Soak up the last of summer with these fun events! Our travel tips will help you get there. 

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Joyful weekend, Seattle! It’s arduous to imagine, however August is already winding down. Fortunately, there are nonetheless enjoyable occasions that can assist you benefit from the remainder of summer time. Heads up for this weekend: WSDOT has each Revive I-5 work and a full closure of SR 520 deliberate.  

We even have some undertaking work happening across the metropolis. When planning your weekend, take into account using transit just like the Link light rail, King County Metro bus, or West Seattle Water Taxi. Or you may strive one of many metropolis’s many bike or scooter share options. Utilizing different modes of journey lessens site visitors and will help getting round go extra easily for everybody. 

See beneath for extra weekend journey ideas! 

Neighborhood Celebrations and Occasions 

Tibet Fest 

A part of Seattle Heart’s ongoing Festál collection of free festivals and occasions, Tibet Fest is a two-day celebration of Tibetan tradition that includes performances, historic and movie exhibitions, a trend present highlighting Tibetan designers, and meditation classes. The fest will happen in Seattle Heart’s Armory Meals & Occasion Corridor. The dates and occasions of the occasion are: 

• Saturday, August 27, 11 AM – 5 PM 

• Sunday, August 28, 12 – 6 PM 

Situated close to the downtown space, Seattle Heart is straightforward to entry by transit. Vacationers can take the Hyperlink gentle rail to Westlake station and connect with Seattle Heart by way of the Monorail. It’s also possible to try King County Metro bus routes 8, 32, and the RapidRide D Line. 

Scooped! Ice Cream Pageant 

One other enjoyable Seattle Heart occasion is the Scooped! Ice Cream Festival. This occasion will showcase greater than 75 ice cream flavors from totally different distributors, in addition to meals vans, dwell music, and family-friendly video games and actions. The occasion will happen at Seattle Heart’s Fisher Pavilion on the next dates and occasions: 

• Saturday, August 27, 12 – 10 PM 
• Sunday, August 28, 12 – 6 PM 

Tickets can be found here. 

Once more, many transit choices can get you to Seattle Heart. Or you may strive taking a motorcycle or scooter share to go get your candy deal with! 

HangarFest 

On Saturday, August 27, from 7 to 10 PM, HangarFest will carry meals vans, dwell music, and native beer, cider, wine, and spirit tasting to the Museum of Flight’s Charles Simonyi Area Gallery and Aviation Pavilion. Company ages 21 and older are invited to bop and take within the superb sights of the museum on what’s forecasted to be a pleasant summer time night time. 

You could find tickets to HangarFest here. 

Whereas free parking is on the market on the museum, Metro can also be an choice. Take route 124 on to the museum by catching the bus downtown or on the Tukwila station. 

Seattle Folklorico Pageant 

The primary Seattle Folklorico Festival hosted by native group Joyas Mestizas will happen Saturday, August 27 from 11 AM to 4 PM at Westcrest Park. The free occasion will have fun conventional dances from throughout Mexico and have native crafts, meals distributors, and cubicles highlighting group organizations. 

If you happen to’re searching for transit choices to the park, strive King Nation Metro bus routes 131 or 125. 

Mariners house video games 

The Mariners have a collection of house video games at T-Cellular Park this weekend, drawing hundreds of followers to the downtown space. First pitches towards the Cleveland Guardians are scheduled for 7:10 p.m. Friday, August 26, 7:10 p.m. Saturday, August 27, and 1:10 p.m. Sunday, August 28. 

T-Cellular Park is straightforward to entry by way of transit. You’ll be able to take the sunshine rail to one of many downtown stations or take into account one of many many bus routes serving the realm. 

Building snapshot 

SDOT development work 

West Seattle 

• We’re paving California Ave SW between SW Walker St and SW Hill St on Saturday and Sunday. This work is anticipated to start as early as 7 AM and conclude by 4 PM. There can be minor site visitors impacts, nevertheless, please anticipate delays  
• Beginning Friday via Sunday, we’re paving thirty fifth Ave SW from SW Edmunds to SW Alaska St. Each instructions of site visitors can be maintained, however drivers can anticipate delays within the space. Work is anticipated to start at 7 AM and conclude by 4 PM.  
• To enhance visibility, our landscaping crews can be engaged on SW Roxbury St between ninth Ave S and 14th Ave S to clear vegetation. Work begins as early as 7 AM and concludes by 3 PM. There can be minor site visitors impacts, nevertheless, you might expertise delays whereas touring via the realm. 
• Climate allowing, we can be putting in intersection markings on two intersections beginning Friday night time at 9 PM via Saturday morning at 7 AM. The intersections we can be marking are: 1) 1st Ave S and East Marginal Means S and a couple of) 2nd Ave SW and Highland Park Means SW. Visitors lanes can be closed as wanted and they are going to be restored after the intersection markings have been painted. Please anticipate delays and navigate the realm with warning.  
• As a part of needed upkeep work, we can even be changing concrete panels on sixteenth Ave SW and SW Webster St. This work is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday and is anticipated to start as early as 7 AM and conclude by 4 PM site visitors in all instructions can be maintained, however drivers can anticipate delays within the space. 

For the most recent SDOT journey info, observe our SDOT Visitors Twitter account @sdottraffic, or go to our Seattle Travelers web page for actual time site visitors digital camera info. 

WSDOT development work 

SR 520 closure 

From 11 PM Friday, August 26 till 5 AM Monday, August 29, the SR 520 bridge over Lake Washington can be closed in each instructions between I-5 and the Eastside as crews set up girders on the Montlake lid and realign the freeway. Whereas the bicycle and pedestrian path throughout Lake Washington will stay open all weekend, drivers ought to plan to make use of alternate routes. 

Revive I-5 

Starting at about 7:30 PM Friday, August 26, WSDOT will exchange the ultimate enlargement joints on the left facet of southbound I-5. All autos will use the collector/distributor and the categorical lanes will stay northbound all weekend as a result of the merge level is contained in the lane discount space. 

Vacationers must also observe that contractors can be finishing paving work along with enlargement joint work on I-5. Southbound I-5 will often be lowered to at least one lane to complete a few of this paving. All work will wrap up by 5 AM Monday, August 29. 

Revive I-5 work is scheduled to proceed each weekend this summer time via across the finish of September. Visit the Revive I-5 website and observe WSDOT on Twitter at @wsdot_traffic for the most recent info. 

Transit and journey planning assets 

With some main highway development in retailer, we encourage you to think about transit to get round this weekend. The Link light rail and King County Metro each have helpful assets that can assist you map your route. Utilizing Metro’s trip planning tool or Sound Transit’s trip planning tool, you can enter your start and end addresses to discover the transit route that works finest for you. Google Maps additionally presents transit planning and biking, strolling, and different journey planning choices. 

A pleasant reminder that between August 19 and September 1, Sound Transit can be finishing restore work on the Hyperlink gentle rail Columbia Metropolis station, which can end in service delays. You’ll be able to read more about the planned work here. 

Thanks 

Thanks for taking the time to plan and take into account totally different journey choices. We hope you take pleasure in your weekend!