FROLIC | Summer at SAM: Fairy Fest
August 10th | 10 am – 9 pm @ Olympic Sculpture Park
Seattle Art Museum is closing out Summer at SAM with Fairy Fest—a joyful, all-ages celebration of nature, art, and imagination. Guests can stretch into the day with Take Care Yoga, then roam the park in search of fairy homes hidden in the greenery. DJ Clover and Campbient bring ethereal beats, while Dance Church and ComedySportz add movement and laughter. Activities like trinket-making with The Cutie Foundation, earth mandalas, puppet encounters by Sarah Lovett, and fairy fashion crafting with Dan Mclean keep the magic flowing all day. Evening performances by Maiah Wynne, DJ Clover, and HANA bring it all home. Local food trucks, artist booths, and nonprofit partners round out the experience. Entry is free—wings encouraged.
INSPIRE | Cannonball Arts Opening Party
August 15th | 6 pm – 12 am @ Cannonball Arts
A new chapter in Seattle’s creative story is about to begin—head to Cannonball Arts’ launch, the city’s largest contemporary arts center, with a blowout bash that promises to be anything but ordinary. From 6 PM to midnight, this 66,000 square foot wonderland will be alive with sound, movement, and imagination. DJs Wax Witch and Repoman will set the tone early, before La Mala Noche takes the decks for a late-night dance floor revival. Everywhere you turn, something is happening: live figure drawing, roaming performers, roller skating feats by Roll Around SeaTown, burlesque from Ruby Mimosa, and a dazzling show by Stacy Lovejoy & The Lovejoysters. Their flamboyant Cannonball Lifeguards will be on duty to keep the vibes high, and the drinks flowing. It’s a one-night-only spectacle to celebrate a bold new home for art in the heart of the city—come dressed to dazzle and ready to dive in.
PLAY | Bumbershoot 2025
August 30th – 31st @ Seattle Center
If you’re hitting just one festival this summer, make it Bumbershoot! A full-spectrum celebration of Pacific Northwest creativity, Bumbershoot is where music, art, fashion, food, and full-blown spectacle collide. From punk to pole dancing, ballet to Bumbermania (yes, that’s a WWE-style smackdown), roller skating to performance art, this festival turns Seattle Center into a wildly immersive playground of cultural expression. Bumbershoot champions the bold, the weird, the inclusive, and the unforgettable.
This year’s music lineup spans generations and genres, with Weezer performing their iconic Blue Album in full, Janelle Monáe bringing genre-bending brilliance, and crowd favorites like Bright Eyes, Aurora, Car Seat Headrest, Sylvan Esso, and Digable Planets performing their 1994 classic Blowout Comb. But that’s just the beginning.
Wander through Bumbershoot’s unique Districts to discover something unexpected at every turn—like high-flying tricks on a custom-built halfpipe in the Recess District, iconic Seattle cultural landmarks in the Vanishing Seattle gallery, or tarot readings by local witches in the Witch Temple Dome. Shop vintage and avant-garde looks in the Fashion District, catch a set in the Comedy Dome, or stumble upon the Cat Circus, the Wig Farm, and who knows what else. Every day is a new adventure—and every corner brings the unexpected.