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Over 1,000 joined us in revelry for LONGEST DAY!

by on July 2, 2025
Photo by Chloe Collyer

In celebration of the longest day of 2025 on June 21, King Street Station Plaza was transformed with live music, dance, and cirque performances.

A group follows along to a dance on a checkerboard dance floor on the King Street Station plaza
Photo by Chloe Collyer
A table of people making crafts
Photo by Chloe Collyer

The event drew over 1,300 people who crafted flower crowns, awed at aerialists, sipped lemonade, and danced to vibrant music until the sun set. Between DJ sets, dance workshops, and all-ages art activities, LONGEST DAY lived up to its tagline of a communally-minded, season-inspired Solstice party.

“I didn’t know the Office of Arts & Culture organized events like this. Today’s my birthday and it feels like the City’s throwing me one big birthday party!” -Attendee

two women of different generations smile at the camera. They wear flower crowns and are holding a large fan that reads "making art"
Photo by Chloe Collyer
A woman on stilts and dressed as a sunflower walks around on the King Street Station plaza dance floor
Photo by Chloe Collyer

This free program took place on a Club World Cup game day as a testing ground for future summer activations in 2026. An attendee survey indicated that about a quarter of participants watched the Club World Cup match prior to attending LONGEST DAY, introducing both visitors and Seattle residents to the wide array of local artistic talent in Seattle.

An ariel artist performs on the plaza of King Street Station
Photo by Chloe Collyer
A white woman juggles three black bowler hats
Photo by Chloe Collyer

“We were at the game, saw the signs to Longest Day, and came to check it out!” -Participants in art activity

Check out some of the day’s highlights in the gallery below and stay tuned for our next Solstice party in December!

All photos by Chloe Collyer.

An ariel artist performs on the plaza of King Street Station
A table of people making crafts
two people look into a cabinet filled with art
A woman waves a colorful fabric around with an audience watching
A femme performer in a pink dress and pointe shoes gracefully, hangs off an aerial hoop.
Three stylishly dressed ARTS employees pose for the camera.
Three performers in costumes as the elderly dance with canes.
Two people salsa in the distance framed by two onlookers in the foreground.
A group of people playing the steel pan drums.
People dancing on a large checkered dancefloor.
A person smiles in the door of an ice cream truck while talking to someone.
A person in sunglasses and a hats sings into a mic with a live band surrounding them.
Several people admire a clacker fan that reads "making art."
Downtown is vibrant
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