Puget Sound Area Weekend Planner: October 3-5, 2025

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CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL
Taste chocolate, attend workshops, and shop from 100 exhibitors at the Northwest Chocolate Festival at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.


HOW TO BUILD GREEN
Green Building Slam has 10 interesting lectures by innovative architects & builders lasting 10 minutes each, with light appetizers and networking at Town Hall Seattle in Seattle. Doors open at 5 p.m. 


BEER & CIDER IN ANACORTES
Bier Near the Pier offers beer, cider, food trucks, live music, and a costume contest at Depot Arts Center in Anacortes. Your ticket includes a five-ounce glass and 8 tastes. No pets or children. 

 
GREEK FESTIVAL
Tacoma Greek Festival has dancers in costume, Greek merchandise, and Greek food (gyros, calamari, souvlaki, loukomades, spanakopita, tiropita, dolmathes, fries, pastry, and coffee) at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Tacoma.


CHILDREN’S DAY IN LACEY
Children’s Day offers entertainment on stage, activities for kids, and food vendors at Thomas W. Huntamer Park in Lacey. The theme changes every year.

 
U DISTRICT FOOD WALK
Buy $5 bites from 60 participating businesses until 8 p.m. at U District Chow Down & Street Party on University Way NE. Watch live music onstage until 6 p.m. If you take Link Light Rail, exit at U District Station.

 
BEER TASTING AT THE ZOO
OktoBEARfest includes samples of beer and cider from 50 Northwest breweries and cider houses, a beer hall on the north meadow, food trucks, DJ music, games, animal programs, and complete access to Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Bring age 21+ ID.


HAUNTED GOLF COURSE
Nile Nightmares is an outdoor walk plus indoor mazes at Nile Shrine Gold Center in Mountlake Terrace. It has a food court and a beer garden, and is open Fri., Sat., Sun., plus Halloween. Escape room games cost extra. Recommended for age 12+ except on less scary Kids’ Day Oct. 25 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.). 

SEATTLE HAUNTED HOUSE
Georgetown Morgue is recommended for age 12+ and is located at 5000 E. Marginal Way S. Do not wear a costume or take flash photos. Free parking in the nearby federal parking lot. See schedule. 

 
HORROR SHOW IN A GARDEN
“Explore immersive zones filled with light, fog, frightening echoes, and surprising encounters” in the Forest of Shadows at Seattle Chinese Garden, located at South Seattle College in Seattle for age 10+. 





POPULAR ON NETFLIX/HULU/DISNEY+ 


WAYWARD
A small-town cop suspects that the local school for troubled teens — and its dangerously charismatic founder — may not be all it seems. (Netflix)


ALICE IN BORDERLAND
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win. (Netflix)


MARVEL ZOMBIE
After the Avengers are overtaken by a zombie plague, a desperate group of survivors discover the key to bringing an end to the super-powered undead, racing across a dystopian landscape and risking life and limb to save their world. (Disney+)




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