Visit Issaquah

04/27/2026

Back again is the VIEWFINDER URBAN SKETCHING WORKSHOP, beginning Sunday, May 3rd at Confluence Park.

Join Fox in sketching the peaceful Issaquah Creek while learning what to identify and jot down before the shadows change!

If you've been looking to sketch from observation or paint places live but never knew where to start, this is the workshop you've been waiting for! Bring your own seat, your preferred materials, a lunch for break, and reserve your spot ASAP at:

https://www.happytimestudio.com/store/p/viewfinderconfluence

— at Confluence Park.

Join us at Confluence Park on May 3 from 10 am–2 pm, to explore organic shapes in nature in this supportive and beginner-friendly sketching workshop! Learning about layering, field of view, generalizing details, and gestural textures found in nature, we'll be observing the beautiful landscape of I...

04/27/2026

Important meeting at Blakely Hall.

04/25/2026

Adaptive bike day with Outdoors for All Foundation! And you can have a bike! And you can have a bike! Stop by from 12-4!

Adaptive Bike Day is tomorrow! We are excited to see everyone! We will be there from 12-4 pm at Lake Sammamish State Park.

04/24/2026

Being one of the first LEED cities in the state, sustainable development and living is just in our DNA. Learn more at the sustainability fair tomorrow at Pickering Barn.

Reminder: the Issaquah Sustainability Fair is tomorrow, April 25 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.! Stop by Pickering Barn for touch-a-truck, a bike rodeo, free demos, and more!

04/23/2026

Last chance to join us this weekend at the Issaquah Spring Thing in Gilman Village.

Issaquah Spring Thing is April 25-26 at the unique location of the Gilman Village shops and we are so ready for it.

Here’s what you can look forward to:
Make your own candle
Build a bouquet
Chocolate and food tastings
Wire jewelry workshop
Nano arium terrarium building
Linocut printmaking
Pocket sized art make & takes
…and so much more.

Register for free with the Rhode pass at www.IssaquahSpringThing.com to unlock all the weekend’s retail & restaurant specials at the Gilman Village shops. Add on any of the demo, workshops or learning activities at the level you wish.

Don’t miss it!!

04/22/2026

Happy Earth 🌍 Day! Here is your moment of FISH zen.

04/19/2026

Thank you ParentMap for sharing our Cougar Mountain Zoo animals in your story! We love the sloths, lemurs, wolves 🐺 and other animals that are right here in Issaquah.
Stop by to visit!

04/19/2026

Ah WSDOT how we love/hate you so. You help us but the pain to get there… therapy in the making. Think about the end results for our FISH (Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery) friends!