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A Tale of One Song for NW Folklife

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… [ Keep reading ]

How to Get to Folklife Festival

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… [ Keep reading ]

Festival Sundiata – Black Arts Fest, June 11-12

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… [ Keep reading ]

Glimpse of China – May 21 at Seattle Center

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… [ Keep reading ]

Bumbershoot 2016 Line-up Announced

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… [ Keep reading ]

Typewriter Eraser Coming in June

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… [ Keep reading ]