This is the opposite of a complete list of everything going on around town. It's only what intrigues one weirdo (me) by being A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY while also being FREE or AFFORDABLE. I'll be the fat old fart in the back row.
You are not allowed to have any fun whatsoever until you have been to AT LEAST one protest against the coup. It's patriotic, it's fun, and George Soros pays protesters $300 each.
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Protest at South Lake Union Tesla
• Tesla Takedown
THU APR 3 and EVERY THURSDAY, 4:15 PM
Protest at Redmond Downtown Park
• Street Rally to Defend Civil Rights
THU APR 3 and EVERY THURSDAY, 4:30 PM
Free First Thursday at most Seattle museums
• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
• Henry Art Gallery
• Museum of Flight
• National Nordic Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Seattle Art Museum
• Seattle Asian Art Museum
• Seattle Japanese Garden
• Volunteer Park Conservatory
• Washington Park Arboretum walking tour
THU APR 3 and 1ST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH — FREE
Concert at the Museum of Flight
• Out of This World with Seattle Civic Band
THU APR 3, 7PM — FREE (included with Free First Thursday admission)
Exhibit at Gallery ERGO
• Psychedelicatessen
NOW SHOWING thru MON APR 7 — FREE
Play at Annex Theater
• Blue to Blue
NOW SHOWING thru SAT APR 12 — "Pay what you can"
Play at West of Lenin
• Cornelia's Visitors
NOW SHOWING thru SAT APR 19 — $5 and up
Exhibit at Henry Art Gallery
• What is Perverse is Liquid by A.K. Burns
NOW SHOWING thru SUN MAY 4 — $20 suggested donation
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Smooth Talk (1985)
THU APR 3, 4:30 PM — $12.50
Exhibit at Gallery 110
• Guess What? by Amara Eke
THU APR 3 thru SAT APR 26 — FREE
Play at Seattle Public Theater
• Squeeze
THU APR 3 thru SUN APR 13 — $10 and up
Film at Broadview Library
• Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940)
THU APR 3, 4PM — FREE
Concert at Métier Brewing Company
• Demarcus Baysmore
THU APR 3, 7PM — FREE (21+ only)
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Sam Now (2022)
THU APR 3, 7PM — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Comedy at Great American Diner & Bar
• Rod Long plus auditioning comics
THU APR 3, 8PM — $10
Film at Central Cinema
• Tommy Wiseau's The Room (2003)
THU APR 3, 8PM — $14
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Protest at Henry Jackson Federal Building
• Federal Building Fridays
FRI APR 4 and EVERY FRIDAY, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Protest at Lynnwood Conventions Center
• Refuse Fascism Fridays
FRI APR 4 and EVERY FRIDAY, 5PM
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Mahmoud Khalil in The Encampments (2025)
FRI APR 4 thru THU APR 10 — $12.50
Concert at Jules Maes Saloon
• Stevie & the Blue Flames
FRI APR 4, doors 7PM, show 8PM — $10 (21+ only)
Pro basketball at Cleveland High School
• Seattle SuperHawks vs Great Falls Electric
FRI APR 4, 7PM — FREE
Film at Pacific Science Center IMAX
• Blue Velvet (1986)
FRI APR 4 thru WED APR 9 — $7.77
You are not required to purchase separate tickets to the Science Center.
Art at Federal Way Library
• No Expectation Art for Adults
FRI APR 4, 3:30 PM — FREE
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
FRI APR 4 thru SUN APR 13 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Concert at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
• Ravenna String Orchestras: Winter Concert
FRI APR 4, 7:30 PM — FREE
Concert at Conor Byrne Pub
• Brittany Collins & Company with the Pairs, and Lo-Liner
FRI APR 4, 9PM — $12 advance, $15 at the door (21+ only)
Concert at Brechemin Auditorium
• Bennardo Larson Duo
FRI APR 4, 7:30 PM — FREE
Film at Central Cinema
• Lady Bird (2018)
FRI APR 4 thru TUE APR 8, 7PM — $12
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Protest at South Lake Union Tesla
• Tesla Takedown
SAT APR 5, 10AM to NOON
Then we march to the Seattle Center protest...
Protest at Seattle Center
• Hands Off!
SAT APR 5, NOON to 3PM
Also Bainbridge Island at NOON
Bothell at 11AM
Gig Harbor at 1PM
Issaquah at 10AM
Redmond at 10:30 AM
Renton at NOON
Shoreline at 1PM
Protest & march at Cal Anderson Park
• Remove, Reverse, Restore
SAT APR 5, NOON to 8PM
Concert at Substation
• Zero
SAT APR 5, 10PM — $15 and up (21+ only)
Film at Beacon Cinema
• My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
SAT APR 5, 7PM — $12.50
• Alki History Walking Tour
SAT APR 5, 11AM — $15 (registration required)
Roller Derby doubleheader at Everett Community College
• Rainier Roller Riot, then Tilted Thunder Roller Derby
SAT APR 5, 5PM — $15 advance, $20 at the door
(discount for kiddies)
Pro basketball at Cleveland High School
• Seattle SuperHawks vs Wenatchee Bighorns
SAT APR 5, 7PM — FREE
• Tour the Olympic Sculpture Park
SAT APR 5, 1PM — FREE
Concert at El Corazon
• The Pancakes with Booze Art Show
SAT APR 5, 8PM — $15 (21+ only)
Concert at Conor Byrne Cooperative
• John Prine tribute
SAT APR 5, doors 7PM, show 8PM — $12 in advance (21+ only)
Concert at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Northwest Folklife presents House of Tarab
SAT APR 5, 11AM — $10 and up
Films at Japanese Baptist Church
• Reel Memories: Asian American Home Movies
SAT APR 5, 1PM — FREE (registration required)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Jacques Tati's Mon Oncle (1958)
SUN APR 6 and TUE APR 8 — $12.50
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Carnival of Souls (1962)
SUN APR 6 and MON APR 7 — $12.50
Discussion at Nordic National Museum
• Medieval Joy with the Medievalist Toolkit
SUN APR 6, 11AM — FREE
Film at Seattle Art Museum
• China’s Van Goghs
SUN APR 6, 2PM — FREE (registration required)
Readings at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Short Stories by John Cheever, Lydia Davis, Percival Everett, and Alice Walker
SUN APR 6, 4PM — $10 and up
Poetry at Unexpected Productions Market Theater
• This is for you: an improvised theatre poetry experience
SUN APR 6, 7PM — $12 and up
Concert at Redmond Library
• Peter Ali: A Musical Journey with Native & Mesoamerican Flutes
SUN APR 6, 1PM — FREE (reservations required)
Concert at Sunset Tavern
• Clash Valian with Sam Cobra, Accendino
SUN APR 6, 7:30 PM — $15.45 (21+ only)
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Concert at the Black Lodge
• Friend with Disaster Artist, Sunbather Die, Moose Grease
MON APR 7, 7PM — $15.66
Concert at Sunset Tavern
• Trevor Eulau Group with Rose Peak, Nodaphone
MON APR 7, 8PM — $15.45 (21+ only)
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Staged reading at Annex Theater
• Paradise Untapped
TUE APR 8, 7:30 PM — $10
• Folio tour with librarian Lillian Dabney
TUE APR 8, 5PM — FREE (reservations required)
UW men's baseball at Husky Ballpark
• Washington vs Seattle University
TUE APR 8, 6PM — $2 SPECIAL PRICE
Concert at Sunset Tavern
• Amanda Winterhalter with Kathleen Murray, Sean Kelly
TUE APR 8, 7:30 PM — $15.45 (21+ only)
Workshop at Seattle Public Theater
• Fuselage
TUE APR 8 and WED APR 9, 7:30 PM — $10 and up
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Radiocast at KEXP Studio (NW Rooms)
• Bria Salmena
WED APR 9, 11AM — FREE
Concert at Jules Maes Saloon
• B-Reel (jazz show)
WED APR 9, doors 7PM, show 7:30 — $10 (21+ only)
Concert at Central Library
• Ladies Musical Club
WED APR 9, NOON — FREE
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Protest at South Lake Union Tesla
• Tesla Takedown
THU APR 10 and EVERY THURSDAY, 4:15 PM
Protest at Redmond Downtown Park
• Street Rally to Defend Civil Rights
THU APR 10 and EVERY THURSDAY, 4:30 PM
Concert at Good Shepherd Center
• Elliott Sharp, solo
THU APR 10, 8PM — $5 and up
Readings at Hugo House
• Margin Shift presents We Will Sing of Becoming Tender
THU APR 10, 7PM — FREE (reservations required)
Concert at Sunset Tavern
• Coyote Teeth with Burning Porches, Broodzone, n3ster
THU APR 10, 8PM — $13.39 (21+ only)
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Protest at Henry Jackson Federal Building
• Federal Building Fridays
FRI APR 11 and EVERY FRIDAY, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Protest at Lynnwood Conventions Center
• Refuse Fascism Fridays
FRI APR 11 and EVERY FRIDAY, 5PM
2-day peace conference at Seattle First Baptist Church
• Rebuilding the Anti Nuclear Weapons Movement Together
FRI APR 11 to SAT APR 12, 9AM to 5PM — FREE
Festál at Seattle Center
• Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival
FRI APR 11 thru SUN APR 13 — FREE
Concert at Kent Library
• Sound Worlds by Ilana Zaks
FRI APR 11, 4PM — FREE
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
FRI APR 11 thru SUN APR 20 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Film at Beacon Cinema
• David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
FRI APR 11 thru THU APR 16 — $12.50
Concert at The Funhouse
• Riot Orgy with Nerve Rot, Mockingbird, Vermin, Pigfish
FRI APR 11, 7:30 PM — $10
Community gathering at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Alliance Francaise de Seattle presents Night of Ideas
FRI APR 11, 5PM — FREE (reservations required)
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Protest at every Tesla location
• Tesla Takedown
SAT APR 12 and EVERY SATURDAY, 10AM
(Times vary at other locations — find your nearest protest)
Dance at Base
• Allie Hankin’s Base Residency Entry Point
SAT APR 12, 4PM — "Pay what you can" (reservations required)
• Columbia City Farmers Market
SAT APR 12, 10AM to 2PM
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Norman Mailer's Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1987)
SAT APR 12, 10PM — $12.50
Exhibit at Equinox Studios
• Equinox Open House
SAT APR 12, 6PM to 9PM — FREE
• Tour the Olympic Sculpture Park
SAT APR 12 and SUN APR 13, 1PM — FREE
Concert at The Vera Project
• Victimblamed with Ashes at Last, Crime Scene Photos, In Which Divides Us
SAT APR 12, 7PM — $19.06
Concert at Sea Monster
• The Oscillators
SAT APR 12, 10PM — $15 (21+ only)
• Alki History Walking Tour
SAT APR 12, 11AM — $15 (registration required)
Concert at Clock-Out Lounge
• Mikey Moo with Roseblood, Bow + Yarrow
SAT APR 12, doors 8:30, show 9PM — $15 (21+ only)
Concert at Time Warp
• Metaphysical with Grimeswomp, Ry Br34d, Deja Moo, and more
SAT APR 12, 8PM — $20 (21+ only)
Concert at Seattle Japanese Garden
• Music in the Garden with Koto no Wa
SAT APR 12, 11AM — $10
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, military)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• The Chase (1946)
SUN APR 13 and MON APR 14 — $12.50
Film at Seattle Art Museum
• Dragonfly Eyes
SUN APR 13, 2PM — FREE (registration required)
Comedy at Club Comedy
• Free Form Sunday
SUN APR 13, 8PM — $10 (21+ only)
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ONGOING EVENTS
SUNDAYS
• Ballard Farmers Market
EVERY SUNDAY, 9AM to 2PM
• Coldwater Plunge and Potluck at Alki Beach
EVERY SUNDAY, 9:30 AM
• Capitol Hill Farmers Market
EVERY SUNDAY, 11AM to 3PM
• The Compline Choir at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
EVERY SUNDAY, 9:30 PM — FREE
• Flammable at Chop Suey
EVERY SUNDAY, 10PM — $12-$15 at the door (21+ only)
• Fremont Sunday Market
EVERY SUNDAY, 10AM to 4PM
• 206 Makers' Market
1ST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 10AM to 2PM
• West Seattle Farmers Market
EVERY SUNDAY, 10AM to 2PM
MONDAYS
• Healing Drum Workshop at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
BIWEEKLY ON MONDAYS thru MON JUN 2— FREE (registration required)
• $6 movies at most SIFF venues
EVERY MONDAY, ALL DAY — $6
TUESDAYS
• Capitol Hill Farmers Market
BEGINNING JUNE 3 — EVERY TUESDAY, 3PM to 7PM
• Chuckle Bucket Tuesday at Club Comedy
EVERY TUESDAY, 8PM — from $10 (21+ only)
• Drag Queen Bingo at Unicorn
EVERY TUESDAY, 8PM — FREE
(but it's a nightclub, ya cheap bastard, buy a drink)
• Improv Unexpected at Jules Maes Saloon
LAST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 8PM — $10 (21+ only)
• Scrambler Jam at Chop Suey
2ND & 4TH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 8PM — FREE (21+ only)
• $6 movies at Majestic Bay Theaters
EVERY TUESDAY, ALL DAY — $6
WEDNESDAYS
• Columbia City Farmers Market
BEGINNING MAY 7 — EVERY WEDNESDAY, 3PM to 7PM
• Joketellers Union at Clock-Out Lounge
2ND & 4TH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 8:30 PM
$12 in advance, $15 day of show (21+ only)
• Transit Riders Union Monthly Social at Owl 'n Thistle
1ST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5:30 PM — FREE
(but it's a restaurant, ya cheap bastard, buy dinner)
• Wednesday Night Comedy Mix at Laughs Comedy Club
EVERY WEDNESDAY, 8PM — $5 (2-item menu minimum order per person)
THURSDAYS
• Art Walk Edmonds
3RD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5PM to 8PM
• Capitol Hill Art Walk
2ND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5PM to 9PM
• Family Cartoon Happy Hour at Central Cinema
EVERY THURSDAY, 5PM — FREE
• Free Form at Club Comedy
EVERY THURSDAY, 8PM — from $7 (21+ only)
• Hep Cat Swing Dance at Russian Community Center
EVERY THURSDAY, 9PM to MIDNIGHT — $5
("special pricing on nights with live music")
• Hillman City Third Thursdays
3RD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 10PM
• It's About Time Writers Reading Series at Ballard Library
2ND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM — FREE
• Lake City Neighborhood Farmers Market
BEGINNING JUNE 12 — EVERY THURSDAY, 3PM to 7PM
• Late Thursdays at the Frye
EVERY THURSDAY, until 8PM — FREE
• Pioneer Square Art Walk
1ST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 8PM
• Rat City Art and Food Walk
3RD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5PM to 9PM
• Riddim & Culture (Strictly Reggae) at Red Lounge
EVERY THURSDAY, 9PM — FREE (21+ only) (reservations required)
• Uptown Art Walk
3RD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5PM to 8PM
• West Seattle Art Walk
2ND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5PM to 8PM
FRIDAYS
• Belltown Art Walk
2ND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 9PM
• Central District Art Walk
1ST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 9PM
• Downtown Seattle Art Walk
4TH FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH
• Fremont Art Walk
1ST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 9PM
• Greenwood Art Collective
2ND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 10PM
• Mercer Island Art Walk
1ST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 5PM to 8PM
• Phinney Farmers Market
BEGINNING JUNE 6 — EVERY FRIDAY, 3PM to 7PM
• Seven Stories at Highline Heritage Museum
4TH FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7:30 PM — $?
• Songwriter’s Showcase at C & P Coffee
2ND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM — FREE
(but it's a coffee shop, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
• U District Art Walk
3RD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH
SATURDAYS
• Ballard ArtWalk
2ND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 6PM to 9PM
• Capitol Hill Swap Meet at Quality Flea Center
3RD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, NOON to 6PM — $1
• Georgetown Art Attack
2ND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH
• Magnolia Farmers Market
BEGINNING JUNE 7 — EVERY SATURDAY, 10AM to 2PM
• Moore Theater tour
2ND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 10AM — FREE (reservations required)
• Neptune Theater tour
3RD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 10AM — FREE (reservations required)
• Paramount Theater tour
1ST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 10AM — FREE (reservations required)
• University District Farmers Market
EVERY SATURDAY, 9AM to 2PM
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As the nincompoops say, "Do your own research."
Click the links. Check the times. Maybe I made a typo.
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COMMUNITY
• AfricaTown Community Land Trust
• Almost Live Still Alive
• Be:Seattle
• Beacon Hill Mutual Aid
• Black Star Farmers
• B-Town Blog
• Capitol Hill Seattle Blog
• Casa del Xoloitzcuintle
• Cascadia Underground
• CID Mutual Aid
• Civil Rights and Labor History Project
• Community Lunch
• Creative Justice
• Earth on the Air — KODX 96.9
• Eggrolls at Chu Minh Tofu
• El Centro de la Raza
• Evergreen Resistence
• Food Lifeline
• Food Not Bombs
• For All
• History Link
• Hollow Earth Radio
• Homies Helping Homies
• Hugo House
• Humanities Washington
• Jack Straw Cultural Center
• KBCS 91.3
• KBFG 107.3 North Seattle
• KEXP 90.3
• KMIH 88.9 "The Bridge"
• KRAB-FM 107.7
• KSER 90.7
• KXSU 102.1 FM
• Lambert House
• Langston Seattle
• Long Haul Mutual Aid Kitchen
• Low Income Housing Institute
• Meaningful Movies Project
• Mini Mart City Park
• My Ballard
• New Horizons
• Nickelsville
• Northwest Harvest
• OneAmerica Voice — KQWZ
• PFLAG Seattle
• PhinneyWood blog
• Push/Pull
• Radical Seattle Remembers blog
• Radical Women, Seattle Branch
• Radio Tacoma 101.9 FM
• Rainier Avenue Radio
• Rainier Beach Action Coalition
• Real Change
• Real Rent Duwamish
• The Rhapsody Project
• Seattle Bike Blog
• Seattle Community Fridge
• Seattle Democratic Socialists of America
• Seattle Documentary Association
• Seattle Film Society
• Seattle Homeless Shelters
• Seattle Nice podcast
• Seattle Open Arts Place
• Seattle Solidarity Network
• The Seattle Star
• Seattle Worker
• Services Not Sweeps
• Share/Wheel
• Shunpike
• Solid Ground
• South Seattle Emerald
• Space 101.1 FM
• The Sprocket Society
• The Stranger
• Super Familia
• Tenants Union
• Tilth Alliance
• Transit Riders Union
• Troublemakers
• The Urbanist
• Valley 104.9
• The Vera Project
• Voice of Vashon
• Wallyhood blog
• Washington Building Leaders of Change
• Washington Community Action
• West Seattle Blog
• You Know Me Now podcast
FREE
• A/NT Gallery (at Seattle Center)
• Art Walks
• Artists at Play (at Seattle Center)
• Ballard Locks
• Center for Wooden Boats
• Center on Contemporary Art
• Compline Choir at St Marks Cathedral
• Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center
• Festál (at Seattle Center)
• Free First Thursdays
• Frye Art Museum
• KEXP Gathering Space
• King County Library System
• King County Parks
• Klondike Gold Rush Museum
• Kubota Garden
• Ladies Musical Club
• Log House Museum
• Museum Pass from King County Public Library
• Olympic Sculpture Park
• Pike Place Market
• Pioneer Square
• Seattle Center
• Seattle Chinese Garden
• Seattle Free Walking Tours
• Seattle Parks & Recreation
• Seattle Public Library
• Seattle SuperHawks
• Suzzallo Library
• Washington Park Arboretum
• Woodland Park Rose Garden
NOT FREE BUT WORTH THE PRICE
• Ada's Technical Books & Cafe
• American Hotel Hostel
• Annex Theatre
• Archie McPhee
• The Beacon Cinema
• Bike Works
• Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
• Central Cinema
• Charlie's Queer Books
• Club Comedy Seattle
• Connections Museum
• Converge
• Conor Byrne Co-Op
• The Couth Buzzard
• DubSea Fish Sticks
• Easy Street Records & Cafe
• Elliott Bay Books
• Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
• Folio
• The Grand Illusion
• Green Tortoise Hostel
• Grumpy Old Coots' Breakfast Club
• Highline Heritage Museum
• Left Bank Books
• Metro Transit
• Northwest Film Forum
• The Monorail
• Open Books
• Paper Boat Booksellers
• Punk Rock Flea Market
• Queen Anne Book Company
• Rainier Roller Riot
• Scarecrow Video
• Seattle International Film Festival
• Seattle Japanese Garden
• Seattle Jazz Fellowship
• Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets
• Seattle Pinball Museum
• Seattle Thunderbirds
• Sound Transit
• Third Place Books
• Tilted Thunder Roller Derby
• UW Huskies men's baseball
• UW Huskies women's softball
• Washington State Ferries
• Water Taxi
• Wing Luke Museum
• Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

I'll stop the lists if they'll stop the beatings...