Seattle Center features Winterfest holiday activities through December

Through Dec. 31, people can visit Seattle Center and enjoy a variety of activities and displays. Visitors can stop by and see turn-of-the-century Winterfest Train and Village, snap photos of the bright lights across campus, witness weekend entertainment on the Armory Stage or partake in a 6 p.m. nightly Illuminate Winterfest campus light show.

In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve, Seattle Center invites the community for a variety of seasonal offerings across the campus — from attending world-class arts performances like George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by Pacific Northwest Ballet and snapping a digital photo with Santa at the Space Needle, to seasonal plays at the Seattle Rep and Seattle Children’s Theater.

Catch last year’s sold-out Seattle Opera performance of “A Very Drunken Christmas Carol,” Winter Brilliance at Chihuly Garden and Glass or take children to Seattle Children’s Museum for the New Year’s noon countdown and dance party. And don’t forget to enjoy the New Year’s Eve fireworks show under the Space Needle.

The New Year’s Eve celebration also features live music by premier cover band Groove Nation and another Fountain of Light dance party.  

Visit seattlecenter.com/winterfest or Facebook for a list of events, attractions and performances.