City of Seattle, WA

25/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 25/07/2024 20:17

Celebrate Arab culture and build bridges to Palestine at Seattle Arab Festival | Jul 27-28

Seattle Arab Festival
Saturday, July 27 | 11:00 am - 7:00 pm PT
Sunday, July 28 | 11:00 am - 7:00 pm PT
Seattle Center Armory
FREE

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Experience the vibrant culture of the Arab world through music, dance, and delicious cuisine at Seattle Arab Festival!

Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Arab traditions, connect with the local Arab community, and explore this year's theme "Bridges to Palestine" through cultural performances, informative exhibits, and engaging dialogue.

Festival activities include:

  • Music by Samer Murad, House of Tarab, Basel Aldareb, Asma and Ashraf, Omar Haggag, and Cairo Crowd
  • Shamiat Dabkeh dance
  • Kids' activities including dabkeh dance and kids' play
  • A Bedouin House installation
  • Culture booths representing heritage from different Arab nations
  • Documentary about Palestine
  • A marketplace with goods hand-crafted by local artists
  • Arab cuisine, desserts, and food trucks

The festival is free and open to the public.

About Seattle Center Festál
Seattle Center Festál is where the world gathers to celebrate the people, the places, the stories, and the traditions of diverse ethnic communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. This unique series links together 24 free festivals, each offering its own cultural focus, identity, and range of engaging activities to cultivate a deeper understanding of the diversity of our region. Seattle Center Festál is produced in partnership with community groups, presented on weekends from February to November, and supported by City of Seattle, Seattle Center Foundation, and 4Culture. Festál is also part of the ArtsFund Cultural Partners Network.

About Seattle Center
Connect to the extraordinary at Seattle Center, an active civic, arts, and family gathering place in the core of our city and region. Seattle Center's 74-acre campus, centered around the International Fountain, is part of the Uptown Arts & Cultural District and home to Climate Pledge Arena; more than 30 cultural, educational, sports, and entertainment organizations; and a broad range of public and community programs. In everything it does, Seattle Center's mission is to create exceptional events, experiences, and environments which delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities.

Seattle Center has expanded its role to provide maintenance and public safety services for Seattle's new Waterfront Park, a series of new public spaces on Seattle's downtown waterfront between Pioneer Square and the Seattle Aquarium. Seattle Center supports managing these new waterfront public spaces in partnership with the non-profit Friends of Waterfront Seattle, which offers the community a range of recreational and cultural programming. 

Thanks to the support of Official Seattle Center Partners - Alaska Airlines, The Climate Pledge, Coors Light, Pepsi, Premera Blue Cross, Symetra, T-Mobile, and WaFd Bank - Seattle Center is the #1 arts and entertainment destination in the Pacific Northwest with 12 million annual visitors, generating $1.864 billion in business activity and more than $631 million in labor income annually.  www.seattlecenter.com