History Comes Alive at Harbor Island!

Thu, April 23, 2026 — 6:00 PM

Tickets

History Lover - General Admission - 6:30PM Tour

$25.00
(+2.28 fee)

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Sales end on Apr 23, 2026 8:30 PM

Doors open at 6:00pm so please feel free to come early and stay after your tour to enjoy Muy Macho taco truck, tables of information in our Community Row, and the beautiful eco-industrial landscape along the Duwamish River.

Admission to the 6:30PM Tour and all the exciting immersive experiences at the event!

History Lover - General Admission - 7:15PM Tour

$25.00
(+2.28 fee)

Sold Out

Sales end on Apr 23, 2026 8:30 PM

Admission to the 7:15PM Tour and all the exciting immersive experiences at the event!

Includes access to the parking lot, food truck and Open House tables in the Community Row area.

History Lover - General Admission - 8PM Tour

$25.00
(+2.28 fee)

Sales end on Apr 23, 2026 8:30 PM

Admission to the 8:00PM Tour and all the exciting immersive experiences at the event!

Includes access to the parking lot, food truck and Open House tables in the Community Row area.

History Lover - General Admission - 8:45PM Tour

$25.00
(+2.28 fee)

Sales end on Apr 23, 2026 9:00 PM

Admission to the 8:45PM Tour and all the exciting immersive experiences at the event!

Includes access to the parking lot, food truck and Open House tables in the Community Row area.

Open House Ticket (Admission to community spaces but not the tour)

$10.00
(+1.52 fee)

Sales end on Apr 23, 2026 9:00 PM

For a $10 donation - this ticket allows you to come and enjoy our open house at Harbor Island Studios! This ticket gives access to the parking lot and food truck vendor, and our Community Row of local history, cultural and arts organizations.

If you want to be part of a guided immersive walking tour of the entire Harbor Island Studios building, please select one of the specific timed tour options instead.

Tour Upgrade Ticket (for Open House Ticket Attendees - does not guarantee a specific tour time)

$15.00
(+1.78 fee)

Sales end on Apr 23, 2026 9:00 PM

This ticket allows you to join a guided immersive tour (timing dependent on available space) to your existing Open House admission. We will do our best to get you on the next tour, however, if tours are sold out we will put you on the next available tour, which could be Friday 4/24.

Click this option if you bought a $10 Open House ticket, and realize you now want to see all the behind the scenes spaces in Harbor Island Studios with multimedia/theatrical presentations!

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Location

Harbor Island Studios

3235 16th Avenue Southwest
Seattle, Washington, 98134

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Upcoming events

Fri, Apr 24 06:00 PM
History Comes Alive at Harbor Island!

About this event

Join Harbor Island Studios, Invisible Histories and a star studded cast of artistic and cultural collaborators for an experience unlike any other. Immerse yourself in the layers of history within this unique space from time immemorial to modern day, and everything in between. Untold stories will be brought to life by creative artists, performers, filmmakers, storytellers, projectionists, musicians and more!

Harbor Island is like a peek behind the curtain at Seattle's secret history. 🚢 Join Invisible Histories for a spectacular two-night event bringing the hidden past of this iconic location to life! We’re activating the Harbor Island Studios—inside and out—with incredible art, sound design, live performances, and projections, all created by a diverse team of local artists. Come celebrate the island's journey, from time immemorial to the talent working there today.

🗓️ Two Nights Only: April 23-24 | 6–10 p.m.

📍 Location: Harbor Island Studios

Get ready to peel back the layers!

Tours begin at 6:30pm and finish at 9:30pm. There will be food and beverage for purchase plus a community table section with many of the cool things we love about the Pacific Northwest!

Please choose a specific tour time to secure your spot.

David B. Williams will be the tour guide on Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30 pm.
Elisa Law will be the tour guide on Thursday, April 23rd at 7:15 p.m.
Bee Isabella will be the tour guide on Thursday, April 23rd at 8:00 p.m.
Kristin Pryor will be the tour guide on Thursday, April 23rd at 8:45 p.m.
Bee Isabella will be the tour guide on Friday April 24th at 6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Ott will be the tour guide on Friday April 24th at 7:15 p.m.
Joanna Demarest will be the tour guide on Friday, April 24th at 8:00 p.m.
Jonathan Demarest will be the tour guide on Friday, April 24th at 8:45 p.m.

If you would like to just check out the parking lot, food truck, and Community Row (without the tour), you can choose an Open House Ticket. The Tour Upgrade Ticket is for Open House Ticket attendees who decide they would like to take the tour. Please note that it does not guarantee a specific tour time spot but instead allows you to go on the next available tour with space.

Some of the hidden secrets of Harbor Island that we'll share...

Elise Olmstead and her husband Roy, the infamous bootlegging power couple, and their lineage to the Fisher broadcasting company and the Fisher Flour Mill
Harbor Island was the location of the worst incident of sabotage from WWI, culminating with the detonation of a barge full of munitions bound for Russia to fight the Germans in WWI.
Did you know that Camp George Jordan was located near Harbor Island and used for embarkation for Black enlisted WWII soldiers before Fort Lawton was desegregated?
What we know as Harbor Island today was tide flats in the 1800s and was an inland sea thousands of years ago - travel back in time to witness these changes, and the people who made it happen!

A huge thank you to our sponsors -- Harbor Island Studios, The King County Film Advisory Board, The Port of Seattle & Create48 -- who are making this event possible!