SoCoCulture Kent

Allegro Performing Arts Academy

Allegro Performing Arts Academy has just celebrated its 27th anniversary!  We pride ourselves on offering a wide variety of training in the performing arts for all ages and levels. Allegro has recently received the honor of “#1 dance studio in the NW and Top 25... Read more...

GRC Foundation’s Interurban Center For The Arts

Impact a child’s life today through art! The Green River College Foundation’s Interurban Center For The Arts (ICA) provides local elementary schools with arts education through the help of parent and adult volunteers. The ICA provides schools and volunteers training,... Read more...

Greater Kent Historical Society

The Greater Kent Historical Society operates the Kent Historical Museum, which is located in the Bereiter House in downtown Kent. Built in 1908, the historic home is furnished with period furniture and exhibits of local artifacts. Garden artwork commemorates the local... Read more...

Kent Arts Commission

The Kent Arts Commission, a board of 14 volunteer citizens appointed by the Mayor, was founded by City Ordinance in 1975. The Arts Commission’s mission is to provide leadership in establishing cultural opportunities and arts education, to improve the quality of life... Read more...

Kent Downtown Partnership

Kent Downtown Partnership (KDP) is celebrating its 25th anniversary in October 2017. The organization originally started ten years prior and in 1992, it became incorporated. KDP’s goal is to vitalize the historic part of Downtown Kent and we do this in a number of... Read more...

Kent International Festival

Dedicated to the theme of “Learn from Each Other,” the Kent International Festival (KIF) is an annual celebration of the cultures and diversity represented in Kent and South King County. Our mission is to plan and run the annual festival as a means for all... Read more...

Kent School District No. 415

The Kent School District services students from Kent, Covington, Black Diamond, and Renton. With 40 schools there are various concerts, theatrical productions and presentations throughout the year. Cynthia Huber, Curriculum Coordinator 12033 SE 256th Street; Kent WA... Read more...

Rainier Youth Choirs

Rainier Youth Choirs offers an exceptional and affordable children’s and youth choir music education and performance program for boys and girls. Chorus levels available for singers grades 2 through 12. Karen Fulmer, Executive Director Box 9222; Covington WA... Read more...

Ribbon-cutting for a unique Kent neighborhood

by Zachary E. Van Tassel, Greater Kent Historical Society On Saturday, August 8, at 1 PM, the Mill Creek Neighborhood will host a unique ribbon-cutting event on the corner of Temperance Street and Jason Avenue North in Kent. Late last year, the neighborhood was... Read more...

Show Brazil!

The soul of the Brazilian Culture in high energetic performance. Internationally recognized and respected Show Brazil!, well known throughout the Northwest from events such as Bumbershoot and Brasilfest, has delighted audiences in the United States, Brazil, and Canada... Read more...

Theatre Battery

Theatre Battery aims to nurture our audience’s understanding of the connection between theatre and relevant social issues through the presentation of contemporary works in nontraditional settings. As Kent’s only source of theatre operating outside of an... Read more...