Editing Bellevue, Washington (section)

===Cultural events===
Bellevue is the site of the annual Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair (originally Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair), held since 1947 during the last weekend in July.

The biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition draws thousands of visitors to the [[Bellevue Downtown Park|Downtown Park]] to view up to 46 three-dimensional artworks from artists around the country.

In celebration of its strawberry farming history, Bellevue holds an annual Strawberry Festival on the fourth weekend in June at Crossroads Park.<ref>{{cite web | year = 2018 | url = http://www.bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/Index.asp | title = Bellevue Strawberry Festival | access-date = November 15, 2018}}</ref> The festival initially began in 1925, and continued to 1942 when many Bellevue's strawberry farmers were incarcerated as part of the [[Internment of Japanese Americans|Japanese Internment]]. In 1987 the festival was resumed as a one evening event, and in 2003 it was expanded back to a multi-day festival.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Trescases | first1 = Heather | title = Strawberry Festival Historical Sketch | url = http://bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/Content.asp?ID=362 | website = Bellevue, WA Strawberry Festival | access-date = February 22, 2017 | archive-date = August 8, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808002029/http://bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/Content.asp?ID=362 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Bellevue is host to the Northwest Ukrainian International Festival, founded in 2017 and one of the largest Ukrainian culture festivals in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Saunders |first=Hannah |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Northwest Ukrainian International Festival returns to Bellevue |url=https://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/northwest-ukrainian-international-festival-returns-to-bellevue/ |work=Bellevue Reporter |accessdate=December 30, 2023}}</ref> Since the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in early 2022, the [[Grand Kyiv Ballet]] has been based at the International Ballet Academy in Bellevue.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Mike |date=December 20, 2023 |title=How Bellevue became home to Ukraine's ballet diaspora |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-bellevue-became-home-to-ukraine-s-ballet-diaspora |publisher=KUOW |accessdate=December 30, 2023}}</ref>