Crosscut Festival 2023

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About the Festival

The Crosscut Ideas Festival is a celebration of big ideas and a gathering for bold thinkers. Newsmakers, changemakers and innovators come together to take a fresh look at the biggest issues of our time. Over one week, the Crosscut Ideas Festival hosts fireside conversations and panels, meetups, art installations, workshops, and interactive experiences.

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Attend the Festival

The Crosscut Ideas Festival returns with keynote events, a Headliners Gala, a full day of festival programming in-person, plus free streaming online sessions. Speakers from across the nation and around the region joined us to consider issues in politics, social justice, the economy, science, the environment, innovation and much, much more.

Join us April 29 - May 6 at the Amazon Meeting Center and quench your curiosity!

 

SCHEDULE

April 29
  • Headliners Gala (in-person, no virtual viewing)
May 2 - 4
  • Online Sessions
May 5
  • Online Sessions 
  • VIP-Only Kickoff Event (in-person, no virtual viewing)
May 6
  • Multiple Tracks of Sessions (in-person, no virtual viewing)
  • Attendee Happy Hour (in-person, no virtual viewing)
  • Closing Keynote (in-person, no virtual viewing)
headliners gala

Celebrate the best of PNW community and culture while supporting public media. Enjoy a night of entertainment with a culinary tour of the region curated by premier chefs and restaurateurs, Hear from The Daily host Michael Barbaro, and bid on a unique items in a PBS and Northwest-themed auction.

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Highlights

Macklemore and Seahawks' Doug Baldwin talk to Deray McKesson at the Crosscut Ideas Festival
Macklemore appears at Crosscut Ideas Festival
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group of students
Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about the 1619 Project
A heated panel on the possibility of a new civil war
A heated panel on the possibility of a new civil war
Slate's David Plotz leads conversation about the future of the Democratic Party
Slate's David Plotz leads conversation about the future of the Democratic Party

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