Literary-art Events in Seattle

Check out happening literary-art events all around Seattle, WA

JOSH JOHNSON'S COMEDY BAND CAMP

 Sun, 22 Nov at 08:30 pm Paramount Theatre

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Paramount Theatre Seattle

 Sat, 22 Aug at 07:30 pm Paramount Theatre Seattle

Supper Fan Club at MOPOP: Star Trek

 Sat, 05 Sep at 06:30 pm 325 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98109

In Conversation with David Sedaris at Benaroya Hall - Taper Auditorium

 Sun, 15 Nov at 07:00 pm Benaroya Hall - Taper Auditorium

Comedy Show: Dulcé Sloan on Dec. 4th and 5th at Laughs Comedy Club- Seattle

 Fri, 04 Dec at 07:15 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30 to 43

SAL Presents: Ann Patchett

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:30 pm Benaroya Hall

Tig Notaro SOLD OUT

 Sat, 13 Jun at 05:00 pm 5500 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98103

Hedwig & The Angry Inch: 25th Anniversary Movie Tour with John Cameron Mitchell

 Wed, 15 Jul at 07:00 pm Neptune Theatre

Hedwig & The Angry Inch: 25th Anniversary Movie Tour with John Cameron Mitchell

 Tue, 14 Jul at 07:00 pm Neptune Theatre

Comedy Show: Sam Jay on Oct 8th - 10th at Laughs Comedy- Seattle

 Thu, 08 Oct at 08:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 34 to 47

Comedy Show: Alex Falcone Oct. 22nd- 24th at Laughs Comedy Club- Seattle

 Thu, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30 to 43

Comedy Show: Erica Rhodes Oct. 16th and 17th at Laughs Comedy- Seattle

 Fri, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30 to 43

Write Comedy Like the Pros: Sketch Class with Joe Guppy: Summer 2026

 Sat, 18 Jul at 10:30 am 650 S Orcas St, Suite 101 USD 341

Comedy show: Vincent Bryant Thursday Aug. 6th at 8pm-Laughs Comedy Seattle

 Thu, 06 Aug at 08:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 27

Deck'd Out #4 Give N Groove & Shameless Present - Gab Rhome (FR) & MMBASSY

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Monkey Loft USD 20 to 26

Comedy Show: Chris Martin Aug. 21st and 22nd at Laughs Comedy- Seattle

 Fri, 21 Aug at 07:15 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 34 to 47

Seanan McGuire presents 'Inkpot Gods'

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Seward Park Free

Kieron Walquist & Lue Hughes, a poetry reading

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Bestsellers: Improv Comedy

 Sun, 19 Jul at 07:30 pm Unexpected Productions USD 0 to 22

Rachel Schneider celebrates LIGHT WIELDER at B&N Northgate

 Sat, 13 Jun at 04:30 pm Barnes & Noble USD 42

FRIGHTNIGHT GHOST TOURS: A SUPERNATURAL EVENT — SEATTLE

 Sat, 01 Aug at 03:00 pm The Gum Wall at Unexpected Productions Improv Free

Emily Varga celebrates THE RIVER SHE BECAME at B&N Northgate

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 30

Tom Lin presents 'Babylon, South Dakota'

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Under the Summer Sky: Sacred Songs and Stories of Inner Freedom

 Sat, 04 Jul at 11:00 am Magnuson Park Amphitheater Free

Joseph Eckert w/ Kim Fu, THE TRAVELER

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Juneteenth: Winter in America, A Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Tribute

Fri, 19 Jun at 07:30 pm 5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98118

Poe Unexpected: Edgar Allan Poe Improvised

 Fri, 02 Oct at 07:30 pm Unexpected Productions Market Theater USD 0 to 22

Fatimah Asghar, DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAINS

 Wed, 08 Jul at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Comedy show: Comedian Faith Ladzinski at Laughs Comedy

 Thu, 20 Aug at 08:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 21 to 43

Bookstore Romance Day at Beguiled Books

 Sat, 15 Aug at 10:30 am Beguiled Books Free

Emily Rath celebrates DEVOUR ME at B&N Northgate

 Sun, 16 Aug at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 30

Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Dinner 2026

 Tue, 16 Jun at 05:00 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library USD 0 to 214

Queer Sex Trivia @ Reuben's - Barrel House

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Reuben's Brews - Barrel House USD 13 to 23

Voices Across the Sound: Octavia E. Butler, Black Futures, and Freedom

 Fri, 19 Jun at 03:00 pm Northwest African American Museum Free

IMPROV 500: The Art & Craft of Improv, Sundays, Summer '26

 Sun, 12 Jul at 02:00 pm The Market Theater USD 341

Seattle SketchFest

 Thu, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Unexpected Productions USD 0 to 55

KUOW Book Talks with Author Amy Bowers Cordalis

 Tue, 29 Sep at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

KUOW Book Talks with Author Anne de Marcken

 Wed, 28 Oct at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

Hilarious Habibis (Middle Eastern comedy show) at Pound Arts

 Sat, 12 Sep at 08:00 pm 1216 10th Ave USD 25

Alice Bag

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:00 pm 429 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States

Advanced Storytelling Workshop: Practical and Esoteric

 Sat, 26 Sep at 03:00 pm Unexpected Productions' Market Theater USD 309

Comedy Show: Shannon Fiedler - June 19th and 20th- Laughs Comedy Seattle

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:15 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 27 to 37

Said by The Father and Son

 Sat, 15 Aug at 05:00 pm Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute USD 34 to 66

Taylor J. LaRue celebrates STEELBORN at B&N Northgate

 Sun, 02 Aug at 04:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 0 to 43

KUOW Book Talks with Author Maya Jewell Zeller

 Thu, 20 Aug at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

Tomás Q. Morín, CAT LOVE

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Richard Swan presents 'The Infinite State: Book One of The Decurion Saga'

 Wed, 02 Sep at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Unpoetry at the Frye

 Thu, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm 704 Terry Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104

SESSC Juneteenth Street Gathering

 Wed, 17 Jun at 11:00 am 4655 S Holly St Free

Scott Kurashige, AMERICAN PERIL: THE VIOLENT HISTORY OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Emerald City Romance Reader 2026 Tickets

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am South Seattle College USD 0 to 50

Seattle $100 Poetry Slam!

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm 2901 17th Ave S USD 7

Queer Joy Talent Show

 Tue, 23 Jun at 06:00 pm Friday Afternoon Tea Free

Lorraine Boissoneault presents 'Body Weather'

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Secrets of Seattle's Historic Shoreline Walking Tours 2026

 Tue, 07 Jul at 10:00 am Alaskan Way & Lenora Street

Book Blast in SEATTLE!

 Sat, 19 Sep at 11:00 am Seattle Airport Marriott USD 0 to 39

Uncovering The History of Seattle's Central Waterfront Walking Tours 2026

 Thu, 23 Jul at 05:30 pm 80 South Main St

Chloe Martinez with Daniel Tam-Claiborne — 'Chaos, Creativity, Completion'

 Mon, 22 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Gays Reading Books at the Library

 Thu, 21 May Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

KUOW Book Talks with Author Patrick Hutchison

 Thu, 16 Jul at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

SPRING 2026 Somos Vecinos Spanish Classes with Casa Latina!

 Mon, 06 Apr at 06:00 pm Casa Latina Seattle USD 253

Peyton June, Alex Ritany, H.D. Carver, and Taylor Hobbs — 'The Monsters We Made', 'Maybe Tomorrow I'

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98115

Serena Chopra w/ Divya Victor, A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

SPREAD and Mice 1961 Reading and Signing

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm 400 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104-2836, United States

Gabriella Page-Fort, Wendy Call, & Shelley Fairweather-Vega,

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Mike Huguenor w/ Keith Rosson, ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Taylor Strickland w/ Bill Hulseman, DWELL TIME

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Rachel Lynn Solomon "Extracurricular" Book Release Event

 Mon, 13 Jul at 07:00 pm Old Stove Brewing Co - Gardens USD 7 to 29

Summer Soiree: RevelEleven’s Favorite Celebration of the Season

 Thu, 23 Jul at 06:00 pm To Be Announced USD 52

Celebrate America's 250th with The American Miracle Film Screening

 Sun, 14 Jun at 01:00 pm DAR Rainier Chapter House Free

WA author Jess Walter at B&N

 Thu, 25 Jun at 05:00 pm Barnes & Noble University District Free

Daniel Pope w/ Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Julia Hands, GO HELP YOURSELF

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Mirrors, Windows, and Identity

 Wed, 26 Aug at 06:30 pm Hilltop Children's Center USD 0 to 50

Jed Myers & Michele Bombardier — 'Can't Be Far' & 'Don't Ask Me How I Know'

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

The Shattered Mirror by Dana Evyn release event

 Tue, 07 Jul at 07:00 pm Beguiled Books USD 0 to 41

Poetry in Conversation, feat. Rae Armantrout!

 Sun, 14 Jun at 12:30 pm 108 Cherry Street, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104

Josh Weil, WHAT CAME WEST

 Wed, 01 Jul at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Beast & Thorn by Chelsey Ann Tompkins book release tour

 Fri, 24 Jul at 07:00 pm 109 1st Ave S USD 20

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 14 May at 05:00 pm Seattle Free

Outreach Institute Summer Book Club: The Serviceberry

 Wed, 24 Jun at 05:30 pm Hilltop Children's Center Free

The Art of ELF binary patching in Linux, brought to you by ElfMaster

 Fri, 17 Jul at 09:00 am West Seattle Coworking USD 2,951 to 3,246

SEA (AUG 5, 6, 7 - 2026) Practices

 Wed, 05 Aug at 08:00 am Expansive Pioneer Building Free

An Evening with Brooks Kolb

 Sat, 27 Jun at 05:00 pm Barnes & Noble University District Free

Seattle Latinx Bookclub - Our Migrant Souls

 Sat, 20 Jun at 01:00 pm El Quetzal Free

Seattle Latinx Bookclub - Canto Contigo

 Sat, 18 Jul at 01:00 pm TBD Free

Small Alien's Ceremony of Gratitude

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:30 pm 4649 Sunnyside Ave N 4th floor USD 5 to 20

June Clown Lab

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am Seattle Open Arts Place (formerly known as 18th & Union) Free

Meaghan Garvey presents 'Midwestern Death Trip'

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

BOOK LAUNCH AND SIGNING! Reclaiming Democracy

 Fri, 10 Jul at 06:00 pm 1020 1st Ave Free

The Superhumanities

 Sat, 18 Jul at 02:00 pm The Vestibule Free

BOOK SIGNING - Seattle!

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:00 pm Elliott Bay Book Company

Peyton June, Alex Ritany, H.D. Carver, and Taylor Hobbs

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Jill Vanneman presents 'The Perfection Campaign'

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

#440 w/Laura E. Garrard, Sandy Yannone, Carolyne Wright & Erica Miner

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm Ballard Branch of The Seattle Public Library

Author Signing: Ashley McLeo

 Sat, 22 Aug at 12:00 pm Swoon City Free

In Her Body: Short Films from Iran On Reproductive Realities

 Wed, 17 Jun at 08:30 pm ANTiPODE Art Gallery USD 34

Seattle Latinx Bookclub - We Will Be Jaguars

 Sat, 21 Nov at 01:00 pm El Quetzal Free

Meet Me @HistoryLink: Gathering Community Stories

 Thu, 11 Jun at 05:30 pm HistoryLink USD 8

Brianna Jett with Lish McBride — 'Under a Carnivore Sky'

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Presenting Dr. Katie Eastman for an intimate discussion

 Sun, 20 Sep at 04:00 pm Barnes & Noble University District Free