Hot-ticket New Year's Eve parties this month include Spectra 2019: New Year’s Eve Under the Arches. Credit: COURTESY OF PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER

Hot-ticket New Years Eve parties this month include Spectra 2019: New Year’s Eve Under the Arches.

Hot-ticket New Year’s Eve parties this month include Spectra 2019: New Year’s Eve Under the Arches. COURTESY OF PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER

It’s December in Seattle, and that means not only loads upon loads of winter holiday events and New Year’s Eve parties, but also tons of great arts, music, and food events to look forward to that have nothing to do with snowflakes or Santa. Below, we’ve rounded up the biggest events that you should know about this month, ranging from concerts like John Legend and the Deck the Hall Ball, to food events like the Winter Solsticwinter e Night Market and the 12th Annual Cookbook Social, to performances like BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon’s To Jesus, Thanks For Everything! – Jinkx and DeLa and Disney’s The Lion King, to comedians like Conan O’Brien and Gina Yashere, to film releases like Mary Poppins Returns and Mary, Queen of Scots, to major holiday events like Enchant Christmas and Canlis’ Hawaiian-themed New Year’s Eve party. See them all below, and, as always, find even more options on our complete Things To Do calendar.

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