Affordable October entertainment

Our October events calendar features a wide variety of entertainment in the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan region. We’ll continue to update this calendar throughout the month as organizers announce new events and online content.

As always, we focus on events with a regular adult admission price of $15 or less. There are a few events with higher ticket prices that we feel might be worth a splurge, mostly music, film, and arts events.

For more expensive events, we look for popular events with available ticket discounts that can help bring the price down.

October Holidays & Special Events

• Oct0ber 14, 2024: Columbus Day (aka Indigenous Peoples Day)*
• October 26, 2024: National Drug Take Back Day
• October 31. Halloween

* Washington State does not recognize Columbus Day. This day is recognized as Indigenous People’s Day in the following cities: Olympia, Seattle, Tacoma, and Yakima, and also throughout Snohomish County. Washington State also recognizes Native American Heritage Day on Friday after Thanksgiving.

Young girl peers into a Halloween pumpkin – DepositPhotos.com

October 2024 events

Featured Events: The items listed first each day highlighted by a photo are featured events. Featured events are unique or annual events that we or our advertisers don’t want you to overlook.

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• Find free and cheap things to do every day on the Greater Seattle on the Cheap event calendar.
• Visit the Greater Seattle on the Cheap home page and choose from a menu of free and cheap activities in the Puget Sound region.

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