① Water Lantern Festival

📅 October 11–12, 2025 (3:30–8:00 PM)

📍 West Green Lake Beach, 7312 West Green Lake Dr, Seattle

DIY your lantern, enjoy food trucks and music, then watch hundreds of lights drift across Green Lake at sunset. Family-friendly and photogenic.

📝 Design & launch your lantern 

🎶 Live music & vendors

🌿 Eco-friendly cleanup

💵 Price: from $44.99; kids 8 & under free

② Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival

📅 October 10–12, 2025

📍 Port Angeles Waterfront City Pier

A waterfront celebration with live music, 75+ artisan vendors, kids’ activities, USCG boat tours, and the signature fresh-cooked crab dinner (purchase separately).

🦀 Crab dinners Fri–Sat 11AM–8:30PM; Sun 11AM–4:30PM

🎵 Live music & beer/wine garden

🆓 Free admission (crab meals for purchase).

③ Sunset Festival of Bands

📅 Saturday, October 11, 2025 (time TBD)

📍 Sunset Chev Stadium, 1707 Main St, Sumner

Top Northwest marching bands face off in a full-day field show with color guard performances—great bleacher viewing for families.

🥁 Dozens of bands & color guards

🏆 Awards ceremony

💵 Price at gate: Adults $15; Students/Seniors/Military $5; Under 5 free.

④ Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival

📅 Saturday, October 11, 2025 • 10 AM–4 PM

📍 Redmond Senior & Community Center, 8703 160th Ave NE

Meet 50+ children’s & YA authors/illustrators, with read-alouds, panels, signings, and hands-on activities—now indoors at the new venue.

🆓 Free admission.

⑤ Turkfest 🇹🇷

📅 October 11–12, 2025 (Sat & Sun, 11 AM – 6 PM / 11 AM – 5:30 PM)

📍 Seattle Center Armory, 305 Harrison St, Seattle

Celebrate Turkish & Turkic cultures with food, music, dance, art, and family workshops at this Seattle Center Festál event.

🎶 Live music & folk dance from Turkey, Turkmenistan & more.

🍴 Turkish culinary treats: kebabs, baklava & more.

🎨 Hands-on crafts, book swaps, face painting & cultural exhibits.

🆓 Free admission