This page archives events that previously were included on the Current events template.
2005
- January 15: Seattle Wikipedia Meetup
- January 28: Critical Mass
- February 14: Laugh Lover's Ball
- February 19-20: Bike Expo
- February 27: Chilly Hilly Bicycle Ride
- March 12-13: Vegfest
- March 17: Built Green Conference - learn more about current sustainable building ideas
- March 23: Public Works: Sustainability in Local Communities - lecture put on by the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
- April 7, 5:00pm-8:00pm: First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square. A great time to see what's new in the galleries. All new shows for the month will be posted.
- April 22, 8:00pm: An Evening of Burlesque at Pilates Center of Olympia
- April 22-24, 10:00am-6:00pm: Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival at Seattle Center House, Fisher Pavilion
- May 2-29: Bike to Work Month, Commute Challenge, and Bike to Work day
- May 14, 11:00am-5:00pm: Port of Seattle Maritime Festival at Seattle's Pier 66/Bell Harbor Marina
- May 15
- 11:00am-3:00pm: Wild Keta Salmon Cook-Off (part of the Maritime Festival) at Fisherman's Terminal
- 11:00am-5:00pm: Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market
- 4:30pm: Orchestra of Flight Annual Dinner/Fundraiser concert at West Seattle Golf Club
- May 19-June 12: Seattle International Film Festival at several venues around downtown Seattle
- May 21, 22: University District Street Fair, 36th annual gathering of crafts and food
- May 27-30: Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center
- May 29, 30: Pike Place Market Street Festival with food, arts and crafts, and performances to benefit the Market Foundation
- June 4:
- Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure breast cancer fund raiser starting at Qwest Field
- 11am-5pm: "A Taste of Sea-Tac", grand opening celebration of the new dining and shopping areas at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- June 16, 7pm: Yusef Komunyakaa will be reading and signing books at Cat and Cannon Used Books (Lake City)
- June 17-19:
- NWSource.com Summer Brewfest at St. Edward State Park in Kenmore
- Edmonds Arts Festival at Anderson Cultural Center on Edmonds' Main Street
- Juneteenth Freedom Festival and Parade in Seattle's Pratt Park, commemorating the 1865 Emancipation Proclamation in Texas
- Marysville Strawberry Festival in downtown Marysville (about 34 miles north of downtown Seattle)
- Here's to the Heroes Tour 2:00pm-8:00pm daily at Qwest Field Event Center, Anheuser-Busch's Clydesdale horses touring the U.S. with a display of SeaWorld animals and an exhibit that allows visitors to record customized messages to U.S. troops serving overseas
- June 18: Fremont Solstice Parade, picnic, and festival on Fremont and Gasworks Park
- June 18-19: Burien Strawberry Festival offers strawberries, arts and crafts, children's activities and more
- June 20: Washington Citizens for Proportional Representation - monthly meeting, 6:00pm to 8:45pm at the University Branch of the Seattle Public Library
- June 23-25: Gnomedex 5.0, Bell Harbor Conference Center
- June 25-26:
- Seattle Pride, parade and festival on Capitol Hill and in Volunteer Park
- Shoreline Arts Festival, 15th annual celebration of arts and crafts, music, dance, and food and drink on the grounds of the Shoreline Center
- June 30-July 4: Tall Ships Tacoma includes Parade of Sails in Commencement Bay and display, tours, and simulated battles of tall ships
- July 1-3: Seattle International Beer Festival at Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheatre
- July 3, 7:00pm: Poets to Music at Cat and Cannon Used Books (Lake City): Irene Drennan, Sandra Larkman-Heindsmann and Vivienne Inman will read their words to Karen Olsen's music
- July 4:
- WAMU Family Fourth of July at Lake Union, viewing at Gasworks Park (Wallingford)
- 4th of Jul-Ivar's at Myrtle Edwards Park
- WSP Complete List of Public Fireworks Displays, pdf schedule of all 4th of July displays
- July 9-10: Chinatown-International District Summer Festival
- July 14: Pat Andrus reads her poems at Cat and Cannon Used Books (Lake City)
2004
- May 20-June 13: Go see a movie at the Seattle Film Festival
- May 21 to June 19: Bike to Work Month
- May 23: The new Central Library opened
- June 19: Fremont Solstice Parade
- June 26-27: Seattle Pride
- July 17: 2nd Annual KEXP BBQ starts at 6:00 pm
- July 17-18: Bite of Seattle
- July 24-25: Capitol Hill Block Party
- July 30-31: Beer festivals
- August 6-8: Seattle Seafair
- September 3-6: Bumbershoot
- September 14: Primary elections
- September 17-18: Fremont Oktoberfest
- September 18: DJ Keoki at Medusa Nightclub
- October 2: Last day to register to vote by mail in the general elections
- November 6: Seattle Wikipedia meetup
- November 26-28: National Geographic Warehouse Sale