Literary-art Events in Seattle

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

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Paramount Theatre Seattle

 Sat, 22 Aug Paramount Theatre Seattle

Comedy Show: Jaboukie Young-White May 8th and 9th at Laughs Comedy Seattle

 Fri, 08 May at 07:15 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30 to 43

SAL Presents: Ann Patchett

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:30 pm Benaroya Hall

A Midsummer Night's Dream at ACT Theatre

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:30 pm ACT Theatre

Comedy Show: Irene Tu on Feb. 27th and 28th at Laughs Comedy- Seattle

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:15 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30 to 43

The Conference for Consciousness and Human Evolution 2026 - Seattle

 Fri, 15 May at 02:30 pm Seattle Convention Center

Comedy Show: Jourdain Fisher April 3rd and 4th at Laughs Comedy- Seattle

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:15 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30 to 43

Tracy Deonn, LEGENDBORN (Collector's Edition) & OATHBOUND (paperback)

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company USD 22 to 57

Tayari Jones, KIN

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company USD 0 to 38

SAL Gala 2026: Words Bloom

 Sat, 21 Mar at 05:30 pm Seattle Convention Center - Summit Building (900 Pine St.)

Stand Up Comedy Class!

 Tue, 03 Mar at 10:00 am Seattle Central College USD 225

Stephen Graham Jones

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:30 pm Town Hall Seattle

Seattle Baking Club - Kim-Joy

 Wed, 04 Mar at 05:30 pm Stoup Brewing - Capitol Hill Free

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

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:30 am 650 S Orcas St, Suite 101 USD 341

David Szalay, FLESH

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Mike Doughty Solo Tour '26

 Wed, 13 May at 07:30 pm 216 Union St, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98101

House Rendezvous: Rich Medina

 Fri, 27 Feb at 09:30 pm The Rendezvous Free

Sex Trivia @ Stoup Capitol Hill

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:00 pm Stoup Brewing - Capitol Hill USD 13 to 23

Comedy show: GUS CONSTANTELLIS Wed. May 13th at 7pm Laughs Comedy

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30

Seattle Baking Club - Chocolate Baking (with Edd Kimber)

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm Urban Family Brewing Co. Free

Highway 99 All Stars

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:30 pm 2033 6th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98121

Rachael DeVaux, THE HIGH-PROTEIN PLATE

 Tue, 10 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Kathryn Gillespie presents 'The Sound of Feathers'

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Midsummer Night's Dream

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:30 pm ACT Theatre

Café After Dark: Reading Night

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Urban Coffee House USD 19

NonSeq: Jami Sieber

 Fri, 20 Mar at 08:00 pm Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center USD 7 to 23

Midsummer Night's Dream

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:30 pm ACT Theatre

Peregrine Press presents Felwine Sarr & Malick Ndiaye

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Dorothy Roberts, THE MIXED MARRIAGE PROJECT

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Subhaga Crystal Bacon w/ Kathleen Flenniken, Cindy Veach, & Abby Murray

 Mon, 02 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

African-American Writers' Alliance Group Reading

 Sat, 28 Feb at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Kim Fu w/ Lucy Tan, THE VALLEY OF THE VENGEFUL GHOSTS

 Tue, 03 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

State of Africatown 2026

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute Free

Queer Silent Book Club Seattle @ Ada's

 Mon, 02 Mar at 06:00 pm Ada's Technical Books and Cafe Free

Hannah Dasher celebrates STAND BY YOUR PAN at B&N Northgate

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm Barnes & Noble USD 44

Tommy Orange

 Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm Town Hall Seattle

T Kira Madden w/ Danya Kukafka, WHIDBEY

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Midsummer Night's Dream

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:30 pm ACT Theatre

Seattle Sketch Show by Seattle SketchFest

 Sat, 07 Mar at 06:00 pm Unexpected Productions USD 0 to 22

K Arsenault Rivera with Seanan McGuire — 'Daughter of the Hunt'

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Seward Park Free

All the Cool Girls Get Fired: Author Talk & Panel Discussion

 Thu, 19 Mar at 04:30 pm Obec Brewing USD 35 to 63

Jane Hirshfield, THE ASKING

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Rachel Griffin, THE SUN AND THE STARMAKER

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Vermillion Welcomes: JT Habersaat w/ Emmett Montgomery & Derek Sheen

 Sat, 14 Mar at 09:00 pm Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar USD 18

Andrew Martin with Andrew Palmer — 'Down Time: A Novel'

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Rebecca Brown w/ Christopher Frizzelle, MY ANIMAL KINGDOM

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

The Round: Lake Stovall, Jazzé Elements, Isaiah Banks, Jamaar Smiley, Edimbo Lekea @ FREMONT ABBEY

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:30 pm Fremont Abbey Arts Center

LJ Andrews with S.A. MacLean — 'Heir of Twisted Lies'

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Seward Park Free

Ashley McGirt w/ Marcus Harrison Green, THE COST OF HEALING IN SILENCE

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

Children’s Book Event with Livia Blackburne and Julia Kuo

 Sun, 15 Mar at 02:00 pm Little Saigon Creative Free

Sex Trivia @ Reuben's - Barrel Room

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Reuben's Brews - Barrel House USD 13 to 23

Scott Broker w/ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, THE DISAPPOINTMENT

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Creating Stage-Worthy Personal Stories Workshop with Kent Whipple

 Sat, 21 Mar at 03:00 pm Unexpected Productions' Market Theater USD 330

KUOW Book Talks with Author Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

 Mon, 23 Mar at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

Megan Lally with Addie Thorley — 'What We Did to Survive'

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

3/25 - I'll Bring the Apps On Tour - Seattle, WA

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm 1 Hotel Seattle USD 28 to 52

THIS IS FOR YOU: An Improvised Theatre Poetry Experience

 Sun, 05 Apr at 07:00 pm Unexpected Productions Market Theater USD 0 to 22

uru-chan celebrates unOrdinary Volume 4: A Graphic Novel at B&N Northgate

 Fri, 10 Apr at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 28 to 38

An Evening with Julia Whelan

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Seattle Public Library-Central Library Free

Masterclass Artist Talk with Carolyn Drake

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Photographic Center Northwest Free

KUOW Book Talks with Author Molly Olguin

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

Samantha Boshnack presents Uncomfortable Subjects

 Thu, 23 Apr at 08:00 pm Good Shepherd Center Free

Artists at the Center: Anu Samrat

 Sun, 29 Mar at 04:00 pm 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98109

B.K. Borison, AND NOW, BACK TO YOU

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company USD 23

ATTACHED TO THE LIVING WORLD reading w/ contributors

 Sun, 01 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Fireside Chat with Andrew Lam

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Little Saigon Creative Free

Unpoetry at the Frye

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm 704 Terry Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104

Comedy show: Henry Sir April 1st, Wednesday at 7pm Laughs Comedy

 Wed, 01 Apr at 07:00 pm Laughs Comedy Club USD 30

“Water Carries the Stories of Our Stars” Closing Performance

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm 704 Terry Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104

Tango Basics & Tango II (Adv. Beginners) Series w/ Gabriela Condrea

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:00 pm 6532 Phinney Ave N

Silent Book Club Night!!

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:30 pm Quinn's Pub Free

Wendy Martin w/ Miranda Mundt, CASTLE SWIMMER: VOL 3

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Sandip Roy w/ Chandan Reddy, CHAPAL RANI, THE LAST QUEEN OF BENGAL

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Griot Party 253 vs Griot Party 206

 Sat, 28 Feb at 08:00 pm 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118, USA

Lauren Westerfield w/ Erin Langner & Katie Lee Ellison, WOMAN HOUSE

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Thomas Kohnstamm with Robert Sindelar— 'Supersonic'

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Naomi Hirahara w/ Mayumi Tsutakawa, CROWN CITY

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Richard Hell, GODLIKE

 Mon, 09 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Botanical Fiber Art Workshop: Upcycle Your Clothing with Hand Embroidery

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm UW Center For Urban Horticulture

“Mapping the Gaze” Zine Launch Party

 Thu, 26 Feb at 05:30 pm 704 Terry Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98104

Emerald City Romance Reader 2026 Tickets

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

Mary Boone and Nora Nickum — 'Unfathomable' and 'Twelve Daring Grays'

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Emma Straub

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:30 pm Town Hall Seattle

Resilience: Dare to Dream

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church

Ryan Cahill w/ Terry Brooks & BookBorn, OF BLOOD AND FIRE

 Sun, 08 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company USD 0 to 36

Meg Richman presents 'Freya the Deer'

 Tue, 10 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Seward Park Free

Dr. Terence Keel, THE CORONER'S SILENCE

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Classic Pun Slam! Seattle!

 Fri, 20 Mar at 08:00 pm Skylark Cafe & Club USD 20 to 37

Norma Wong, WHO WE ARE BECOMING MATTERS

 Wed, 04 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

PNBA Award Celebration with Kelly Goto

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

KUOW Book Talks with Author Coll Thrush

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:30 pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library Free

Outreach Institute Book Club Series: Teaching to Transgress

 Thu, 19 Feb at 05:30 pm Hilltop Children's Center Fremont Free

Writing in Nature, Nature in Writing (in-person)

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:00 pm Washington Park Arboretum

Janée J. Baugher, THE ANDREW WYETH CHRONICLES

 Sun, 15 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Hannah Lillith Assadi presents 'Paradiso 17'

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Steamy in Seattle

 Sat, 21 Mar at 12:00 pm National Nordic Museum

Noah Corey presents 'Clementine H. Hopeful Is Not a Hero'

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Hannah Lillith Assadi, PARADISO 17

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm The Elliott Bay Book Company Free

Lauren Kessler presents 'Everything Changes Everything'

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Place Books Ravenna Free

Speculative Landscapes: A Reading by Anastacia-Reneé

 Sat, 21 Mar at 02:00 pm Henry Art Gallery Free