Moisture Events
Outside of our annual festival, we host several other events throughout the year.
See our current events below, and sign up for our email list to be notified in your inbox!
Moisture Festival Holiday Auction
Online Bidding: November 23–30, 2026
Find something wonderful while supporting the Seattle Moisture Festival! Our annual online holiday auction is packed with unique experiences, exciting getaways, entertainment, and gifts for everyone on your list.
From unforgettable travel adventures and tickets to Seattle attractions to live performances, local experiences, and one-of-a-kind treasures, there’s plenty to discover.
Every winning bid helps bring the delight, wonder, and laughter of Moisture Festival to life, supporting extraordinary variety arts performances and helping us keep the Festival accessible to our community.
Bidding opens Monday, November 23 at 8:00 a.m. and closes Monday, November 30 at 8:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).
Win something? Come celebrate with us! Winning bidders can pick up their physical auction items at our Open Stage + Holiday Party on Tuesday, December 1, at 7:00 p.m. at Old Stove Gardens in Ballard. Enjoy an evening of live variety arts, music, and holiday festivities while collecting your treasures!
Browse the auction, place your bids, and find something special for yourself or someone you love!
Open Stage & Holiday Party
Join us Tuesday, December 1, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. for our next Moisture Festival Open Stage at Old Stove Gardens in Ballard.
This Open Stage comes with a little extra celebration! We’re combining the evening with our Moisture Festival Holiday Party, plus a Fun & Festive Fashion Contest with tickets to Opening Night of the 2027 Moisture Festival for the winner.
So come for the performances, stay for the party, and if inspiration strikes, start planning your festive attire. Sparkle, sequins, fabulous sweaters, tinsel, twinkle lights and Christmas tree hats are all encouraged.
More holiday party and contest details coming soon!
Open Stage is where new acts are born, seasoned performers test fresh material, and absolutely anything can happen. Every show is different, packed with creativity, experimentation, and the joyful risk-taking that makes live variety arts so exciting.
Whether you’re a performer looking for a supportive place to try something new or an audience member who loves discovering something unexpected, Open Stage is for you.
Music, magic, clowning, comedy, juggling, acrobatics, circus arts, a dash of burlesque to warm up a cold December night, and delightfully uncategorizable acts are all welcome.
After 9:00 p.m., we’ll turn up the heat a little, with burlesque performances scheduled toward the end of the evening.
Each performer gets about five minutes to make an impression. Sometimes it’s polished, sometimes it’s gloriously experimental, and it’s always entertaining.
Free to Attend
Open Stage is free and open to the community. Free and open to the public thanks in part to support from 4Culture’s Public Free Access Program.
Want to Perform?
Sign up today! Performance slots are limited. If the lineup is already full, we’ll contact you about joining the waitlist.
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