Kent is full of fun ways to welcome the chilly season.
Explore the shoppers' paradise
Small Business Saturday kicks off a month-long focus on supporting local merchants. Visit often for holiday deals, handcrafted items, memorable gifts and seasonal food and beverages.
Mark your calendar:
- November 26: Small Business Saturday
- December 2-3: Kent Commons Holiday Bazaar
- December 1-26: Shop at Kent Station and vote for your favorite gingerbread house
Have fun with the family
Kent’s annual winter welcome, Winterfest, arrives December 3 with entertainment, photos with Santa, community booths and a parade at 4:30 p.m.
For more fun family time, take in a concert, art-making event and the zany fun of Harlem Globetrotters basketball.
Mark your calendar:
- December 3: Winterfest parade, tree lighting and Santa photos
- December 4: Celtic Yuletide Concert
- December 10: Festival of Trees art-making event
- December 10: Christmas Rush Fun Run & Walk
- January 22: Harlem Globetrotters
Enjoy wine time
Tasty pours and prizes await participants at the Ugly Sweater Wine Walk December 3. Don your festive apparel and sample 10 wines, beer, cider and spirits with an admission ticket (age 21+).
Learn more about winemaking and sample Northwest-made wines at the weekly tastings hosted by Reds Wine Bar. Check the schedule below.
Mark your calendar:
- November 30: Maryhill Winery wine tasting
- December 3: Ugly Sweater Wine Walk
- December 7: Efeste wine tasting
- December 13: Corks & Canvas painting event
- December 14: Woodward Canyon wine tasting
- December 21: Structure Cellars wine tasting
- December 28: Champagne tasting
Follow sports teams indoors
Kent's professional sports teams take it inside for a winter full of edge-of-your-seat action. Get tickets now for Seattle Thunderbirds hockey and Tacoma Stars indoor soccer, both of which make their home at accesso ShoWare Center.
Mark your calendar:
- November 25: Seattle Thunderbirds host Portland
- December 3: Seattle Thunderbirds host Victoria
- December 10: Tacoma Stars host Monterrey
- December 11: Seattle Thunderbirds host Vancouver
- December 13: Seattle Thunderbirds host Prince George
- December 27: Seattle Thunderbirds host Spokane
- December 31: Seattle Thunderbirds host Kelowna
- January 14: Tacoma Stars host Harrisburg
After a day of festive events, spend a cozy winter night in a Kent hotel. Hot tea or coffee will be a relaxing morning start when you book an overnight stay and explore more of Kent.