Upcoming Events near Seattle, WA
Maplewood Student Orchestra at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 12:40pm – 1:10pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Students in 6th, 7th and 8th Grade perform at Folklife, a highlight of their musical year.
Free
Eckstein Middle School Wind Ensemble at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A Folklife performance by the 80-member Eckstein Middle School Wind Ensemble.
Free
Steven Arntson at Folklife: New Music for Concertina & Voice
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 4:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Steven Arntson performs new music for the duet concertina and voice.
Free
Breath of Aire at St. Stephen the Martyr
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church, Renton, WA, United States
A benefit concert for Terrific Tuesday Meals.
Free
Mallethead Series: Collier and Dean 50 Year Anniversary
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussionist and UW professor Tom Collier and bassist Dan Dean celebrate their 50-year musical partnership with an evening of music from throughout their performance career.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Chamber Music at Richmond Beach: Sean Osborn & Jessica Choe
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Richmond Beach Congregational Church, Shoreline, WA, United States
Music for clarinet and piano by Hoffmeister, Poulenc, Horwitz, Osborn and Karen Thomas.
$20
SPU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance by the Seattle Pacific University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Free
Stella Haze | Pulling Out the Light | Raica
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of electronic music by three Seattle-based artists, presented by Nonsequitur.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Passenger String Quartet at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 8:45pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
The Passenger String Quartet is an avant-garde, experimental neo-classical group formed by Northwest composer/violinist Andrew Joslyn
Free
Seattle Cello eXperiment at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning many musical genres, including popular, rock, film and television, classical, Latin and fiddling.
Free
Hamilton International Middle School Chamber Orchestra at Folklife
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 11:40am – 12:05pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A Folklife performance by the Hamilton International Middle School Chamber Orchestra.
Free
Saxophone: UNCOVERED
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Expanding the contemporary classical saxophone repertoire, Kevin Baldwin will premiere new works by local Seattle composers, as well as lesser-performed pieces from famed composers Luciano Berio, Gerard Grisey and Giacinto Scelsi.
$5-$15
Seattle Mandolin Orchestra at Folklife
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from early 20th-century mandolin orchestra originals as well as other classics reimagined for plucked strings.
Free
Student recital: Jamael Smith, bassoon
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington student Jamael Smith gives a bachelor's degree bassoon recital.
Free
Onyx Chamber Players at First Church Seattle
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
First Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Schubert, Weber and Mendelssohn.
$10-$25
Denná Good-Mojab: Master of Music Recital
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Denná Good-Mojab performers a MM recital including art songs by Fauré, Duke, Brahms and Debussy, as well as Italian art songs.
Free
Racer Sessions: Ammon Swinbank
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Valse Café Orchestra at Folklife
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States
Postmodern renditions of dance-hall classics, a mélange of Viennese waltz and American jazz, plus Argentine tangos, rumbas, cha-chas, polkas, schottisches and the blues.
Free
1,000 Cellos
Monday, May 25, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 2:20pm (PDT)
Cornish Courtyard at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cellists from all over the region perform an original work for cello orchestra.
Free
Seattle Bach Choir at Folklife
Monday, May 25, 2026 @ 3:30pm – 4:50pm (PDT)
Intiman Stage, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Bach Choir will lead participants in singing a cappella literature.
Free