What's Up This Weekend: Your PNW Events Guide Dec 4-7

Explore our list of annual festivals and events. Seattle is alive with events every day of the year. Immerse yourself in over 9.7 million dazzling lights illuminating Quil Ceda Village this holiday season! The one and only John Legend returns to Seattle this holiday season. There will be more than 300 vendor booths (decor, art, crafts, clothing, wellness) at this year's Victorian Christmas Festival, as well as appearances by Santa, the Holiday Jubilee Theater and more. Your one-stop shop for handmade gifts, food, music and holiday spirit returns for four days this weekend.

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• United Indians Native Art MarketRemindLikeListPut your money where your land acknowledgment is and support the Indigenous community at this curated market and exhibition featuring goods from local Native artists.
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• Whether he’s touring an album, headlining a festival, or just dropping in for a one-off club set (shoutout Q), he’s guaranteed to be worth the ticket price.
• On both the special and the album, Rogers really does the work, letting us know that Santa and Jesus met at college in Bethlehem, that the Grinch is a grower, not a shower, and that Mrs. Claus isn’t one to be cheated on.
• Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – Magic, Moonlight and Mistletoe TourRemindLikeListI have a friend who hosts an annual black tie party in December because they feel like adults don't have enough reasons to get fancy—a sentiment I agree with.

The annual Jingle Bell Run is back for its 41st year to ring in Seattle’s festive season. As you wander, spot Dickens' Carolers drifting through the aisles, catch live performances at the Holiday Jubilee Theater, and warm up with seasonal treats from local vendors. United Indians Native Art MarketRemindLikeListPut your money where your land acknowledgment is and support the Indigenous community at this curated market and exhibition featuring goods from local Native artists.

Popular Events in Seattle

The Game Show is a two-weekend exhibition exploring this concept and the space between where games become art and art becomes play. The Game ShowRemindLikeListWhat happens when art plays by its own rules? Shot over five seasons in the mountains near Hakuba and Myoko, these black-and-white works distill the landscape to line, texture, and negative space, revealing the quiet geometry carved by storms. Running through early 2026, Porous Body invites viewers into an ancestral and earthly dialogue where grief meets growth, and the boundaries between body, land, and spirit dissolve into something tender and grounded. And of course, jolly old Saint Nick himself will make an appearance with a little help from Old Stove Brewing, which will pour seasonal brews for the grown-ups. For one night only, the Seattle landmark lights up in full holiday cheer, complete with twinkling light displays, handmade goods, unique gifts, and stocking stuffers from some of PNW's favorite makers.

What's Up This Weekend: Your PNW Events Guide Dec. 4-7

• John Craigie - Keep It Warm Tour 2025 Past EventLikeListA recurring tradition, John Craigie’s wintertime respite from the rain will blanket Tacoma's Spanish Ballroom with his warm vocals and goofy storytelling.
• The cabaret style of her previous Christmas tour involved some AI antics, an impressive and festive wardrobe, and bits of comedy between showstopping tunes; grab a ticket to see what she has in store for us this year.
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• Featuring freestyle motocross, BMX, skate, scooter, wheelchair motocross, and even skis, toy cars, shopping carts, and hospital gurneys—these stunt-addicts will try to ride and/or jump over anything!
• If pop culture continues to be dominated by trolls with talent going forward, you can expect DJ Mandy to quickly become a superstar of the new school.

It’s free Santa photos and some live music from KEXP’s own Lace Cadence. Holiday Night Market with SantaRemindLikeListFor many families (mine included), photos with Santa are a must during the festive season. But don’t fret, it’s not all fear-mongering, KUOW promises smart insights, memorable moments, and maybe even a surprise or two.

Urban Craft Uprising Winter Show

Jay SomRemindLikeListMelina Duterte, who records music under the name Jay Som, has been busy. Pianist and composer Wayne Horvitz, who co-founded the Columbia City music venue the Royal Room, opens the show. Early in his career, his self-styled “future bounce” sound fused DC soul with house energy and pop/rap polish, defining an entire generation alongside the likes of Anderson .Paak and KAYTRANADA. GoldLinkRemindLikeListGoldLink has never really fit into neat boxes like “rapper,” “producer,” or “singer.” Before Spotify playlists dictated what's popular and niche SoundCloud rappers were breaking into the mainstream, he went out and created his own lane. I recommend checking out this Chappell Roan cover or their tropical take on the Eagles' "Hotel winorio California" (I particularly love when the horn players play parts originally performed on electric guitar) for a crash course. Catch him on the 3L World Tour if you're into leaving preconceived notions at the door and experiencing an artist who never stops experimenting.

Fresh off winning a Juno Award and wrapping her stint as head monologue writer for After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson, Buddle—who’s appeared on The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, and CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes—now brings her whip-smart standup to Seattle. Centered around a Christmas tea party that goes disastrously wrong and floods the world with tea, this British comedy follows London duo James and Jamesy as they set sail on a hilarious, imaginative adventure of wordplay, whimsy, and interactive fun. While National Lampoon had Americans in a chokehold for decades, O Christmas Tea proves that the Brits get a chuckle out of ridiculousness, too. Since then, he’s toured packed arenas, had starring roles across film and TV, and earned a reputation as one of Hollywood’s funniest performers. The prolific comedian brings his brutally honest style from Houston, Texas to the Pacific Northwest with hilarious material from his In the Shadows tour. But there’s something about someone shining—so brightly—their filthy light upon the world that gets at the holiday spirit.

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Fusing jazz with noise on what are perhaps best described as rap-adjacent confessionals, Earl’s knack for creating beautifully strange music has solidified him as an important part of hip-hop culture. Accolades aside, this is your chance to confirm just how musically gifted this man is and peep a true childhood glow-up at the same time. SMooCHRemindLikeListThe Seattle music community comes together once again to raise money for the Seattle Children’s Hospital at this annual fundraiser. The most important thing to their fanbase is that KATSEYE makes catchy pop music and has impeccable choreography. Other times, it’s nonsensical soundbites of the Chainsmokers laced with memes.