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

Steer eating hay while waiting for the judging competition – depositphotos.com
August Holidays & Special Events
- August: Seafair signature events and community festivals (greaterseattleonthecheap.com)
- August 4-6, 2023: Tickets and information for Seafair Weekend (greaterseattleonthecheap.com)
- August 24 – September 4, 2023: Evergreen State Fair in Monroe (greaterseattleonthecheap.com)
- September 1-24, 2023: Washington State Fair at Puyallup Fairgrounds (greaterseattleonthecheap.com)
- More: State and County Fairs in Washington State (greaterseattleonthecheap.com)
August events
Featured Events are list first each day, highlighted by a photo. Featured events are unique or annual events that we or our advertisers don’t want you to overlook.
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![Spirit of the Navy hydroplane at Seattle Seafair By U.S. Navy photo by 2nd Class Eric J. Rowley [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.greaterseattleonthecheap.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Spirit-of-the-Navy-hydroplane-at-Seattle-Seafair-By-U.S.-Navy-photo-by-2nd-Class-Eric-J.-Rowley-Public-domain-via-Wikimedia-Commons-e1530146527891.jpg)
Spirit of the Navy hydroplane at Seattle Seafair By U.S. Navy photo by 2nd Class Eric J. Rowley [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons
- Farmers markets in the Puget Sound region
- Have more fun with less money. Free things to do in August.
- Want to save money this month? What to buy in August.
- Here’s a list of 101+ always free things to do for fun.
- 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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