From vibrant arts & tradition to worldclass sporting occasions, new points of interest, and vigorous celebrations—the Emerald Metropolis is buzzing with experiences all yr lengthy.
Whether or not you’ve made a promise to journey extra within the new yr or are a neighborhood who needs to discover extra in your individual city, listed below are 25 issues so as to add to your 2025 Seattle Bucket Record.
We all know we haven’t captured all there’s to do on this dynamic metropolis. Be happy to counsel extra bucket record objects within the feedback under!
1. Cirque du Soleil KOOZÅ and Teatro ZinZanni
Put together to be dazzled by Cirque du Soleil KOOZÅ, an revolutionary journey considered by way of the attitude of The Harmless, an endearing but naïve clown searching for his place on the earth. The enjoyable takes place below the Large Prime at Marymoor Park from January 19-March 16.
A mesmerizing mixture of cirque, comedy, and delicacies, Teatro ZinZanni has returned to its hometown of Seattle for an excellent present. SIZZLE! runs by way of March 30 in SODO at Emerald Metropolis Trapeze.

Burke Museum Dennis Sensible
2. Seattle Museum Month
For the month of February, guests staying at taking part downtown resorts take pleasure in 50% off admission to among the area’s high museums and cultural establishments throughout Seattle Museum Month. From popular culture to historical past to aviation, there’s a museum for everybody.
3. Musical Theater
Seattle’s performing arts shine all year long at theaters throughout city. Listed here are only a few of the unimaginable choices:
Paramount Theatre: Hamilton (Feb 4-Mar 2), Six (Could 6-11), Mamma Mia! (Jun 10-15)
The fifth Avenue Theatre: Waitress (Mar 11-30), Bye Bye Birdie (Jun 10-29), After Midnight (Aug 5-24)
4. Seattle Youngsters’s Theatre
Opened in 1975, Seattle Youngsters’s Theatre’s fiftieth season options programming together with The Hula Hoopin’ Queen (Feb 13-Mar 23) and The Pa’akai We Deliver (Could 8-Jun 1).
5. Stay Music
Seattle is a metropolis of music. From jazz and classical to hip hop and nation, musicians of all genres come to play within the Emerald Metropolis. Right here is only a sampling of what you may hear this yr:
Local weather Pledge: Tyler, The Creator (Mar 2), Kelsea Ballerini, (Mar 13), Dua Lipa (Oct 15-16)
The Crocodile: Freakout Weekender (Mar 1-2), Juvenile w/ The 400 Degreez Band (Apr 16), The Ocean Blue (Could 2)
Neumos: Hazlett (Mar 2), Annie Dirusso (Apr 1), Neal Francis (Could 17)
Seattle Symphony: La La Land (Feb 14-16), Disney’s Fantasia (Mar 21-23), Dvořák New World Symphony (Apr 10-12)

Picture: Andrew Jacob Media
6. March Insanity
Cheer in your favourite groups and expertise March Insanity first and second rounds, March 21 & 23 at Local weather Pledge Area in Seattle.
7. Keith Haring, A Radiant Legacy at MoPOP
MoPOP presents Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy, a particular exhibition providing an in-depth celebration of the long-lasting artist’s life, work, and activism from NYC to Seattle by way of 240+ Haring artworks and objects, a variety from Haring’s private artwork assortment, 20 objects from Angel Ortiz (LAII), and a group youth partnership. View the exhibit by way of March 23.
8. Cherry Blossoms
From mid-March by way of early April, cherry bushes colour town with their delicate pink blooms that sometimes thrive for 2 or three weeks. These stunning blossoms are a sight to behold all through town, however you may see the best focus on the College of Washington’s Quad.
9. Ai, Insurgent: The Artwork and Activism of Ai Weiwei at Seattle Artwork Museum
From March 12-September 7, discover over 100 works created by Ai Weiwei throughout 4 many years, from the Nineteen Eighties to the 2020s. This career-spanning exhibition highlights Ai as a provocateur and identifies his key methods for disrupting inventive canons and difficult political authoritarianism.

Style Washington Grand Tasting 2023 © FrontRowSociety.internet, Picture: Andreas Conrad
10. Style Washington 2025
Style Washington—the nation’s largest single-region wine and meals competition—returns to Seattle March 13-17, celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. Occasions will happen throughout the area, together with the all the time fashionable Grand Tasting at Lumen Area Occasion Heart.
11. Ladies’s Skilled Sports activities
Seattle is fortunate to have two girls’s skilled groups: Seattle Storm (WNBA) and Seattle Reign (NWSL). Catch a recreation at Lumen Area the place the Reign kick off from March-October, or make your strategy to Local weather Pledge Area Could-September to observe the 4-time WNBA champions take the courtroom.
12. Seattle Worldwide Movie Pageant
Expertise the magic of movie on the 51st annual Seattle Worldwide Movie Pageant held at SIFF Cinemas and venues throughout town from Could 15-25. The competition spotlights over 80 movies from new and established administrators, showcasing sensational hit independents, and movies which have but to interrupt by way of to the US audiences.

Bumbershoot 2023 Rachael Jones
13. Outside Arts & Music Festivals
Have fun Seattle’s vibrant arts and tradition with out of doors festivals together with Northwest Folklife (Could 23-16), Day In Day Out (Jul), Capitol Hill Block Occasion (Jul 18-20), and Bumbershoot (Aug 30-31).
14. Cruise from Seattle
Take within the marvel of the Puget Sound as you sail from Seattle to Alaska on a memorable cruise through the 2025 season from April-October. Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth will sail out of Seattle for the primary time in 2025 for her annual Alaska season. Voyage itineraries will vary from seven to eleven nights, happening between June 12 and September 25, 2025. For concepts on issues to do in Seattle earlier than and after your cruise, try Go to Seattle’s cruise data web page.
15. Seattle Waterfront
Seattle continues to enhance its already spectacular downtown walkability and points of interest with the Waterfront redevelopment mission. Take pleasure in a scenic bayside promenade that includes outlets, bike lanes, and the Washington State Ferries terminal. Effortlessly stroll between Pike Place Market and the waterfront utilizing Overlook Stroll, an elevated park connecting the 2 for the primary time ever. And ensure to take the household to Pier 58 the place a large jellyfish playground sculpture invitations folks to play.
16. Cannonball Arts
The producers of Bumbershoot Arts & Music Pageant, New Rising Solar, is partnering with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to create a brand new arts venue that’s anticipated to open to the general public in spring of 2025. Cannonball Arts will provide two tales of up to date and performing arts area spanning two metropolis blocks (Third and Fourth Avenues).

Seattle Pleasure Parade 2022 David Newman
17. Seattle Pleasure Month
Escape your colours and rejoice Pleasure all by way of June in Seattle. Group occasions span all through the month and culminate with the vigorous Pleasure Parade and Pridefest celebration on Pleasure Weekend June 28-29. Be taught extra at pleasure.visitseattle.org.
18. Following Area: Thaddeus Mosley & Alexander Calder at Seattle Artwork Museum
The exhibition Following Area: Thaddeus Mosley & Alexander Calder runs by way of June 1 and options large-scale wooden sculptures of up to date artist Thaddeus Mosley, in addition to Calder’s iconic hanging mobiles, a standing cellular, and a wall sculpture.

Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion Seattle Aquarium
19. Seattle Aquarium’s New Ocean Pavilion
Come face-to-face with sharks, rays, education fish, mangroves, seagrasses and almost 30 species of coral within the new Ocean Pavilion. The area additionally options artwork from Dan Friday (Lummi Nation), that honors the Aquarium’s location on the normal territories of the Coast Salish peoples, who’ve stewarded these lands and waters for generations.
20. FIFA Membership World Cup 2025
Watch because the Seattle Sounders tackle among the world’s finest groups throughout group-stage video games of the FIFA Membership World Cup 2025™ at Lumen Area from June 15-25. Lumen subject will host six matches in complete when probably the most globally inclusive membership soccer match in historical past is held in the USA this summer time.
21. Seattle Artwork Honest
From July 17-20, discover dozens of up to date and fashionable artwork galleries from world wide al, plus particular initiatives and revolutionary performances on the ninth annual Seattle Artwork Honest! The honest takes place at Lumen Area Occasion Heart and affords a singular look into the colourful arts group of the Pacific Northwest.
22. Tidelands Native Artwork Gallery
Native artwork gallery meets manufacturing studio meets boutique at this new area close to the Seattle waterfront. Tidelands‘ imaginative and prescient is to create a thriving, Indigenous-owned artistic area that redefines the narrative of Native America. Cease by to view their newest exhibition, partake in a workshop, or peruse their fantastically curated items of artwork, wares, and customised merchandise.
23. Picklewood Paddle Membership
Combining pickleball, meals, drinks, and group, Picklewood in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood is without doubt one of the newest endeavors of native restaurateur Ethan Stowell. Take pleasure in a vigorous recreation of pickleball whereas noshing on courtside meals at this vigorous membership. Picklewood is slated to open in summer time 2025.

Minhi England demo at Refract 2022
24. Refract: The Seattle Glass Expertise
The Pacific Northwest has lengthy been often known as the epicenter of studio glass within the US. Go to Seattle October 16-19 for Refract, a four-day competition that lets you discover this fascinating artwork, meet artists, tour studios, see particular demonstrations, mingle at artwork events, and extra.
25. Seattle Holidays
Plan your vacation getaway to the Emerald Metropolis and revel in every thing from dazzling mild shows and festive markets to theater performances and particular occasions throughout November and December.