“In like a lion, out like a lamb” — or is the lamb going first this year? Either way, the weather gets crazy in March, so finding fun stuff to do indoors is a wise move.
Our usual March traditions are back this year! Favorites like Taste of Washington’s The New Vintage, Seattle International Dance Festival, Moisture Festival, Hot Java Cool Jazz, Emerald City Comic Con and, of course, traditional St. Patrick’s Day events (we’ll have a dedicated guide for that coming soon).
Get your calendars ready, we’re springing into lots of fun!
Food & Drink
“Global Menus, Local Venues” is the theme of South Seattle’s Plate of Nations, featuring over 50 participating restaurants. (Don’t worry, you practically have a whole month to try them all!) Other highlights this month include Seattle Sister Cities Soup Sampling in Ballard, Seafood & Bubbles at The Admiral’s House in Seattle and the Snohomish Wine Festival in… well, Snohomish.
Snohomish Wine Festival
March 7 / Thomas Family Farm, Snohomish
Penn Cove Musselfest
March 7-8 / Penn Cove, Coupeville
Seattle Sister Cities Soup Sampling
March 8 / National Nordic Museum
Seafood & Bubbles
March 19 / The Admiral’s House, Seattle
Plate of Nations
March 20-April 12 / Various Locations, Seattle
The New Vintage
March 20 / Lotte Hotel, Seattle
Columbia Night Market
March 21 / 37th and Edmunds, Columbia City
Georgetown Bites & Sites
March 21 / Georgetown, Seattle
Arts and Crafts (and Balloons, oh my!)
Besides our majestic mountains, hot air balloons flying high above Winthrop is a sight that never gets tired. For crafters, there’s the Seattle Miniature Show, Quilters Anonymous Quilt Show and a little bit of everything at The Great Junk Hunt in Monroe. (Just give your spouse a “heads up” before you go.)
Winthrop Balloon Roundup
March 6 / Various Locations, Winthrop
Seattle Miniature Show
March 7-8 / DoubleTree Suites by Hilton. Southcenter
Quilters Anonymous Quilt Show
March 13-15 / Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe
The Great Junk Hunt
March 27-28 / Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe
Music, Film and Dance
This month, the Seattle Symphony is celebrating 75 years of Peanuts with concerts featuring the iconic music from the many Peanuts TV specials and movies; Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO is winding down, Beats, Barrels and Brews celebrates the music of ABBA and Moisture Festival gets underway, among other things.
Seattle International Dance Festival
March 1-8 / Various Locations, Seattle
Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO
March 1-22, Marymoor Park, Redmond
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
March 7 / The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
Northwest Record Show
March 8 / Seattle Center, Seattle
Ignite Seattle
March 10 / Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Beats, Barrels and Brews
March 13 / Issaquah’s Pickering Barn, Issaquah
Emerald City Irish Film Festival
March 14-15 / Pacific Science Center, Seattle
Seattle Jewish Film Festival
March 14-29 / Various Locations, Seattle
Awards Watch Party
March 15 / Grand Cinema, Tacoma
Moisture Festival
March 16-April 12 / Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle
Post Alley Film Festival
March 21 / SIFF, Seattle
National Geographic Live
March 22 / Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Emerald City Hoedown
March 26-29 / Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
March 26-29 / SIFF, Seattle
SAM Remix
March 27 / Seattle Art Museum / Seattle
Hot Java Cool Jazz
March 27 / The Paramount Theatre, Seattle
Evergreen Dance Festival
March 27-28 / Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton
Peanuts 75th Anniversary: A Vince Guaraldi Symphonic Concert
March 27-29 / Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Games People Play
Even if you don’t intend on attending the Emerald City Comic Con, it’s a hoot watching all of the colorful and amazing costumed attenders walking up and down the sidewalks in downtown. Other events worth noting are the Seattle Golf Show, Spring Into Adventure in Issaquah and BrainFest at the Pacific Science Center.
Emerald City Comic Con
March 5-8 / Seattle Convention Center, Seattle
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Seattle Golf Show
March 13-15 / Washington State Fair Event Center / Puyallup
Wings Over Water
March 13-15 / Various Locations, Blaine
BrainFest
March 21 / Pacific Science Center, Seattle
Emerald City Hoedown
March 26-29 / Renaissance Hotel, Seattle
Spring Into Adventure
March 28 – Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah
Home Shows
This month’s home shows (and more) include the Tacoma Remodeling Expo, the Seattle RV Show and West Coast Homesteading Expo.
Tacoma Remodeling Expo
March 6-8 / Greater Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma
Seattle RV Show
March 12-15 / Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle
West Coast Homesteading Expo
March 14-15 / Washington State Fair Event Center, Puyallup
It’s a Small World
This March, we’re celebrating things like Festival of Color, Balkan Night Northwest, Persian New Year, Polish Spring Bazaar and a Tartan Ball.
Lacy Cultural Celebration
March 7 / St. Martin’s University, Lacy
Lunar New Year
March 7 / Hing Hay Park, Seattle
Festival of Color
March 8 / Redmond City Hall Park, Redmond
Balkan Night Northwest
March 14 / St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle
Crossroad’s Wali Holi-The Colors Fest
March 14 / Crossroads Park, Bellevue
Nowruz: Persian New Year Celebration & Bazaar
March 14 / Blakely Hall, Issaquah
Holi Celebration
March 21 / Phinney Center, Seattle
Seattle’s French Fest
March 22 / Seattle Center, Seattle
Polish Spring Bazaar
March 28 / Polish Cultural Center, Seattle
Seattle Color Festival
March 28 / Seattle Center, Seattle
Tartan Ball
March 28 / Washington State Fairgrounds, Puyallup
Let’s march into a great month!
Jeff Totey is a freelance writer for Seattle Refined. Follow more of his work here.
