One of my favorite blogs to follow is Greater Seattle on the Cheap. As a single mom for more than 30 years and lifelong bargain hunter, I am always on the lookout for family oriented things to do that are affordable, or even better, free, so discovering their blog was certainly useful when we relocated from Utah to Tacoma last summer.
This is what’s up around the Sound this weekend.
Free and cheap events in Seattle this weekend
Friday, April 5, 2019
Plate of Nations ethnic food festival in south Seattle
Discounted | Multiple locations
Free planetarium show at UW Seattle
FREE | University of Washington, Physics-Astronomy Building, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98195
Free Skagit Valley Tulip Festival April 1-30
FREE | Skagit Valley, Washington
Easter Bunny photos in the Puget Sound region
$0-65.00 | Multiple locations
Where to see cherry blossom trees in Seattle
FREE | Multiple locations
Apply for $25 summer language camp in Seattle
$25.00 | Summit Sierra School, 1025 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104
Map of Puget Sound garage sales
All Day | Puget Sound region
Free glass blowing demos
FREE | Multiple locations
Free and cheap dance classes and social dancing
$0-19.00 | Multiple locations
Free and cheap live music venues in the Puget Sound region
$0-10.00 | Multiple locations
Planetarium shows in Tacoma
$6.00 | Pierce College Fort Steilacoom 9401 Farwest Drive SW, Lakewood, WA USA 98498
Free guided meditation in Seattle
FREE | Epiphany Episcopal Church, 1805 38th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Bauhaus design VR exhibit in Seattle
FREE | Chophouse Row, 1424 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Getaway: Mountain Film Festival in Leavenworth
$15.00 | Leavenworth, WA
Canoe, rowboat and kayak rentals at UW Seattle
$12.00-20.00 | Waterfront Activities Center, 3710 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA 98195
Tour the Museum of Flight Restoration Center in Everett
9:00 am to 4:00 pm | $5.00 | Museum of Flight Restoration Center, 2909 100th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204
Plant sale of dahlia tubers in Woodinville
10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Sammamish Valley Grange 14654 148th Ave NE, Woodinville
Affordable lunch and dinner at Stanwood Senior Center
11:30 am to 6:00 pm | $2.00-6.00 | Standwood Community Center, 7430 276th St NW Stanwood, WA 98292
Free distillery tours (21+) in Woodinville
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Woodinville Whiskey Co, 14509 Woodinville Redmond Rd. NE Woodinville, WA. 98072
Free tour with admission to Japanese Garden in Seattle
12:30 pm | $8.00 | Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 Lake Washington Boulevard East, Seattle, WA, 98112
Wine tasting at Pike Place Market
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | $5.00 | Pike & Western Wine Shop, Pike Place Market, 1934 Pike Place, Seattle, WA 98101
Free all ages chess games at Fairwood Library
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Fairwood Library, 17009 140th Avenue SE Renton WA 98058
Free all ages chess or board games in Renton
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Renton Highlands Library, 2801 NE 10th Street, Renton WA 98056
Free First Friday art walks around the Puget Sound region
5:00 pm | FREE | Multiple locations
10% student discount on groceries at Uwajimaya
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Uwajimay Asian Grocery Stores
$5 open mic in Snohomish
6:30 pm | $3.00-5.00 | Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 4th Street, Snohomish, WA 98290
$10 comedy improv at Pike Market in Seattle
7:00 pm | $10.00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley Seattle, WA 98101
Free broadcast concerts at KING FM
9:00 pm | FREE | Radio: KING FM 98.1
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Plate of Nations ethnic food festival in south Seattle
Discounted | Multiple locations
Free astronomy talks and stargazing in Tacoma
FREE | Pierce College Fort Steilacoom 9401 Farwest Drive SW, Lakewood, WA USA 98498
Free Skagit Valley Tulip Festival April 1-30
FREE | Skagit Valley, Washington
Daffodil Parade marches to four south Sound cities
FREE | Multiple locations
Easter Bunny photos in the Puget Sound region
$0-65.00 | Multiple locations
Free family program “Our Big Neighborhood” at Seattle Center
$0-5.00 | Seattle Center Armory, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Where to see cherry blossom trees in Seattle
FREE | Multiple locations
Apply for $25 summer language camp in Seattle
$25.00 | Summit Sierra School, 1025 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104
Free timed running and walking waterfront event in north Seattle
8:00 am | FREE | Warren G Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.
Free car show in Tacoma
8:00 am | FREE | GRIOT’S GARAGE RETAIL STORE, 3333 South 38th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409
Exotic car show at Redmond Town Center
9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Redmond Town Center, 164th Avenue NE & NE 74th Street, Redmond, WA 98052
Free edible book festival in Lake Forest Park
11:00 am to 1:30 pm | FREE | Lake Forest Park Towne Center, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Meet Your Muslim Neighbors in Redmond
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | FREE | Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th Street, Redmond, WA 98052
Free Ukulele jam in Sammamish
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Sammamish Library, 825 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075
Try hockey free in Shoreline
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Highland Ice Arena, 18005 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA
Map of Puget Sound garage sales
All Day | Puget Sound region
Free museum admission every 1st weekend from Bank of America
FREE | Multiple locations
Free travel classes in Edmonds
FREE | Multiple locations
Free glass blowing demos
FREE | Multiple locations
Free and cheap dance classes and social dancing
$0-19.00 | Multiple locations
Free and cheap live music venues in the Puget Sound region
$0-10.00 | Multiple locations
Planetarium shows in Tacoma
$6.00 | Pierce College Fort Steilacoom 9401 Farwest Drive SW, Lakewood, WA USA 98498
Free Wine tasting in Seattle’s SODO
FREE | Esquin Wine & Spirits (Madwine.com), 2700 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134
Wine tasting in Greenwood
Champion Wine Cellars, 8503 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
Bauhaus design VR exhibit in Seattle
FREE | Chophouse Row, 1424 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Shoreline Short Short Film Festival
$20.00 | Shoreline Community College, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133
Getaway: Mountain Film Festival in Leavenworth
$15.00 | Leavenworth, WA
Jewish Film Festival on Mercer Island
$15.00-225.00 | Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA
Canoe, rowboat and kayak rentals at UW Seattle
$12.00-20.00 | Waterfront Activities Center, 3710 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA 98195
Free gardening drop-in clinics in south Bellevue
9:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Bellevue Demonstration Garden, 15500 SE 16th Street, Bellevue, WA
Tour the Museum of Flight Restoration Center in Everett
9:00 am to 4:00 pm | $5.00 | Museum of Flight Restoration Center, 2909 100th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204
Chinese garden lecture series at SAM in Seattle
10:00 am | $11.00 | Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
Free aquarium and marine science center in Des Moines
10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Marine Science and Technology Center, 28203 Redondo Beach Dr. S., Des Moines, WA 98198
Visit fish hatchery education center in Puyallup
10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Puyallup Fish Hatchery, 1416 14th Street SW, Puyallup, WA 98371
Spring plant sale at Arboretum in Seattle
10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Washington Park Arboretum, 2300 Arboretum Dr E, Seattle, WA 98112
Spring plant sale in Kingston
10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Heronswood, 7530 NE 288th Street, Kingston, WA 98346
Audubon spring plant sale in Seattle
10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | The Nature Shop, 8050 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Plant sale of dahlia tubers in Woodinville
10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Sammamish Valley Grange 14654 148th Ave NE, Woodinville
Try the sport of curling in Seattle
10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $25.00 | Granite Curling Club, 1440 N 128th Street, Seattle, WA
Free chocolate tasting in Seattle
11:00 am to 3:30 pm | FREE | Chocolopolis at the Interbay WorkLofts, 1631 15th Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119
Free wine tastings Queen Anne and Ravenna
11:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Multiple locations
Free international children’s festival at Seattle Center
11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109
Free garden tour in Bellevue
12:00 pm | $0-5.00 | Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98005
Free distillery tours (21+) in Woodinville
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Woodinville Whiskey Co, 14509 Woodinville Redmond Rd. NE Woodinville, WA. 98072
Free tour with admission to Japanese Garden in Seattle
12:30 pm | $8.00 | Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 Lake Washington Boulevard East, Seattle, WA, 98112
Free wine tasting at DeLaurenti in Seattle
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine, 1435 1st Ave Seattle, WA 98101
Free wine tasting on Capitol Hill
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | European VIne Selections, 522 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112
Free First Saturday art walks around the Puget Sound region
5:00 pm | FREE | Multiple locations
$10 comedy improv at Pike Market in Seattle
7:00 pm | $10.00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley Seattle, WA 98101
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Plate of Nations ethnic food festival in south Seattle
Discounted | Multiple locations
Free Skagit Valley Tulip Festival April 1-30
FREE | Skagit Valley, Washington
Easter Bunny photos in the Puget Sound region
$0-65.00 | Multiple locations
Free family program “Our Big Neighborhood” at Seattle Center
$0-5.00 | Seattle Center Armory, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Discount fine dining for Seattle Restaurant Week
Discounted | Puget Sound region
Where to see cherry blossom trees in Seattle
FREE | Multiple locations
Apply for $25 summer language camp in Seattle
$25.00 | Summit Sierra School, 1025 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104
Wedding rummage sale and benefit in Seattle
11:00 am to 2:00 pm | $10.00-80.00 | AXIS Pioneer Square, 308 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104
Map of Puget Sound garage sales
All Day | Puget Sound region
Free glass blowing demos
FREE | Multiple locations
Free and cheap dance classes and social dancing
$0-19.00 | Multiple locations
Free and cheap live music venues in the Puget Sound region
$0-10.00 | Multiple locations
Weird and Awesome variety show in Seattle
$0-15.00 | Annex Theatre 1100 E Pike St, Fl 2nd, Seattle, Washington 98122
Free Sunday Boat Rides on South Lake Union
FREE | Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley Street Seattle, WA 98109
Bauhaus design VR exhibit in Seattle
FREE | Chophouse Row, 1424 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Jewish Film Festival on Mercer Island
$15.00-225.00 | Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA
Canoe, rowboat and kayak rentals at UW Seattle
$12.00-20.00 | Waterfront Activities Center, 3710 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA 98195
Tour the Museum of Flight Restoration Center in Everett
9:00 am to 4:00 pm | $5.00 | Museum of Flight Restoration Center, 2909 100th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204
Flea market in Fremont
10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Fremont Market, 3410 Evanston Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
Free international children’s festival at Seattle Center
11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109
Curling skills clinic in North Seattle
11:30 am | $25.00 | Granite Curling Club, 1440 N 128th Street, Seattle, WA
Free garden tour in Bellevue
12:00 pm | $0-5.00 | Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98005
Free distillery tours (21+) in Woodinville
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Woodinville Whiskey Co, 14509 Woodinville Redmond Rd. NE Woodinville, WA. 98072
Free tour with admission to Japanese Garden in Seattle
12:30 pm | $8.00 | Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 Lake Washington Boulevard East, Seattle, WA, 98112
Free bonsai museum tour in Federal Way
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm | FREE | Pacific Bonsai Museum, 2515 S 336th St, Federal Way, WA 98003
Free Crochet and Knit Club in Everett
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Evergreen Library, 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett, WA 98204
Free Scottish music open session in Mount Vernon
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Free Taize prayer service in north Seattle
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 111 NE 80th St, Seattle, WA 98115
Free open house at Islamic mosque in Kent
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Islamic Center of Kent, 20857 108TH AVE SE, Kent WA 98031
Free prayer service on Capitol Hill
9:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Saint Mark’s, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102
Categories: Free Family Fun
