Snowflake Lane Returns To Bellevue For 2021

BELLEVUE, WA — The holiday season is kicking into full gear in Bellevue, with weeks of festive events planned over the next month. Formerly called Magic Season, most of Bellevue's Christmas annual celebrations were canceled last year, due to the pandemic.

The newly-named "Season of Cheer" officially got underway Friday, and a slate of holiday activities will continue through the first week of January. This year's festivities include the return of Snowflake Lane, one of the Eastside's most popular Christmas events, which kicks off directly after Thanksgiving on Friday, Nov. 26.

Snowflake Lane Returns For Christmas 2021

• Dates: Friday, Nov. 26 - Friday, Dec. 24
• Nightly parades begin at 7 p.m.
• Street closures:
  • Bellevue Way Northeast, from Northeast Fourth Street to Northeast Eighth Street, will be closed every evening, 6:45-7:45 p.m. The parade begins at 7 p.m.
  • Northeast Sixth Street, from 105th Avenue Northeast to Bellevue Way Northeast, will be closed 6-7:45 p.m.
  • During closures on Bellevue Way Northeast, visitors to the Bellevue Arts Museum may park in the Westin Hotel parking garage, accessible from 105th Avenue Northeast.

More Season of Cheer activities

• Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink - Downtown Park (Nov. 19-Jan. 9)
• Garden d’Lights - Bellevue Botanical Garden (Nov. 27-Dec. 31)
• Holiday Performances - Meydenbauer Center Theatre (Nov. 21-Dec. 3)
• Gingerbread Workshop - Hyatt Regency Bellevue (Nov. 26 and 27)
• Holiday Ships - Meydenbauer Bay Park (Dec. 18, 8-9:30 p.m.)

Learn more about participating in Season of Cheer events and visiting Snowflake Lake via the Bellevue Downtown Association.