Bellingham
With its minaret-like tower and elaborately designed interior, this grand old historic theater, built in 1925, has become one of Bellingham's signature…
Must-see entertainment in Washington
Southeastern Washington
Walla Walla has had a symphony orchestra since 1907, and it also runs a robust educational arm, including a youth symphony and free in-school performances…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
LANGSTON is a new non-profit arts organization in the CD dedicated to 'cultivating black excellence.' It hosts programs at the Langston Hughes Performing…
Belltown & Seattle Center
The restored Jewel Box Theater, tucked away behind the sleek Rendezvous cocktail bar, has live music and independent theater events including burlesque…
Seattle
A film arts organization whose two-screen cinema offers impeccable programming, from restored classics to cutting-edge independent and international films…
First Interstate Center for the Arts
Spokane
Renamed and reopened after a massive upgrade, the main performing-arts venue in the Spokane area was part of the 1974 World's Fair and seats 2600. It…
Bellingham
Bellingham's 'house of music' is hidden in this inviting century-old building. Come here to enjoy local and national acts playing jazz, blues, funk, salsa…
Olympic Peninsula & Washington Coast
Harlequin Productions stages an eclectic lineup of contemporary plays and classics in this restored theater. Expect everything from Shakespeare to little…
Queen Anne & Lake Union
The place for avant-garde performance art, the non-profit On the Boards makes its home at the intimate Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance and…
Seattle
A bit of a dive – but not an unpleasant one – this is one of two local live-music stalwarts in Fremont. It hosts rock primarily for small-name bands on…
Belltown & Seattle Center
This highly esteemed theater group has two auditoriums in its Seattle Center campus. Friday and Saturday matinees and evening performances run September…
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Olympic Peninsula & Washington Coast
Comedy, art, ballet, film and theater – this is Olympia's primary venue for national touring shows and performances, and it puts the city center stage in…
Belltown & Seattle Center
A beloved theater company based at the Cornish Playhouse in the Seattle Center. Artistic director Jennifer Zeyl curates magnificent stagings of…
Pioneer Square, International District & SoDo
The newer sister-club of downtown's Showbox, this SoDo version is actually bigger with a capacity for 1800 in an old warehouse. Touring rock bands play…
Bellingham
Western Washington University's performing arts center usually features an intriguing lineup of international music and dance figures. See the website for…
Spokane
Bing Crosby hailed from Spokane, and now his namesake venue, a nicely restored retro theater, presents concerts, plays and festivals in an elegant and…
Belltown & Seattle Center
The digs of the famous Seattle International Film Festival since 2011 runs movies in a small auditorium year-round.
Spokane
Catch major touring bands, comedians and other performers, as well as sporting events, at this 11,000-seat hall opposite the Flour Mill.
Bellingham
Check out the latest art-house movies at the 88-seat Pickford Film Center.
Queen Anne & Lake Union
Sister cinema to the nearby SIFF Film Center, the SIFF Cinema Uptown is the more public-facing of the two. This three-screen cinema plays a combination of…
Central Washington
Leavenworth's flirtation with kitsch doesn't end in the Bavarian village. If a Julie Andrews sound-alike singing 'Do-Re-Mi' doesn't send you rushing back…
Belltown & Seattle Center
Possibly Seattle's most popular cinema, and famous for its giant curved three-panel screen, Cinerama is one of only three of its type left in the world…
Seattle
Established in honor of famed Northwest poet Richard Hugo, and the nexus of Seattle’s literary community, the Hugo House hosts readings, classes and…
Belltown & Seattle Center
An excellent nonprofit community center run by and for teenagers and young adults, the Vera Project books exclusively all-ages shows in a smoke-free and…
Seattle
Seattle’s main experimental-fringe theater group is the Annex whose 99-seat theater (with bar) inhabits the Pike–Pine corridor. The highlight for many is…
Seattle
This is Seattle’s only real venue for pure live country music. Nightly entertainment includes country karaoke and good-time honky-tonk bands – or you can…
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
A small but long-standing artist-run theater in the CD with a good back catalog of plays under its belt including excellent stripped-down productions of…
Seattle
The Bathhouse Theater on the western side of Green Lake was a 1928 bathing pavilion that was converted into a live-performance venue in 1970. It's…
University of Washington Huskies
Seattle
The nickname of all of the University of Washington's 19 college sports teams. The NFL football team plays at the massive Husky Stadium.
Southeastern Washington
Walla Walla's culture vultures wander over to Whitman College's theater department for renditions of Shakespeare, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and plenty of…
Seattle
Independent and international art-house films are shown at this 1940 cinema, the scene of many an undergraduate date night.
Belltown & Seattle Center
The Seattle International Film Festival uses a half-dozen theaters but also has its own dedicated theater, in McCaw Hall’s Nesholm Family Lecture Hall,…
