McCaw Hall's 10 year Anniversary Celebration including tons of live dance, music & circus performances, video presentations and more at the Seattle Center! - Sunday, October 27th 2013 from 11am-4pm

" Seattle Center invites the community to a FREE Day of Celebration marking the 10-year anniversary of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 11am - 4pm, Sunday, October 27, at McCaw Hall. The entertainment-packed anniversary event features activities for every member of the family including live dance, music, circus performances, and video presentations on three stages throughout McCaw Hall. "

 Performances will include artists from:


Pacific Northwest Ballet

Seattle Opera

Cornish Latin Ensemble

Filipino Drill Team

3rd Shift Dance

Relay Dance Collective

SANCA - acrobatics and new circus arts

Baladores de Bronce - Mexican folkloric dance

Eduardo Mendonza and Show Brazil! - Brazilian dance and drumming

Maritess Zurbano, Hypnotist

Jacque Larrainzar, Guitarist

Bonnie Birch and Anna Witte, French singer and accordion

and more!

Other events also include:


11am - 4:00pm: roving talent acts throughout the lobbies

12pm - 1:25pm: video highlights reel in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall

1:45pm - 3:10pm: video highlights reel in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall

2:30pm - 3:30pm: special aerialist performance by SANCA at the North Kreielsheimer Promenade

For more info. go here and here.

Seattle Opera presents "MAKE SOME NOISE! - RING OPEN HOUSE" - Interactive Music Event with Scavenger Hunt and more at McCaw Hall in Seattle - Saturday, August 3rd 2013 from 10am-3pm

Free admission to a great event for all ages!

" We’re kicking off our 50th Anniversary at 10:00 AM on August 3 with a FREE all-day open house at McCaw Hall.

Discover the incredible physical-musical-sculpture of Lelavision and Marlin Peterson’s three-dimensional sidewalk art depicting scenes from Wagner’s Ring. Create your own musical instrument and explore KING FM’s Instrument Petting Zoo. Participate in a scavenger hunt and enjoy afternoon performances with Seattle Youth Symphony of Our Earth, Seattle Opera’s trilogy of operas created especially for families! Conducted by Stephen Rogers Radcliffe and composed by Eric Banks, Our Earth, follows a cast of animal and human characters as they search for salmon that have mysteriously failed to return to the sea one spring.  "

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - Opening Celebration, Activities Begin
    Lelavision Performances
    Make Your Own Instrument
    Scavenger Hunt
    3D sidewalk art by Marlin Peterson
    King-FM Instrument Petting Zoo
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – Performance: Heron and The Salmon Girl
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM - Lelavision, Instrument Petting Zoo and instrument-making continue
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM - Performance: Rushing Upriver
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM - “Finer Points of Kazoo Virtuosity” and other musical noise
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM - Performance: Every River Has Its People
3:00 PM – Event Concludes

For more info. go here and here.

Seattle Opera presents an Earth Day Celebration with performances and activities at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center - Saturday, April 20th 2013 at 12pm

What a fun and unique way to celebrate Earth Day!


" Celebrate Earth Day with Seattle Opera! Come listen to free performances of the first two operas from the new Our Earth trilogy: Heron and the Salmon Girl and Rushing Upriver. Created for our youngest operagoers and their families, Our Earth is about a network of ecosystems turned upside down when one species disappears. Will Heron, Orca, and Turtle find the salmon and save the day? Come to Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion on April 20 to find out!

Performances will take place at 1:30 (Heron and the Salmon Girl) and at 3:00 (Rushing Upriver). Families can enjoy such activities as planting seeds and face-painting based on the animal characters of Our Earth. Have your photo taken against iconic Pacific Northwest landscapes at our photo booth, and enter The Nature Conservancy’s Facebook sweepstakes for a brand-new kayak.

Both performances feature Seattle Youth Symphony, Seattle Opera soloists and Youth Chorus, conducted by Stephen Rogers Radcliffe. Additional Earth Day programming made possible by The Nature Conservancy. This concert is sponsored in part by Seattle Center. "


For more info. go here.

The Seattle Opera presents La Cenerentola (Cinderella) A FREE Open House with interactive activities at McCaw Hall in Seattle - Saturday, January 5th 2013 from 10am-1pm

Check out this fun "Opera" event with lots of interactive activities like dancing, singing, crafts and more!

" The free open house runs from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at McCaw Hall on Saturday, January 5, and features a full slate of activities, including interactive stations where families can learn to dance (in preparation for Cinderella’s Ball at noon!) and challenge themselves with tongue twisters and a lesson in patter singing, always the funniest sound in a Rossini comic opera. In Rossini’s version of the fairy tale, Cinderella is identified by her bracelet, not a glass slipper, so participants at the open house can create their own friendship bracelets, before rushing off to compete in a rat race. And because Cinderella has its roots in a story told and retold throughout the world, visitors to the open house can discover Cinderella stories from different cultures and make a paper doll that represents their favorite prince or princess.

When the clock strikes 12, the ball begins—it’s time to show off those dance steps and patter songs mastered earlier in the morning. Then, special guest singers will perform selections from Cinderella, and Seattle Opera’s “Opera Time” program, for pre-K through 2nd grade children, will explore a version of Cinderella through a combination of story-time, singing, movement, and elements of theater.

The open house ends at 1 p.m., and is designed to give families insight into the fun and fantastical world of Rossini’s Cinderella. "


For more info. go here.

Seattle Opera presents "Madama Butterfly" a free simulcast event at Key Arena - Saturday, May 5th 2012- Entrance at 6:30pm (arrive early) Simulcast at 7:30pm

Seattle Opera is doing their first ever simulcast which will be projected in HD on a 50’ x 80’ screen at KeyArena. They are performing Madama Butterfly at McCaw Hall and it will be shown to thousands via simulcast for free!

So, starting at 6:30 pm on Saturday, anyone without a ticket will be allowed into KeyArena until the capacity is met. The line for non-ticket holders will be on the east side of KeyArena (the fountain side). Look for the sign.

Recommended to arrive early for the best seating.


To see a dress rehearsal/preview of the event go here.

For more info. go here and here.