Puget Sound Area Weekend Planner: January 2-4, 2026

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LIGHTS AT SEATTLE ZOO
WildLanterns features “large-scale animal and nature scape lanterns representing wild places from around the globe” including bugs, lions, pandas, parrots, and dragons, with snacks for sale and a performance in the entrance building at Woodland Park Zoo, 5500 Phinney Ave. N in Seattle. See closed dates.



CASINO LIGHTS
Tulalip Lights & Ice has 9.7 million lights on plants surrounding the casino entrance ponds and the Tulalip Amphitheater at 10400 34th Ave. NE in Tulalip. Ice skating, food for sale, and a beer garden.


LIGHT SHOW IN A GARDEN

“Discover a celestial pathway of lustrous light, cosmic visions, and astral song” at Astra Lumina, a pricey walk with special-effects lighting and sound in Seattle Chinese Garden at South Seattle College, 6000 16th Ave. SW in Seattle. Closed Jan. 1.


CHRISTMAS TREES IN AUBURN
See a dozen Christmas trees decorated by local businesses during Festival of Trees at White River Valley Museum, 918 H St. SE in Auburn.


LIGHTS IN SHORELINE

ShoreLights is “a dazzling showcase of light” covering art installations and trees in the Park at Town Center, 17550 Aurora Ave. N in Shoreline. Calendar for live music & food trucks. Closes 9 p.m. Free parking.


BRUNCH CRUISE

Enjoy a brunch buffet with an included mimosa or sparkling cider at your private table as you cruise two hours on Lake Union & Lake Washington on the $110 Weekend Brunch Cruise, departing from 901 Fairview Ave. N in Seattle.



PUYALLUP HOME & SHOW GARDEN
Get help for your home and garden at Puyallup Home & Garden Show at Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW in Puyallup.



IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
“Step into a planet beyond your imagination with virtual-reality technology, themed rooms, and fantastical landscapes” at Bubble Planet, 103 110th Ave. NE in Bellevue. Closed on Tuesdays.


OUTDOOR PARTY FOR ALL AGES
The Illuminated Ballroom is a family-friendly event with performers, music, hands-on art making, and beverages available in Courthouse Square, 1102 A Street in Tacoma. Check out illuminated art on the nearby Tacoma Light Trail.



DISNEY’S “THE LION KING”
Based on the animated film, The Lion King is a Tony Award winning musical telling a story of love and redemption, and featuring the music, animals, and people of Africa at The Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St. in Seattle.





POPULAR ON NETFLIX/HULU/DISNEY+ 


STRANGER THINGS
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl. (Netflix)


PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus’ master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his quest mates Annabeth and Grover, Percy’s journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and find out who he’s destined to be. (Disney+)


FALLOUT
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them. (Prime)



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