Music festival with beer & tacos
May 12, 2018 (1 p.m., VIP noon)
36.3 miles SE
Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival “is a day filled with craft beer, tasty gourmet tacos, Lucha Libre style wrestling, and live music” at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn. Children are OK after 4 p.m.
Penn Cove Water Festival
May 12, 2018
103 miles NW
Penn Cove Water Festival in Coupeville has tribal canoe races, native arts and crafts, food, dance, music, traditional storytelling, and children’s activities. Free.
Artist studio tour
May 12 – 13, 2018
14 miles NE
Visit the home studios of dozens of local artists on the Kirkland Artist Studio Tour (KAST) on Mother’s Day weekend. Free.
Mother’s Day train ride
May 12 – 13, 2018
27 miles east
Mothers get a free 70-minute train ride at Northwest Railway Museum [click “Special Events” on their page to see it] with any paid child on Mother’s Day weekend, departing from North Bend or Snoqualmie.
Mother’s Day restaurants
May 13, 2018
Seattle area
OpenTable lists restaurants that offer special brunch, lunch, and dinner menus on Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day comedy
May 13, 2018 (7 p.m.)
0.4 miles SW
Laugh about motherhood at the Mother’s Day Improv Show, which features improvised comedy by Unexpected Productions in the Pike Place Market.
Get painted as you run
May 13, 2018
1 mile NW
Wear a white shirt, and then get bombarded by handfuls of colored cornstarch and foam as you run the 5K Color Run, which begins at Seattle Center.
Mother’s Day race
May 13, 2018
19.3 miles NE
The Mother’s Day Half Marathon & 5K run/walk are on scenic routes in the Juanita area of Kirkland.