Learn about local organizations and check the online calendar for South King County cultural events.

The Stranger

A list of recommended events by Seattle's edgy weekly paper

Take Part in Art

Take Part in Art is an initiative of the Arts Coalition, a consortium of more than 100 King County arts and cultural organizations of all sizes and across all disciplines featuring a calendar of arts events along with promotions and news of special ticket offers.

Art Guide Northwest

Comprehensive online guide to Seattle art and the Pacific Northwest art scene. Links to hundreds of galleries, museums, antiques, artists, and cultural events. Includes feature articles about the arts in the Pacific NW and contact information for all listings.

Seattle Art Blog

The latest in art news, with timely updates to gallery shows and art events in the Seattle and Puget Sound area.

First Thursday Seattle

First Thursday, in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood, takes place from noon to 8PM on the First Thursday of every month. It is the city's first and largest Art Walk. After nearly three decades First Thursday has become a fixture for art-loving Seattlites.

4Culture Programs

Destination Heritage

Multi-media guide series that helps visitors and residents explore agricultural, industrial, and maritime history off the beaten path.

Listen 4Culture - Cell Phone Tours

Cell phone audio tours focusing on public artwork and select heritage sites in King County as featured in 4Culture's Public Art & Destination Heritage maps. Includes downloadable mp3 clips! Download a map of Listen 4Culture public art sites.

Around King County

The Artist's Guide to Seattle

Insightful interviews with sixteen Seattle artists about their favorite local destinations!

Seattle Convention Cultural Tourism Guides

Seattle Cultural Guides are a resource for visitors who want to explore the city's rich cultural heritage. The guides feature museums and historic sites, public art works, and tourist attractions that give visitors an insider's view of Seattle's ethnic communities and unique history.

4Culture's only annual award, the "Golden Rain Globe" was inaugurated in 2007 to recognize the contributions that our most outstanding historic sites and heritage museums make to the local tourism economy. Each year's recipient demonstrates successful adherence to the five principles of sustainable heritage tourism established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. These include: finding a balance between community and tourism, making sites and programs come alive, preserving and protecting heritage resources, collaboration, and focus on quality and authenticity.