10 venues · 74 upcoming events
Things to do in Capitol Hill & Central District: free events and every venue
Every place we list events for, grouped by neighbourhood. Each venue page shows what’s coming up (recurring shows on their next date), what we’ve listed there before, the address, Link light rail, King County Metro buses and the streetcar and what’s nearby — checked by a person, not a crawler.
Free in Capitol Hill & Central District this week
6 free events in the next seven days, soonest first. Free means the venue prints it as free; a few still ask you to register.
- Frye Art Museum
WED, OCT 28Here Now Art-Making and Discussion Class (Fall II)Frye Art MuseumFree · pre-registration requiredDetails → - Northwest Film Forum
$0, Free, No Cost!2ND–4TH WEDNESDAYS · 7:00 PMSeattle Film Society's Film Discussion GroupNorthwest Film Forum$0, Free, No Cost!Details → - Frye Art Museum
FreeTHU, OCT 29Drop-In Studio: Clay BasketsFrye Art MuseumFreeDetails → - Frye Art Museum
THU, OCT 29Cinema Divina Film Screening & Contemplative GazingFrye Art MuseumFree · registration recommendedDetails → - Frye Art Museum
FRIDAYS · 1:00 PMFrye in Focus: Gallery ConversationFrye Art MuseumFree · drop-inDetails → - Town Hall Seattle
$0 – $150SAT, OCT 31Seattle Catrinas FestivalTown Hall Seattle$0 – $150Details →
Capitol Hill & Central District
- Capitol Hill Market
Capitol Hill Farmers Market1 upcomingCapitol HillYear-round Sunday farmers market by Cal Anderson Park on Broadway, with produce, prepared food and seasonal festivities.See what's on → - Frye
Frye Art Museum21 upcomingFirst HillFree-admission First Hill art museum whose calendar includes drop-in studio nights with clay and other materials, mixed-media workshops, creative-aging art classes and family art-making days.See what's on → - NAAM
Northwest African American Museum3 upcomingCentral District / Judkins ParkMuseum in the historic Colman School telling Black Pacific Northwest stories through artist conversations, poetry evenings, educator talks and community celebrations.See what's on → - NWFF
Northwest Film Forum11 upcomingCapitol HillNonprofit two-screen cinema on 12th Avenue showing repertory and independent films, local-filmmaker nights, discussion groups and filmmaking workshops.See what's on → - Pratt
Pratt Fine Arts Center0 pastCentral DistrictNonprofit studio campus where adults learn glassblowing, flameworking, kiln glass, jewelry and metalsmithing, blacksmithing, woodworking and printmaking, plus pay-what-you-can drop-in figure drawing.See what's on → - Rain Ceramic
Rain Ceramic Pottery Studio2 upcomingCapitol HillSmall Capitol Hill pottery studio (with a Phinney Ridge sister space) offering pinch-pot mug nights, wheel crash courses, lamp-making and six- to eight-week ceramics courses.See what's on → - Asian Art Museum
Seattle Asian Art Museum16 upcomingVolunteer Park, Capitol HillArt Deco museum in Volunteer Park holding free Third Saturdays, Saturday University lectures, gallery tours and the SAM Films series.See what's on →
- Seattle Central CE
Seattle Central College Continuing Education2 upcomingCapitol HillCommunity college non-credit program with evening stained glass, pottery wheel, screen printing, watercolor and drawing classes on Broadway and woodworking at the college's Wood Technology Center.See what's on → - Town Hall
Town Hall Seattle14 upcomingFirst HillRestored First Hill civic hall hosting low-cost author talks, science and civics lectures, community forums and concerts most nights of the week.See what's on → - ArboretumWashington Park Arboretum (UW Botanic Gardens)4 upcomingMontlake / Madison Park230-acre arboretum where UW Botanic Gardens leads guided walking tours, lichen walks and forest-bathing sessions through the seasons.See what's on →