Seattle Center's 2017 Summer Lineup Packed with Fun, Festive and Free Activities

Summer starts soon at Seattle Center. Northwest Folklife Festival, with Seattle Center Festál as its cultural focus in 2017, marks the true beginning of the season, which continues through the warm summer days and nights of September.

Seattle Center invites the community to explore our broad offering of entertaining and enriching events in indoor and outdoor destinations on the grounds. Visitors will also discover a variety of gardens and walkways offering poetry, plant life and outdoor art. They can listen to music in International Fountain, programmed to highlight campus activities, or dip their toes in more modest waterworks along the way. Children can test their climbing skills in Artists at Play, while hungry visitors stop in Seattle Center Armory for freshly prepaRed Foods and virtual global travel at free weekend ethnic cultural celebrations. The annual outdoor festivals attract large audiences, and more still come for KeyArena concerts, Summer Fitness and movies and concerts at Mural Amphitheatre.

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Here are just some of the events and attractions at Seattle Center this summer:

Through Aug. 4: Seattle Center Festál Turns 20 Art Series #2 art installation by Jennifer Szabo presented in partnerships with Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, daily in the Poetry Garden. (seattlecenter.com/art). Free.

May 26-29: Northwest Folklife Festival, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Sunday and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on Monday, throughout Seattle Center grounds (nwfolklife.org). Suggested donation of $10.

June 3-4: Seattle Center Festál - Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, Armory and Mural Amphitheatre (festalpagdiriwang.com). Free.

June 10-11: Seattle Center Festál - Festival Sundiata - Black Arts Fest, 12 p.m.-8 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, Armory, Mural Amphitheatre and Fisher Roof (festivalsundiata.org). Free.

June 10-11 and July 1-2: "Numinous," A Series of Illumination, 7 p.m. - 11 pm., grounds. Free.

June 11: National Pride March to Seattle Center and rally to highlight LGBT rights and concerns. 1 p.m.-3 p.m., North Fountain Lawn (seattlepridefest.org). Free.

June 14 and July 12, Aug. 9: Summer Yoga in the Park, 7 p.m.-8 p.m., Exhibition Hall Lawn (corepoweryoga.com). Free.

June 15, July 20, Aug. 17 and Sept. 21: Seattle's Best Damn Happy Hour, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., third Thursdays, Armory Food Atrium (seattlecenter.com/happy hour). Free admission. Must be 21 and over.

June 17; July 28 and Aug. 11: Summer Blood Drives at Seattle Center, 1 p.m.-7 p.m., Fountain Mall (bloodworknw.org). Free.

June 17-18: Seattle Bot Battles 15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Armory (westernalliedrobotics.com). Free.

June 21: Go Skateboarding Day, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Seattle Center Skatepark (skatelikeagirl.com/sea). Free.

June 20-Aug. 22: Summer Fitness - Zumba Class, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., Tuesdays, Next 50 Plaza (seattlecenter.com/fitness). Free.

June 21-Aug. 23: Summer Fitness - Gentle Yoga, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Exhibition Hall Lawn (seattlecenter.com/fitness). Free.

June 22: All City Teen Dance, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Exhibition Hall. Free.

June 24: Seattle Center Festál - Spirit of Indigenous People, Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Armory and Mural Amphitheatre (sihb.org). Free.

June 24-June 25: Urban Craft Uprising, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Exhibition Hall (urbancraftuprising.com). Free.

June 25: Seattle PrideFest 2017, 12 p.m.-8 p.m., on the grounds (seattlepridefest.org). Free.

July 1-2: Swedish Multiple Sclerosis Center 8th Annual Art Show, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Armory South Court (Swedish.org/services/neuroscience-institute/our-services/multiple-sclerosis/center-programs-and-events/msartshow). Free entry.

July 4: Naturalization Ceremony at Seattle Center, one of the region's largest, 11 a.m., Fisher Pavilion (seattlecenter.org). Free.

July 7-9: Seattle International Beerfest, 12 p.m.-10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; 12 p.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday, Fisher Pavilion (seattlebeerfest.com).

July 5-7; July 17-21; Aug. 7-11 and 21-25: Skate Like a Girl Summer Skate Camp for all gender kids, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Skatepark (skatelikeagirl.com/sea). Free.

July 6-Aug. 31: Skate Like a Girl & Seattle Center present Ladies Night, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Thursdays, Skatepark (skatelikeagirl.com/sea). Free.

July 8: Seattle Center Festál - Polish Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Armory, Fisher Rooftop and Mural Amphitheatre (polishfestivalseattle.org). Free.

July 15-16: Seattle Center Festál - Arab Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Armory, Fisher Roof and Mural Amphitheatre (arabcenterwa.org). Free.

July 15-Aug. 19: Skate Like a Girl & Seattle Center present 12 & Under Skate, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday mornings, Skatepark (skatelikeagirl.com/sea). Free.

July 21-13: Groupon Bite of Seattle, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday, throughout the Center grounds (biteofseattle.com). Free admission.

July 24-Aug. 6: Seattle League of Arts, Art Show & Sale, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily, Armory (seattle-league-of-arts.homestead.com). Free.

July 28: Taiwanese Cultural Dance Performance, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Armory. Free.

July 29: Alaska Airlines SeaFair Torchlight Fanfest, 12 p.m.-6 p.m., grounds (Seafair.com). Free.

July 29- Aug. 26: Seattle Center Movies at the Mural, at dusk (9 p.m.) on Saturdays, Mural Amphitheatre (seattlecenter.com/moviesatthemural). Free.

July 30: Shakespeare in the Park presented by Seattle Shakespeare Company's Wooden O, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., Fisher Pavilion Lawn (SeattleShakespeare.org/woodeno). Free.

Aug. 4-25: 10th anniversary year, KEXP & Seattle Center Present Concerts at the Mural, 5:30 p.m. Fridays at Mural Amphitheatre (seattlecenter.com/concertsatthemural). Free.

Aug 7-Nov. 3: Seattle Center Festál Turns 20 Art Series #3 art installation by David Kelly-Hedrick, Words on Wood, presented in partnerships with Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, daily in the Poetry Garden (seattlecenter.com/art). Free.

Aug. 12: Seattle Center Festál - Iranian Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Armory (iaca-seattle.org). Free.

Aug. 18-20: Seattle Tattoo Expo, Fisher Pavilion and Lawn (seattletattooexpo.com).

Aug. 20: Seattle Center Festál - BrasilFest, 12 p.m.-7 p.m., Armory, Mural Amphitheatre and Fisher Roof (brasilfest.com). Free.

Aug. 24: Advance screening of The Vietnam War, a documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, outdoor film presented in partnership with KCTS 9, 8 p.m.-9 p.m., Mural Amphitheatre (kcts9.org). Free.

Aug. 26-27: Seattle Center Festál - Tibet Fest, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Armory and Fisher Roof (washingtontibet.org). Free.

Sept. 1-3: BumbershootÒ, opening at 1 p.m. daily, Friday-Sunday throughout Seattle Center grounds (check bumbershoot.org for ticket prices and schedule).

Sept. 10: Seattle Center Festál - Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Armory, Mural Amphitheatre and Fisher Roof (seattlelivealohafestival.com). Free.

Sept. 16-17: Seattle Center Festál - Fiestas Patrias, 12 p.m.-11 p.m., Saturday and 12 p.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, Armory, Fisher Pavilion and Seattle Center Pavilion (seattlefiestaspatrias.org). Free.

KeyArena confirmed events (check KeyArena.com for event details):

June 7: Total Package Tour

July 1: Queen & Adam Lambert

July 9: Shawn Mendes

July 26: Neil Diamond

Aug. 7-12: The International 2017 DOTA Championships

Sept. 1-3: Bumbershoot 2017

Sept. 5: Lionel Richie and very special guest Mariah Carey's ALL THE HITS TOUR

May 21, 26 and 28; June 13, 18 and 23; July 6, 12, 15 and 18; Aug. 16, 18 and 27: WNBA Seattle Storm.

July 22: WNBA All Star Game

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Connect to the extraordinary at Seattle Center, an active civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our region. More than 30 cultural, educational, sports and entertainment organizations that reside on the grounds, together with a broad range of public and community programs, create thousands of events on the 74-acre campus and attract over 12 million visitors each year. At Seattle Center, our purpose is to create exceptional events, experiences and environments that delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities. Activities at the Center generate $1.15 billion in business activity and $387 million in labor income.

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