Town Hall is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1998 to save a beloved historic building and create an affordable performance home for the region’s small to midsized arts and civic organizations.

Today, Town Hall has matured into a nationally unique artistic and civic hub located in the heart of Seattle. They annually engage 110,000+ people at more than 425 events, host 90 community producers on their stages, present hundreds of artists and scholars, and collaborate with an additional 150 grassroots groups in their self-produced programs.

Far more than just a venue, Town Hall is a gathering place where ideas are planted and movements grow. It’s where they come together as a community to listen and be heard—to ask and answer the big questions facing their city and their world.

Their highly collaborative model and deep commitment to accessibility—for presenters and audiences—make them a new kind of cultural catalyst. Half of their calendar is built by community producers (about 90 every year). Through subsidized rental rates and hands-on production/marketing support for these homegrown organizations, Town Hall levels the cultural playing field and amplifies the voices of diverse communities.

The remaining 200+ programs—spanning the arts, civics, and sciences—are produced by Town Hall: their staff, series curators, 150 collaborating partners, and other thinkers and doers who push their creative frontiers.

The resulting calendar is an inclusive, present-tense reflection of life here in the Puget Sound. With wide open doors and radically affordable ticket prices, everyone can take part, be inspired, and use their voice to shape their future.