Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Russian Chamber Music Foundation: Concert in the Park
Saturday, August 15, 2026 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and more, performed by Seattle Symphony musicians and talented young artists from the Northwest. There will also be face-painting for kids and a roaming barbershop quartet before the program.
Free
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Concerto, concerto!
Saturday, August 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Telemann – Concerto for Viola TWV 51:G9
Telemann – Trio Sonata in B minor TWV 42:h6
Vivaldi – Cello Concerto in A minor RV 422
Sammartini – Recorder Concerto in F major
J.S. Bach – Fourth Brandenburg Concerto BWV 1049
Telemann – Trio Sonata in B minor TWV 42:h6
Vivaldi – Cello Concerto in A minor RV 422
Sammartini – Recorder Concerto in F major
J.S. Bach – Fourth Brandenburg Concerto BWV 1049
$10-$20
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: Schubert, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Sunday, August 16, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Schubert – Violin Sonata in D major, D. 384
Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
$20-$32
Young Musicians' Concert at the Central Library
Sunday, August 16, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Nine talented young students of violinist Manchung Ho and flutist Shari Muller-Ho, accompanied by pianist Jason Kuo, will present a concert featuring classical favorites and Chinese folk songs for violin, viola and flute.
Free
Club Shostakovich 14.5
Sunday, August 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Vashon United Methodist Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 14
Mozart – Oboe Quartet
Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 59, No. 3
Mozart – Oboe Quartet
Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 59, No. 3
$24 ($20 member/senior; $5 student)
Groupmuse House Concert: Girsky String Quartet plays Mendelssohn and Beethoven
Thursday, August 20, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
An energetic house concert with the Girsky String Quartet.
$10 (suggested donation)
Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops: The Sounds of Cinema
Thursday, August 20, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Pine Lake Park, Sammamish, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake
J. Strauss Jr. – The Blue Danube
Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (Spring concerto)
J. Strauss Jr. – The Blue Danube
Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (Spring concerto)
Free
Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops: The Sounds of Cinema
Friday, August 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Village Theater, Issaquah, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake
J. Strauss Jr. – The Blue Danube
Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (Spring concerto)
J. Strauss Jr. – The Blue Danube
Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (Spring concerto)
Free (Free (tickets required))
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: From Mendelssohn to Chausson & Beyond
Saturday, August 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2
Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Chausson – Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Chausson – Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: From Mendelssohn to Chausson & Beyond
Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
Schubert – Characteristic March in C major for Piano Four Hands, D. 968B
Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Mendelssohn – String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Schubert – Characteristic March in C major for Piano Four Hands, D. 968B
Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Mendelssohn – String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
$20-$32
Bach's 'The Art of Fugue'
Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of Orchestra Seattle and friends present a free performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece The Art of Fugue, transcribed for strings and woodwinds.
Free
Olympic Music Festival: The quintets of Franck & Schubert
Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Haydn’s Keyboard Suite in G minor
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: The quintets of Franck & Schubert
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Haydn’s Keyboard Suite in G minor
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$32
Opera on Tap's Happy Songs for Happy Hour
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Hula Hula, Seattle, WA, United States
If all the summer weather makes you want to turn your frown upside down, here’s the chance to keep acting like Little Miss Sunshine! This month’s show kicks off Opera on Tap’s first happy hour performance with works from Der Rosenkavalier, Semele, I Puritani, Candide, Faust and much, much more.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Cello duets with Kevin Krentz & Haeyoon Shin
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for two cellos!
Gliére – Duos for two cellos
Popper – Duos for two cellos
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Saint-Saëns – The Swan
Mark Summer – Julie-O
Coldplay – A very cool and unusual encore
Gliére – Duos for two cellos
Popper – Duos for two cellos
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Saint-Saëns – The Swan
Mark Summer – Julie-O
Coldplay – A very cool and unusual encore
$10 (suggested donation)
Olympic Music Festival: Ray Chen returns to the OMF
Saturday, September 5, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: Ray Chen returns to the OMF
Sunday, September 6, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
$20-$32
Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil
Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Rachmaninoff’s monumental Vespers, plus psalms and hymns by Tchaikovsky.
$10-$39
Market Street Singers in Summer Lites
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics.
Free
Market Street Singers in Summer Lites
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics.
Free