Flow Fest Seattle 2025 ~ Whimsy

Event Information

Workshop Passes

Join us for a full weekend of Circus Arts, Dance, Yoga & More in Seattle, WA!

Flow Fest Seattle (formerly known as Northwest Flow Fest) is a weekend long FLOW ARTS festival in the heart of Seattle.

The weekend starts with a Community Fire Jam on Friday, June 13th at Volunteer Park, followed by a full day of Workshops, Performances, Vendors, and more on Saturday, June 14th at Woodland Park, Picnic Area 1! We'll close things out on Sunday, June 15th at Volunteer Park with a full day flow jam and games. All Flow Fest Seattle events are free to attend, but a workshop pass gets you access to everything we have to offer!

By magical happenstance, this year's event falls on World Juggling Day! We couldn't be more thrilled to celebrate in our home town in solidarity with the worldwide juggling community.

For full information about each day's events:

Flow Fest Community Fire Jam (Volunteer Park)

Flow Fest Seattle Main Event! (Woodland Park)

Flow Fest PlayDate (Volunteer Park)

Facebook event here.

Please note that advance registration is required by 6/6/25 for those who wish to spin fire at the Community Fire Jam on 6/13. Everyone who purchases a workshop pass prior to 6/6/25 will automatically be registered. Registration to Spin Fire is CLOSED for this year.

Location updates for this year's fest! We'll be at Volunteer Park in our normal location (near the Dahlia Garden, which is marked on Google maps) for Friday and Sunday but the Saturday main event will be located at Woodland Park, Picnic area 1!

This year, we're partnering with Expressive Entertainers to bring ASL interpretation to Flow Fest! If you're part of the Deaf community, use the code ACCESS_WHIMSY for 50% of a workshop pass for you and your guests.

Registration/check-in booth will open at 9:30am on June 14, First class is at 10am!

**Full workshop schedule available here!**

What are FLOW FESTS?

Flow Fests, presented by Monkey Dust Productions, are free public festivals that also offer master artist workshops for dance participants by day, parties and performances by night. Workshops in the areas of Prop Manipulation, (hoop dance, juggling, poi and staff spinning), Dance (Swing Dance, Belly Dance, African Dance, Capoeira, Breakdance, etc), and Yoga (and Acro Yoga) will run simultaneously, giving participants many different dance and flow arts workshop opportunities at any given time. This allows novice participants the option of sampling different skill sets and styles, and maintains the rigor of depth within each form for experts looking to sharpen their skills.

Flow Fest Seattle represents a special partnership between FLOW FESTS and SEATTLE FLOW ARTS COLLECTIVE, one of the only 501(C)(3) organizations supporting flow arts in the nation.

What are FLOW ARTS?

Flow arts are forms of movement and dance that utilize props to enter a state of flow, described by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi as an exhilarating transcendent way of being in which effortless control and peak skill seem to erase a sense of time. Flow arts props include poi, staff, hoops, and much more; dancers manipulate props to add to the expressive qualities of their dance. The result is an awe-inspiring visual spectacle of improvised movement that inspires an audience to reconsider kinetic possibilities.

How much are workshops?
All workshops are included in the Workshop Pass. Workshop Passes are $70 at the door, but you can save by booking early! Early bird workshop passes will be available for $40 through May 13, and advance workshop passes will be available for $55 from May 14 through June 13th.

So it’s FREE to watch??

YES! We aren’t fans of fences; we are working to make flow arts MORE ACCESSIBLE. So please come for FREE, and get excited about what we’re doing. Free workshops and free performances are scheduled throughout the day and into the evening to support the general public in getting into the flow! There will also be music throughout the day, lots of dancing, and a unique collection of arts and crafts vendors, many selling flow props that are hand-crafted and hard to find.

We'll be sharing updates about workshops and other event details on our social media! Follow @seattle.flow.arts and @flowfests on Instagram and Facebook to stay hip to what's going down!

Interested in teaching or performing? Apply here!

Interested in vending? Apply here!

Transfer Deadline: June 13, 2025 11:59 pm CST

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