12 venues · 62 upcoming events
Things to do in Downtown & Pioneer Square: 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 Downtown & Pioneer Square this week
3 free events in the next seven days, soonest first. Free means the venue prints it as free; a few still ask you to register.
- Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
FRI, OCT 30Planting in Fall CityMountains to Sound Greenway TrustFree · registration requiredDetails → - Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
SAT, OCT 31Fall City Halloween PlantingMountains to Sound Greenway TrustFree · registration requiredDetails → - Olympic Sculpture Park
SATURDAYS · 1:00 PMPublic Tour: Discover the Olympic Sculpture ParkOlympic Sculpture ParkFree eventDetails →
Downtown & Pioneer Square
- Greenway TrustMountains to Sound Greenway Trust7 upcomingBelltownBelltown-based nonprofit running public planting, trail-sign and nursery volunteer days along the I-90 corridor from Seattle's Lake Washington Blvd to Issaquah and Fall City.See what's on →
- Sculpture Park
- Pike Place
Pike Place Market7 upcomingPike PlaceSeattle's historic public market with daily vendor stalls plus market history tours, improv shows at its theaters, and maker classes listed on its events calendar.See what's on → - Pilchuck Seattle
Pilchuck Glass School Seattle Studio5 upcomingPioneer SquareThe famed glass school's Pioneer Square office and studio, which runs one-day Introduction to Stained Glass and sun-catcher workshops plus weekend reverse-gilding and sign-painting-on-glass sessions.See what's on → - First Thursday Art Walk
Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk1 upcomingPioneer SquareSeattle's original art walk, running since 1981: Pioneer Square's galleries open their doors with new shows on the first Thursday evening of every month.See what's on → - Reclaim Clay
Reclaim Clay Collective14 upcomingChinatown-International DistrictCommunity clay and risograph studio running two-hour Clay Play nights (luminaries, mugs, tea bowls), handbuilding workshops and riso holiday-card printing sessions.See what's on → - SAM
Seattle Art Museum15 upcomingDowntownDowntown's flagship art museum, with free First Thursdays, daily public tours, drop-in printmaking and sound-bath sessions in The Studio at SAM, film nights and talks.See what's on →
- Seattle Glassblowing
Seattle Glassblowing Studio0 pastBelltownBelltown hot shop and gallery where visitors blow their own glass piece in a 30-minute Create Your Own session, cast a paperweight, or book two- to three-hour private glassblowing lessons, seven days a week.See what's on → - Central LibraryThe Seattle Public Library – Central Library6 upcomingDowntownRem Koolhaas-designed flagship library hosting free author talks, gallery exhibits, workshops, conversation circles and story times, alongside programs at 26 branches.See what's on →
- Tuft Ruft
Tuft Ruft1 upcomingPioneer SquarePioneer Square rug-tufting studio running four-hour, appointment-booked workshops in which you tuft a rug or wall hanging from your own image.See what's on → - WTAWashington Trails Association0 pastPioneer SquareStatewide hiking nonprofit whose day-long trail work parties, many in King County parks and the I-90 corridor, are open to new volunteers.See what's on →
- Wing Luke Museum
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience2 upcomingChinatown-International DistrictSmithsonian-affiliated museum of Asian Pacific American history in the C-ID, hosting community talks, a holiday market and neighborhood tours.See what's on →