Things to do in Seattle this week

Where to go in Seattle: events, concerts, games and shows worth your night

Seattle is the city that gave rock its last great scene, and it kept the rooms: a hall on Capitol Hill that sounds like a cathedral, a converted warehouse under the viaduct, an amphitheater in a gorge, a symphony hall downtown, and neighborhoods where the small venues outnumber the coffee shops. Below is where to go in Seattle for a night out, with addresses, and what tends to be on when.

Concerts and live music in Seattle

The Paramount Theater (911 Pine Street) and the Moore (1932 Second Avenue), both a century old, take the seated tours; the Showbox (1426 First Avenue) by Pike Place Market, a 1939 dance hall, and Neumos (925 E Pike Street, neumos.com) on Capitol Hill the mid-sized; the Crocodile in Belltown, the Tractor Tavern in Ballard and Barboza the new bands. Arena tours play Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center, and Benaroya Hall (200 University Street) is the Seattle Symphony’s. The Gorge Amphitheatre, three hours east, is the most beautiful concert site in America.

Seattle nightlife: Capitol Hill, Ballard, Belltown and Fremont

Capitol Hill along Pike and Pine has the bars, venues and the queer scene; Ballard the breweries and the Tractor; Belltown the clubs and the Crocodile; Fremont the neighborhood bars. Bars close at 2 a.m. Light rail runs until about 1, later on Fridays and Saturdays.

Theater, opera and dance in Seattle

Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet share McCaw Hall at Seattle Center; the Seattle Rep, ACT and the 5th Avenue Theater (Broadway musicals, several of which started here) fill the rest. The Comedy Underground in Pioneer Square is the stand-up room.

Sports in Seattle

The Seahawks at Lumen Field on fall Sundays, the loudest stadium in the NFL; the Mariners at T-Mobile Park next door from April to October; the Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena from October to April; the Sounders at Lumen Field; the Storm in the WNBA summer. Huskies football at the university on Saturdays.

Museums and galleries in Seattle

The Seattle Art Museum downtown is free on the first Thursday of the month and open late; MoPOP at Seattle Center holds the music and pop culture collections; the Frye in First Hill is always free; the Henry at the university shows contemporary work. Pioneer Square’s galleries open together on the first Thursday.

Seattle festivals and events by season

• Winter: the Kraken and Seahawks seasons, and the Seattle International Film Festival’s spring build-up.
• Spring: the Seattle International Film Festival in May, Mariners opening day, and the Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center over Memorial Day.
• Summer: Capitol Hill Block Party in July, Seafair and the Blue Angels in August, Bumbershoot at Seattle Center over Labor Day, and the Gorge season.
• Fall: the opera and ballet seasons opening, Seahawks Sundays, and Huskies Saturdays.

Things to do in Seattle tonight and this weekend

The listings above are the live version of all this: every concert, show, game, club night and exhibition on in Seattle tonight, tomorrow and this weekend, with times, prices and tickets, updated every hour.