Our September 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.
September Holidays & Special Events
- August 24-29 and August 31–September 4, 2023. Evergreen State Fair in Monroe – Greater Seattle on the Cheap.
- September 1-24, 2023. Washington State Fair at Puyallup Fairgrounds – Greater Seattle on the Cheap
- September 4, 2023. Labor Day (Federal holiday).
- September 5, 2023. First day of school in Bellevue.
- September 6, 2023. First day of school in Seattle and Everett.
- September 7, 2023. First day of school in Tacoma.
- September 11 (also referred to as 9/11 or “nine eleven”) remembers terrorist attacks in 2001: the New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and a plane crash in Pennsylvania.
- September 22, 2023 at 11:50 pm PDT. Fall equinox is the start of the autumn season in the Northern Hemisphere.
September 2023 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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But wait, there’s more!
- Farmers markets are still in full swing. Farmers markets in the Puget Sound region
- Have more fun with less money. Free things to do in September.
- Want to save money this month? What to buy in September.
- Find more discount tickets on our half-price tickets page.
- 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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