Friday - March 6

🕷️ Emerald City Comic Con (Downtown)

  • From Guardians of the Galaxy to Vampire Diaries, from Baldur’s Gate 3 to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, from Star Wars to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ECCC gives you the opportunity to come face-to-face with your favorite celebrities in Photo Ops and Autographs!

  • Price: $70+

  • Mount Vernon High School Mariachi & Folklorico is proud to be the largest Mariachi program on the west side of Washington State, with over 100 students currently enrolled. This is a 50 minute dance and music matinee with no intermission.

  • Price: $5+

🛼 Family Skate Night (Bitter Lake)

  • Join us for this popular Bitter Lake family tradition as we put on our skates and get moving! We will have great music and play fun games. Bring your own skates and blades, or borrow a pair of ours.

  • Price: $6+

  • Come join us for weekly fun gatherings while doing movement, dialogue and storytelling! No experience needed.

  • Price: $20 or pay what you can

  • The Rainier Beach Public Safety Town Hall brings together neighbors, youth, community organizations, and local leaders to discuss, document, and strengthen safety in our neighborhood.

  • Price: free

🍿 March Movie Night (Seattle)

  • Come join us in the MWE gym on Friday 3/6! Wear some comfy clothes, bring a cozy chair and blanket and kick back with your popcorn!

  • Price: free

🧩 Puzzle Palooza (Burien)

  • Join us for an evening of friendly puzzle competition. Sign up individually or as a team up to 5.

  • Price: $25

  • Looking for a dry, warm place to let your child play inside? Our tot gyms are full of toys, mats, and slides.

  • Price: free

🇯🇵Tadaima: I’m Home’ at MOHAI (Seattle)

  • After more than 80 years, a treasured collection returns “home” to Seattle’s Japanese American community. In 1942 dozens of traditional Boys’ and Girls’ Day dolls were entrusted to Bailey Gatzert Elementary School by Japanese American families facing forced incarceration.

  • Price: $20+

  • Take a break from reading about another AI, and come to the museum to meet the largest wolf, mouse, and mosquito you’ve ever seen. Let us remind you that we are also wonders of the world—you humans are not alone.

  • Price: $20+

💃 Women Supporting Women (U Village)

  • our 4th annual event created in celebration of International Women’s Day. Explore a curated list of women-led pop-ups throughout the day plus discounts, activities, music and more.

  • Price: free

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Saturday - March 7

  • hands-on, family experiences investigating science, engineering, and aerospace topics in fun and surprising ways.

  • Price: $18+

  • With musical and dance performances scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon the first Saturday morning of each month, October to March, this is a fun, interactive way to spend time with your kids, friends and neighbors in the fall and winter months.

  • Price: $5

  • During our Open House, you’ll have the chance to tour our classrooms, meet our dedicated team, and see how our curriculum builds confidence, inspires curiosity, and fosters a lifelong love of learning.

  • Price: free

  • Each kit pack includes a certificate of completion, an apron pin and a Kids Workshop apron. Easy enough for a 5-year old, but fun for all ages, this pre-cut wooden kit encourages creativity and instills a sense of accomplishment

  • Price: free

  • the first trunkshow put together by EntsinTents and Pendragon Tincture Company! We've got clothing, leather goods, and accessories from some of our favorite brands.

  • Price: $25

  • Open Play at the Learning Lab is a time for kids (and their grown-ups!) to explore freely. From gem mining at the sluice to digging in our animated sandbox, and rock collections, the lab is full of hands-on stations that spark curiosity.

  • Price: $25

  • Join us for the Movie Matinee, benefiting Rainier Valley Cooperative Preschool! Held at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle, we will be showing a double-feature of family friendly films: Zog and The Snail and the Whale. Both seatings will show both movies for a combined run-time of about an hour.

  • Price: $15

  • Join us for Kid's Story Time at The Couth Buzzard. We'll read a story, sing songs, play games, and  do collaborative art! 

  • Price: free

  • one of the biggest farmer's markets in Seattle and the only big market open on Saturdays year round

  • Price: free

  • We'll read a story, sing songs, play games, and do collaborative art!

    The plant collections in the Conservatory are unique in Seattle, providing an opportunity for people to enjoy and learn about tropical and desert plants and environments. The combination of living botany museum with ever-changing curated artistic presentations of plants inside this amazing glass house

  • Price: $6

  • The MaST Center Aquarium is open for public viewing Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. for Discovery Day. Visit their aquarium that holds 3,000 gallons of seawater, view 250+ native Puget Sound species and experience 2 large touch tanks.

  • Price: free

  • Come join the fun on Saturday Mornings at 11:30 am for Story Time on the Children's stage at Barnes & Noble in Federal Way.

  • Price: free

  • Pregame at the Armory, presented by WaFd Bank, is a great go-to spot for game day vibes before every Kraken weekend home game at Climate Pledge Arena. Two hours before puck drop, the Armory comes alive with Kraken energy.

  • Price: free

Sunday - March 8

  • Face your fears and step into the world of one of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. Spiders: From Fear to Fascination challenges common misconceptions and explores how these arthropods have survived for more than 300 million years on nearly every continent.

  • Price: $26+

  • This action-packed, soul-searching story follows the Young Dragon as he navigates a new country and finds his voice. Through movement, magic, and heart, we meet the human behind the icon—flawed, fierce, and full of possibility.

  • Price: $44+

  • Coast Salish-speaking peoples have lived in and cared for this area—bordering what we know as the Salish Sea—for over 10,000 years. Join us in our classrooms to participate in activities that engage with Native expertise while promoting sensory, motor and cognitive skills.

  • Price: $50+

  • Once a way of explaining a seemingly unknowable world, fantasy still resonates as an escape from our everyday lives

  • Price: $38+

  • Join the Seattle Drum School Youth Music Community on the second Sunday at 2 p.m., a monthly music community event where youth musicians come to perform, jam, and mingle!

  • Price: free

  • Play chess and have fun at the Shoreline Library. The event welcomes all skill levels. All materials provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Shoreline Library.

  • Price: free

  • Bring the family to Preschool Game Hour, taking place on the same day as the Family Game Day. Join them for board games, a puzzle, and coloring sheets all brought together by a theme.

  • Price: free

  • Join the Children's Bird Outing with Birds Connect on select Sundays and observe different bird species.

  • Price: free

  • Join us for a special Mother/Daughter event on Sunday, March 8th, from 3 - 5:30pm at Studio Life in the University District. You won't want to miss this chance to spend quality time with your mother, daughter, aunt, sister, grandmother...

  • Price: $95

  • In this lab, we'll learn how to build your own microscope that can be assembled using low-cost materials. With your new microscope, we can study microorganisms too small to see with the naked eye.

  • Price: $30

🖍️ Preschool Craft Hour (Magnolia)

  • Join us at Robot Vs. Sloth in Magnolia every Sunday and Monday between 10:15am and 11:15am for Preschool Craft Hour. Every week we host a craft class for children 2 years old and up including things like cloud dough, watercolor cards, and tea light centerpieces.

  • Price: free

🎤 SIDF Winter Mini Fest (Seattle)

  • SIDF's Winter Mini Fest (Feb 27–Mar 8) offers two weekends of contemporary dance at Erickson Theatre. Performances include a new work inspired by AI and a flamenco‑infused piece from Spain's Colectivo Glovo. Best for teens and adults; tickets at SeattleIDF.org.

  • Price: $5+

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