Colorful regalia, rhythmic dance and storytelling preserve the sacred and promote the value of indigenous ancestries throughout the world at Seattle Center Festál:  Spirit of Indigenous People, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, June 25, at Seattle Center Armory and Mural Amphitheatre. Spirit of Indigenous People returns to Seattle Center for a seventh year celebrating American Indian, […]

Seattle Center Foundation would like to invite you to join in the Annual Fourth of July Naturalization Ceremony, 11am to 1:15pm, on Monday, July 4.  Come and observe as The Honorable Richard C. Tallman, U.S. Circuit Court Judge, swears in over 500 candidates from more than 80 countries as new citizens of the United States of […]

Seattle Center visitors will find numerous ways to connect at the 74-acre Center this summer, with a packed calendar of daytime activities, family entertainment and spirited night life that will inspire one and all to return often between now and the end of summer. Those who visit for the more than 40 acres of open […]

Seattle Center Director Robert Nellams shared this story during Northwest Folklife Festival’s First Look on Wednesday, May 25. This amazing annual folk (and much more) festival packs Seattle Center, Friday – Monday of Memorial Day weekend. Learn more about it at:  NW Folklife. Northwest Folklife and Seattle Center are partners whose purpose and values are […]

Seattle Center and Northwest Folklife Festival encourage festival-goers to consider the many transportation options to and from Seattle Center this Memorial Day weekend including buses, bikes, light rail, monorail and private transport. Festival goers will find new routing and extra efforts to maintain easy access to Seattle Center during the four-day event, 11 a.m. to […]

Continuous live music and Southern spiced foods illuminate African-American heritage and inspiration in the soulful and fun-filled Seattle Center Festál:  Festival Sundiata – Black Arts Fest, Saturday, 12 p.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m., June 11-12, at Seattle Center Armory, Mural Amphitheatre and Fisher Roof. The 36th annual festival opens with a visual arts […]

Journey from Beijing to Seattle through 5,000 years of visual arts, crafts, traditional dance and music of China at Seattle Center Festál:  A Glimpse of China – Chinese Culture and Arts Festival, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, May 21, in Seattle Center Armory. The 11th edition of the festival gives special focus to Chinese martial arts, […]

Recognized by national media as one of the “top 5 reasons to visit Seattle,” Bumbershoot has announced the official lineup for its 46th annual festival at the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend, Friday Sept. 2 through Sunday Sept. 4. Headliners include Seattle natives and hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, alternative rock band Death […]

Vulcan Inc. today announced that Typewriter Eraser, Scale X (1999), a large-scale sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, will be moving to a new location at Seattle Center in June 2016. This sculpture is part of the Paul G. Allen Family Collection and has been on loan to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) […]

Uptown Counterculture takes place, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 17 at Counterbalance Park, 700 Queen Anne Ave N. The free community event brings together Uptown and Seattle Center arts and cultural organizations for an arts-filled, hands-on celebration that builds on the Grand Opening of KEXP 90.3FM on Saturday, April 16. This informative, […]