School is starting, apples are ripening, and the days are getting ever-so-slightly shorter, but it’s technically still summer until September 22. That means you have almost the whole month to soak up those precious last golden hours of the season at outdoor events, ease into fall with exciting movie and book releases, and, if the seasonal transition doesn’t affect you, just enjoy Seattle’s ceaseless array of happenings. As we do every month, we’ve compiled the biggest events you need to know about in every genre, from Elton John to release parties for Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale sequel, from the Local Sightings Film Festival to Town Hall’s Homecoming Festival, and from Fremont Oktoberfest to the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Carmina Burana/Agon. If all of that isn’t enough, you can also look ahead to the rest of this year’s big events, see our list of cheap & easy year-round events, or check out our complete Things To Do calendar.
