The Crosscut Festival is a celebration of big ideas and bold thinking - a gathering of a community of the curious. Connect with noteworthy political leaders and newsmakers along with authors, journalists and experts focused on the most important issues of our time. The Crosscut Festival features firesides interviews, panels and special events that explore forward-thinking in Politics, Social Justice, the Environment, History, Innovation and more.

In response to community feedback, the Crosscut Festival is shifting most of this year’s in-person events to a virtual format. All sessions originally planned to take place at Seattle University on Saturday, May 7th will now be virtual. The Headliners Gala at MOHAI on Saturday, April 30 and the Keynote event with Nikole Hannah-Jones at Town Hall on Saturday, May 7th will continue in-person.