Town Hall Seattle

Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

• Oct25EnigmaSunday, 2:00 PMThalia Symphony Orchestra, under music director Joseph Pollard White, plays Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the Hon. Bruce Harrell as speaker, and Elgar's Enigma Variations. The concert starts at 2pm (doors 1pm) in the Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, a short walk from Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets are $12 – $25.$12 – $25
• Oct26Pamela Ronald: What Feeds UsMonday, 6:30 PMUC Davis plant geneticist Pamela Ronald talks about how climate change threatens the world's food supply and how her lab's work on disease- and stress-resistant crops, including flood-tolerant Sub1 rice, has moved from research into farmers' fields. Presented by the UW Office of Public Lectures, it starts at 6:30pm (doors 5:30pm) in The Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (enter on Seneca St), near Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets are $10.$10
• Oct28Behind the Byline: Education in WashingtonWednesday, 7:00 PMA Seattle Times panel on what it would take to fix Washington's public schools, weighing the data against the experiences of students and families, with State Superintendent Chris Reykdal, Technology Access Foundation's Trish Millines Dziko and Times education journalists Dahlia Bazzaz and Sunnivie Brydum. It starts at 7pm (doors 6:30pm) in The Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (Seneca St entrance), near Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets are $10 – $35 on a sliding scale. Author Thomas Frank speaks in the Great Hall the same night.$10 – $35 Sliding Scale
• Oct28Thomas Frank: The Creativity ConWednesday, 7:30 PM$10 – $35 + Optional Book Add-on
• Oct31Seattle Catrinas FestivalOct 31 – Nov 1A two-day, all-generations Día de Muertos celebration with community ofrendas, towering Catrina figures, an artisan market and folklórico dance and music, this year themed "Enjoy Your Life and Embrace Your Death." It opens at 1pm Saturday and runs through 9pm Sunday 1 November in the Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, near Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets range from $0 – $150.$0 – $150
• Nov2Allison Aubrey with Katie CampbellMonday, 7:30 PM$10 – $35 + Optional Book Add-on
• Nov4Claudia Rankine: TriageWednesday, 7:30 PMPoet and writer Claudia Rankine presents Triage, a novel about a volatile friendship between a narrator and a theorist who call themselves sisters, which ties their history to questions of collapse, violence, art and the war in Gaza. Seattle Arts & Lectures hosts the evening at 7:30pm (doors 6pm) in the Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, near Symphony Station on the 1 Line; a livestream is also offered. Tickets are $10 to $124.$10 to $124
• Nov5Nigel Ng with Kristi Brown: Don't Mess Up Your RiceThursday, 7:30 PM$10 – $35 + Optional Book Add-on
• Nov5Valeria Luiselli: Beginning Middle EndThursday, 7:30 PMNovelist Valeria Luiselli reads from and discusses Beginning Middle End, a road novel following a mother and daughter across Sicily, in an evening co-presented with The Seattle Public Library. It starts at 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) in The Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (entrance on Seneca St), close to Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Admission is free; reserve through the event page.Free
• Nov6Global Rhythms: Corey Harris and Cedric WatsonFriday, 7:30 PMBlues guitarist and singer Corey Harris hosts fiddler Cedric Watson, who brings zydeco melodies and fiddle tunes, for a Global Rhythms concert digging into the roots of American blues. The show starts at 7:30pm in the Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (lobby opens 6:30pm, seating 7pm), near Symphony Station on the 1 Line; it is also livestreamed. Tickets are $25 – $50 on a sliding scale.$25 – $50 Sliding Scale
• Nov7Engrained Is Our StorySaturday, 5:30 PMRevolutionary Grains debuts a quilted, living seed bank honoring Washington's Indigenous seed keepers and heritage grain growers, with agricultural dances, song, oral storytelling and catered bites made from preserved ingredients. The roughly 90-minute program starts at 5:30pm (doors 4:30pm) in The Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (Seneca St entrance), near Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets are $10 – $35 on a sliding scale.$10 – $35 Sliding Scale
• Nov13From Awe to Action: In Right and Respectful RelationsFriday, 7:30 PMA conversation on how Indigenous knowledge, science and cultural tradition are reshaping conservation, with photographer and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan, fisherman and former Lummi Nation chairman Jay Julius Xw'tot lhem, and journalist Lynda Mapes. Co-presented with Braided River, it starts at 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) in The Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (Seneca St entrance), near Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets are $10 – $35 on a sliding scale.$10 – $35 Sliding Scale
• Nov14CabaGRAVE: A Toast to Legends LostSaturday, 7:30 PMA quick-moving, tongue-in-cheek cabaret curated by Faith Vanchu that pays tribute to music icons who died young, with singers including Zachary Kellogg, Sarah Russell, Cameron Lavi-Jones, Nalica Hennings and Jeffery Wallace II. The roughly 90-minute show starts at 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) in The Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave (Seneca St entrance), near Symphony Station on the 1 Line. Tickets are $15 – $40 on a sliding scale.$15 – $40 Sliding Scale
• Nov15Sneaky with SnicketSunday, 2:00 PMPhilharmonia Northwest's children's concert turns the orchestra into a whodunit, with KING FM's Lisa Bergman narrating as the inspector and conductor Michael Wheatley leading Nathaniel Stookey's The Composer Is Dead and Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. This performance starts at 2pm (doors 1pm) in the Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, near Symphony Station on the 1 Line; a sensory-friendly showing runs at noon. Tickets are $10 – $30.$10 – $30

The last 1 of 1 past event we listed here — useful for a sense of what this venue actually programmes.

1. Freddy FuegoOct 24, 2026