The last week of October in Seattle will be all about Halloween, with costume runs and parades, family celebrations, museum parties and unusual tours. But there’s plenty to do for those looking for more than holiday thrills: the Earshot Jazz Festival, book fairs and oddities shows, film, theater, sports and Restaurant Week. Events will take place across Seattle and neighboring cities, from White Center and Bellevue to Tacoma and Everett. More information is available on the Events12 website: https://www.events12.com/seattle/# Seattle: Events October 24–31, 2026
The last week of October in Seattle will be all about Halloween, with costume runs and parades, family celebrations, museum parties and unusual tours. But there’s plenty to do for those looking for more than holiday thrills: the Earshot Jazz Festival, book fairs, film, theater, sports and Restaurant Week. Events will take place across Seattle and neighboring cities, from White Center and Bellevue to Tacoma and Everett. More information is available on the Events12 website: https://www.events12.com/seattle/
Seattle Events: This Week
| Dates | Location | Description | Resources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 24 | Seattle, Benaroya Hall | Halloween Orchestra. | — | |
| Oct. 24 | Seattle, Old Log Cabin Distillery | Proof Washington Distillery Festival: 12 tasting tokens for gin, whiskey, bourbon and vodka; admission for guests ages 21 and up. | Tickets | |
| Oct. 24 | White Center, Southgate Roller Rink | Rat City Roller Derby league match; snacks available for purchase. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 24 | Seattle, The Museum of Flight | Haunted Skies museum party: the cult classic Snakes on a Plane, dancing to 2000s hits, tarot readings, henna and a costume contest. Ages 21 and up only. | Website and tickets, tickets | |
| Oct. 24 | West Seattle, Lincoln Park | 5K costume run and walk, plus a kids’ run. | Registration | |
| Oct. 24 | Issaquah, downtown | Free Zombie Walk: games, a dance warm-up and a zombie dance outside City Hall. | Website | |
| Oct. 24 | Woodinville, Woodin Creek Village | Free Thrill the World event: a dance performance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” DJ music, kids’ activities and a costume contest. | Information | |
| Oct. 24 | Everett, Everett Memorial Stadium | High school marching band competition; finals start at 4:30 p.m. | Website | |
| Oct. 24 | Everett, Angel of the Winds Arena | EnduroCross motorcycle races on an obstacle course. | Information and tickets | |
| Oct. 24 | Auburn, Les Gove Park | Free family Halloween celebration: games, crafts, inflatables, food and trick-or-treating at decorated cars. A donation to the food bank is encouraged. | Information | |
| Oct. 24 | Tacoma, McMenamins Elks Temple | Halloween costume dance party featuring 1990s and 2000s hits and glow bracelets. Ages 21 and up. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 24 | Concrete, Concrete Theatre | Ghost walk featuring stories about the town’s past, with characters from the lives of miners, loggers and workers of the early 20th century. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, various venues | Earshot Jazz Festival: dozens of concerts by local and international jazz musicians. | Website and program, schedule | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, Seattle Convention Center | Oddities and curiosities expo featuring taxidermy, antiques, jewelry, horror memorabilia and collectible rarities; workshops are also planned. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, Seattle Convention Center Arch | GeekGirlCon brings together women working in science, technology, art, literature, comics and game development. | Website | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall | Antiquarian book fair featuring thousands of rare books, maps, prints and photographs. | Website, photos | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, Kerry Hall | Starstuff, a three-day festival of original performance, music, storytelling and creative gatherings. | Website and program | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, SIFF Cinema Uptown | Free Polish film festival featuring nine films and a shorts program; films in languages other than English will have English subtitles. | Website, schedule | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, Georgetown Steam Plant | Circus of Steam and Shadows: shadow theater, live animation and acrobatics in three rooms of a historic power plant. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Seattle, Hangar 30, Magnuson Park | Seattle’s first coffee festival: unlimited coffee and live music, with food trucks outside. | Website and tickets | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Shoreline, Shoreline Community College | Wild mushroom show: learn how to identify species, bring mushrooms for identification and visit vendor booths. | Venue map | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Monroe, Evergreen State Fairgrounds | Home show featuring about 200 local businesses offering help with remodeling or designing a home. | Website | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Tacoma, Grand Cinema | Tacoma Film Festival: special events, feature films and shorts programs. | Website, schedule | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Puyallup, Washington State Fair Events Center | Horror Con: guests, exhibits, vendors, artists, panels, film screenings, food and video games. | Website | |
| Oct. 24–30 | Eatonville, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park | Hoot ’N’ Howl Halloween celebration: trick-or-treat stations, games, nocturnal animals, keeper talks and themed decorations. | Website | |
| Oct. 24, 31 | Seattle, Elysian Capitol Hill; Woodinville, Black Raven | Brewery Run: a fun 5K with beer, giveaways, live music, food trucks and local vendors. | Information | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Seattle and the Eastside | Seattle Restaurant Week: special offers at about 220 restaurants across the region. | Website | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Various locations | Halloween events for kids in cities across the region, including Seattle, Olympia and Tacoma parks events. | Seattle events | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Seattle, Unexpected Productions Improv | Poe Unexpected, an improv comedy show inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe; performances on Fridays and Saturdays. | Website and tickets | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Seattle, waterfront | Two-hour sail aboard the schooner Bay Lady, with views of Elliott Bay; snacks and drinks available onboard. | Information | |
| Oct. 24, 31 | Seattle, Capitol Hill | Historic haunted-site tour: a one-hour walk featuring stories about Seattle’s famous residents and ghosts. | Information | |
| Oct. 24, 31 | Seattle, Pioneer Square | Halloween bar crawl visiting about a dozen bars, starting at Merchant’s Cafe and Saloon; ages 21 and up. | Website and tickets | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Seattle, Capitol Hill | Haunted Soiree, an immersive theatrical evening with cocktails and characters inspired by a real 1928 murder. Ages 21 and up only. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Various cities across the region | Haunted houses and trails in Buckley, Federal Way, Lacey, Seattle, Tacoma and other cities. | Seattle video, Tacoma video | |
| Oct. 24–31 | Various locations | Fall farm activities: pumpkin patches, hayrides and corn mazes. | ParentMap guide | |
| Oct. 24, 31 | Skykomish | Free 10-minute miniature train ride over a bridge and through a tunnel; gift shop open. | Website | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Kent, ShoWare Center; Oct. 29–Nov. 1 | Everett, Angel of the Winds Arena | Disney on Ice: Jump In—Disney characters skate, dance and bring scenes from animated films to life. | Website |
| Oct. 24–Nov. 1 | Federal Way, Wild Waves | Wild Waves Halloween: family-friendly Booville activities and treats during the day, followed by Fright Fest at night, with rides in the dark and haunted houses. | Website and tickets | |
| Oct. 24–Nov. 15 | Seattle, Everett and Green Lake | Theater productions: Eureka Day pokes fun at a school community’s good intentions; I’ll Be Your Superhero tells the story of a boy and his uncle; Leonardo is about a boy’s friendship with a monster; Neha & Neel is a family comedy about a journey; Ragtime follows immigrant families in New York; Smoke on the Mountain combines gospel music with stories from Appalachia. | — | |
| Oct. 24–Dec. 31 | Seattle, Pioneer Square | Underground History Tour of Seattle’s original street level, buried after the Great Fire of 1889. | Tour and tickets | |
| Oct. 24–July 5, 2027 | Seattle, Climate Pledge Arena | Seattle Kraken home hockey games: Oct. 24 against the Minnesota Wild; Oct. 28 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. | Schedule, tickets | |
| Oct. 24–25 | Kent, ShoWare Center | Disney on Ice: Jump In—Disney characters skate, dance and bring scenes from animated films to life. | Website | |
| Oct. 25 | Seattle, The 5th Avenue Theatre | Dracula ballet: a Gothic tale featuring village dances, zombies, demons and Romani dance battles. | Website | |
| Oct. 25 | Seattle, West Seattle Junction | Free family Harvest Fest: costume parade, performance by the Seattle Thrillers, trick-or-treating and a chili cook-off. | Website | |
| Oct. 25 | Seattle, Seward Park | Run Scared Halloween race: 10K, 5K and 2-mile distances, a free kids’ run, treasure hunt and costume contest. | Website and schedule, schedule | |
| Oct. 25 | Seattle, The Museum of Flight | Family Museum of Fright day: planetarium program, brass band performances, science show, workshops and face painting. Children in costume get in free. | Website | |
| Oct. 25 | Redmond, Redmond City Hall Campus | Pirate treasure run: 12K, 8K and 5K distances, a kids’ run and post-race activities. | Website | |
| Oct. 25 | Seattle, Arctic Club Hotel | Candlelight concert: string quartet performs music by Dolly Parton. | Tickets | |
| Oct. 25–31 | Seattle, The Triple Door | This Is Halloween, a show inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas, featuring live orchestral music, cabaret, burlesque and video projections. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 25–31 | Seattle, McCaw Hall | Richard Strauss’s opera Salome, based on Oscar Wilde’s play; performed in German with English subtitles. | Website | |
| Oct. 25, 31 | Snoqualmie | Halloween train: seasonal games and activities, apple cider and a ride aboard a decorated train. | Website | |
| Oct. 25–Dec. 25 | Seattle, Lumen Field | Seattle Seahawks home games: Oct. 25 against the Kansas City Chiefs. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 25–March 6, 2027 | Seattle, Alaska Airlines Arena | Washington Huskies basketball games: Oct. 25, an exhibition game against Washington State. | Schedule, tickets | |
| Oct. 26–28 | Seattle, SIFF Cinema Uptown | 48-Hour Horror Film Project: teams make films in just two days, then screen them on the big screen. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 27 | U.S. national parks | Free admission to national parks for U.S. citizens and residents. | Information | |
| Oct. 28 | Seattle, SIFF Film Center | Screening of the classic horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers as part of the Scarecrowber program. | Website | |
| Oct. 28 | Seattle, Lumen Field | Seattle Sounders home game against the Houston Dynamo. | Schedule, tickets | |
| Oct. 29 | Seattle, Seattle Aquarium | After-hours Halloween at the aquarium: fortune-telling, costume contest, pumpkin carver, food and drinks. Ages 21 and up only. | Website | |
| Oct. 29–31 | Seattle, Emerald City Trapeze Arts | Carnevolar XIV: Ascension: aerial acrobatics set to live music; a separate dance party will also take place Saturday. Ages 21 and up. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 30 | Seattle, downtown | Guided tour of four bars, with a guide sharing ghost stories. Ages 21 and up; drinks not included. | Tour and tickets | |
| Oct. 30 | Seattle, National Nordic Museum | Candlelight concert: string quartet performs music from films and ghost stories, including The Addams Family, Beetlejuice and Ghostbusters. | Tickets | |
| Oct. 30 | Seattle, Sunset Bay Lodge at the Ballard Elks | Taproot Theatre Uncorked party: cocktails, appetizers and a fundraising auction. Ages 21 and up. | Website and tickets | |
| Oct. 30 | Snoqualmie, Northwest Railway Museum | Scenic train ride with a glass of wine, snacks and eight tastings. Ages 21 and up. | Tickets | |
| Oct. 30–31 | Seattle, Hotel Andra | Cooking classes: Italian pasta and stew on Oct. 30; Japanese miso and ramen, plus sushi, on Oct. 31. | Schedule and tickets | |
| Oct. 30–31 | Seattle, Paramount Theatre | Contemporary ballet featuring the legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem. | Website | |
| Oct. 30–31 | Seattle, Smith Tower | Spirits & Secrets: an observatory bar party with signature cocktails, magic tricks and a mysterious atmosphere. Ages 21 and up only. | Tickets | |
| Oct. 30–31 | Seattle, WaMu Theater | Boo! Seattle, a music festival with 24 performances per day, costumed artists and special effects. Ages 18 and up. | Website | |
| Oct. 30–31 | Seattle, various locations | Walking architecture tours: Ballard’s historic district on Oct. 30; the past and present of South Lake Union on Oct. 31. | Tours | |
| Oct. 30–Nov. 7 | Seattle and Tacoma | Day of the Dead: celebration of the Latin American tradition, with altars, food, costumes and entertainment. Events include activities at Seattle Center (Oct. 31–Nov. 1), Tacoma Art Museum and other locations. | — | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Benaroya Hall | Halloween Spooktacular, a musical adventure for children ages 6–12; pre-concert activities begin at 10 a.m. | Information | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, W Seattle | Halloween hotel party: two floors of DJ dance music, themed cocktails and festive decorations. Ages 21 and up. | Website | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Museum of Pop Culture | Fashionably Undead: dance party with a costume contest, treasure hunt, tarot readings and a quiz themed around 1950s and 1960s science fiction. Ages 21 and up. | Website | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Pacific Science Center | Science After Dark: an evening of science, art and nightlife with 70 exhibits, an improv science show, DJ music and a flash mob to “Thriller.” Ages 21 and up. | Website | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall | Seduction: Wicked Wonderland, a costume party with DJs, dancing, performances and an erotic art exhibition. Ages 21 and up. | Website | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Fremont Troll | Free Trolloween: live music, a show and a parade celebrating the Fremont Troll; costumes welcome. | Website | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Seattle Meowtropolitan | Pumpkin carving with cats: tickets include a pumpkin and carving tools. Ages 8 and up. | Information | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Woodland Park Zoo | Pumpkin Bash: trick-or-treat stations, costume parades, pumpkin carving and animal pumpkin activities. | Website | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Fishermen’s Terminal | Halloween cruise with views of Lake Union and Lake Washington, a costume contest, DJ music, snacks and dessert. Ages 21 and up. | Website and tickets | |
| Oct. 31 | Seattle, Seward Park | 5K run and walk with trick-or-treat stops and a costume contest; open to all ages. | Website, tickets | |
| Oct. 31 | Bellevue, Suite Restaurant & Lounge | Halloween party with DJ music, a costume contest and aerial performances. Costumes required; ages 21 and up. | Information | |
| Oct. 31 | Bellevue, W Bellevue | Halloween Alter Ego: welcome cocktail, appetizers, performance and DJ music. Ages 21 and up. | Tickets | |
| Oct. 31 | Everett, Monte Event Space | Halloween Creeptacular, a costume party with dance music, appetizers and a costume contest with a $1,000 prize. Ages 21 and up. | Website, tickets |