It’s going to be a fun-filled summer weekend! Here are some quick tips on what’s going on and how to get there. 

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Summer season is lastly in full swing in Seattle! This weekend has a number of enjoyable occasions taking place across the metropolis. From the return of the Ballard SeafoodFest to the Seafair Indian Days Powwow, we’re right here to assist get you the place you wish to go. 

We’re excited to see everybody out and about, and we encourage vacationers to plan forward so we will all maintain transferring safely and easily. WSDOT’s Revive I-5 work continues, as do different development initiatives across the metropolis. Driving transit such because the Hyperlink mild rail, the bus, or the West Seattle Water Taxi to succeed in your locations might help reduce site visitors and make journey simpler for everybody.  

Learn on for extra suggestions and assets to plan your journey this weekend! 

Neighborhood Celebrations and Occasions 

Seafair Indian Days Powwow 

Earlier than a two-year hiatus resulting from Covid-19, hundreds attended the United Indians’ Seafair Indian Days Powwow to have a good time Native American tradition. This yr marks its return, and the occasion’s thirty third celebration with help from Seafair. The three-day occasion is held on the Powwow Grounds, adjoining to the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park. 

This celebration attracts Native Individuals of all tribes and cultures. The Powwow options conventional Indian cooking, jewelry-making, music, and dancing, as tribes from round the US and Canada dance in full tribal regalia. All are welcome, whether or not Native or non-Native, although the United Indians encourage guests to learn up on best practices for partaking with the occasion. 

The dates and instances of the Powwow are: 

• Friday, July 15, 4 – 10 p.m. 
• Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. 
• Sunday, July 17, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. 

You’ll be able to attain Discovery Park, within the Magnolia neighborhood, by way of King County Metro bus routes 19, 24, and 33. 

Crew SDOT can even be attending this occasion with details about our initiatives. We’ll even be gifting away free helmets for safely using bicycles and scooters. We welcome you to come back chat with our crew members about transportation in Seattle. 

Ballard SeafoodFest 

After a two-year hiatus, Ballard SeafoodFest can be again! That includes dwell music, household actions, arts and crafts distributors, native nonprofits and group organizations, and meals and craft beer from neighborhood eating places, this avenue truthful reveals off one of the best of Ballard. There’s even a lutefisk-eating contest in honor of the neighborhood’s Scandinavian roots. 

You’ll be able to swing by the competition on the following days and instances: 

• Friday, July 15, 5 – 11 p.m. (Notice: distributors is not going to be current at the present time of the competition.) 
• Saturday, July 16, 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. 
• Sunday, July 17, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. 

Since parking is certain to be powerful to seek out, please take into account strolling, biking, rolling to competition, or taking one of many many bus routes that serve the Ballard space. Go to Ballard, the nonprofit that organizes SeafoodFest, has useful details about discovering the best bus route for you. 

West Seattle Summer season Fest 

One other beloved neighborhood competition returns this yr in full pressure: the West Seattle Summer season Fest! The Fest will carry dwell music, a beer backyard, native meals and craft distributors, and child zones with inflatables and actions to the West Seattle Junction this Friday and Saturday, in addition to a farmer’s market on Sunday. 

The official dates and instances for this competition are: 

• Friday, July 15, 1 – 8 p.m., with music till 10 p.m. 
• Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., with music till 10 p.m. 
• Sunday, July 17, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., no music 

This yr, competition streets are closing sooner than in years previous, starting at 12 p.m. Thursday, July 14 so the occasion organizing group West Seattle Junction Association can begin establishing. It’s a great excuse to take a look at the West Seattle Art Walk, which runs Thursday from 5 – 8 p.m.! 

All through the West Seattle Bridge closure, we’ve been supporting journey to West Seattle in ways in which don’t require a automotive. Transit choices embody bus routes 50, 60, and 120, in addition to the RapidRide C line and the King County Water Taxi. If you happen to’re touring inside the neighborhood, strolling, biking, and rolling are nice choices. You could find extra journey planning assets via Flip Your Trip, our program supporting journey in the course of the bridge closure, or on our West Seattle travel guide. 

Seattle Storm at Local weather Pledge Enviornment 

The Seattle Storm face off towards the Indiana Fever at Local weather Pledge Enviornment on Sunday, July 17 at 3 p.m. Go Storm! With journey downtown nonetheless tough resulting from Revive I-5 closures, take into account taking transit to the sport. Local weather Pledge Enviornment is accessible by way of Hyperlink mild rail (Westlake station) and a number of other bus routes. 

Bicycle Weekend at Lake Washington Boulevard 

Friday, July 15 via Monday, July 18 is one other Bicycle Weekend on Lake Washington Boulevard! This implies the road will likely be closed to vehicles, however open to biking, jogging, strolling, or rolling. 

Excited about biking? Our associates at Outdoors For All Foundation will likely be internet hosting a free Adaptive Bike Demo at Seward Park on Sunday, July 17 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Outside For All supplies many sorts of adaptive cycles for individuals of all ages and talents. Search for them on the entrance entrance of the park. Helmets will likely be offered and bikes will likely be accessible first-come first serve.  

If jogging is your factor, the second annual Sundae Runday begins at Genesee Park at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 17. You’ll be able to register for the 5K race or 2-mile stroll here. All contributors get ice cream, together with toppings, after the race! 

Development snapshot 

WSDOT development work 

Revive I-5 

WSDOT will get an early begin on work this week, starting a closure of a number of southbound lanes Thursday 7:30 p.m. via 5 a.m. Friday. Then, starting 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 15, till 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, WSDOT will work on the appropriate facet south of the place the collector/distributor merges with the southbound mainline. All individuals touring on southbound I-5 will shift to the left lanes. 

This work is scheduled to proceed each weekend this summer season via across the finish of September. You’ll be able to read WSDOT’s blog post or visit the Revive I-5 website for the newest data, and you’ll sustain with WSDOT on Twitter at @wsdot_traffic. 

Northbound I-5 work 

There will likely be work associated to the Seneca Mobility Project on northbound I-5 as nicely. Work will happen starting 10 p.m. Friday, July 15 till 5 a.m. Monday, July 18. 

Two proper lanes on northbound I-5 between the Cherry Road on-ramp and the off-ramp to Olive Approach will shut for paving work. The Cherry Road on-ramp to northbound I-5 and the northbound I-5 off-ramp to Olive Approach can even be closed throughout this time. 

Advance discover of extra I-5 closures 

Subsequent weekend, July 22 – 25, vacationers can count on huge closures, worthy of early discover: 

• Revive I-5 – 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 22, to five a.m. Monday, July 25: Southbound I-5 will likely be lowered to 2 lanes, with all site visitors going via the collector/distributor. 
• Upkeep – 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to six a.m. Saturday, July 23: Southbound I-5 will likely be closed between Stewart and Spring streets. A signed detour will likely be in place. 
• Upkeep – 11 p.m. Saturday, July 23 to 7 a.m. Sunday, July 24: Two proper lanes of northbound I-5 will likely be closed from the Lakeview exit east of Lake Union to forty fifth Road within the College District for bridge upkeep. 

Transit and journey planning assets 

There are various environment friendly transit choices to get you across the metropolis this weekend. The Link light rail and King County Metro each have useful assets that will help you map your route. Utilizing Metro’s trip planning tool or Sound Transit’s trip planning tool, you may enter your begin and finish addresses and decide the transit route that works finest for you. Google Maps additionally provides transit planning and biking, strolling, and different journey planning choices. 

As at all times, if you happen to do must drive, take into account carpooling, and go away further time to succeed in your vacation spot. This week’s rollout of our Slow the Flock Down marketing campaign is a vital reminder that our metropolis streets are safer once we all decelerate and drive the velocity restrict! 

Thanks 

Thanks to your time and a focus in planning your journey to those and different occasions. We respect your efforts and hope you’ve a beautiful weekend!