Arts and Culture

Arts, Culture & History

Take in the Rhythm of Issaquah

Issaquah is a multi-cultural community deeply dedicated to supporting arts and culture. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and a deep connection to the natural environment through the visual arts. On most evenings you will find live music and Broadway-quality theatrical productions happening here year-round. We welcome you to join our cultural celebrations organized by community organizations each season. Visit the EVENTS CALENDAR for a quick view of what is happening during your stay. You ARE welcome here!

Arium Shop

Offering facilitated workshops and supplies to create a living -arium, perfect for individuals, small groups, and team building experiences!

Art by Fire

Large Group Glassblowing Events or Teambuilding!

Bring your family or friends to experience the fascinating fun of turning molten glass into your own work of art. You work one-on-one with our glassblowers to make your own work of art.

Boehm’s Candies

Visiting Boehm’s Candies? We offer guided and self-guided tours, as well as chocolate-making classes. Learn more about how we work our magic in our candy kitchen, and then visit our retail store at the front of the chalet where you can purchase some of the candies you saw being made!

Capri Cellars

Capri Cellars offers Wines, Craft Beer, and Cider to fit any mood, and is a perfect setting for private parties with options to accommodate 16-50 people.

Celebrate Culture

Welcome! The City of Issaquah is an inclusive community that welcomes everyone. Learn more about our efforts, and how you can participate.

Historic

Downtown / Olde Town

Find historic charm and an eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, bars, brewpubs, and boutiques in beautiful and walkable Historic Downtown Issaquah. Olde Town Issaquah is the vibrant heart of historic downtown Issaquah.

Experience Tea

Great for Birthdays, Clubs and Social Groups, Work Groups. Experience Tea can customize a tea event for you and your clients, friends, co-workers, or family! Experience Tea classes are fun and informative and are really the backbone of creating an empowered tea-life.

Forumla Brewing

At Formula Brewing, they are devoted to delivering exceptional "in-glass" and "out-of-glass" experiences.

Unique

Gilman Village Shopping District

Gilman Village is a unique retail center whose history dates back to 1972, with a mission to preserve the ambiance of Issaquah’s old farming and mining structures. Today, Gilman Village’s collection of unique independent stores and restaurants are still housed in those old mining & farming buildings, interconnected with quaint walkways and paths. Enjoy Issaquah’s historic past while shopping and dining here.

Happy Time Studio

Connect with yourself and others through art and creativity! Happy Time Studio offers music and art workshops for kids, teens, and adults - everything from one or two day retreats to multi-week workshop series. Currently offering guitar, ukulele, songwriting, piano, and visual arts such as printmaking, linocut, collage, and painting. They love to design custom workshops on request! In the new Front Street storefront, check out what’s hanging in the gallery and attend Songwriters In the Round acoustic performances.

Issaquah History Museums

Great for your little (and no so little) train lovers! The city’s train depot was built in 1889, and now holds a museum with exhibits that explore the industrial revolution, travel, and communication.

Issaquah’s Troll, Jakob Two Trees

Experience the awe-inspiring Northwest Trolls project, featuring hand-built troll sculptures by artist Thomas Dambo. Explore the stories that connect Coast Salish tribal communities with Danish and Scandinavian traditions, all through the lens of environmental art.

Kaleidoscope School of Music

Kaleidoscope School of Music is a comprehensive music school for guitar, piano, drums, voice, ukulele, woodwinds, strings, brass, theory, and much more. They offer private lessons for kids, teens and adults in all classical and contemporary styles, as well as innovative group programs, including Pre-K and rock ensembles.

Kids Stage at Village Theatre

Youth theatre productions at Village Theatre KIDSTAGE are a special experience! Student-focused yet housed within a professional theatre, our shows are high-quality fun. Introduce your child to the love of theatre! Perhaps they will be inspired by seeing their peers on the stage? Perhaps they will be moved to literature after seeing a story brought to life. Perhaps they will become a life-long patron of the arts!

Museo Art Academy

Museo Art Academy offers a wide variety of weekly art classes (ranging from age 5 - 19) both in person at their Issaquah, WA studios and online via Zoom. From painting to pottery, all lessons are designed to exceed the National Standards for Arts Education, teaching the elements and principles of art and design along with art movements and the work of master artists.

Nifty Knitter

From the beginner wanting to learn the basics, to the advanced knitter, or crocheter looking to take home a new skill, Nifty Knitter has a class for everyone.

Public Art and History

Want to see beautiful art and historic buildings by just cruising around Issaquah? The Public Arts and History tours are self-guided and free.

Salmon Days Festival, October 5th and 6th, 2024

The 2024 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival kicks off with the Grande Parade at 10:00 am on Saturday, October 5th. From there, you can stroll along the downtown streets to browse over 200 beautiful and unique arts & crafts booths and enjoy the wide range of food vendors. There is also a family-oriented Field of Fun and the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery star attraction.

Salmon Hatchery

A visit to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery will encourage the joy of discovery and cultivate a sense of wonder in the environment and in salmon. Find out the answers to “Where do salmon live? And who lives near the salmon?” Explore the salmon hatchery and Issaquah Creek, create an animal track to take home, and more.

Spirited Grape at Capri Cellars

Spirited Grape is a wine and spirit school offering fun educational wine classes for everyone to enjoy. Their instructors bring industry knowledge and enthusiasm of the industry into these friendly interactive classes.

Specializing in weekly workshop-style art classes, where students get individual coaching from an experienced instructor. Classes are geared towards adults, teenagers & children ages 7+. Flexible lesson plan is tailored to individual students by age and art experience, offering suitable techniques to three levels of challenge. Children start with cartooning and basic shape building, and later explore realism, interpretive style, and composition. Teens and adults build on these same skills while moving into areas of concept, communication, and advanced technique.

The Studio – Dance for Adults

The Studio in Issaquah offers a diverse and friendly community for adults of all ages to enjoy dance classes conducive to learning, strengthening, and building body awareness in a safe, comfortable, and fun environment. Custom group workshops available.

Village Theatre

Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest. Producing entertaining, quality productions since 1979, Village Theatre has grown into one of the region’s best-attended theatres, with just over 18,000 Mainstage season subscribers and 220,000 projected total attendance each season.

Vino Bella Wine Bar & Bistro

Live music of all genres, stand-up comedy, and drag queen shows. Seating is first come, first seated, standing room thereafter unless noted. Minimum $10 purchase per person during events.

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