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View MoreFree Princess Bride screening at Seattle Center on Friday, July 31
Seattle Center's free Movies at the Mural series screens The Princess Bride on Friday, July 31, at the Mural Amphitheatre in Lower Queen Anne, with student short films starting at 7 p.m. and the feature at dusk.
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View MoreWorld premiere musical 'Freak the Mighty' opens at Seattle Rep
Seattle Rep's world premiere musical "Freak the Mighty," produced by the Tony-winning team behind "Come From Away," begins preview performances at the Bagley Wright Theater in Lower Queen Anne on Thursday, July 30, running through September 6 with tickets from $39 to $99.
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View MoreSilent vigil at Seattle Center's International Fountain honors Bite of Seattle victims
Seattle Center hosts a free silent vigil at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, at the International Fountain in Lower Queen Anne, inviting residents to bring flowers and written messages to honor the three people killed and four wounded in the Bite of Seattle shooting on Sunday, July 26.
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View MoreBallard P-Patch turns 50 with free art fair, live music, and bratwurst
The Ballard P-Patch celebrates its 50th anniversary with Art in the Garden on Saturday, August 1, featuring 30 artist booths, live music, food vendors, and free admission, with proceeds supporting garden projects and Real Rent Duwamish.
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View MoreBite of Seattle shooting wiped out vendors' busiest sales day
The Bite of Seattle shooting on Sunday, July 26, cut short the festival's final and busiest day, leaving dozens of food vendors who pay steep commissions to festival operator FoodieLand without their peak sales window and without access to their equipment behind police tape.
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View MoreMagnolia Summerfest bans pop-up tents and dogs for first time
Magnolia Summerfest returns to Magnolia Playfield July 31–Aug. 2 with three days of free live music, food vendors, and the Seafair parade, but two new rules ban personal pop-up tents and dogs from the grounds for the first time.
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View MoreFree multicultural art exhibit at Seattle Center rotates weekly till mid August
A free, rotating multicultural art exhibit at Seattle Center's A/NT Gallery features work by Zapotec artist Fulgencio Lazo and Japanese calligraphy master Ritsuko Kashiba, open Wednesday through Sunday until August 16.
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View MoreFree walking map traces Seattle's Hip Hop roots through the Central District
Music researcher Gary Campbell created a free 7-mile walking map and zine tracing 23 landmarks of Seattle's early hip-hop scene across the Central District, Capitol Hill, and downtown, distributed by nonprofit Common Area Maintenance at pop-up events through summer 2026.
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View MoreWoodland Park Zoo's first Pallas's cat in 21 years is a fluffy 2-year-old named Goose
Woodland Park Zoo in Phinney Ridge welcomed Goose, a two-year-old Pallas's cat from Columbus Zoo in Ohio, marking the zoo's first manul in 21 years. The species has a history at the zoo dating to a 1992 gift from Chongqing Zoo through Seattle's sister city partnership.
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View MoreCrown Hill's free Princess Bride movie night returns to the park on August 14
The Crown Hill Village Association's free annual outdoor movie night returns Friday, August 14, with a screening of "The Princess Bride," costume contest, and neighborhood activities at Crown Hill Park.
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View MoreOne hundred handmade koi kites now fly through Seattle Center
Five artists have installed six free, walkable sculptures across Seattle Center's Lower Queen Anne campus through 2026, including 100 handmade koi kites at Founders Court and steel lounge chairs at Theatre Commons.
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View MoreAlki Art Fair returns for 29th year with 100-plus artists, free admission all weekend
The 29th annual Alki Art Fair opens Friday, July 17, at Alki Beach Park with more than 100 artists, live music, food vendors, and free admission through Sunday, July 19.
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View MoreWest Seattle Grand Parade rolls Saturday for its 92nd year
The 92nd annual West Seattle Grand Parade marches down California Avenue SW on Saturday, July 18, at 11 a.m., with Easy Street Records owner Matt Vaughan as grand marshal, 85 entries, and a pre-parade 5K benefiting the West Seattle Food Bank.
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View MoreBallard's Salmon Bay Park hosts its first community book exchange Saturday
The Salmon Bay Park Stewards are hosting a free, informal book swap at 2001 NW Canoe Place on Saturday, July 18, from 2 to 4 p.m., building on the volunteer energy that drove the park's 2025 playground renovation.
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View MoreBallard's seafood festival hails new lutefisk champion
The Ballard Music & Seafoodfest debuted its new name July 10–12, drawing thousands to downtown Ballard for three days of live music headlined by Built to Spill, more than 50 food vendors, and the annual lutefisk eating contest won by five-year competitor Scott Bryson.
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