The final week of October will turn the Seattle area into a kaleidoscope of music, film, sports and fall entertainment. The lineup includes the Earshot Jazz Festival, Restaurant Week, candlelight concerts, theater premieres, exhibitions, tours of underground Seattle, and Kraken, Seahawks and Sounders games. Halloween will be the main theme of the week, with haunted houses, costume parties, parades, races, farm festivals, rides on decorated trains and special programs for the whole family. Details and schedules are available on the Seattle Events page: https://www.events12.com/seattle/.
Events in the Seattle Area: October 21–28, 2026
| Date | Location | Description | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 21–25 | Seattle | Earshot Jazz Festival: dozens of concerts by local and international jazz musicians. | Festival website, schedule |
| Oct. 21–31 | Seattle and the Eastside | Seattle Restaurant Week, with special offers at approximately 220 restaurants. | Seattle Restaurant Week website |
| Oct. 21–31 | Downtown Seattle | This Is Halloween — a Can Can show featuring orchestral music, cabaret, burlesque and video projections inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas. | Show website, tickets |
| Oct. 21–31 | Seattle Waterfront | A two-hour sailing trip aboard the schooner Bay Lady, with views of Elliott Bay; daytime and sunset cruises are available. | Departure map, video |
| Oct. 21–31 | Various cities in the region | Halloween haunted houses and forests in Buckley, Seattle, Tacoma, Snohomish and other cities. | Seattle video, Tacoma video |
| Oct. 21–31 | Various locations in the region | Halloween on the farms: pumpkin patches, hayrides and corn mazes. | — |
| Oct. 21–Dec. 31 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | Underground History Tour through Seattle’s original street level, buried after the Great Fire of 1889. | Tickets, map |
| Oct. 21, 2026–Dec. 31, 2027 | Seattle and surrounding areas | Free activities and attractions: Bellevue Botanical Garden, the Frye and Gold Rush museums, Henry Art Gallery, Kubota Garden, Olympic Sculpture Park and walking trails. | — |
| Oct. 22 | Downtown Seattle | Howloween — a free party for people and dogs in costume, with treats, snacks and a costume contest. | Event, tickets |
| Oct. 22 | Central District, Seattle | Halloween Sing Along: music videos with subtitles for audience participation. | Event, tickets |
| Oct. 22–25 | Tacoma | Tacoma Film Festival: special events, feature films and short-film programs. | Festival website, video |
| Oct. 22–30 | Seattle and Woodinville | Candlelight Concerts: string quartets perform music by Bach, The Beatles, Hans Zimmer, Coldplay, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift by candlelight. | Tickets and schedule, video |
| Oct. 22–31 | Downtown Seattle | Haunted Pub Crawl — a ghost-story walking tour through four bars; guests must be 21 or older. | Tickets, map |
| Oct. 22–31 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | Haunted Soiree — an immersive theater show with cocktails and characters inspired by a 1928 murder at the DAR Rainier Chapter House. | Website, tickets, video |
| Oct. 22–Nov. 1 | Kent and Everett | Disney on Ice: Jump In — an ice show featuring Disney characters: Oct. 22–25 in Kent and Oct. 29–Nov. 1 in Everett. | Disney on Ice website, photos |
| Oct. 22–Nov. 15 | Various venues in the region | Theater lineup: Eureka Day, Neha & Neel, Smoke on the Mountain, Leonardo, I’ll Be Your Superhero and Ragtime. | — |
| Oct. 22, 2026–July 5, 2027 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Home games of the Seattle Kraken hockey team; during the selected period, games are scheduled for Oct. 22, 24 and 28. | Schedule, tickets, map |
| Oct. 23 | Downtown Seattle | The Night Shift at Pike Place Market: live music, performances, handmade goods, food and a beer garden. | Event website, video |
| Oct. 23 | Downtown Seattle | Free fall lantern festival with music, snacks and workshops at Freeway Park. | Event website, map |
| Oct. 23 | SoDo, Seattle | The Shop of Horrors — a Halloween party with two dance floors, fire performers and aerialists; 21+. | Website, tickets |
| Oct. 23 | Bothell | Time Warp: Halloween Dance Party — a dance party featuring music from different decades; 21+. | Website, map |
| Oct. 23 | Tacoma | Boo Five Three — craft beer and cider tasting, food trucks and a costume contest; 21+. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 23–25 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | Starstuff — a three-day festival of original performance, music, storytelling and creative workshops. | Website and schedule |
| Oct. 23–25 | Lower Queen Anne, Seattle | Seattle Polish Film Festival: nine films and a short-film program with English subtitles. | Website, schedule, photos |
| Oct. 23–25 | Georgetown, Seattle | A Circus of Steam and Shadows — a performance featuring shadow puppetry, live animation and acrobatics in a former steam power plant. | Website, tickets |
| Oct. 23–25 | Monroe | Evergreen Home Show, with 200 booths from local companies specializing in home improvement, renovation and design. | Website, video |
| Oct. 23–25 | Puyallup | Horror Con: guests, exhibits, vendors, artists, panels, films, video games and board games. | Website, video |
| Oct. 23 and 30 | Ballard, Seattle | A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics — a string quartet performs music from The Addams Family, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, Psycho and other horror films. | Tickets, map |
| Oct. 23–30 | Eatonville | Hoot ’N’ Owl at the wildlife park: candy, games, nocturnal animals, keeper talks and Halloween decorations. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 23–31 | Downtown Seattle | Poe Unexpected — a comedy improv show inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe; Fridays and Saturdays. | Tickets, photos, video |
| Oct. 23–31 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Salome — Richard Strauss’s dark opera based on Oscar Wilde’s play, performed in German with English subtitles. | Opera website, video |
| Oct. 23–Nov. 1 | Federal Way | Wild Waves Fright Fest: daytime Booville activities for children and evening rides, monsters and haunted houses. | Website, photos, video |
| Oct. 24 | Interbay, Seattle | Proof: Washington Distillers Festival — tastings of gin, whiskey, bourbon and vodka from dozens of distilleries; 21+. | Tickets, photos |
| Oct. 24 | White Center, Seattle | Rat City Roller Derby match with snacks and drinks. | Website, map |
| Oct. 24 | Georgetown, Seattle | Haunted Skies — an evening at the museum featuring Snakes on a Plane, dancing, tarot, henna and a costume contest; 21+. | Website, tickets |
| Oct. 24 | West Seattle | Monster Dash — a 5K costume run and walk, plus a children’s race. | Registration, photos |
| Oct. 24 | Issaquah | Issaquah Zombie Walk — makeup, games, dancing and a zombie procession to City Hall. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 24 | Woodinville | Thrill the World — a mass performance of the Thriller dance, with music, a costume contest and activities for children. | Event, photos |
| Oct. 24 | Carnation | Farmview Dinner — a welcome cocktail, appetizer and three-course dinner made with local farm products. | Tickets, FAQ |
| Oct. 24 | Everett | Puget Sound Festival of Bands — a competition for high school marching bands, with finals at 4:30 p.m. | Website, video |
| Oct. 24 | Everett | Endurocross — motorcycle racing over obstacles including rock sections, logs and tractor tires. | Website, video |
| Oct. 24 | Auburn | Free family Halloween Harvest Festival with games, crafts, rides and a Trunk-or-Treat contest. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 24 | Tacoma | ’90s vs. 2000s Halloween Costume Glow Ball — a dance party with music videos and glow bracelets; 21+. | Website, tickets, video |
| Oct. 24 | Concrete | Concrete Ghost Walk — a historical walk featuring stories about miners, lumberjacks and cement plant workers; ages 16+. | Website, tickets, photos |
| Oct. 24–25 | Downtown Seattle | Oddities & Curiosities Expo — an exhibition of unusual objects, taxidermy, antiques, skulls, bones and Halloween artifacts. | Event, tickets, video |
| Oct. 24–25 | Downtown Seattle | GeekGirlCon — a convention and community for women in science, technology, art, literature, comics and gaming. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair: rare books, maps, prints and photographs. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 24–25 | Sand Point, Seattle | Seattle Coffee Festival with unlimited coffee tasting, live music and food trucks. | Website |
| Oct. 24–25 | Everett and Shoreline | Mushroom exhibitions: identification of brought-in mushrooms, displays of wild species and vendor booths. | Everett map, Shoreline map, video |
| Oct. 24 and 31 | Various locations in the region | Beer Run — a recreational 5K with beer, prizes, live music and food trucks: Oct. 24 at Elysian Capitol Hill and Oct. 31 at Black Raven. | Website, video |
| Oct. 24–31 | Various cities in the region | Children’s Halloween events in Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, including street fairs and parades. | — |
| Oct. 24 and 31 | Capitol Hill, Seattle | Capitol Hill Historical Ghost Tour — a one-hour walk featuring stories about Seattle’s famous people and ghosts. | Website, map |
| Oct. 24 and 31 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | HalloweenCon — a costume bar crawl visiting approximately a dozen bars; guests must be 21 or older. | Tickets, photos |
| Oct. 24–31 | Snoqualmie | Halloween Train — seasonal games, apple cider and a 90-minute ride on a decorated train. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 24 and 31 | Skykomish | Free ride on a miniature train across a bridge and through a tunnel. | Railway website, photos, video |
| Oct. 25 | Downtown Seattle | Dracula — a gothic ballet by International Ballet Theatre featuring zombies, demons and Gypsy dance battles. | Website, photos, video |
| Oct. 25 | West Seattle | Harvest Fest with a costume parade, a performance by the Seattle Thrillers, trick-or-treating and a chili cook-off. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 25 | Seward Park, Seattle | Run Scared — 10K, 5K and two-mile races, a children’s race, scavenger hunt and Halloween treats. | Website, schedule, photos |
| Oct. 25 | Georgetown, Seattle | The Museum of Fright — a family day with a planetarium, brass band, science show, workshops and face painting. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 25 | Redmond | Captain Jack’s Treasure Run — 12K, 8K and 5K races, a children’s race and post-race activities. | Website, photos |
| Oct. 25, 2026–Dec. 25, 2026 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | Home games of the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field; the nearest game is Oct. 25 against the Kansas City Chiefs. | Team website, tickets, photos |
| Oct. 25, 2026–Mar. 6, 2027 | University District, Seattle | Washington Huskies basketball season; the nearest home game is Oct. 25 against Washington State. | Schedule, tickets, photos |
| Oct. 26–28 | Lower Queen Anne, Seattle | 48 Hour Film Horror Project — screenings of amateur horror films created by teams in 48 hours. | Website, tickets |
| Oct. 27 | National parks | Free admission day at U.S. national parks. | Information about free days |
| Oct. 28 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Scarecrowber — screening of the classic horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. | Website, map |
| Oct. 28, 2026–Apr. 16, 2027 | Pioneer Square, Seattle | Home games of the Seattle Sounders soccer team; the nearest game is Oct. 28 against Houston Dynamo. | Schedule, tickets |
| Oct. 28 | Seattle Center, Seattle | Scarecrowber — screening of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, selected by the Scarecrow Video team. | Program |
| Oct. 29 | Seattle Waterfront | After Hours: Halloween at the aquarium: fortune-telling, palm reading, pumpkin carving and a costume contest; 21+. | Website, photos |