Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center
Festal: A Glimpse of China – Seattle Chinese Culture & Arts Festival
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleSeattle Chinese Culture & Arts Festival illuminates the colorful and ancient palette of Chinese arts with dance, painting, calligraphy, workshops and martial arts.
Spirit of Africa
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleSpirit of Africa fosters greater inclusivity, awareness and appreciation for the varied traditions of music, movement and storytelling of the African diaspora.
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleThis celebration recognizes Seattle’s strong ties with Asia and the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in our region through culturally-influenced music and dance and a celebrity hum bow eating contest.
Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleThis festival underscores the deep friendship between Seattle and Japan as it honors the renewal of life with springtime cherry blossoms, booming Taiko drums, contemporary Japanese arts and a traditional tea ceremony.
Seattle’s French Fest
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleSeattle’s French Fest celebrates the diversity of traditions, ideas, dialects, and more, that comprises French-speaking cultures around the world. While France is often the most well-known French-speaking country for people in the U.S., there are many other countries and places all around the world where French is spoken. French and several similar dialects are even…
Irish Festival Seattle
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleIrish Festival Seattle celebrates Irish heritage, culture, and arts with two-days of traditional music, step-dancing, lectures, genealogy workshops, Irish films, exhibits, displays, and more.
Diwali: Lights of India
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleDiwali (Festival of Lights) is a major cultural celebration observed throughout India every fall. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. This year’s festival features music, dance, visual art, martial arts, a cooking demonstration and more. Photo by Udayaditya Barua on Unsplash
Seattle Hmong New Year
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleSeattle Center Festál presents Seattle Hmong New Year in partnership with Hmong Association of Washington (HAW). The festival honors ancestors and celebrates new beginnings with intricate clothing, dance, food, and more.
Día de Muertos Festival Seattle
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleThe festival offers performances, elaborate altars, colorful face-painting, sugar skull workshops, visual art, and more. Photo by Mario Mendez on Unsplash
Turkfest
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleTurkfest is an annual cultural festival in Seattle, whose mission is to foster friendship, to highlight the diversity and richness of Turkish culture and Turkish speaking countries, and cooperate throughout the greater community by organizing educational, entertaining, and engaging cultural programs that celebrate Turkish and Turkic cultures and heritage.
CroatiaFest
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleSeattle Center Festál presents CroatiaFest in partnership with CroatiaFest. The festival presents Croatian culture through music and dance performances by the finest Croatian musicians, singers and dance ensembles from the Pacific Northwest, Canada and beyond. Museum quality exhibits tell the story of the Croatian American immigrant experience through historical photos, artifacts, traditional costumes and folk…
Tibet Fest
Armory Food & Event Hall at the Seattle Center 305 Harrison St., SeattleThe festival showcases traditional and contemporary Tibetan art, music, dance, art and more. The public rarely has the opportunity to experience Tibet’s unique and endangered culture. The Tibetan diaspora outside Tibet is very small in number and it is challenging to preserve and propagate the culture among the younger generation. Tibet Fest provides a unique…