ELECTRIFY | Out There: A West Coast Experimental Dance Festival
October 2nd – 4th & October 9th – 11th @ 12th Ave Arts
OUT THERE is not just a dance festival—it’s a full-blown collision of imagination, sweat, and boundary-breaking brilliance. Featuring West Coast artists who thrive on experimentation, this gathering is a portal into the wildest corners of contemporary movement. Here, choreography is unruly, intuitive, and electric, designed to jolt audiences into new ways of seeing and feeling.
The festival celebrates the West Coast’s legacy of fearless creative risk-taking, where artists conjure a future that’s sassier, stranger, more expansive, and more alive. Each performance ignites with bold new works, paired with DJs, drinks, and late-night revelry that keep the energy pulsing long after the final bow. OUT THERE isn’t just a show—it’s a ride on the mothership of West Coast dance, and the only rule is: expect the unexpected.
DISCOVER | SIFF DocFest
October 16th – 23rd @ SIFF Cinema Uptown
Seattle has a thing for documentaries, and SIFF knows it—that’s why DocFest has become one of the city’s favorite annual film events. Now celebrating its fifth year, the festival turns SIFF Cinema Uptown into a haven for true stories that are as gripping as any blockbuster, with one special screening downtown to mix things up.
This year’s lineup is packed with films that will make you laugh, gasp, cry, and maybe even march out ready to change the world. There’s Space Cowboy, where skydiving stunts redefine adrenaline; Love+War, a raw look at photographers capturing history on the front lines of Ukraine; and Steal This Story, Please!, which follows Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! in their fearless pursuit of independent journalism.
DocFest isn’t just about watching films—it’s about celebrating the courage of storytellers and the communities who gather to experience them. For one week, Seattle dives headfirst into the art of documentary, proving once again that sometimes the truth really is stranger—and more powerful—than fiction.
WHODUNIT | Till Death Do Us Part: A Murder Mystery Dinner Experience
October 23rd | 6 pm @ Hotel Sorrento
Step back into the roaring 1920s and get ready for a night of intrigue, glamour, and suspense with Till Death Do Us Part: A Murder Mystery Dinner Experience at Hotel Sorrento’s Dunn Speakeasy. Imagine a lavish mafia wedding buzzing with power, passion, and secrets—only to have everything turn deadly. Guests become part of the story, tasked with questioning suspects, gathering clues, and racing to solve the crime before they—or someone else—become the next victim.
A three-course dinner is included, giving you time to nibble, sip, and strategize as the mystery unfolds. For those who want to fully embrace the era, flapper dresses, feather boas, zoot suits, pinstripes, fedoras, or elegant wedding attire are encouraged. It’s a night where champagne flows, alliances shift, and every guest becomes a detective in a true Jazz Age whodunit.