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We've compiled the best of the best in Washington Cascade Mountains and Valleys - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
The state's largest performing arts center north of Seattle occupies a restored vaudeville-era (1927) theater with a 110-foot-tall Moorish tower and a lobby fashioned after a Spanish galleon. It is home to the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra and also presents movies, musicals, and headline performers.
A host of local film festivals, this handsome theater inside a restored historic downtown building is a great place to see diverse indie, classic, and art-house movies. The Pickford presents an outdoor rooftop cinema series in summer as well as a children's film festival in March and other themed movie showcases. It also offers a good selection of beer, wine, and snacks in the lobby.
Cultural activity in Tacoma centers on the outstanding—and historic—Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, which comprises three distinct venues: the gorgeous 1918 Pantages Theater, the beaux-arts Rialto, and the more contemporary Theater on the Square. One of the largest performing arts center in the Pacific Northwest, the venue hosts pop concerts, touring Broadway shows, Symphony Tacoma performances, and more.
This fair in September brings thousands of visitors daily over three weeks to Puyallup, near Tacoma, and features concerts, a rodeo, art and cultural exhibits, agricultural shows, and amusement rides. There's also a shorter four-day version of the fair held in mid-April.
April brings a monthlong celebration of these iconic flowers that bloom by the millions throughout Mount Vernon and La Conner.
